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BHK Samples has announced a music production competition, offering a chance to win all its sample packs.

Your chance to grab all BHK sample packs for free ! Chop, rearrange, layer, manipulate, modulate and further process, do anything you want with the samples to get your tune dope !

The competition sample pack is available to download at BHK Samples (free registration required).

More information: BHK Samples

Prime Loops has announced the Dodge And Fuski Dubstep Remix Comp in collaboration with Track It Down.

A chance to have your track released commercially by Track It Down.

Prime Loops + Dodge & Fuski in conjunction with Track It Down are giving you the chance to win a bunch of prizes and get your track commercially released!!

Simply create a track using any stems from The Sound Of Dodge & Fuski Sample Pack or download the smaller free selection from below.

Contest Prizes

• Winning Track Mastered by Prime Audio Services.
• Your Track Released commercially by Track It Down.
• Dodge & Fuski Merchandise.
• 5 Sample Packs from Prime Loops.
• Track It Down Pro Account.

The deadline for contest submissions is March 31st, 2013.

More information: Prime Loops / Dubstep Remix Comp

Get your samplers ready, it’s time for another sample remix contest!

If you have previously participated in one of these contests you know the drill: Compose a track using the samples included in the download only, for a chance to win some great prizes.

You may process the samples any way you like, as long as you don’t use any additional instruments, samples, recordings, or other sound sources.

The download includes a total of 115 samples (24bit/44kHz WAV), including sounds contributed by Horatiu-Cristian Petrila of 3ee Sound Design.

The samples are basically all one-shot sounds, no loops this time. They are also deliberately without key information, the idea being that you explore the sounds and be inspired by what you find, rather than connecting the dots in a construction kit style approach.

Sample Remix Pack Download size: 48.3 MB

The deadline for submitting your entry is April 7th, 2013, 11:59pm CET.

So what can you win?

Our friends at Time+Space have generously donated a wonderful selection of prizes from its partners, a value of well over $2,000 USD in total!

The top 3 winners will be voted for by participating contestants. The 4th prize will be awarded to a random entry from the contestants that did not end up in the top 3, so everyone who submits a track has a chance of winning one of the prizes below.

• Toontrack: Superior Drummer + 1 SDX expansion of your choice.
• iZotope: Bundle of Ozone 5, Stutter Edit & Trash 2 effect plug-ins.
• UVI: Vintage Legends – Iconic Synth Collection.
• Synthogy: Ivory Pianos II Grand Pianos, next generation in virtual pianos.

Note: Contest winners pick their own prize from the pool, so the list above is in no particular order.

Contest rules

• You may only use the samples provided in the contest sample pack. No other sound sources are allowed. You may process and manipulate sounds any way you want.
• Submit your entry in mp3 format (minimum of 192kbit) per email to contest@rekkerd.org before April 7th, 2013, 11:59pm CET.
  One entry per person is allowed, you will receive a confirmation of your submission.
• Your entry should be composed specifically for this contest. By entering, you grant permission for your track to be published at the rekkerd.org website, through SoundCloud.
• In order to be eligible to win, contestants are required to vote for their top 5 within a week after the contest deadline. Contestants will be contacted to submit their votes. Note: you cannot vote for your own entry.
• Winners choose a prize from the prize pool in order of placement (1st place winner picks first, then 2nd, etc.). All prizes are granted at the discretion of rekkerd.org. Some prizes may be subject to specific conditions imposed by the sponsor (e.g. NFR licenses).

Contest rules subject to change. If you have any questions feel free to ask or comment on this post.

Good luck!
Ronnie

Contest entries

The submitted tracks are listed here, ordered by date of entry.

Gobbler has announced another Gobbler’s Favorite Things contest, offering a chance to win various Rob Papen products.

Rob Papen is the master of sound design. He’s put out a ton of plug-ins that are not only extraordinarily powerful but also contain extremely versatile User Interfaces, which is quite the challenge in the music technology world.

This week we’re giving away not one, but two copies of Rob Papen’s eXplorer II bundle containing almost all of his prized plug-ins as well as 2 copies of Rob’s new book titled The Secrets of Subtractive Synthesis: The 4 Element Synth. We’ve read the book at Gobbler HQ and with 10 hours of DVD footage, it’s sure to keep you busy as you dig deeper into this master’s insight into the world of subtractive synthesis!

The contest ends 3 March, 2013, 11:59:59PM PST.

More information: Gobbler

Soundiron has announced version 2.0 of its Olympus Micro Choir, a major redesign which doubles the content and vastly expands the feature range of the choral instrument for Kontakt.

Olympus Choir Micro is a lightweight user-friendly simple choral instrument for musicians who just need the basics.

We’ve added a ton of new cutting edge UI features and capabilities, along with the new fast Russian Slavonic poly-sustain ‘Raduisya’ to go along with original slow Latin ‘Dominum’, both with optional tempo-synching for Kontakt 5. We’ve also added easy-to-use smooth ‘Ah’ ff and ‘Oo’ pp vowel sustain options and a new ‘Ah’ and ‘Oo’ short Staccato preset.

We’ve rolled in tons of great new GUI features from our more powerful flagship choir libraries, including dual-ensemble layering with independent controls that allow you to seamlessly blend between the different vowels and poly-sustains on the fly. The standard swell, attack, offset, release and release sample volume controls are there, but now you can stack two section layers together or smoothly cross-fade between them, customize their key ranges and freely sculpt performance settings on the fly.

We’ve also enhanced the legato system with smoother gliding and independent voicing for each divisi section, with phrase-synchronous legato for the poly-sustains and smoother gliss-style legato for the vowel sustains. You have control over speed, bend intensity and range. There’s now also a 3-band EQ with sweepable mid and an integrated convolution reverb engine with 10 special FX impulse options and 10 classic acoustic spaces to choose from.

The full master preset includes all poly-sustains and vowel sustains for both men and women in one unified interface, with customizable key range and performance controls for each section. The more focused Divisi men and women presets allow dual-voice melodic legato and cross-vowel morphing for bigger, more precise arrangements. We’ve streamlined the library and packed more power into every instrument to cut down the clutter and make them easier to navigate and use. You’ll also find brand new special atmospheric presets that take the choir in new creative directions, with custom FX control for each one tied to the modwheel.

Olympus Micro is available to purchase for $19.99 USD. Requires Kontakt 4.2.4 or later, full version.

Soundiron has also announced a demo contest for Olympus Micro.

The creators of the two best tracks that show off all of the new content and features in Olympus Micro 2.0 will be awarded their choice of either a copy of our Mercury Symphonic Boy’s Choir or a copy of our full Olympus Symphonic Choral Collection with Mars and Venus together! Just send us an mp3 by email or Soundcloud link of your submission by March 8th, 2013.

We’ll select the two best tracks that we feel go the deepest into Olympus Micro’s new content and capabilities and announce the two winners by March 15th.

More information: Soundiron / Olympus Micro Choir

Prime Plugins has announced it is giving away a Maschine, the groove production studio by Native Instruments, in collaboration with MusicRadar.

PRIME PLUGINS are giving away the powerfully awesome Maschine by Native Instruments.

This fantastic sequencer and multi effects unit is a must have for anyone producing or performing with samples, sound shaping or tweaking. Also, it just looks AMAZING…

For a chance to win, you need to join the Prime Plugins mailing list.

More information: Prime Plugins / Maschine Giveaway