The Graindance & Plasmatron Challenge

[Timo]

Very nice idea, Brambos, and thanks for the offer Marc.

Shall we set some criteria/rules first, and then a challenge-end date?

* Virus TI only, or all Viruses? (I guess with a name like "Graindance" non-TI Viruses wouldn't be able to use the graintable element of the TI).
* Should the overall winner be chosen by Access themselves, or by user (forum) voting?

I think each entry should have a brief >20 second demo MP3 (made by the entrant themselves) showcasing their patch (to let people hear it to its best potential, or how it's meant to be played), along with the patch dump/data (not to be made available to everyone until the competition is over).

The patches should (obviously) be evocative of the Graindance and Plasmatron names.

Discuss! And then let's set a time limit.

[Totty]

Sounds very interesting, yes I'd like to.

[Ceri JC]

Timo's proposed rules/format sounds fair.

How about "Graindance" limited to the TI and "Plasmatron" open to all?

28th of February (my birthday ) as a final entry date?

Shall we wait to see if Access want to host/judge this before determining where exactly people should send entries, etc?

EDIT: Might be worth making a rule on whether or not people can submit multi-mode entries or not. People might get narky if they get beaten by someone using more than one voice if they don't realise they were allowed to.

[Splat!]

How about 26th of Feb? (My birthday) Hahaha!
Anyways, since we're on multimode..... err how exactly do we access multimode or save multimode patches using VC?Are there presets already? Sorry if i sound like a n00b. My baby sn0w is only a month old.
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[Totty]

Originally Posted by Splat!

How about 26th of Feb? (My birthday) Hahaha!
Anyways, since we're on multimode..... err how exactly do we access multimode or save multimode patches using VC?Are there presets already? Sorry if i sound like a n00b. My baby sn0w is only a month old.

How about the 3rd February - My Birthday!! Hang on that wouldn't be enough time, scrap that

[brambos]

Originally Posted by Splat!

How about 26th of Feb? (My birthday) Hahaha!
Anyways, since we're on multimode..... err how exactly do we access multimode or save multimode patches using VC?Are there presets already? Sorry if i sound like a n00b. My baby sn0w is only a month old.

Let's go for a compromise: 27th of February (which happens to be my birthday - I kid you not).

I think the multimode is only accessible in midi mode (i.e. not via VC). I may be mistaken though - I also have just recently caught my virus.

[Ceri JC]

Originally Posted by brambos

Let's go for a compromise: 27th of February (which happens to be my birthday - I kid you not).

PMSL! Excellent, Splat!, do you think that's fair?

Originally Posted by brambos

I think the multimode is only accessible in midi mode (i.e. not via VC). I may be mistaken though - I also have just recently caught my virus.

I am also new to the Virus, so don't take this as gospel, but that is also my impression. A workaround I've come across is to make make 2 patches designed to be used together, suffixing the patch name with 1/2 and 2/2. Load one to channel one, the other to channel two and then just copy all of midi track one to midi track two. That's a bit of a faff, so I'd be happy to limit it to 1 voice.

[Splat!]

It's funny how everyone's birthday is suddenly in February Lol, I'm cool with any date. *Does the Grainy dance*
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[Timo]

Originally Posted by brambos

Let's go for a compromise: 27th of February (which happens to be my birthday - I kid you not).

What are the chances of that!! Mind blowing.

And to add to it further, the 27th is my Dad's birthday. O.O

OK, 27th Feb it is, and is open to all Viruses!

As soon as Access/Marc can confirm if they are free to be able to judge the competition I'll add a news item to the Infekted homepage and kick it off.

[Timo]

Will the Graintable and Plasmatron entries be judged as "one" (both together, as one entry), or individually (effectively two separate competitions)?

I guess to keep it as just one competition Access could perhaps rate each of the two patches per person themselves, and the person with the most points for both overall wins.