I donāt see any harm in extending voting through the weekend
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hurry 
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listening now ā¦
I think you mean listening meowā¦
miau!
First of all. Many tracks are much too loud in my opinion (including our own collab 
)
There is some recommendation to keep the loudness at -14 dB LUFS which is rarely the case when Iām listening at soundcloud. -10 LUFS is still okayish, but I donāt listen to tracks peaking at -4 LUFS, sorry. Thereās no reason to make a track that insanely loud. It also doesnāt sound good as itās completely over compressed and the whole life is sucked out of it.
https://www.aes.org/technical/documentDownloads.cfm?docID=731
TOP 3 (they are pretty close, so the order is a bit arbitrary really)
1. Place
highway rehab - Loudest Meow
Nice Aphex Twin vibes here and I totally love it! The mix sounds a bit muffled with too much bass and it could have a bit more sparkling high end. Mix has perfect loudness and is not overcompressed. Well done, Iām just missing some clearity!
2. Place
AQBree - To Achieve True Homeostasis Is To Achieve Death
-14 LUFS perfect. Nice balanced mix. Bass range is perfect. Great atmosphere that perfectly fits my taste. Great integration of cat samples without getting corny. One of my faves!
3. Place
Garfferen
Crouching Dog, Hidden Kitty
love it! does not get boring any second. Nice balanced mix (although again too loud) with some nice melodies reminding me on melancholic synth music from the 70s. influences. One of my faves, just turn the volume lower and itās perfect.
Mrkyk - CAT ELECTRO HIP HOP
Well done hip hop beat. Nice mix. Loudness is right. The cat vocals doesnāt fit that well, so I would prefer it without.
zen sphere records ā¢ - mrā¢zensphere ā¢ā¢ā¢Power of the Pussā¢ā¢ā¢
too loud (-7.6 LUFS) and too much compression for my tate. Great mix beside of that and the track is also well done!
Costume Party - MCLF - (MuTaNTā¢CaTSā¢LoVeā¢FReeDoM) (116 BPM)
Lacks a bit of a āsong strucutreā.
Panos Kostagiannis - Mating Season-MuTaNTā¢BReaKS1-14
Very creative track. The cat sounds sound more like babies in my ears.
I like the gloomy melody that comes in later.
TheBellows - Sickz Life Leftz
Well done! The mix sounds a bit stressful as the highs are very pronounced.
SimulatedXen - Purr Of The Weaver
Great detailed sound design and great mix. A punchy mix doesnāt have to be loud. Lot of dynamics. Tracks becomes better when listening several time to it. This is close to the top 3.
HeartBeatHero - Cats Forever
Great synth wave track with nice medlodies. Arrangement is pretty neat.
Too loud though, true peak at 1dB, too much compression, but I guess itās a style thing.
Kara Kusa - Fetch With Cobra
Some Venetian Snares vibes here. Pretty loud mix. Well done under the line!
Lneheb - Infinite Power of Gwa
much too loud (-4 LUFS)!!! Sorry, I canāt listen to this.
Olivier - MuTaNT BReaks 14
Some good ideas here, but the arrangement feels a bit boring and the sounds are very static. Maybe do more modulation / automation to keep it interesting.
The crashes @ 1:51 are pretty loud, but somehow thatās cool (as long the overall volume is low 
).
Krokodildo Audio - Felix Theme
thanks that it is not too loud and just around -14 LUFS. Nice lovely tracks, but it does not pick me up.
ghismart - We Are The Mutant Cats
Very cool old school beat! I donāt like the sharp synth sound that comes in sometimes playing the melody. Just leave it out.
PR0T0TYPE - MeowZers!
too loud, sorry.
TNT (FFM) - MBCat
great old school beat and acid vibes, but again too loud ā¦ sorry.
Beside of that the mix is great, itās just too loud.
soundbike - major cat bromance
mix sounds a bit thin and can be improved a lot imo. Sounds ar not well balanced and thereās something wrong with the stereo field I think. Music wise itās not my cup of tea.
