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wagtunes · Post by **wagtunes** » Mon Jun 01, 2015 8:00 pm

So when does voting time begin? We've got a lot of tracks to get through. LOL.

z.prime · Post by **z.prime** » Mon Jun 01, 2015 8:10 pm

wagtunes wrote:So when does voting time begin? We've got a lot of tracks to get through. LOL.

You can always listen and note what score you will give them on paper or something, then just pop them in when voting is up... I've been keeping a mental record of the ones I've listened to so far. Amazing what not drinking does for your memory haha

wagtunes · Post by **wagtunes** » Tue Jun 02, 2015 12:14 am

Holy crap on a cracker.

5 tracks (including my own)

2 5s
2 4s

All this 80s music is going to pretty much invalidate my votes LOL.

Anyway, I'm doing just 5 tracks a day so I don't burn out.

bjporter · Post by **bjporter** » Tue Jun 02, 2015 1:12 am

FYI, voting is up: http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic ... 1&t=437718

Skelpolu · Post by **Skelpolu** » Tue Jun 02, 2015 9:11 am

Aaaand, voted!

Will definitely come back to clear up the 3pts area, but these submissions were SOLID this month! Nice job guys, good luck to everybody!

Taron · Post by **Taron** » Tue Jun 02, 2015 10:44 am

Jeeez, that is A LOT OF GREAT STUFF people, really!

I particularly love how the greatness drags across plenty of genres!

I suppose the order within each point category matters, right!? Anyway...I'm sorting them carefully!

Boy, oh, boy, some songs really just pick up total awesomeness way after the halfway mark. I'd like to be so bold to advice anyone to ponder over hooking some stronger stuff right into the beginning, because otherwise gems might get lost.

Also, who ever puts up a 25min track...dude, honestly!

stardustmedia · Post by **stardustmedia** » Tue Jun 02, 2015 10:46 am

hehehe... yeah that 23min track... I wasn't able to listen thru mate, although you have some great ideas implemented

Touch The Universe · Post by **Touch The Universe** » Tue Jun 02, 2015 11:06 am

Taron wrote: Also, who ever puts up a 25min track...dude, honestly!

At least it's shorter than my last 35 minute osc entry

stardustmedia · Post by **stardustmedia** » Tue Jun 02, 2015 11:10 am

Tjgoa wrote:
Taron wrote: Also, who ever puts up a 25min track...dude, honestly!
At least it's shorter than my last 35 minute osc entry

I think you have serious issues to bring something to an end

(no offence meant)
The challenge for you seems to be not sound design and composition

Maybe next time try to limit yourself to 2:30 - 3:00, could be very interesting for you

Astralp · Post by **Astralp** » Tue Jun 02, 2015 11:20 am

Tjgoa wrote:
Taron wrote: Also, who ever puts up a 25min track...dude, honestly!
At least it's shorter than my last 35 minute osc entry

haha, I did listen to it all and really enjoyed it, but yes I think you should probably have done a condensed version

Touch The Universe · Post by **Touch The Universe** » Tue Jun 02, 2015 11:53 am

Haha, thanks for taking it in well humor guys

Believe me, I'm working on it, and if I had more time I definitely would have tried my best to keep it at least under 10 minutes because it is definitely one of my goals to work on

Being critical is a part of the game after all to produce a 'succesfully' recieved tracked, maybe I'll even get to the point where I could make a 2-3 minute song I'd be happy with. Cheers, and I really do appreciate those going the extra mile and listening through the track despite being an unreasonably long one amidst 50 others

Thanks, it's makes me happy to hear. Cheer again

Astralp · Post by **Astralp** » Tue Jun 02, 2015 12:06 pm

Outside of the competition I wouldn't say it's too long, it's in the spirit of Blue Room I reckon

wagtunes · Post by **wagtunes** » Tue Jun 02, 2015 12:08 pm

Tjgoa wrote:Haha, thanks for taking it well humor guys Believe me, I'm working on it, and if I had more time I definitely would have tried my best to keep it at least under 10 minutes because it is definitely one of my goals to work on Being critical is a part of the game after all to produce a 'succesfully' recieved tracked, maybe I'll even get to the point where I could make a 2-3 minute song I'd be happy with. Cheers, and I really do appreciate those going the extra mile and listening through the track despite being an unreasonably long one amidst 50 others Thanks, it's makes me happy to hear. Cheer again

I'm leaving yours for last. LOL.

Taron · Post by **Taron** » Tue Jun 02, 2015 12:40 pm

It's really tough with tracks I've already listened to, because there's a clear bias I can feel. Not to mention that I had no trouble spending time with listening to a track all the way through on one day so I knew if something awesome would still happen. One of those tracks is mehum's awesome piece which gets these massive parts after the halfway point, like a bunch of them. However, I really dig his track a heck of a lot and understand the beginning of it, but if I didn't...hmmm...

So...note to self:
- figure out what's the most exciting part of a song and put some strong foreshadowing of it into the intro (ideally in the first 10-20 seconds)
- don't listen to tracks too much before voting
- make sure mastering pushes the volume and perceived volume properly
- get ready to be stunned by awesome tracks...
(here's the note I won't need: keep it tight, but if you have one that splashes the 4min mark, keep the long version for fans and post the 4min skimmer to the contest!

) (just wrapping up those notes)

I have to clean up my rather big 5pnt list!

mehum · Post by **mehum** » Tue Jun 02, 2015 1:28 pm

Taron wrote:It's really tough with tracks I've already listened to, because there's a clear bias I can feel. Not to mention that I had no trouble spending time with listening to a track all the way through on one day so I knew if something awesome would still happen. One of those tracks is mehum's awesome piece which gets these massive parts after the halfway point, like a bunch of them. However, I really dig his track a heck of a lot and understand the beginning of it, but if I didn't...hmmm...

So...note to self:
- figure out what's the most exciting part of a song and put some strong foreshadowing of it into the intro (ideally in the first 10-20 seconds)
- don't listen to tracks too much before voting
- make sure mastering pushes the volume and perceived volume properly
- get ready to be stunned by awesome tracks...
(here's the note I won't need: keep it tight, but if you have one that splashes the 4min mark, keep the long version for fans and post the 4min skimmer to the contest! ) (just wrapping up those notes)

I have to clean up my rather big 5pnt list!

Thanks!

It really is easy to be biased, both with tracks you've heard before and with people you know make great tracks. I really try to be analytical and deconstructing while listening but that requires both time and effort.

I'm quite strapped for time these days, and (probably) won't make sound cloud comments with my thoughts.
My plan for rating is like this:
1. Listen through everything without thinking too much about it. Having it on in the background. This helps to just get a feel for everything and knowing what to expect.
2. Listen again and sort all tracks in "Better than average" and "Not better than average". I'll just give them in 4 and 2 points respectively. If I don't have time for next step I then at least have a vote done.
3. Any favorite tracks from the 4:s goes into 5. About half of the rest goes to 3.
4. Least favorite tracks from the 2:s goes to 1. About half of the rest goes to 3.

For the Synthmaster challenge, for which I also didn't have much time, I listened to most tracks only once and just voted quickly. It was dreadful...

I might change my mind about commenting, but we'll see

As I've said before, if anyone wants some "critique", just PM me.

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