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We should do this. I think Holk tried to get one going a long time ago, but that was... a long time ago.

*Each round lasts one month.
*In addition to bragging rights, the winner of a round chooses the specifics of the next round (minimum/maximum length, instrumentation, etc.).
*Voting will take place on the last day of the month, so be sure your submissions are in before then. A submission thread will be created later.
*Submissions should be in mp3 format. If you cannot do mp3 then send your midi to me and I will make one for you.

Since this is the first round and I'm starting the topic, I'll take the liberty of creating the first round, of course.

Format of finished piece = ?

Traditional quintet, or any five string instruments we choose?

Quote from: arlen on October 01, 2008, 12:27:49 AM
Format of finished piece = ?

Oh yeah, lol. I think most everyone here can do mp3 so let's say that. If you can't make an mp3 send your MIDI to me and I'll take care of it.

Quote from: Holk on October 01, 2008, 01:35:27 AM
Traditional quintet, or any five string instruments we choose?

Any five from the orchestral string family.

do they have to be straight notes, or can techniques such as pizzicato be used?

I'm in.

Quote from: Malson on October 01, 2008, 05:18:06 AM
do they have to be straight notes, or can techniques such as pizzicato be used?

Sure, use any techniques you want.

I guess I can try..lol but i'll lose.

Anyways since i dont have synthfont loaded, i'll send Halo a midi =D

edit: like err, can it be 2 violins, 1 viola and etc etc

or do we need only 1 of everything.

I'm using 2 violins, 1 viola, 1 cello and 1 bass. It wouldn't be a quintet if you only used one of each :P

This is not going to be as easy as I thought it would be. Perhaps I should have chosen something else...

lol duh

I've never used these instruments before, i think. Damn you.

Not as easy as you thought? Mine is already a minute long...

I'm having a little trouble actually. Then again it's only been a day lol

Its not hard to write, but it's going to take a really long time to put the dynamics and artificial emotion in there. Single string instruments sound like shit in midi.

I'll stop having trouble as soon as I can get a start ;-;

The ideas I initially had didn't pan out very well so I scratched it and started over. I sketched out a few things that I'm going to work on tomorrow and I think it'll start flowing pretty well after that.

Quote from: Holk on October 02, 2008, 05:29:11 AM
Its not hard to write, but it's going to take a really long time to put the dynamics and artificial emotion in there. Single string instruments sound like shit in midi.

Not if you use Finale 2009 and Garritan's Personal Orchestra! :D

I have like 4 bytes of ram.  :'(

I get by with 1 gig on my macbook. It gets a little clippy when I'm playing back a whole symphony of Garritan sounds, but a string quintet is no problem.


Upgrade! JUST FOR THIS COMPETITION! THIS IS SERIOUS!

:(

It would take me a month to upgrade, get finale and garritan, and be as comfortable with them as I am with Cakewalk.

It's a steep learning curve, that's for sure.

When I was in High School, we used Finale for theory classes. This was like Finale 1.0, and I doubt it's the same. It's pretty similar to Cakewalk, but figuring out where everything is, and all that would take a while.

Finale 1.0 didn't have an undo function, lol.

Do echo/delay tracks count as instruments?

I'm gonna *try* to do this.

Anything is fair game as long as you limit yourself to those string instruments. This includes pizzicato for those of you using general MIDI and similar soundfonts.

I'm in on this. :mad:

Must be at least 5'8" to ride this ride. :mad:

Nightwolf is 4'9" :mad:

We're not talking penis size.

Then he's 3'4".

seriously?
i thought you quit composing irock?


Also, i'm 5'9 =D

I totally didn't forget about this. Totally. ... >____>

Anyone who is actually still doing this should have their submissions done either already or very soon. The question is, how many people are still in this? Also, if there are enough people, how should we do submissions?

I know Malson has something, and I have enough done to throw something together quickly. I believe arlen was almost done last I heard.

I say we should PM you (or whoever happens to be leading the contest for that month, in the future) our songs. Anything later than October 30th is void. Then make the voting thread, link to all the songs, and whoever gets the most votes that day takes over the contest on November 1st, or as soon as possible.

lol i'm out

mine sucked anyway

The October one is closed regardless of # of participation, right? Is there gonna be one for October? o:

 I think last week's topic was something no one could think of real fast

(Unless of course, you count Salvation >:C)

Anyways , why dont youtry again ;-;