Music Contest #13 - Yin & Yang

[AditTechno]

I made a new entries table (temporarily) in the contest post since it hasn't been updated for a while, just to keep the contest thread updated.

As a reminder, it's 13 days left before it ends, unless extensions appear.

So far so good! Keep them up.

 

[Donut78]

Alrighty! Finally got a WIP ready. Hopin' I can finish this in time since I got a late start! Still has a way to go.

 

[FlameofChange]

@Donut78 mmmh i get a Waterflame-vibe : the electrorchestral reminds me him.
Though i would see more percs on the rythm parts. It would fill and contrast very well with the rest.

+rep

 

[Donut78]

@GhostOfPast Haha, I thought the same thing about Waterflame. Always loved his songs growin' up.

Yeah, I've still got some big filler decisions to make. What I do next makes it or breaks it and unfortunately I'm sure there is no single way to please every perspective. xP

 

[AditTechno]

Alrighty! Finally got a WIP ready. Hopin' I can finish this in time since I got a late start! Still has a way to go.

Where there's time, there's hope.

 

[JetFangInferno]

Haven't composed in forever. Going to try my hand at this.

 

[JetFangInferno]

Here's a WIP of my composition, Take Flight. Just the intro right now.

DAW: Garageband
Samples:

• Kontakt Komplete (Piano, Woodwinds, Brass, Percussion)
• Cinesamples Cineharp
• Cinesamples Hollywood Winds

 

[FlameofChange]

It's been a while. A lot happened. #@&ù limiters and compressors.
WiP again. I sung everything sung myself. Hopefuly synth choirs are here to make it not too messy.

Spoiler

 

[AditTechno]

Table updated!

Anyway, one week remaining before the contest ends!

 

[FlameofChange]

Moar.
The song is 4:27 long, don't stop the listening until the whole track is finished.

 

[deepstrasz]

Moar.

Good stuff. Just try making it sound less noisy. The voices especially help with that, soften their frequencies or something.

 

[Hakren]

I added something to my entry, but will probably post tomorrow.

@Hakren Impressive WiP and definetly my favorite at the moment. +rep for using Ardour also

I just found the guitar chord progession I'd like to use for my entry, so here it is a quick preview of the idea.

Don't pay attention to the kick/hithat during the second part, it was just to notice about the BPM change.

Thanks!! Ardour stood to be my favorite DAW after i tried it. I really like the fact that it is free (although i donate). Also, it's good to see a guitar player around.

Moar.
The song is 4:27 long, don't stop the listening until the whole track is finished.

Hmm that's some nice Geinoh Yamashirogumi feels.

 

[Brambleclaw]

2nd wip?? Still got no clue how to Yang the Ying or to Ying the Yang. Maybe its some sort of dance?

 

[Hakren]

So here is my second WIP and probably final entry. I will make a post explaining it later on. So far a lot of things added, like the Oscar Peterson interview.

 

[FlameofChange]

Even moar

 

[AditTechno]

Table updated! 3 entries submitted so far with only 4 days left.

 

[deepstrasz]

Heh.

 

[Tridinar]

Here is my WIP:

 

[JetFangInferno]

I hope I finish in time. Completely redid the intro, but I'm feeling good about it now.

Spoiler

Libraries:

• Cinesamples (Harp, Piano)
• Kontakt Komplete 8 (Celeste, Glockenspiel)
• Audio Imperia - Nucleus (Brass, Strings, Winds, Percussion)

 

[FlameofChange]

New hotfix. Some balance as usual while i'm at it.

 

[AditTechno]

So 2 days remaining and so far we have 2 entries and 1 "possibly" entry. Extensions are open to request.

 

[JetFangInferno]

So 2 days remaining and so far we have 2 entries and 1 "possibly" entry. Extensions are open to request.

I personally would like an extension. Perhaps a week?

 

[deepstrasz]

I personally would like an extension. Perhaps a week?

I don't mind it at all.

 

[AditTechno]

A week is fine.

As we're short on entries currently, the contest is extended for a week.

@Heinvers

 

[Tridinar]

Hi there, here is my final entry.

 

[enzo2090]

Damn,completely missed this,was away in january.Well if there's need for another judge im here
@Heinvers

 

[AditTechno]

@enzo2090 Added!

@Tridinar All set, but you still need a screenshot of your work.

5 days remaining, with 4 entries so far.

 

[Tridinar]

@enzo2090 Added!

@Tridinar All set, but you still need a screenshot of your work.

5 days remaining, with 4 entries so far.

These are just the strings. I uploaded the same day as the WIP, but here it is:
https://www.hiveworkshop.com/attachments/2020-02-04-16_50_11-start-png.346299/

If you need more screenshots, let me know.

