Way Beyond Fairlight X Competition

[jappe]

Way Beyond Fairlight X Competition
Presented by Bitley & Reasontalk

Winners Announced Here!

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The submission period has now ended - thank you for participating!
Please allow some days to get the votes from all jury members.
This post will be updated with the competition result

These are the submissions:

Wowhow

Bes

Cavunca

Jam-S https://jam-s.bandcamp.com/track/ephedr ... -compo-ver



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Overview
Welcome to a competition centered around the new Way Beyond Fairlight X refill!

Getting Started
Download the required demo refill here
Note: You may see "Can't load this file type" message, but downloading will still work.

Competition Rules

• Required: Your track must use the demo refill waybeyondfairlight X delight.rfl
• Allowed additional sources:
  Sampling:
  • Up to 10 items from your immediate surroundings
  • Your own voice
  • Bitley YouTube clips from youtube.com/bitleytm
  • Sample length must not exceed 5 seconds each
  • Samples can be modified freely
  
  Devices:
  • ReDrum
  • NNXT
  • Malström
  • Grain
  • Combinator
  • All built-in Reason effect units
• Custom backdrop graphics are welcome for Signature Patches

Submission Guidelines

• Submit your entry via this form.
• Tracks must be self-contained except for content in waybeyondfairlight X delight.rfl
• Submissions will be published on YouTube after the deadline
• No distribution of tracks before competition ends

Deadline
Last date for submission: January 15 2025 EST
The submissions will be revealed in this thread January 16

Prizes

• 1st to 5th place: Way Beyond Fairlight X & Kontakt-library
• 6th to 10th place: Way Beyond Fairlight X

Note: Bitley may contact those users who have interesting samples and patches for permission to include them in the Way Beyond Fairlight X.

[bitley]

This will be great I'm looking forward to hearing all of the amazing creativity you guys are carrying! I hope you will find the demo refill fun and inspiring!

Greetings from snowy Sweden,
Patrick

[Loque]

A good opportunity to work more with sampling and samples

[Bes]

very generous prizes

[bitley]

Thanks! I was thinking of making tshirts too but a recent environmental documentary made me decide to stick with software. U guys have enough tshirts right?

[bitley]

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Having said this, I'm enclosing an image for the competition. I've emailed it to Jappe but I think he might have missed it. Do you guys like it / approve? Easy to change anything otherwise. I wanted to bring the Fairlight CMI screen emotion while sharing the message about the competition.

Link to the image: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/5cjx8jfn ... bholj&dl=0

[jappe]

Discover the True Power of Refills – A Hidden Gem for Serious Producers

In a world where flashy plugins and hyped-up tech dominate the conversation, it’s easy to overlook the unsung heroes of music production: refills. But let’s set the record straight – refills are not just an alternative, they are a powerhouse of inspiration and sound quality.

Why refills? Because they combine:

• Exceptional Sound Quality – Crafted with care and precision, refills deliver studio-ready results.
• Effortless Workflow – Optimized for Reason, refills integrate seamlessly into your projects, so you spend less time tweaking and more time creating.
• Incredible Value – Why pay more for a VST or RE when a refill can provide superior sound at a fraction of the cost?

Refills are for producers who care about sound, not just hype. Over the years, thousands of users – from hobbyists to professional artists – have discovered the depth and versatility of our collections. These are the tools you’ll keep coming back to, project after project.
Don’t Follow Trends – Set Them

While others chase the next big thing, join the growing movement of producers who value craftsmanship, detail, and timeless sound. Explore our refill collections today and hear the difference for yourself.

Having said this, I'm enclosing an image for the competition. I've emailed it to Jappe but I think he might have missed it. Do you guys like it / approve? Easy to change anything otherwise. I wanted to bring the Fairlight CMI screen emotion while sharing the message about the competition.

Link to the image: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/5cjx8jfn ... bholj&dl=0

Hey that image looks nice to me; but can you mail me a higher resolution one plz; 1200/628

[bitley]

Cool, it is, the preview is lowres. Download it using the nedåtpilpek and check

[jappe]

Cool, it is, the preview is lowres. Download it using the nedåtpilpek and check

Check your mailbox!

[bitley]

1200 x 668 right?

New version here: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/bwgf9glu ... d0cj4&dl=0

[bitley]

Thank you team ReasonTalk, fantastic scripting and programming, beautifully done. Good luck to all Reason creators!

[esme]

Fairlight refill is just samples right

[bitley]

No It's everything. Redrum kits, Subtractor patches, effects, massive combinators, Thor patches. The early versions are also including full on demo track examples. You are, however, supposed / much welcome to add your samples to all of it when you're creating with it. That's when Reason becomes the Fairlight CMI of modern days. That's the idea. Check out the site where all of the versions are described in pretty detailed ways.

[bitley]

Fairlight refill is just samples right

Fairlight is just samples and some fun functions

Grab it lol https://www.ebay.com/itm/335652059910

[bitley]

If you find it hard to begin, you might want to check out this option too: You can remix my new track "How It Feels", here is a remix pack. The track is linked in the music section too.

[bitley]

Have we been getting anything? Are you guys ON IT or was anything unclear / uncool / let us know. Deadline changes to... May 15th? May the force be with you. Will we see a Streisand effect on all of this somehow?

[jam-s]

If I wouldn't be forced into registering an account with google just to submit a track for the competition, I might try to get something done in the little time left before the deadline.

[bitley]

You can simply email it to me or as a link or why not publish a hidden Youtube or Soundcloud link. That is all just tech details we can sort out as soon we get to access your track.

We suggested a solution thinking it would be easy but as you point out, not everyone likes those so called solutions. You can also post the track to me as a physical CD minidisc or cassette! I used to recieve tapes as a kid, loved it.

The first word I ever said in life was "Banda" in swedish which means "tape it".

[jam-s]

That's good to know as from the rules in the OP alternative ways of submission did seem to be allowed.
So I'll try to cook up something nice with your inspiring new sounds.

[bitley]

Just a few days left and if no viable entries are posted the competition can not be run. A track can take two hours to make so there's plenty of time. But it would be cool with some creative action on this forum, bring some output.

[jam-s]

Just a few days left and if no viable entries are posted the competition can not be run. [...]

That would be a shame. I'll have something ready before the deadline, but right now the dish is still pretty much in the "getting all ingredients into shape and arranged" phase.

[bitley]

That's all cool man but we can't have one competitor only Do you know where all the Koolaid Kids are?

[bitley]

admin heroes: can we please set this to deadline may 1st instead then and I'll make sure to create an improved demo refill with much more content & we can simplify the rules too. i'll make some song starters that can be remixed if the ideas have ran out over christmas & the dreadful world development around the globe.

The key thing is that rules can be bent a little if those are too strict. Please fill us in, people, to let us know what to do to make you run home and create.

[jappe]

admin heroes: can we please set this to deadline may 1st instead then and I'll make sure to create an improved demo refill with much more content & we can simplify the rules too. i'll make some song starters that can be remixed if the ideas have ran out over christmas & the dreadful world development around the globe.

The key thing is that rules can be bent a little if those are too strict. Please fill us in, people, to let us know what to do to make you run home and create.

If we're making rule/refill changes then we should close the current and open a new I think.

I just heard that there's possibly another incoming competition, lets see it doesn't clash.
We'll find a good way to sync it anyhow.

I'm interested also in feedback on how we could improve; so please throw any feedback our way!

[moneykube]

Will there be prizes for those who have purchased the refill, but only use the revised demo refill, and also comply to the other rules to compete?
Like> perhaps one of your great refills I have not yet purchased ... That would be my only change in rules and terms.