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Hi Live users,

The 3rd edition of the Crazy Mix (Mixage Fou in french) contest is open for 3 weeks (until March 13)
You have to make a crazy mix from the 10 sounds available on the website (all the effects are allowed):

http://www.mixagefou.com

The only constraint is the duration: 80 seconds (you do not have to mix all the sounds, you can only use one part, but it is forbidden to use other sounds)

This year you can play in 2 formats : in stereo 2.0 and in surround 4.0. So each participant can play 2 times.

There are some nice gifts to win including Akai controllers and a 3-day stay in Cannes during the Cannes Film Festival 2011.

There are 15 partners (juries) this year who each choose freely their favorite Crazy Mix (no 1st prize, no 2nd prize ... but the independent choice of each jury) There will be at least 15 gifts and probably 15 winners.

This contest is organized on a voluntary basis and receives no money in order to exist. You can help in giving this information to your friends around you.
I remain at your disposal.........

Good contest

Some precisions...

All effects are allowed in order to make a crazy mix.

If you want to listen to the 2009 and 2010 results, you can go here :

http://www.mixagefou.com/mixagefou2010/

http://www.mixagefou.com/mixagefou2009/

For the registering process the translation is coming soon but I can make it here to help you upload your creation now :

"Please fill out all the fields in order to validate your paricipation. You will be contacted in order to receive your gift.

Name...FirstName...Age...
Email...Activity...
Town...Country...
I can come to Angoulême (France) to take back my gift (yes/no)
I can come to Cannes (3 days between may 11 and may 22) for the surround prize (yes/no)

Stereo category
MP3 format : CBR 320kbps, 44100 khz, 16 bit, stereo 80 sec maximum, 4Mo maximum per file
Browse for your file...

Surround category
Same format
Browse for the front stereo file...
Browse for the rear stereo file..."

Hope this helps

There are 5 creations online today and there will be around 15 prizes
So don't hesitate to play during the last 2 weeks...

The end of the contest is coming...

You can post your creations till march 13 00h00 GMT

Here the list of prizes updated :

* A 3-day stay in Cannes (for 2 persons) during the Cannes Film Festival 2011 (from May 11 to 22) in a beautiful residence with swimming pool (trip is not included, exclusively for the surround category)
* 1/2 day professional meeting during the Cannes Film Festival (bonus to the Cannes stay) - offered by Piste Rouge
* An Akai controller mpd8 - offered by Thevenet music
* An Akai controller LPK25 - offered by Thevenet music
* 2 tickets for the season-ending event "The quermesse of Ménétreux" on 18 and 19 May 2011 at the Abbaye de la Couronne (France) - offered by the Angoulême Theatre
* A series of boards and components Arduino - offered by ENJMIN
* A surround mixing session - offered by Game Audio Factory
* More gifts will come ...

is it possible to add effects to the sounds or do we have to use them Raw ?

timek wrote:is it possible to add effects to the sounds or do we have to use them Raw ?

From the second post in this thread... "All effects are allowed in order to make a crazy mix."

Just uploaded a mix which you can find under the name VINE_JASON. Those little clicks and stomps were great for building a drum track out of.

Hope you like it! All the best,

ScarKord

timek wrote:is it possible to add effects to the sounds or do we have to use them Raw ?

You can do all effects on the raw material...no limits

For the judgement, there are 15 independant juries, and they will each choose their best crazy mix with their own criterias... (they do not all come from music, for example ENJMIN is a video game high degree school, CREADOC is a documentary high degree school...)

Thanks for your participation ScarKord, nice

I live by Cannes. Which Hotel?

From the second post in this thread... "All effects are allowed in order to make a crazy mix."

I just wanted to be sure

timek wrote:

From the second post in this thread... "All effects are allowed in order to make a crazy mix."

I just wanted to be sure

It is sure, all effects

For the Cannes prize during the film festival 2011 it is exclusively for the surround category. It is a stay during 3 days (for 2) in a very nice residence (not an hotel) with a swimming pool and a sea view... but the better part is that there is a bonus prize with an half day meeting with movie professionals and composers (offered by Piste Rouge, french sound studio). The trip to Cannes is not included.

I put a real picture of the residence here...

If you have any difficulties this week end to post your creation, please feel free to contact me directly at :

mixagefou@gmail.com

The 2011 edition is now closed.
There are 58 stereo crazy mixes + 15 surround crazy mixes (from 13 countries)
You can download all the crazy mixes here :

Stereo category
http://www.mixagefou.com/mixagefou2011/ ... o_2011.zip

Surround category (headphone listening ready, discrete + binaural encoding)
http://www.mixagefou.com/mixagefou2011/ ... d_2011.zip



You can vote for your best crazy mix to make win a studio headphone AKG K-240 MKII (offered by Magelis). Just send the name of the crazy mix before this saturday march 19 11h00 p.m. GMT to :

mixagefou@gmail.com (1 vote per mail adress)

A big thanks to all participants for joining this event
The awards ceremony will take place on monday march 21 5h00 p.m. GMT on the contest website in direct !! (sorry but the ceremony will be in french only, all the awards will be written in english very soon after the ceremony)

Hi - Any news on the winners list?

Cheers

ScarKord