Blamsoft and eXode VK-2 Viking Synthesizer Song Challenge
Posted: 23 Mar 2017
Welcome to the Blamsoft, eXode and Reasonistas VK-2 Viking Synthesizer Song Challenge.
3D renderings by Mikko Niiranen aka Nirude.
THE RULES
All participants must post their song in this thread and we will update the OP to include each entry. This confirms your song was accepted.
THE JUDGES
Andrew @ Blamsoft
Daniel @ eXode
Noel G. @ Reasonistas
The judging will be based off the following criteria:
1st Place: VK-2 and all other Blamsoft Rack Extensions
2nd Place: VK-2 plus 2 other Blamsoft Rack Extensions of choice
3rd Place: VK-2
VK-2 Viking Synthesizer shop page: https://shop.propellerheads.se/product/ ... nthesizer/
Good luck to everyone!
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Accepted entries will be posted below.
Entry # 1 - bepemixer - EXO-DE-GENE'
Entry # 2 - Loque - Dawn In Mexico
Entry # 3 - bsp - vk2_demo-25Mar2017
Entry # 4 - raymondh - Continuum
Entry # 5 - Re8et - Palindrome
Entry # 6 - deepndark (Reflexion X) - CPU Overload (Blamsoft & EXode VK - 2 Synth Contest)
Entry # 7 - ryanneckel (Ryan & The Blunts) - Test Drive
Entry # 8 - BenedictRoff-Marsh - Moray Eel - VK - 2 Demo
Entry # 9 - flavolous - When Robots Are Tuning Up! (Unofficial Soundtrack)
Entry # 10 - Loque - Face Control
Entry # 11 - Libraquaricorn - Synthesist's Wife's Coin Toss Loss To New Soft Synth (Rigged)
Entry # 12 - Tommy Steger - Viking2- ts - Synthesizer Song Challenge
Entry # 13 - Noplan (Pawel Schulz) - Nordmann (Blamsoft and eXode VK-2 Viking Synthesizer Song Challenge)
Entry # 14 - Sympathetic Dissonance - Les Marais de Bell
Entry # 15 - Noise (Noise Shadow) - Broken Symmetry (VK2 Blamsoft Synth Challenge)
Entry # 16 - ThisIsNotTheMusic - Future X - VK2 Remix
Entry # 17 - freyelise - Maidentrip
Entry # 18 - teddymcw - Norðreyjar Vk-2
Entry # 19 - gullum (Gulli) - Love Is Our Way (VK2 Song Chalange)
Entry # 20 - RE8ET - CUCKLEBOO
Entry # 21 - Advanced Suite - 1 V
Entry # 22 - NekujaK - No Memory
Entry # 23 - Tau- Ceti - Viking 2
Entry # 24 - flavolous - Equater Chasor
Entry # 25 - plasticfractal (hex formes) - no response
Entry # 26 - Despondo - Collision Course
Entry # 27 - Despondo - Something's Watching
Entry # 28 - Olivier (eauhm) - Ode to Wendy ( Switched on Vikings )
Entry # 29 - Kimo The Beatmaker - Sertraline Symphony
Entry # 30 - CampfireBurning (TheNastyDragon) - Phinn
Entry # 31 - Future X - VK2 Stavanger Club Mix
Entry # 32 - teddymcw-playground - Zero to Sixty Vk-2
Entry # 33 - bsp604 - Nachtschwärmer [VK2 Song Challenge Entry#2]
Entry # 34 - Libraquaricorn - And Then Someone Dialed 921
Entry # 35 - Blast (Ignitionst) - Welcome the Viking
Entry # 36 - Audiotic - Systemic Contradiction
Entry # 37 - nikonovs (FURYWEEKEND) - VK-2 Spaceship Journey (Vk-2 RE Contest)
Entry # 38 - Aeox - Virtus
Entry # 39 - mystile - Before The Battle
Entry # 40 - The G - Viking Summer [WIP]
Entry # 41 - RE8ET - LEAVING PLUTO
Entry # 42 - teddymcw-playground - Just One Situation
Entry # 43 - teddymcw - Across the Earth
Entry # 44 - esselfortium - Augmented Existence
Entry # 45 - amnésica - Neon Viking Ship
Entry # 46 - artotaku - Velvet Kingdom (VK-2 Viking Synthesizer Song Challenge)
Entry # 47 - plastic fractal - tour de vk-2
Entry # 48 - plasticfractal - like a human eye - ten years ago
Entry # 49 - Viscor - Vaporize
Entry # 50 - Iggster (DFAC5) - Short Trip, Longship!
Entry # 51 - Breach The Sky - District 36
Entry # 52 - Adam Cadabra - See You in Valhalla (FEAT VK-2 RE)
Entry # 53 - Zhi Zhu (AJ 3000) - Nite Shift (Blamsoft & EXode VK - 2 Viking Synth Song Challenge)
3D renderings by Mikko Niiranen aka Nirude.
THE RULES
- Judge's decision is final
- Only 3 winners with no cash alternative.
- Song challenge begins Thursday, March 23rd, 2017
- Song challenge ends Saturday, April 22, 2017 @ 11:59 pm EST
- After the closing date, you are not allowed to change, alter or resubmit your entry. Any re-submissions or alterations will result in disqualification
- All entrants, when requested, must be prepared to provide evidence that the rules have been adhered to. This includes providing a copy of the Reason song file to verify that only the VK-2 Viking Synthesizer was used for synth sounds.
