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The Synth God COMPETITION will take

place in the Metroplex Expo Center located

in Girard Ohio. It is easily accessible via all

major highways by its strategic location off

Ohio Interstate 80.


Metroplex Expo Center

Phone: (330) 759-1674

1620 Motor Inn Dr,  Girard, OH 44420

  1. ★   Got Skills Designing Sounds on a Synthesizer?

  2. ★   Do You Have the Hottest Synth Playing Around?

  3. ★   Are you Magical with Sequencing and Synth

     Automation?


COMPETE @ SYNTH GOD COMPETITION 2018!


There will be 2 Challenges:


  1. ★    SOUND / PATCH DESIGN

  2. ★    LIVE PERFORMANCE W/ MUSIC AUTOMATION & GENERATION


SOUND / PATCH DESIGN


You will be judged in these areas:


  1. 1.   Oscillators Use   (3 Maximum)

  2. ★    Can only use basic waveforms

       (Sine, Square,  Sawtooth, Triangle).


  1. 2.   Envelope Design (3 LFO Maximum)

  2. ★    Pitch Envelop Design & Execution

  3. ★    Filter Envelop Design and Execution.

  4. ★    Amp.  Envelop Design and Execution


  1. 3.   Effects  (Optional)

  2. ★    Chorus

  3. ★    Reverb

  4. ★    Delay


  1. 4. Modulation

  2. ★    Envelopes

  3. ★    Effects

  4. ★    Oscillators

  5. ★    Operators


  1. 5.  Synthesis  Type

  2. ★    Subtractive

  3. ★    FM

  4. ★    Additive

  5. ★    Physical Modeling

LIVE PERFORMANCE


You will be judged in these areas:


  1. 1.Articulation

  2. ★    Use of Pitch Bend controllers

  3. ★    Use of Modulation controller

   (Optional) Use  of  1 other  Assignable Controller


  1. 2.  Real Time Use/Modulation of Effects  

      (1 LFO Maximum)

  1. ★    Chorus

  2. ★    Delay

  3. ★    Reverb


  1. 3.  Voicing

  2. ★    Monophonic  Performance

  3. ★    Polyphonic Performance

  4. ★    Layering


  1. 4.  Automation

  2. ★    Real Time  Sequencing & Step

      Sequencing

  1. ★    Real Time Arpeggiation


  1. 5.  Presentation

  2. ★    Originality (Choose One)

  3. A) Original Composition

  4. B)Original Improvisation or treatment

           of existing composition

  1. ★    Musicality

  2. ★    Classic  Synth Repertoire, Idioms

      

COMPETITION JUDGING

VENUE

√ This event is FREE and open to the

    public,

√  Parking is FREE

√  Food truck vendors will be

    available to attendees.

INFORMATION & REGISTRATION

Challengers are required to register by September 1, 2018. To register, send an email to:


synthgodcompetition@gmail.com


Email must contain:

  1. ✤   Name

  2. ✤   Email

  3. ✤   The name & model of the synthesizer you will bring and use

     for the competition

  1. ✤   A no larger than 10 MB audio file or link to a sample

     of work

  1. ✤  State whether you agree or object to the audio file being

    posted on this website.

WHO WE ARE

Synth God Competition was originally conceived by the members of a professional computer technology group (Northeast Ohio Association for Computing Machinery) and members of the ARTIFICIAL CONSCIOUSNESS MACHINES Band. A question was question was posted on MOTIFATOR, a website dedicated to MOTIF players. The goal of this competition is to encourage innovation, creativity and originality in synthesis sound design and performance.




We will perform after the LIVE PERFORMANCE COMPETITION on Sept. 22, 2018 at 8:00 PM.

METROPLEX EXPO CENTER

1620 Motor Inn Dr. Girard, OH

SATURDAY,

SEPT. 22, 2018

6:00 PM - 9:00 PM.