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Jammer
Registered: Nov 2002
Posts: 1334 |
Event id #3201 : Crack Intro Music Competition 2022
As long years have passed since the last time, getting officially blessed by Didi/Laxity, I have a great pleasure to launch another edition of Crack Intro Music Competition. Get acquainted with the rules below and let's go!
Basic Info:
- Deadline for entry submission is August 14, 2022 at 23:59:59 (11:59:59 pm).
- Voting closes one week later at August 21, 2022 at 23:59:59 (11:59:59 pm).
- Voting platform is CSDb but eventually votes will be processed with a trusty algorithm to weed out CSDb vigilantes as much as possible. No voting system is perfect but god knows I really tried :D
- As usual the main prize is CSDb fame and prestige but this time Top 10 entries will also be compiled as a nice oldschool cracktro themed music disk.
Rules:
- Multiple entries per musician are allowed - no limit here, go with the flow!
- Entry must be handed in as executable .prg (which might be embedded in .t64 or .d64) and optionally .sid. Preferably both ;)
- Max. playtime is strictly up to 1:02 min. at PAL rate, then tune must loop to any desired point. These 2 seconds extra are really the last resort so don't push it ;)
- Max. size is $1000/4096 bytes for music routine and content (preferably located in memory at $1000-$2000).
- Single speed only.
- Tune should sound as acceptable as possible on all SID models so pay attention to filtering and usage of combined waveforms ($31, $61, $71 won't work well on 6581). That said, you may set any SID model you prefer in .sid file but be sure some curious people will check it on various revisions ;)
- Music entries cannot be used in any cracktro or similar production before or during the compo (and its voting phase). So, dear crackers, hold your horses this time ;)
- This time no regular covers are allowed at all. Contestants might make at most a delicate nod to some cult cracktro theme.
- Visuals should be as modest as possible, not to distract voters from the essence which is audio content.
Rule set might expand if compo related discussion leads to it. I hope not :D
Good luck and have fun! |
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Jammer
Registered: Nov 2002
Posts: 1334 |
Last day and last chance to vote for your favourite cracktunes! Step right up, step right up! \o/ |
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The Syndrom
Registered: Aug 2005
Posts: 59 |
Quote: Also voted on all* entries - I hope ... :-)
Sorry for my stupid comments. I try to somehow give at least personal feedback why I voted what number.
Love, peace and unicorns!
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*despite my own entry and Xinylights by The Syndrom which sounds like shit on sidplayfp** and I don't want to "downvote" anyone just because I don't have a real 6581 machine to compare.
**also what is really annoying is that 6581 tunes are much louder on my sidplayfp here compared to 8580 tunes. So it could be some kind of unwanted "digital distortion" going on there.
Hi, I don't have any real machine here anymore, so the 6581 I had done Xinylights for was in emulator. I noticed that emulation on deepsid sounds a lot different.
I added a youtubelink for the emu-recording, it was intended to be heavily distorted on the low filterend.
https://youtu.be/hJwoT09NCaM |
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chatGPZ
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 11327 |
Someone give the man a C64! |
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The Syndrom
Registered: Aug 2005
Posts: 59 |
hah;-) I could easily buy one, but I don't have any space on my desks left... |
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Wisdom
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 90 |
I made my tune also in VICE (3.6.1) with 8580 emulation. It sounds a little different in SID players. The filter sweep does not sound right at all. I had no time left to test it on the real thing or on other emulators/players. Gotta live with that now. :-)
So, the intended "sound" for my tune is how it sounds inside VICE with 8580 emulation. |
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chatGPZ
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 11327 |
Please *always* test against hardware. That it sounds different in another emulator means nothing. And if you find actual problems, please report a bug!
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Ghostrider
Administrator
Posts: 43 |
+1 on that - ALWAYS test on the real thing. If you don't have, visit someone who does. |
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Wisdom
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 90 |
Well, needless to say; life, available time, available hardware etc. All that matter as well. |
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spider-j
Registered: Oct 2004
Posts: 497 |
Quoting The SyndromI added a youtubelink for the emu-recording, it was intended to be heavily distorted on the low filterend.
https://youtu.be/hJwoT09NCaM
Yikes. I'll just ignore that you really wanted it so sound that broken and will vote for what I hear on a proper 8580 :-) |
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Jammer
Registered: Nov 2002
Posts: 1334 |
And that's precisely why I haven't disqualified anything on filtering basis. IMHO that distortion works perfect but apparently not to everyone's liking. |
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