KVR Audio

jobromedia · Post by **jobromedia** » Tue Oct 13, 2009 2:06 am

We gotta have this discussion. 10% of the money is so far not decided yet where it should go. I've got a thought when I was sleeping: Put the last 10% in eskrow for next year's prizefund. If we continue to do this from now on God knows how large prizefund we'll have within a decade.

matt42 · Post by **matt42** » Tue Oct 13, 2009 9:02 am

Who knows how many DCs there will be in the next decade if any

I think we should concentrate on this one being a success before worrying about long term plans.

de la Mancha · Post by **de la Mancha** » Tue Oct 13, 2009 9:14 am

I agree, here's some ideas to throw in the pot

- best freeware-only dev (highest placed entry made by dev who only makes freeware/not associated with commercial plugins)
- developers favourite (voted by entrants)
- best GUI (voted by all)
- most innovative (voted by all)
- charity (decided by Ben)

Probably it should not be given to an entry that already won one of the other cash prizes

GaryG · Post by **GaryG** » Tue Oct 13, 2009 2:57 pm

how about encouraging youngsters? either an under-16(?) category or simply the youngest entrant (though thinking about it, spacedad may have something to say about that...

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jobromedia · Post by **jobromedia** » Tue Oct 13, 2009 3:32 pm

Well that one definitly appeals to my taste.

whyterabbyt · Post by **whyterabbyt** » Tue Oct 13, 2009 3:35 pm

I say we spend it on sending vurt into orbit.

rlahalla · Post by **rlahalla** » Tue Oct 13, 2009 3:37 pm

whyterabbyt wrote:I say we spend it on sending vurt into orbit.

+54 I wanna know what kind of music Vurt can make in space

daz.diamond · Post by **daz.diamond** » Tue Oct 13, 2009 4:47 pm

whyterabbyt wrote:I say we spend it on sending vurt into orbit.

The Grauniad wrote:Laliberté, who plans to spend 12 days in space, paid $35m (£22m) for his flight. He has a 95% stake in Cirque du Soleil, a circus arts and theatre performance company that turned 25 this year.

so if that final 10% is worth £22m I guess there must be ummmm errrr ....
... $350m in the prize pot - good times

synthgeek · Post by **synthgeek** » Sat Oct 24, 2009 6:29 pm

de la Mancha wrote:- developers favourite (voted by entrants)
- most innovative (voted by all)

I like these two.

Jace-BeOS · Post by **Jace-BeOS** » Mon Oct 26, 2009 1:21 am

the lack of funding this time compared to earlier challenges is rather stunning. sad. not that i have money to contribute either... but what about corporate support? they're the easiest and most obvious... no companies offering awards?

spacedad · Post by **spacedad** » Mon Oct 26, 2009 10:38 pm

GaryG wrote:how about encouraging youngsters? either an under-16(?) category or simply the youngest entrant (though thinking about it, spacedad may have something to say about that... )

he's lost interest since i told him there might not be any cool prizes.hehe,bloody kids.
and it's his birthday disco on friday too,so that's all he can think about atm.

jobromedia · Post by **jobromedia** » Tue Oct 27, 2009 5:19 am

Yea I've also stunned by the low prize funds. As for an underage category I'd say that is definitly the way to go to encurage young developers.

duncanparsons · Post by **duncanparsons** » Tue Oct 27, 2009 7:45 am

tbh, as I recall the other times it wasn't until the software was released that the fund grew significantly..

Jace-BeOS · Post by **Jace-BeOS** » Sat Oct 31, 2009 6:33 am

it did increase about 100 since release, but i still find it low. too bad. i really think the KVR Developer Challenge is a BRILLIANT way to encourage development and growth in this area of software development. Without contributions from the big names/companies, there's much less incentive and less gets done. Though i am happy to see that there are a number of interesting entries submitted. best luck to everyone. i will check out your efforts as soon as i'm on my PC again (not enough Mac entries).

(SynthMaker for Mac, anyone?? hah hah)

bootsie · Post by **bootsie** » Sun Nov 01, 2009 8:13 am

de la Mancha wrote: - charity (decided by Ben)

+1

The last 10% of the cash prize