The Covert Operators - This is going to be TOUGH!

shockoneko

| 77.184.12.70 | 2008-05-31 15:00:44

goddamnnnit!! excellent stuff. this is so great to hear some sound out of you forum fellows!!!!

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djgroovy

| 195.23.178.125 | 2008-05-31 15:34:40

Some great entries in there, and all very diferent stuff! I like many of them. Fun, fun competition.

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Suburban Bather

| 69.140.16.181 | 2008-05-31 17:39:01

Half way through the player so far. How the freak are you two going to pick a winner? So far all of the entries are really cool. Cheers to everyone that played!

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arachnaut

| 70.231.252.212 | 2008-05-31 18:46:34

Looks like everyone had as much fun with this as I did. It is going to be difficult to pick winners.

arachnaut

(Jim Hurley)

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arachnaut - My Appraisal

| 70.231.252.212 | 2008-05-31 21:31:07

I've just finished listening to the pieces a second time and I made notes. There
are no negative comments, I liked something in all the pieces. Most of these are
just the images that emerged from the sounds. I do have some general comments
that I'll put at the end. I won't comment on my three pieces.

My personal preference is towards pure electronic sounds with lots of spectral motion.
Early Morton Subotnick, some of Pink Floyd, Gary Numan's 'Dance' album, Larry Fast, etc.
I tend to go crazy, but I admire restraint.

Bmx13hdmc - March by Dawn, Sleep by Dusk, Slowly Falling. These three form a
related story. I get the feeling of a trek in the jungle and listening to the
sounds of the night. I like the 'Sleep by Dusk' the best.

Caleb Cobell - Party (Remix slow), Party (Remix), Party (Alt). Three variations
with good clear sounds that are quite punchy. I like the 'Alt' mix the best.

Clem Legalice - Track 1. Pleasant pad variations with bouncy background beats. It
gives a good sense of ...

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arachnaut

| 70.231.252.212 | 2008-05-31 21:32:25

Hmm - I got cut off.

You can read my appraisal in the Ableton forum under the competition thread.

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martyn

| 88.109.85.110 | 2008-06-01 01:53:28

Wow, there's some good stuff in there, you guys certainly have your work cut out making a decision.
Great contest! It made me rethink some of my working methods.

Cheers to all that submitted.

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contakt321 - my thoughts

| 66.108.17.220 | 2008-06-01 09:41:09

Posted this in the Ableton Forum too:

Wow, I just listened through all the entries - it's really amazing what people came up with. I can't believe how many good tracks there are in here.

I love Arachnaut's rundown of tracks (PS: thanks for your comments), here are my top 3:

Martyn Mackrory - Dedbird the Sequel: This one is exceptionally well done and sounds like a snippet from a record that would be played at Studio B, part of an Electro-House set. I think this really delivers on a sound design and songwriting level. A+. How did you create your lead synth?

Julius Hochstrate - Track 1: I too thought this one was great, it started out somewhat minimal and really developed in a great way. Programming and arrangement on this is top notch. I too wonder how you created the synth pad-ish sound in this, it sounds incredibly full.

Krysztof Horn - Track 1: The way this started I expected it to go in a very shoe-gazey direction so I was shocked in a good way that it went uptempo. I love ...

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razorgfx

| 88.69.8.240 | 2008-06-01 10:16:53

good job everybody! its gonna be way hard for covops to decide, me personally i like almost every entry!

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killingtime

| 88.111.151.34 | 2008-06-02 16:23:11

wow...what a great collection of sounds coming from such an unexpected source, probably one of the most educational things I have done in along time. Can we carry the education on by making the Live files available for people to see??
(Paul Lewin)

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Andreas Wetterberg

| Super Administrator | 2008-06-03 13:45:17

Guys, just wanted to drop by and say thank you once again for taking the time to both participate and listen in on this project.
Much love

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killingtime

| 88.110.65.166 | 2008-06-19 11:00:06

any winners yet????!!!!!

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martyn

| 88.111.117.38 | 2008-06-22 08:54:39

Any news?