- VK-2 Viking Synthesizer Re for all synth sounds
- Any Reason native and rack extension Effects and Utilities, including R9 "Players" (no external plug-ins or hardware)
- Any Factory Sound Bank drums and/or samples, but not drums and/or samples from external plug-ins.
- Any recorded instruments and vocals (excluding external synths)
- Any vocal samples
- Any collaboration for any of the above
- No synth that is not VK-2 Viking Synthesizer unless for modulation purposes
- No external plug-ins or hardware
- No instrument samples (you can use FSB drums samples and samples of VK-2 Viking Synthesizer but keep source file for verification)
- No programs outside of Reason that generate synth sounds
- No copyrighted material
- No cover songs
All participants must post their song in this thread and we will update the OP to include each entry. This confirms your song was accepted.
THE JUDGES
Andrew @ Blamsoft
Daniel @ eXode
Noel G. @ Reasonistas
The judging will be based off the following criteria:
- Showcasing of VK-2 Viking Synthesizer (this is critical)
- Arrangement and songwriting
- Originality and creativity
- Mixing and engineering
1st Place: VK-2 and all other Blamsoft Rack Extensions
2nd Place: VK-2 plus 2 other Blamsoft Rack Extensions of choice
3rd Place: VK-2
VK-2 Viking Synthesizer shop page: https://shop.propellerheads.se/product/ ... nthesizer/
Good luck to everyone!
_____________________________________________________________________________________________
Accepted entries will be posted below.
Entry # 1 - bepemixer - EXO-DE-GENE'
Entry # 2 - Loque - Dawn In Mexico
Entry # 3 - bsp - vk2_demo-25Mar2017
Entry # 4 - raymondh - Continuum
Entry # 5 - Re8et - Palindrome
Entry # 6 - deepndark (Reflexion X) - CPU Overload (Blamsoft & EXode VK - 2 Synth Contest)
Entry # 7 - ryanneckel (Ryan & The Blunts) - Test Drive
Entry # 8 - BenedictRoff-Marsh - Moray Eel - VK - 2 Demo
Entry # 9 - flavolous - When Robots Are Tuning Up! (Unofficial Soundtrack)
Entry # 10 - Loque - Face Control
Entry # 11 - Libraquaricorn - Synthesist's Wife's Coin Toss Loss To New Soft Synth (Rigged)
Entry # 12 - Tommy Steger - Viking2- ts - Synthesizer Song Challenge
Entry # 13 - Noplan (Pawel Schulz) - Nordmann (Blamsoft and eXode VK-2 Viking Synthesizer Song Challenge)
Entry # 14 - Sympathetic Dissonance - Les Marais de Bell
Entry # 15 - Noise (Noise Shadow) - Broken Symmetry (VK2 Blamsoft Synth Challenge)
Entry # 16 - ThisIsNotTheMusic - Future X - VK2 Remix
Entry # 17 - freyelise - Maidentrip
Entry # 18 - teddymcw - Norðreyjar Vk-2
Entry # 19 - gullum (Gulli) - Love Is Our Way (VK2 Song Chalange)
Entry # 20 - RE8ET - CUCKLEBOO
Entry # 21 - Advanced Suite - 1 V
Entry # 22 - NekujaK - No Memory
Entry # 23 - Tau- Ceti - Viking 2
Entry # 24 - flavolous - Equater Chasor
Entry # 25 - plasticfractal (hex formes) - no response
Entry # 26 - Despondo - Collision Course
Entry # 27 - Despondo - Something's Watching
Entry # 28 - Olivier (eauhm) - Ode to Wendy ( Switched on Vikings )
Entry # 29 - Kimo The Beatmaker - Sertraline Symphony
Entry # 30 - CampfireBurning (TheNastyDragon) - Phinn
Entry # 31 - Future X - VK2 Stavanger Club Mix
Entry # 32 - teddymcw-playground - Zero to Sixty Vk-2
Entry # 33 - bsp604 - Nachtschwärmer [VK2 Song Challenge Entry#2]
Entry # 34 - Libraquaricorn - And Then Someone Dialed 921
Entry # 35 - Blast (Ignitionst) - Welcome the Viking
Entry # 36 - Audiotic - Systemic Contradiction
Entry # 37 - nikonovs (FURYWEEKEND) - VK-2 Spaceship Journey (Vk-2 RE Contest)
Entry # 38 - Aeox - Virtus
Entry # 39 - mystile - Before The Battle
Entry # 40 - The G - Viking Summer [WIP]
Entry # 41 - RE8ET - LEAVING PLUTO
Entry # 42 - teddymcw-playground - Just One Situation
Entry # 43 - teddymcw - Across the Earth
Entry # 44 - esselfortium - Augmented Existence
Entry # 45 - amnésica - Neon Viking Ship
Entry # 46 - artotaku - Velvet Kingdom (VK-2 Viking Synthesizer Song Challenge)
Entry # 47 - plastic fractal - tour de vk-2
Entry # 48 - plasticfractal - like a human eye - ten years ago
Entry # 49 - Viscor - Vaporize
Entry # 50 - Iggster (DFAC5) - Short Trip, Longship!
Entry # 51 - Breach The Sky - District 36
Entry # 52 - Adam Cadabra - See You in Valhalla (FEAT VK-2 RE)
Entry # 53 - Zhi Zhu (AJ 3000) - Nite Shift (Blamsoft & EXode VK - 2 Viking Synth Song Challenge)