The (unofficial) Scoring Central Contest - Planning

[Samulis]

Alright... I just finished filming most of the first video today, which discusses microphone selection and setup. Unfortunately the camera mic sort of sucks, so I have to go back and re-record a bunch with a proper mic hooked up. Regardless, I hope to have a video up within the next two weeks, with another (thankfully much much easier to make) one that goes over editing samples, and then finally another straightforward one that discusses basic SFZ scripting. All in all, I hope to get the contest off the ground by the 2nd or 3rd week of December, with the first stage ending around the middle of January, and the second stage (composition part) ending perhaps the 1st of March.

[Samulis]

I have put together a first draft with the first portion of the video on 'recording' (up to the end of mic usage). I'd like some input on-
1. any information you feel is missing.
2. any information you feel is superfluous.
3. the pacing, structure, and content.

EDIT: UPDATED! Now 9 min. long

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4b4wP5AGLKA (don't share)

There's still about another 7-10 minutes of final length to be added, and this is just part 1. You can see why this is taking a while.

[Samulis]

Alright, so I decided to build a "part I" that goes before the "part I" I was working on before that explains more of how sampling works fundamentally. Yesterday i got to recording and I ended up editing pretty much all day... it's already 27 minutes!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rB75xMVolAo

Let me know if you all have any thoughts.

Edit: re-shot the velocity portion, editing now.

[Samulis]

Alright, I did a new version of that Part I-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdGtVnw7qrk

Improved the portion talking about historical sample libraries, added a quick overview of MIDI (probably too quick, but hey, trying to not make this any longer), and some other fixes.

[Chris Heinen]

Hi,

I'm a latecomer to this but I'd be interested in participating if it's still possible.  My sfz instrument contribution would come from samples of my acoustic guitar.  The last forum post looks like Dec. 17 so could someone (I guess Samulis) update?  From what I could follow, it looked like there were some open questions regarding allowing FLAC files and project milestone dates.  I've watched the videos (very informative) and I'm currently spending time reading through various web documents on sfz files, etc.

Looking forward to participating...

Thanks,
CH

[Samulis]

(01-03-2018, 11:14 PM)Chris Heinen Wrote: Hi,

I'm a latecomer to this but I'd be interested in participating if it's still possible.  My sfz instrument contribution would come from samples of my acoustic guitar.  The last forum post looks like Dec. 17 so could someone (I guess Samulis) update?  From what I could follow, it looked like there were some open questions regarding allowing FLAC files and project milestone dates.  I've watched the videos (very informative) and I'm currently spending time reading through various web documents on sfz files, etc.

Looking forward to participating...

Thanks,
CH

Yes, it's still on, but I'd like to complete the video walkthrough series first, which I will be dedicating most of my free time for the next few weeks/months. One of the videos will cover a ton of SFZ stuff, pulling from all the sources I've gathered over the years and some experimenting.