KVR Audio

tuz · Post by **tuz** » Fri May 25, 2012 2:52 pm

FriendlyStranger wrote:
forw wrote:
GMoneh wrote:BTW, is it only me or has anyone been able to listen to FriendlyStranger's submission? It downloads as a gif image for me...

G.
downloads as a not-playable mp3 for me..
play button didn't work either..
Hey, sorry guys for some reason the file has been marked as 'private' and I'm trying to figure out how to change this.

if you can't figure it out, i'll be more than happy to host it for you (if d h miltz is ok with that of course)

mellotronaut · Post by **mellotronaut** » Fri May 25, 2012 3:19 pm

softegg wrote: 2. mellotronaut

thank you very much, Softegg!

FriendlyStranger · Post by **FriendlyStranger** » Fri May 25, 2012 3:43 pm

tuz wrote:
FriendlyStranger wrote:
forw wrote:
GMoneh wrote:BTW, is it only me or has anyone been able to listen to FriendlyStranger's submission? It downloads as a gif image for me...

G.
downloads as a not-playable mp3 for me..
play button didn't work either..
Hey, sorry guys for some reason the file has been marked as 'private' and I'm trying to figure out how to change this.
if you can't figure it out, i'll be more than happy to host it for you (if d h miltz is ok with that of course)

Thanks for the offer tuz, I ended up reuploading the file and sent D.H. Miltz the new dl link. So hopefully my tune will become listenable in the near future

Mister Natural · Post by **Mister Natural** » Fri May 25, 2012 4:33 pm

got mine submitted at 3am last night. Happy that I was able to come-up with something for the intellectually difficult(for me) contest this month.
It's been a challenging month for me - between crazy freakin work and my samples/projects/VST HDD going down . . .
Looks like a cool, free-form contest for June Dan; will you keep a 3 minute limit again or do another wacky 30 second sprint ?

:=)

GMoneh · Post by **GMoneh** » Fri May 25, 2012 4:37 pm

Hmmmm...
I've been listening to all the submissions. I still don't have my voting finalized, but I feel this month more than others the need to justify the reasoning behind my voting criteria.
From the theme description:

monophony is the simplest of textures, consisting of melody without accompanying harmony. This may be realized as just one note at a time, or with the same note duplicated at the octave

Most, if not all of the submissions comply with this part, that's what most people understood it to be. However, the definition does not stop there:

Monophony may not have underlying rhythmic textures, and must consist of only a melodic line.

This is where I feel many of the submitted tracks (including some of my favorites) transgressed a little bit. I understand (believe me, I wrestled with this myself when doing my track) that a purely monophonic composition could be extremely boring. I understand the temptation to add more voices to the songs in order to make it more interesting, and that was ok as long as they are all playing the same melody at the same time. The problem came when some of the voices would play only part of the melody. If you have an instrument that comes only every other note to play something of an accent over the main melody, to me that feels like a different melodic line superimposed over the first one, even if the notes that are played simultaneously are unisons or octaves. That enters into the realm of heterophony, according to the definitions in the wikipedia page linked to in the contest description.
The problem is that, this month in particular, that little deviation makes all the difference between a dull track and a great one. I normally allow some leniency in theme adherence: if I really like a composition I might assign it some points even if it deviates a little bit. But because the theme this month was very constraining, for the sake of fairness I will be applying a very strict weight to the theme. Unfortunately, as I said, that leaves some of my favorite tracks with no points

. As always, interpretation of the theme is somewhat subjective, but I felt the need to explain my reasoning.
Anyway, these were some random thoughts in the way that I will allocate my votes this month. I will add individual comments on the tracks after I post the votes.

