[LAU] [ANN] Open Source Music FM Synthesizer Challenge starts September 15th, 2018

Christopher Arndt chris at chrisarndt.de
Tue Sep 4 22:55:38 CEST 2018


Calling out to all musicians and Open Source aficionados!

Open Source Audio Meeting Cologne [1] proudly presents:

The OPEN SOURCE MUSIC FM SYNTHESIZER CHALLENGE

    https://fmchallenge.osamc.de/

What:

Install one or several of the Open Source FM Synthesizers we selected
[2], make an awesome track using only these synthesizers as sound
sources, upload [3] it to archive.org under a Creative Commons license
and submit it [4] into the competition.

When:

The competition starts on *September 15th, 2018* and runs for one month
until the end of *October 14th, 2018*.

Who:

*Everybody* (i.e. every natural person) can enter the competition. All
selected synthesizers are Free Software [5] and getting started with
music production using Open Source software [6] is easy and free to
everyone!

Winning:

The winner of the competition is selected by *public vote* [7].

Voting starts on *October 15th, 2018* and is open for *ten days*. The
entry receiving the most points wins and will be presented at the second
*Sonoj Convention* [8] in Cologne on the weekend of October 27th/28th.
Second and third places will be awarded as well.

The winners will only receive fame and glory, but the community as a
whole also wins!

Before you enter the competition, be sure to check out the detailed
rules [9]!

Please share this announcement to all interested parties. If you wish to
sponsor prices for the competition winners, please contact the organizer!


*Let's make some awesome music using Open Source FM Synthesizers!*


Christopher Arndt
Open Source Audio Meeting Cologne
https://fmchallenge.osamc.de/
fmchallenge at osamc.de


[1] https://osamc.de/
[2] https://fmchallenge.osamc.de/fmsynths/
[3] https://archive.org/create/
[4] https://fmchallenge.osamc.de/submit/
[5] https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html
[6] https://libremusicproduction.com/
[7] https://fmchallenge.osamc.de/vote/
[8] https://sonoj.org/
[9] https://fmchallenge.osamc.de/rules/


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