[LAU] Proposal for 'lo-fi' music competition

In light of the interesting discussion on sample rates I propose a music competition among LAU around production of music pieces with quality considered 'low' by current dominating professional/audiophile standards in the digital domain: Specifics to be discussed, but I would start with the following: 1. Final piece shall be delivered with a maximum sampling rate of 32kHz. Lower sample rates .allowed. 2. Final bit depth of the file shall not exceed 8 bit. - Possible variations/additions to this restriction: - allow dithering? - allow 4/8bit codecs (e.g. ADPCM, ulaw)? - mono/stereo? - simply impose a max duration and max filesize (but keep sr and bit thresholds... and variations..)? - Participants shall strongly focus on exploring and exploiting the imposed limitations in a creative and artistic way Other specs, voting mechanisms, competition arrangements, prizes, ... ??? Ciao, Lorenzo.