Elektron Musical Instruments

Hello everyone,

I was thinking that who will do the poll for MD contest. Earlier I 
said that I can do it, since Joe has done a lot concerning the 
contest, I thought maybe Joe could also do the poll? I mean it's ok 
with me and could be more clear if one person would do all the work 
(if there are two chefs fooling around, soup could get messy...)

Toni.

I came back on the list after a long time...

can someone explain me the contest thing?

cheers

Il giorno 24/set/04, alle 10:10, tahvenaine2002 ha scritto:

> Hello everyone,
>
> I was thinking that who will do the poll for MD contest. Earlier I
> said that I can do it, since Joe has done a lot concerning the
> contest, I thought maybe Joe could also do the poll? I mean it's ok
> with me and could be more clear if one person would do all the work
> (if there are two chefs fooling around, soup could get messy...)
>
> Toni.

> I came back on the list after a long time...
> 
> can someone explain me the contest thing?
> 

Look at the files section, you will find rules typed by Joe and some 
mp3s.

Toni.

Thanks!! 
 
> please note that the files section is temporarily closed while
> voting is taking place.  I'll re-open it on the first so that
> next month's contest can begin.

Oh shit! I didn't listen other peoples work at (because I wanted to 
be unbiased), can't we let it be open, so that people can listen 
them. Is there any reason to close it?


> we also need to decide a couple things:
> 1) are we going to continue choosing whichever machine we want
> or will we choose one machine each month?  personally, I
> think that would be the most interesting approach...

I think just choosing some particulary machine will get boring. We 
will just go thru MD, machine by machine. I guess people could swing 
some other ideas too, not to be machine-specific at all.

Toni.

"tahvenaine2002" <toni.ahvenainen@p...> wrote:
> Thanks!! 
>  
> > please note that the files section is temporarily closed while
> > voting is taking place.  I'll re-open it on the first so that
> > next month's contest can begin.
> 
> Oh shit! I didn't listen other peoples work at (because I wanted to 
> be unbiased), can't we let it be open, so that people can listen 
> them. Is there any reason to close it?
> 

Oh.. I can still download them. Thats ok, forget me whineing..

Toni.

On Fri, Sep 24, 2004 at 08:10:45AM -0000, tahvenaine2002 wrote:
>    I was thinking that who will do the poll for MD contest. Earlier I
>    said that I can do it, since Joe has done a lot concerning the
>    contest, I thought maybe Joe could also do the poll?

done!  we had a total of ten entries.  hopefully it grows a bit
to get even more interesting.  unfortunately, I couldn't
contribute this time around, due to computer problems.  :-(

please note that the files section is temporarily closed while
voting is taking place.  I'll re-open it on the first so that
next month's contest can begin.

we also need to decide a couple things:
1) are we going to continue choosing whichever machine we want
or will we choose one machine each month?  personally, I
think that would be the most interesting approach...

2) if we are going to choose one machine each month, how will we
choose it?  I think that the winner from the previous month
should choose the machine for the following month...

if anyone objects to these ideas, please feel free to say so.
otherwise, I guess we'll just go ahead with that...

On Fri, Sep 24, 2004 at 11:59:42AM -0000, tahvenaine2002 wrote:
>    Oh shit! I didn't listen other peoples work at (because I wanted to
>    be unbiased), can't we let it be open, so that people can listen
>    them. Is there any reason to close it?

it's still open for downloads, just not for uploads.  I only
closed it so that further submissions/additions aren't there
to confuse things.  and it will make it easier to archive and
start fresh next month.

>    I think just choosing some particulary machine will get boring. We
>    will just go thru MD, machine by machine. I guess people could swing
>    some other ideas too, not to be machine-specific at all.

ok. so we have one vote for choosing one machine each month (me) and
one for choosing any machine each month (you).  anybody else?

I would say we should all have to use the same machine.  

