First and foremost - let's get the important question out of the door:
Mix(ing) Challenge:
- the focus is mixing, not mastering
- try to shoot for -18dBFS RMS avg to -15dBFS RMS avg for the perceived loudness (ideally, non higher than -16LUFS SLk avg)
Songwriting Competition
- you can do whatever you feel like
- try to shoot non higher than K-12 (-12dBFS RMS avg, K-System v1) or -14LUFS SLk avg (or ILk for the whole stream) as absolute maximum loudness wise
That should clear the confusion.
To make an exception for the first Competition - you can update your link (edit your post!) to address this if you think your material is "too low in volume" and you were doing more than just "creative treatment" on the summing bus.
Then... I thought about what you wrote regarding submitting content. And I think you make a very valid point. This competition is about being creative, with as less limits as possible. So if you happen to collaborate on several productions, because you have that high of a creative output, nobody should be holding you off - period!
Since you people plan to release own(!) tracks, but with different forms of collaborations, that means more entries and therefore more variety of content. I'm all for that. Everything else would only limit the fun. It only gets complicated if you happen to write several tracks as main lead - which might turn off other participants (then again, they can't complain if they don't join in the first place!).
Though one major thing needs to be pointed out in this case as well -
only one(!) person of the collaboration can pick up the license. And that's the main songwriter.
I think a rule change is in order. Which brings me to the discussion thread for the Songwriting Competition rule set:
http://mix-challenge.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=94
That particular thread exists for this very reason - to debate what makes sense, what would be fair for everyone, what could be changed. Sadly - barely anyone used that thread so far. So let's change it.
Long story short:
| ! | Bonus Info | Last minute Competition Rule changes (to address the lack of participation)
- if you have a huge creative output, you can collaborate as often as you feel like
- in case of collaborations, no multiple entries of the same song - each song has to be individual and stand on it's own
- only the main songwriter of the production can be declared "winner" and therefore only he/she can select licenses
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If that sound fair - then let's get more material submitted.
You still have a bit more than 24 hours (in fact, 26 hours) to submit your production!
