Heey! This sub is getting some fresh attention and it seems like a perfect time to discuss how to organise this moving forward. Let's bring on some new mods, and figure out the optimal way to host these battles! How would you want it?
Posted Mar 12, 2020, 12:48 PM UTC
To add to the other comments, maybe have different days focus on different types of samples as well, and otherwise kind of a general free for all. Something like focus on drum beat samples on Monday, found sounds (door creaks, washing machines etc) on Sunday and so on. Also I think it would help to have a sound equivalent to Imgur in some way
The only issue I can see with this is we would have to have approved posters only then, because not everyone will follow suite and post only drums on monday and so on. I do like the idea though and I think the above post by chrimbus really embodies the same idea just bit more open.
That being said if we took your idea and did a weekly challenge on a sticky post it would be easier to organize since it would just be from the mods and not people posting whatever they like. I feel like we can find a happy medium between a weekly and daily user challenges. Some people take more time to make a track then just a day so it will give them the opportunity to show their work as well.
Hi! For the kind of sample I like working with (and it can be a good challenge) stuff that aren't musicals sounds. Like metal shovel grinding on snow, or a squick from a door... Etc... Also as a parent and worker. Music is a passion and a hobby so having a weekly (instead of 48 hours) challenge can be more useful and will certainly provide better results from participants. My 2 cents
I like the idea of using natural sounds as elements to songs I think having different styles of samples would be something to look into.
Doing something like this would be cool 1 week a song (basic sampling genres), 2nd week an element of a song like the arp we have now, 3rd week using sounds from life as you mentioned and maybe the 4th week of the month would be an odd genre that you wouldnt think of sampling normally.
I think different time frames for different challenges would be dope. I like doing tracks in one or two hours when I'm in the mood for quick sample mangling, while others might like a day or two to polish their work. So maybe differentiate by couple hours/daily/weekly challenges?
Limiting battles to once a week will kill the sub imo, let people post samples whenever.
Maybe 7 days after the original post creation make a 2nd post that people can vote in. Title it after whatever the sample file is and add voting at the end. That way there's enough time for people to get their submissions in before the vote begins and the votes won't pile up on the people who finished earlier.
Samples with a bit of variation in frequency and the adsr of the sounds.
I think it would be better if the voting process was more than 24 hours. It's super easy to miss a battle or in my case, just join the sub and find out there's really only 1 or 2 threads you can interact with. It doesn't have to be ultra long, but I think like 2 or 3 days would be better.
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I would say having people do that is fine but to still have a organized weekly thing to get people coming back is a good idea. Some people are quicker then others so having random daily things for people like that would be great but for the slow perfectionists out there a weekly thing might work better for them.