Maybe the winner can choose the pattern?  Just an idea.  although I've
had trouble loading patterns and kits on to my MD.

--- In elektron-users@yahoogroups.com, Joe <jmelnyk@c...> wrote:

> On Fri, Sep 24, 2004 at 08:10:45AM -0000, tahvenaine2002 wrote:
> >    I was thinking that who will do the poll for MD contest. Earlier I
> >    said that I can do it, since Joe has done a lot concerning the
> >    contest, I thought maybe Joe could also do the poll?
> 
> done!  we had a total of ten entries.  hopefully it grows a bit
> to get even more interesting.  unfortunately, I couldn't
> contribute this time around, due to computer problems.  :-(
> 
> please note that the files section is temporarily closed while
> voting is taking place.  I'll re-open it on the first so that
> next month's contest can begin.
> 
> we also need to decide a couple things:
> 1) are we going to continue choosing whichever machine we want
> or will we choose one machine each month?  personally, I
> think that would be the most interesting approach...
> 
> 2) if we are going to choose one machine each month, how will we
> choose it?  I think that the winner from the previous month
> should choose the machine for the following month...
> 
> if anyone objects to these ideas, please feel free to say so.
> otherwise, I guess we'll just go ahead with that...

--- In elektron-users@yahoogroups.com, "endlessnessisticman" 
<moving808@e...> wrote:
> I would say we should all have to use the same machine.  

I agree. That way the entries will be more comparable. It's easier to 
get a nice pattern if you're using the EFM BD than if you're using 
the GND Impulse.. :-)


nils

Hmm.... Nobody seems to want to participate this month.  Is it because of the machine I 
picked, because of the holidays, are people burnt out on the contest or busy or what?

Joe

I got my MD in October, and I started an entry for this month -- 
however, a recent computer theft prevents me from submitting my 
results :(

--- In elektron-users@yahoogroups.com, "Joe" <jmelnyk@c...> wrote:
> 
> Hmm.... Nobody seems to want to participate this month.  Is it 
because of the machine I 
> picked, because of the holidays, are people burnt out on the 
contest or busy or what?
> 
> Joe

there you go! (have to add sysex later)

dtr

--- In elektron-users@yahoogroups.com, "Joe" <jmelnyk@c...> wrote:

> 
> Hmm.... Nobody seems to want to participate this month.  Is it because of the machine I 
> picked, because of the holidays, are people burnt out on the contest or busy or what?
> 
> Joe

Joe,

Would you be interested in starting a MnM contest?

/Scott

divi309 wrote:

> 
> there you go! (have to add sysex later)
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> dtr
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> --- In elektron-users@yahoogroups.com, "Joe" <jmelnyk@c...> wrote:
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>>Hmm.... Nobody seems to want to participate this month.  Is it because of the machine I 
>>picked, because of the holidays, are people burnt out on the contest or busy or what?
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>>Joe
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When's the closing date? Mine is coming in a couple of days, and I 
know that at least one more entry is on its way from Thomas of Valve.

How about you Joe?


Nils


--- In elektron-users@yahoogroups.com, "Joe" <jmelnyk@c...> wrote:
> 
> Hmm.... Nobody seems to want to participate this month.  Is it 
because of the machine I 
> picked, because of the holidays, are people burnt out on the 
contest or busy or what?
> 
> Joe

I'm new to all of this, what are the rules? (Mind you I just got the
thing so am still learning how to work it)

-Stephen

On Mon, 22 Nov 2004 15:32:13 -0000, Nils Odegaard
<nilsodegaard@...> wrote:
 
>  When's the closing date? Mine is coming in a couple of days, and I 
>  know that at least one more entry is on its way from Thomas of Valve.

