1st Prize: EZ Mix Toolbox
 

Would really like to try 'Drivin' by Steve Dior band (someone at Cakewalk recorded it in Sonar if I'm correct).
ITS SUCH A KICKASS SONG !!!

Love this idea!  (Although I too would have a difficult time setting aside my Pro-Q 2 if we stuck with Sonar-only plugins, but that certainly makes for a more interesting competition, not to mention a level playing field!)
 
Maybe raw tracks for a different genre every month, or whatever timeline is established?  And Olympics-style Gold/Silver/Bronze awards for the top three vote-getters so the community can see how differently the same tracks could be mixed by different people?
 
I also like the idea of adding an element of arrangement.  Maybe for each song, there are two categories: one being a straight-up mix of only the tracks provided, and another allowing for additional instrumentation, background vox, etc.
 
Anyway, again, great idea.  I definitely agree that some friendly competition will help remind the community of why we're here in the first place - to make music - as opposed to the tendency to get caught up in discussions about bugs, missing features, etc.
 
Definitely going to be tracking this thread!!

Whoops! I accidentally bumped into this thread while I was looking around.

A couple of weeks has passed with no comments so before the idea dies completely I thought I'd resurrect this thread and give others a chance to comment.

If enough people contribute to the thread I'll do what I can to make a mix contest of some sorts a reality for the Sonar members.

I still think it is an excellent idea And as someone earlier in this thread said, it would / should be stock plugins only.
 

Have fun, think I'll pass, too busy working on original material......

I like the idea so how we get started?

It is important to define what remix actually means. In one sense it means everyone just remixes the tracks or stems so everyone ends up with the same piece of music but mixed differently.
 
Or the real meaning of remix is a totally new piece of music is created out of the provided samples, tracks or stems etc..(as per Indaba Music remix comps) And the further away from the provided material the better. ie a total composition type of comp.
 
There should be no restrictions either on what you use and how either. (at least for the new piece of music vibe)
 
So what it is going to be.
 
 

Hey Mike.  I am only mentioning this because I got caught with an Indaba remix comp.  I spent a LOT of time on an entry a while ago.  I mainly remixed the track and changed it only slightly here and there but found out later that is not what they meant or wanted.  It is good to clarify this earlier rather than later.  Either way would be fine.  Good idea though.

We had over 70 remix submissions. We did not expect that. A lot of them obviously spent a big chunk of time on it.
 
Yeah, don't slightly change a track on a remix people. You gotta flip it to be sick.
 
Different chord progression, tempo change if you feel it, original sounds, get crazy with it or just a new musical take.
 
That copy ish is not a remix. That is a new mix of the same mix.
 
lol
 
Lance

Jeff Evans
It is important to define what remix actually means. In one sense it means everyone just remixes the tracks or stems so everyone ends up with the same piece of music but mixed differently.
 
Or the real meaning of remix is a totally new piece of music is created out of the provided samples, tracks or stems etc..(as per Indaba Music remix comps) And the further away from the provided material the better. ie a total composition type of comp.
 

That is a good point, though I think I disagree about "real meaning". It's more that it means different things to different people.
 
Myself and a couple of DJs I know have done a whole heap of remixes under the name "Club Clique". And our thing is very much the total remake. To the point of even chopping lyrics around to change the conceptual thrust of the song, in a couple of cases. And new chord progressions, new instrumentation, the works.

Generally, we've been commissioned by people who knew that's what we were going to do. I think we've had about 20 released, and about five knocked back. But the ones that were knocked back were always on a "my god, what have you done to our song?" basis, and those people then went on to release more traditional remixes where it's the same record but with a bigger kick drum and a longer instrumental break. Which is cool, not knocking it at all.
 
But yeah, it depends who you're talking to. We had one act who'd made this electro 80s synth pop kinda thing, but with a brilliant soul-y lead vocal, and we re-worked it as a Chic-type disco thing, which we thought they'd love. And they were horrified.

If it is not substantially different, that just defeats the purpose.
 
There is  a lot of lame commercially released remixes out there where they really did not hardly change anything. Who wants that instead of the original?
 
Not It. Boring and pretty much useless.
 
A real remix in the DJ world is a different version using at least some of the original stems, sometimes just vocals and sometimes just a sample sounding part of vocals, stuff like that, not another mix of the same stuff. That is just lame to do that. I have heard it multiple times. I am like, why did you even bother because you added or changed little to nothing. It's like washing a shirt again when it is already clean. lol
 
Lance

This is fast becoming the Chic thread.
 
We should have a Chic thread, actually. Those records sound like they're carved out of diamond. Amazing production.