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vincenzo
Registered: Sep 2003
Posts: 78 |
The C64 Grand Tour Challenge
Hey everyone,
I wanted a new year challenge for 2021. The idea is to compose 1 music per each month of the year. Yeah, it's nothing special, right?
So to spice it up, each month I'm going to use a different editor/player.
Now it sounds like some nice fun that I don't want to keep for myself only.
Composers, join me!
List of editors and rules to follow:
Jan: GMC V2 (GMC V2 (Unfinished))
Feb: SID Factory 2 (PC) (https://blog.chordian.net/sf2/ build 20200911)
Mar: Ninja Tracker 2.04 (C64) (NinjaTracker V2.04)
Apr: Defmon (C64) (defMON V20201008)
May: Goat Tracker 2.75 (PC) (GoatTracker V2.75)
Jun: DMC 7 (C64) (DMC 7.0)
Jul: Virtuoso 1.02 (C64) (Virtuoso V1.02)
Aug: X-SID (C64) (X-SID)
Sep: Cheesecutter 2.9.0 (PC) (CheeseCutter 2.9.0)
Oct: Sosperec 1.0 (C64) (Sosperec Editor V1.0)
Nov: SDI 2.17 (C64) (SID Duzz' It V2.1.7)
Dec: SID-Wizard 1.8 (C64) (SID-Wizard V1.8)
Rules:
- Use the linked version of the actual editor only (compatibility)
- 1 SID, 1x speed only
- Track length: please keep it within the usual limits. Not too short, not too long, make it as long as a regular composition would be.
- 1 track per month with the specified tool
- If the editor saves to a format where player is included, use address $1000
- Deadline: last day of the actual month, at midnight
- Send your projectfiles to: strayboom()gmail()com
I don't plan voting, this supposed to be a motivational-fun-self-challenge only. Do it for your own good or don't do it at all. Still, there will be a progress bar with the completed entries.
If there's enough tracks, I'll make a compilation in a form of musicdisk or music mix, etc.
There might be a huuuuuge - or small - C64 musicdisk release of all tracks at the end of the year/early next year. We'll see.
Sincerely,
vincenzo /Lethargy^Singular^SIDRIP^Rebels^Molecoola |
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TheRyk
Registered: Mar 2009
Posts: 2053 |
whoooa we need a new event category, "challenge" *scnr* |
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vincenzo
Registered: Sep 2003
Posts: 78 |
Quote: a very wacko selection of trackers there, 3 of which I've never even heard of, but your compo, your rules :) bring it on, you lazy musician
PS: Thanks - in the name of Mayday! - for putting GT in May! Might do some motivational troll entry then :D
This list is just as wacko as any other list would be. Name 10 of the best movies of all time, for example. Probably your list would be different than mine.
This is still not a competition, looks like I need to emphasize it over and over because nobody seem to get it. It's a personal challenge, or even bucket list that I thought would be fun for others too. You don't have to join, you don't have to do anything, don't have to observe the outcome if you are here to mock it only.
Also, it's not actually a challenge if you only make music with an editor that you are familiar with, isn't it?
I never used majority of these editors, for example never did anything in GoatTracker or CheeseCutter. However, they seem to be interesting (and popular) enough to me so I want to give them a try at least.
It's a good opportunity to learn something new and evolve both technically and musically. |
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Conrad
Registered: Nov 2006
Posts: 833 |
Here's the fun part: Make the worst tune ever in your most popular choice of editor. |
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Frantic
Registered: Mar 2003
Posts: 1627 |
@vincenzo: Nice challenge! I won't join personally, but if more people do and you guys reach April/defMON, don't hesitate to send me questions over PM about how things work. Documentation is limited.
If there is enough interest, maybe I could even have something like a little workshop over Zoom for a small group of people, where I give a very quick introduction to the use of defMON. Just to get people over the initial threshold, to get going. We'll see. |
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iAN CooG
Registered: May 2002
Posts: 3132 |
Quote: Here's the fun part: Make the worst tune ever in your most popular choice of editor.
please no, there are enough crap tunes in HVSC already, no need to make them bad intentionally =) |
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chancer
Registered: Apr 2003
Posts: 342 |
so I can make a test tone.. in all editors ? and some saddo will upvote it.. seems legit :D
joking, (though someone will get angry at that comment no doubt) |
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vincenzo
Registered: Sep 2003
Posts: 78 |
The C64 Grand Tour - January 2020 - GMC V2
January 2021 is over, 2 composers successfully completed this month's GrandTour Challenge where they had to use GMC V2 and compose a music with it.
CSDB: Improvatorus Maximus
Disk content: 1-1 music by NecroPolo and Vincenzo, GMC V2 Editor, 1-1 worktunes that can be loaded into the editor.
February's player is SID Factory II.
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdcx4r9MMxQ (vincenzo) |
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iAN CooG
Registered: May 2002
Posts: 3132 |
Don't throw all releases in 1 entry, please.
Make 1 entry for each release, not 1 entry for all the releases, then you can create an event entry where all the single music releases are linked to the event.
It would be different if it was a music selector, but the d64 has 2 different entries loadable by themselves only so they can't be considered a single release. |
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vincenzo
Registered: Sep 2003
Posts: 78 |
Quote: Don't throw all releases in 1 entry, please.
Make 1 entry for each release, not 1 entry for all the releases, then you can create an event entry where all the single music releases are linked to the event.
It would be different if it was a music selector, but the d64 has 2 different entries loadable by themselves only so they can't be considered a single release.
Please feel free to do it. It's better if someone with the right knowledge does it.
Thank you. |
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vincenzo
Registered: Sep 2003
Posts: 78 |
February's Event page: The C64 Grand Tour Challenge - February 2021
Anyone who wants to participate, please use SID Factory II build 20210104! (https://blog.chordian.net/sf2/) |
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