Jek - MinHouseCat
Nice mix with a solid and well balanced low end. Especially like the part after 2:00 minutes. Good integrations of the cat sounds.
Electronic Tiger - The Cat And The Photocopier Incident MBC14
Nice transparent mix and great sound design. Reminds me on the latest Throbbing Gristle (Part Two - The Endless Not) a bit. This is also very close to the top 3.
Memory Canyon - Renoise Mutant Breaks #14
Again a very old school beat. Each element of the track stands out clearly. Mix is nice and very dynamic. Too short maybeā¦ could listen longer to it.
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Last day for voting!
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Thanks to you I was searching the web for LUFS for the last hour. I never thought about LUFS. So I measured my track with Youlean Loudness Meter 2 and it seems to have -8 LUFS. Thatās luckily not too bad for a track that you can only find on Soundcloud:
Thanks for the hint, I will try to consider this in future tracks. 
I just have to experiment with mix/masterā¦
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MLoudnessAnalyzer and DPMeter are good free plugs for LUFS metering
The result:
6 points - SimulatedXen
4 points - HeartBeatHero
4 points - highway rehab
4 points - mrā¢zensphere
4 points - PR0T0TYPE
3 points - AQBree
3 points - Garfferen
3 points - Kara Kusa
3 points - Lneheb
2 points - TNT (FFM)
1 point - Adrezonar / TeuTone (feat lilith)
1 point - Electronic Tiger
1 point - ghismart
1 point - Jek
1 point - Mrkyk
1 point - TheBellows
Only 13 of 22 participants and one person who didnāt participate voted.
Those who didnāt vote should sink into the ground with shame for faking the result:
- AQBree
- Costume Party
- Electronic Tiger
- HeartBeatHero
- highway rehab
- Jek
- Mrkyk
- Olivier
- soundbike
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thanks for the tally!
Iāll add up all the bonus points soon, which may shift the top 14
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haha wtf that gif I canāt even. I mean, even trying to come up with whatever text string you had to input to find thisā¦
Basically, what Iām saying is, no matter who wins this competition, this gif wins the competitionā¦
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Every participant already won.
You finished one more song, you can compare and listen to different approaches on the same theme, you now know about LUFS and there are xrns you could learn from if desired. The shirt is just a little bonus. Fun and good music, that was the goal.
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Soā¦ thatās it then?
Werenāt there supposed to be points allocated for different skill setsā¦
like file size, vst usage, vocals, sound design, most notes, most tracker effects, etc?
yep, Iāve just been busy 
I will get to it soon
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You only get extra points for this:
And of course for the small reviews of every single song.
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OKā¦
snare rush, please!
Tallying all the points for voting and bonus points (xrns, native devices only, vocals, collaborations, mini reviews) our top 14 shakes out thusly:
SimulatedZen , slujr = 16 points
TNT, MemoryCanyon = 10 points
Adrezonar + lilith collab, t35513r, sokoban, highway_rehab = 9 points
Jek, AQBreee, Lneheb, _kara, alien7 = 8 points
Awesome job, everyone, and thanks to all for participating!!!
Iām going to take myself out of the running for prizes, and will randomly select the top 3 to receive an ounce of organic catnip, and the numero uno will receive a renoise (OR ELSE) t-shirt from
@TNT
Iāll try and film the selection process somehow and will upload it so thereās no doubt about the randomness. if I can figure out a way to involve my semi-feral stray cat, I will, lol
stay tuned, I guess
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You can take me out, too. On the one hand I can have as much shirts as I want at any time and on the other hand I donāt deserve to win because I only received 2 votes from 14 voters, which is by far not enough. Itās against all principles and against honor to even think about winning with 2 votes. SimulatedXen won, period.
If the winner wants to get a shirt, post the desired colors in this thread and PM me your adress.
Alright, Iām down with that. @SimulatedZen gets the T-shirt, and Iāll draw straws for catnip
BUT, points come as much (if not more - since we only had so many people voting) from participating in all the ways
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