-- 
http://www.skkatter.net

check the 'files' section on the group page. there s info about the contest.
dtr

--- In elektron-users@yahoogroups.com, skkatter <skkatter@g...> wrote:

> I'm new to all of this, what are the rules? (Mind you I just got the
> thing so am still learning how to work it)
> 
> -Stephen
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> On Mon, 22 Nov 2004 15:32:13 -0000, Nils Odegaard
> <nilsodegaard@h...> wrote:
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> >  When's the closing date? Mine is coming in a couple of days, and I 
> >  know that at least one more entry is on its way from Thomas of Valve.
> 
> -- 
> http://www.skkatter.net

On Nov 22, 2004, at 10:32 AM, Nils Odegaard wrote:

>  When's the closing date? Mine is coming in a couple of days, and I
>  know that at least one more entry is on its way from Thomas of Valve.

that's good to hear!  the closing date should actually be today.  but I 
guess we
should extend it until next monday since there's only one entry now.

>  How about you Joe?

it's done.  it just needs to be recorded and uploaded;  I just put off 
doing that
because the response was so small.
"and when I'm lying in my bed, I think about life and I think about 
death.  and neither one particularly appeals to me." - the smiths

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On Nov 22, 2004, at 10:13 AM, Scott Kellogg wrote:

>  Would you be interested in starting a MnM contest?

it's not a bad idea, if there's interest.  we would definitely need more
webspace for it though, as we are at the limit of ours as is.

interest is the main thing.  there doesn't seem to be too much for
the MD contest even.  meaning that there's ~10 entries and we've
got ~1000 members.  if a lot of people want one, though, then we
should investigate ways to make it happen.

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> it's not a bad idea, if there's interest.  we would definitely need more
> webspace for it though, as we are at the limit of ours as is.

I have (for all intents and purposes) unlimted storage.  We could hang a
new site off, say, http://www.glaive.org/mnm/ or whatnot.  It would be a
fairly simple matter to set up PHP file uploads.  Maybe I'll just go
ahead and do it.  Build it, and they will come, etc. 

> the MD contest even.  meaning that there's ~10 entries and we've
> got ~1000 members.  if a lot of people want one, though, then we
> should investigate ways to make it happen.

Perhaps the contest idea could be expanded include a Web repository for
MnM patterns and mp3s.  Maybe I'll register a domain for it and be legit.
Suggestions for the domain name?

/Scott

I tried but I couldn't make anything decent with the cymbal :D... would 
love to hear some nice tracks with it though... (actually i made 
something halfway decent then accidentally pulled the power cable out.. 
oops...all the kit had not been recently saved)

Yours,
Chris

On Nov 22, 2004, at 8:32 AM, Joe wrote:

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> Hmm.... Nobody seems to want to participate this month.  Is it because 
> of the machine I
> picked, because of the holidays, are people burnt out on the contest 
> or busy or what?
>
> Joe
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I made something with this Cymbal but I haven't recorded it yet.
I will do this as soon as possible and I must add, it wasn't easy to 
make something interesting.

Ronald.

On Nov 22, 2004, at 4:26 PM, Scott Kellogg wrote:

>  I have (for all intents and purposes) unlimted storage.  We could 
> hang a
>  new site off, say, http://www.glaive.org/mnm/ or whatnot.  It would 
> be a
>  fairly simple matter to set up PHP file uploads.  Maybe I'll just go
>  ahead and do it.  Build it, and they will come, etc.

right on.  that would be awesome, Scott!  especially if you could 
create a venue
where the MD contest could be hosted as well.  that way, we could be 
less limited
on space and people could fell less pressed for time regarding the 
length of their
entries.  it would be even greater if you could include a voting 
system; especially
one where people could vote for the top three entries and rank them as 
such.  it's
much better than just choosing the best one.

