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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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F7sus4
Registered: Apr 2013
Posts: 112 |
That's a good thing to hear and I wholeheartedly agree with the comfort zone part. So to speak, I also remember talking to some people around and hearing "Whoa, I guess I really need to put my fingers on defMON soon" from time to time, but yet that really never happened. So I guess, that's just pretty much the same thing as with any other music software we use on a daily basis - we choose the interface that we feel the most fluent with, even if there are obvious limitations (of said software) involved. Whether a month is enough to "click" with a new editor or not (considering there are limited amounts of time available, as you mentioned) is probably another factor.
If that changes anything post-factum, I'm open to share defMON sources to my tunes (other than those already included as a tutorial). |
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vincenzo
Registered: Sep 2003
Posts: 78 |
3 releases for May 2021 are now online: The C64 Grand Tour Challenge - May 2021
Thank you to Jammer and NecroPolo for participating and supporting "the cause" :)
June's event page: The C64 Grand Tour Challenge - June 2021
June's editor: DMC 7.0 |
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vincenzo
Registered: Sep 2003
Posts: 78 |
June's Grand Tour Challenge is over, we received 2 entries as usual:
NecroPolo: Aegis VII
Vincenzo: Seven Nights Awake
Event's page: The C64 Grand Tour Challenge - June 2021
Next month's editor: Virtuoso V1.02
July's event page: The C64 Grand Tour Challenge - July 2021
C'mon lazy musicians, join us :) |
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Frantic
Registered: Mar 2003
Posts: 1627 |
Will be interesting to hear what comes out of Virtuoso, and perhaps also to hear what you think about it. I haven't heard much talk about that editor at all, but I am sure it must have its virtues — of some sort or another. |
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vincenzo
Registered: Sep 2003
Posts: 78 |
Another month is gone (c'mon 2021, slow down please...), another music editor has been explored.
Results:
NecroPolo - Experiment: Zeta
Vincenzo - One Hit Wonder
Next month's editor: X-SID
Next month's event page: The C64 Grand Tour Challenge - August 2021 |
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vincenzo
Registered: Sep 2003
Posts: 78 |
September 2021, The Grand Tour Challenge continues: The C64 Grand Tour Challenge - August 2021
Releases:
NecroPolo - Snowpiercer
Vincenzo - Positivity
Next month's editor: CheeseCutter 2.9.0
Event page: The C64 Grand Tour Challenge - September 2021 |
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TheRyk
Registered: Mar 2009
Posts: 2074 |
compo has devoloped to a Magyar Duel between Necropolo and you.
Anyway, keep em coming, guys
signed, a fan |
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Frantic
Registered: Mar 2003
Posts: 1627 |
Yes, good stuff! |
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vincenzo
Registered: Sep 2003
Posts: 78 |
The Magyar Duel continues in September, this time with CheeseCutter.
NecroPolo: Grove Street 69
Vincenzo: Cheetah Boi
Event page: The C64 Grand Tour Challenge - September 2021
Next month's editor is SID Duzz' It V2.1.7
Event page: The C64 Grand Tour Challenge - October 2021 |
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vincenzo
Registered: Sep 2003
Posts: 78 |
We actually messed up the order of months and editors. In October we should have work with Sosperec, but then we ended up with SDI. Aaaaanyway, challenge of October is complete and we'll switch to Sosperec in November.
NecroPolo: Deepstalker
Vincenzo: Butterfly Effect
Event page: The C64 Grand Tour Challenge - October 2021
Next month's editor: Sosperec Editor V1.0
Next month's event page: The C64 Grand Tour Challenge - November 2021 |
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