D.H. Miltz · Post by **D.H. Miltz** » Fri May 25, 2012 4:55 pm

FriendlyStranger's entry is now good to go.

pljones · Post by **pljones** » Fri May 25, 2012 5:15 pm

<grumpy sod mode>
OK, downloaded the nice M3U from http://kvrcontest.farlukar.cz.cc/. Here are the results of downloading the files contained - "failures" only. These automatically get marks knocked off for making my life just that little bit harder than it needs to be:

http:/ /soundcloud.com/jjbiener/0512_jjbiener_enchantable/download?0512_jjbiener_enchantable.mp3
- wrong filename (MMYY), came down as the HTML page...

http:/ /soundcloud.com/evo2slo/single-string-theory/download
- no filename

http:/ /soundcloud.com/my-ear-bleeds-wine/1205_myearbleedswine/download?1205_myearbleedswine.mp3
- missing track name

http:/ /soundcloud.com/docjon/1205_docjon_contemplation/download?Contemplation.mp3
- could have use the correct filename after the '?'... /sigh/

http:/ /soundcloud.com/forw/1205-forw-mono-moon/download?monomoon.mp3
- could have use the correct filename after the '?'... /sigh/

http:/ /soundcloud.com/bzur/monolith/download
- no filename

http:/ /soundcloud.com/mellotronaut/1105-mellokarin-guten-tag?Guten_Tag.mp3
- wrong filename, came down as the HTML page...

http: //soundcloud.com/mrnatural-1/1205_misternatural_your_particle/download?your_particle.mp3
- could have use the correct filename after the '?'... /sigh/

http:/ /www.fileden.com/files/2010/12/20/304198 ... actite.mp3
- still coming down as the GIF

(What I call correct on SoundCloud: http:/ /soundcloud.com/kryptonaut/domine-abomine/download?1205_kryptonaut_domine-abomine.mp3)

(URLs further broken to stop stupid auto-player feature in KVR...)
</grumpy sod mode>

tuz · Post by **tuz** » Fri May 25, 2012 5:41 pm

holy crap!!!! i got my first ever #1 vote.

thank you softegg!!!!

FriendlyStranger · Post by **FriendlyStranger** » Fri May 25, 2012 6:47 pm

/ignore

folderol · Post by **folderol** » Fri May 25, 2012 7:10 pm

The stragglers...

MelloKarin Guten Tag
This is so far out on a limb I think it's actually on the next tree! I guess it fits the theme, but one of us is not quite ready for the other

Peterhud Lines_of_Fire
Title fits the sounds perfectly. Very well realised ideas.

tuz havefun
Very original and fun track.

MisterNatural YourParticle
Don't know what went wrong here but it came up simply named 'untitled'

Curious song. Not sure what to make of it.

FriendlyStranger Stalactites
Well that's a very pleasant track to finish the set. I'm guessing this was sequenced - would rather hard to maintain the timing played live... Very short.

Oh dear, how to vote

Mister Natural · Post by **Mister Natural** » Fri May 25, 2012 8:17 pm

sorry for the naming confusion - did I mention it was 3am when I uploaded . . . ?

:=)

mellotronaut · Post by **mellotronaut** » Fri May 25, 2012 9:25 pm

folderol wrote:
MelloKarin Guten Tag
This is so far out on a limb I think it's actually on the next tree! I guess it fits the theme, but one of us is not quite ready for the other

Laguna Rising · Post by **Laguna Rising** » Sat May 26, 2012 8:37 am

OK 1st listening session starts now !

mellotronaut · Post by **mellotronaut** » Sat May 26, 2012 10:42 pm

Laguna Rising wrote: 06 - MelloKarin - Guten Tag

thank you very much, Super Mario!

D.H. Miltz · Post by **D.H. Miltz** » Sun May 27, 2012 1:16 am

evo2slo wrote:D.H., do we have permission to use the photo (altered) for a cover pic?

Sure.

GMoneh wrote:A free for all once in a while is fun, especially after a month as constraining as this one...

I agree and there's sure to be one at some point.

Mister Natural wrote:will you keep a 3 minute limit again or do another wacky 30 second sprint ?

Three minute limit.

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