>  Perhaps the contest idea could be expanded include a Web repository 
> for
>  MnM patterns and mp3s.  Maybe I'll register a domain for it and be 
> legit.
>  Suggestions for the domain name?

that would be awesome as well.  well, if you're hosting a forum for 
both of them,
then something like "elektroncontests.com" seems appropriate 
(especially since
we may wish to do this for future Elektron products too).   if it's 
only MnM, then
"monomachinecontest.com" or something would be appropriate.
"and when I'm lying in my bed, I think about life and I think about 
death.  and neither one particularly appeals to me." - the smiths

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That would be better to try to make longer say 2 min MD
patterns/songs.  Adding SID and MnM contests would be cool to hear. 
This could be a way to create a working forum.  

Also what happened to that page of links of Elektron used music.  It
had a list of names.  The names were the link.  I think Joe made it? 
I think it should be in the Links section.  Or I'm just stoopid and
didn't see it.

--- In elektron-users@yahoogroups.com, Joseph Melnyk <jmelnyk@c...> wrote:

> On Nov 22, 2004, at 4:26 PM, Scott Kellogg wrote:
> 
> >  I have (for all intents and purposes) unlimted storage.  We could 
> > hang a
> >  new site off, say, http://www.glaive.org/mnm/ or whatnot.  It would 
> > be a
> >  fairly simple matter to set up PHP file uploads.  Maybe I'll just go
> >  ahead and do it.  Build it, and they will come, etc.
> 
> right on.  that would be awesome, Scott!  especially if you could 
> create a venue
> where the MD contest could be hosted as well.  that way, we could be 
> less limited
> on space and people could fell less pressed for time regarding the 
> length of their
> entries.  it would be even greater if you could include a voting 
> system; especially
> one where people could vote for the top three entries and rank them as 
> such.  it's
> much better than just choosing the best one.
> 
> >  Perhaps the contest idea could be expanded include a Web repository 
> > for
> >  MnM patterns and mp3s.  Maybe I'll register a domain for it and be 
> > legit.
> >  Suggestions for the domain name?
> 
> that would be awesome as well.  well, if you're hosting a forum for 
> both of them,
> then something like "elektroncontests.com" seems appropriate 
> (especially since
> we may wish to do this for future Elektron products too).   if it's 
> only MnM, then
> "monomachinecontest.com" or something would be appropriate.
> "and when I'm lying in my bed, I think about life and I think about 
> death.  and neither one particularly appeals to me." - the smiths
> 
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

On Nov 24, 2004, at 12:51 AM, endlessnessisticman wrote:

>  That would be better to try to make longer say 2 min MD
>  patterns/songs.  Adding SID and MnM contests would be cool to hear.
>  This could be a way to create a working forum. 

true.  I think that even if it stays on the Yahoo forum, we should 
change it a bit.
it should be that you get 1MB for your mp3 and that's it.  if you can 
squeeze a
two minute song into that (probably by using a low bit rate) then so be 
it.

> Also what happened to that page of links of Elektron used music.  It
>  had a list of names.  The names were the link.  I think Joe made it?
>  I think it should be in the Links section.  Or I'm just stoopid and
>  didn't see it.

it should still be in the links section of the group's website.
"and when I'm lying in my bed, I think about life and I think about 
death.  and neither one particularly appeals to me." - the smiths

[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

> right on.  that would be awesome, Scott!  especially if you could 
> create a venue
> where the MD contest could be hosted as well.  that way, we could be 
> less limited
> on space and people could fell less pressed for time regarding the 
> length of their
> entries.  it would be even greater if you could include a voting 
> system; especially
> one where people could vote for the top three entries and rank them as 
> such.  it's
> much better than just choosing the best one.

I have begun setting up the site, which uses PHP-Nuke and PHPBB2 as its 
core components.  I have not set up a Nuke site before, so it will take 
a bit of fiddling to get it looking right.  Hopefully there are 
pre-existing modules for uploads and voting, but I can write something 
new if need be.

The site will serve as a nexus for all Elektron products, so we can host 
MD songs there, as well as MnM ones (even SID ones :) ).  Once the 
initial look/feel and functionality is complete, I will make a general 
announcement about the site's location.