 

[Heinvers]

Good.

 

[JetFangInferno]

*Stress intensifies*

 

[Hakren]

So here is my final entry. Did some final mixings and some "smothing" on the song. Yeah!

 

[Tridinar]

Hey there, how do I give rep points. I go to click on dots and + sign under the users resource/joined box, but nothing happens. I'd like to give a few people here rep points.

Also, @Hakren - How do you like Ardour? I was thinking about donating and getting the compiled version. It's hard to find tutorials on how to compile the source code.

 

[deepstrasz]

Hey there, how do I give rep points. I go to click on dots and + sign under the users resource/joined box, but nothing happens. I'd like to give a few people here rep points.

Click images to enlarge.

Spoiler: click to find out

Assuming you're not using a phone when hiving.

 

[Tridinar]

Thanks...

Spoiler

 

[Hakren]

Hey there, how do I give rep points. I go to click on dots and + sign under the users resource/joined box, but nothing happens. I'd like to give a few people here rep points.

Also, @Hakren - How do you like Ardour? I was thinking about donating and getting the compiled version. It's hard to find tutorials on how to compile the source code.

It has a lot of resources and i find it really useful for midi editing, wich is really important to me. It doensn't have a lot of plugins, but comes with some good ones. It's rather different in terms of tools and it does have some limitations like not being able to export directly to mp3 though.

The greatest factor was that it were really acessible and so i went for it.

Can't say much about it's open code because well, my programming capabilities is limited.

 

[AditTechno]

So tomorrow the contest will end, and so far there are 4 entries. If maybe anyone wants one final extension for another week, feel free to reply to this thread.

 

[JetFangInferno]

So tomorrow the contest will end, and so far there are 4 entries. If maybe anyone wants one final extension for another week, feel free to reply to this thread.

Wouldn't mind the weekend to finish up.

 

[AditTechno]

The contest is extended for one more week. Good luck!

 

[deepstrasz]

Here it is unless I do anything more to it.

 

[FlameofChange]

Well, here we go. Ring of fire, a homemade theme mixing choir and synths which are complementary yet unique. When peace and war meet. Acoustic vs synthetic. Purity vs brutality. Order vs chaos.

BPM : 130
E major

☼ Part 1 : Serenity
☼ Part 2 : Creativity
☼ Part 3 : Fusion
☼ Part 4 : Synthesis

All sung vocals are by me. Haven't got the time to get a good microphone so i did with what i had. I destroyed twice my voice for this.
I also wished a guitar solo in the part 3, but again no much time left.
Let's see what it does. 11 hours of work.

 

[deepstrasz]

@Jackyy.BaDitO2 you might want to do something about your composition as it's too similar to

 

[Jackyy.BaDitO2]

@Jackyy.BaDitO2 you might want to do something about your composition as it's too similar to

well that's intentional, I made it basically as a mix of the styles of the warcraft 3 alpha soundtrack human1 and the orc3 war2 soundtrack, but with original themes

 

[deepstrasz]

well that's intentional, I made it basically as a mix of the styles of the warcraft 3 alpha soundtrack human1 and the orc3 war2 soundtrack, but with original themes

Yeah but the theme wasn't a Warcraft composition remake/mix :\

 

[Jackyy.BaDitO2]

Yeah but the theme wasn't a Warcraft composition remake/mix :\

well the theme was ying&yang, which I fullfill IMHO with darker & lighter parts , there was no restriction in the style of the composition


*edit*

also something I wanted to add:

I know you're refering to the last third of my soundtrack. which is a circle of fiths progression.
those are used mostly in baroque music, but also in heavy metal. But most of all, those always sound very simular to each other even with completly different themes & keys.

Here are 35 minutes of circle of fitths progressions

 

[Heinvers]

Good job guys. Keep on going.

 

[deepstrasz]

I know you're refering to the last third of my soundtrack. which is a circle of fiths progression.
those are used mostly in baroque music, but also in heavy metal. But most of all, those always sound very simular to each other even with completly different themes & keys.

Here are 35 minutes of circle of fitths progressions

The more reason not to rip off like everybody else.

 

[Jackyy.BaDitO2]

The more reason not to rip off like everybody else.

I think we have a different interpretation of ripoff. Since circle of fifths progressions are a fairly common composing technique. it's like saying fugues are ripping each other off.

 

[AditTechno]

6 entries, two days left!

 

[AditTechno]

Contest closed, Music Contest #13 Poll is open!

Music Contest #13 - Poll

 

[JetFangInferno]

Contest closed, Music Contest #13 Poll is open!

Music Contest #13 - Poll

I thought the deadline included the day, meaning until 11:59pm of 22nd? It's 12am gmt right now.