I helped set up reasonstation.net back in 2001, and that site was quite 
successful.  In the long run, however, the site was taken over by people 
who did not have registered copies of Reason, which was disappointing. 
But worry not!  Hardware, they say, is the ultimate dongle.


> then something like "elektroncontests.com" seems appropriate 
> (especially since
> we may wish to do this for future Elektron products too).   if it's 
> only MnM, then
> "monomachinecontest.com" or something would be appropriate.

I've got a good idea for the domain name.  I'll release it when the site 
is ready for public viewing.  Thank you for the suggestions!

/Scott

I'll suggest Elektron Kicks Ass.  Haha.

--- In elektron-users@yahoogroups.com, Scott Kellogg <glaive@g...> wrote:
> 
> > right on.  that would be awesome, Scott!  especially if you could 
> > create a venue
> > where the MD contest could be hosted as well.  that way, we could be 
> > less limited
> > on space and people could fell less pressed for time regarding the 
> > length of their
> > entries.  it would be even greater if you could include a voting 
> > system; especially
> > one where people could vote for the top three entries and rank
them as 
> > such.  it's
> > much better than just choosing the best one.
> 
> I have begun setting up the site, which uses PHP-Nuke and PHPBB2 as its 
> core components.  I have not set up a Nuke site before, so it will take 
> a bit of fiddling to get it looking right.  Hopefully there are 
> pre-existing modules for uploads and voting, but I can write something 
> new if need be.
> 
> The site will serve as a nexus for all Elektron products, so we can
host 
> MD songs there, as well as MnM ones (even SID ones :) ).  Once the 
> initial look/feel and functionality is complete, I will make a general 
> announcement about the site's location.
> 
> I helped set up reasonstation.net back in 2001, and that site was quite 
> successful.  In the long run, however, the site was taken over by
people 
> who did not have registered copies of Reason, which was disappointing. 
> But worry not!  Hardware, they say, is the ultimate dongle.
> 
> 
> > then something like "elektroncontests.com" seems appropriate 
> > (especially since
> > we may wish to do this for future Elektron products too).   if it's 
> > only MnM, then
> > "monomachinecontest.com" or something would be appropriate.
> 
> I've got a good idea for the domain name.  I'll release it when the
site 

> is ready for public viewing.  Thank you for the suggestions!
> 
> /Scott

The site looks almost finnished allready! It will be fantastic to shift the
elektron discussion away from the private lists!

>
> I have begun setting up the site, which uses PHP-Nuke and PHPBB2 as its
> core components.  I have not set up a Nuke site before, so it will take
> a bit of fiddling to get it looking right.  Hopefully there are
> pre-existing modules for uploads and voting, but I can write something
> new if need be.
>
> The site will serve as a nexus for all Elektron products, so we can host
> MD songs there, as well as MnM ones (even SID ones :) ).  Once the
> initial look/feel and functionality is complete, I will make a general
> announcement about the site's location.
>
> I helped set up reasonstation.net back in 2001, and that site was quite
> successful.  In the long run, however, the site was taken over by people
> who did not have registered copies of Reason, which was disappointing.
> But worry not!  Hardware, they say, is the ultimate dongle.
>
>
> > then something like "elektroncontests.com" seems appropriate
> > (especially since
> > we may wish to do this for future Elektron products too).   if it's
> > only MnM, then
> > "monomachinecontest.com" or something would be appropriate.
>
> I've got a good idea for the domain name.  I'll release it when the site
> is ready for public viewing.  Thank you for the suggestions!
>
> /Scott
>

Hi guys,

There's actually 2 threads running about new MD contests, one for a 'classic' contest, and 
one for a new-style contest/collaboration:

http://www.elektron-users.com/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?
topic_id=35&forum=1&post_id=165#forumpost165

http://www.elektron-users.com/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?
topic_id=26&forum=1&post_id=166#forumpost166


cya! divi

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