Dear @jofemodo … I think the new V5 will have many nice demos 
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Really enjoyed your entry and love the name Zynesthesia!
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This is my last try.
Title: Estrepitoso
Description: Little attempt to make a song in zynthian.
Snapshot:
014-Estripitoso.zss (38.9 KB)
Track:
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BEAUTIFUL!!! Unfortunately I can’t think like you do with these little loops… I’ve always played with people and the drummer took care of the percussion or drums. I really like the sounds.
When I was young if you wanted a sequencer you had to get this:
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Whoao whoao whoaoo!!!
This final stretch is being really interesting, with last-moment players applying with very good proposals on the Z category. Congratulations to everybody who applied!!! Amazing!!!
Well, let’s see what these last hours bring us. I’m really intrigued …
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Title: machinery
Description: a synthwavy track with some progressive elements sprinkled in
This was a bigger technical challenge than I had expected. I jammed on it with the beatstep then moved to ableton to arrange it. Had some troubles exporting as a multitrack midi from ableton so I had to export separately and use reaper to export as multitrack. Now I have my midi file, great! But now I realise I don’t know how to get it into Zynthian again (or at least make the file play somehow). So I had to generate audio has from ableton, it is using all the same instruments and plugins as zynthian, hopefully that’s acceptable. I’d be happy to create audio from zynthian once I figure out how to get the midi working.
010-zynsnapmachinery.zss (58.2 KB)
machinery.mid (19.1 KB)
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OK @zynthianers!
The contest is closed now. Please, don’t send more works because we can’t accept them.
I mean, you can send them if you like, but they wont be eligible.
In the next days we will make public the list of finalists. Although i think all works presented in the Z category will be finalists.in the X category we will have some work to do.
Thanks to all contesters!!
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Hi @contesters!
Although it’s a little bit “too late”, I’ve a rule-change proposal, but i would like to ask you first:
10 is a very long list for the final voting. As the Z category already have 5 songs, i propose to also reduce to 5 the finalist song list for the X-category. I really think this would ease voting and would increase participation. Also, it would reduce the risk of tie, etc.
In other words, i propose that the jury make a list of 5 finalist pieces for each category: X & Z
Of course, this change can’t be done without asking contenders . If any contender disagree, we should keep the rules untouched.
What do you think about? You have 2 days for complaining if you disagree this change. After this time i would consider everybody is OK with this.
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OK! It seems nobody is against this change. The jury will proceed …
Thanks!
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Any news from the jury, about the X/Z shortlists? 
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We have the finalists!
X-Category
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The seas of Mars by @Nicolaz (link to original post)
The inspiration came from one of my favourite science fiction writers, Kim Stanley Robinson", who wrote a trilogy about the colonization of Mars. The whole story is complicated but at the end of the terraforming process, Mars have oceans. “The seas of Mars” is the image i created in my mind when i read this part.
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Inneremerald by @Aethermind (link to original post)
The piece portrays a mental voyage through the depths of cosmos, in search for the discovery of an emeraldine life-form, based on mineral elements. It develops in three dovetailed sections: the approach through stellar layers of coloured dust, the revelation of a shimmering landscape of sentient gems, the retreat into space, with a reflection on such glimpses of crystalline cities, as an exact counterpoint of mirroring concepts.
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WesternBrassBand by @ivaneo (link to original post)
It is a WesternStory; about an aventure man who loose itself in a field of a great technology: a land far far away : The Zynthian land…
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The Prayer by @ejdzi (link to original post)
Prayer to Archangel Michael by Pope Leo XIII in Polish Language!
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Clouds Coming on Planes by @erasmo (link to original post)
My goal was getting a soft, natural but authentic sound. I know some of you will find a bit of reverb excess, but was intended. I forced it to expand an “airy” atmosphere.
Z-Category
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Pequeño Landó by @Andres (link to original post)
A little composition in a folk afro-peruvian rythm called landó.
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Origin by @danielwine (link to original post)
A little dreamy electro/synth tune with some inspiration from hungarian folk music.
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Everything must flow by @Nicolaz (link to original post)
What i was trying to obtain studying Zynseq
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Zynesthesia by @Kosro (link to original post)
A little pun, with Synesthesia being the phenomenon of associating colors or shapes with music; I’m in love with the concept
I went for a relaxed downtempo vibe, inspired by meditation & lounge music as well as some chill house tracks I like.
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Estrepitoso by @Andres (link to original post)
Little attempt to make a song in zynthian.
Congratulations to the chosen!!!
You can vote here:
Enjoy!
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Thank you @jofemodo 
A question: do the finalists also hold the right to cast a vote?
And in this case - I would assume for the sake of fairplay - not for themselves, right? 
Each forum user has the right to vote once. You can vote yourself if you like your song more than others
I assume nobody is going to register new accounts for emitting fake votes.
Regards,
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HI @zynthianers!
I’m sorry to say that i “reseted” the voting poll by accident when modifying the entry for adding “song playing” to each option.
Please, those that already voted, do it again. I promise to not modify the poll entry again.
Thanks and excuse the inconveniences! 
In regards of transparency, now that the pre-selection process has ended, i will reveal the identity of judges, so you can blame us for not chosing your song:
Regarding the selection process itself, it’s been super-simple. Each judge proposed a list of 5 candidates. We was so lucky that we didn’t need to do nothing more because:
- 2 songs were in the 3 lists
- 3 songs were in 2 lists
So no further delivery was needed.
Regards,
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Well, ok. I was wondering where the 2 votes i had for the X category and the one for the Z had gone.
Personally I quite agree with the ranking, but I was sorry not to see @ejdzi “ArchMichael” who (questionable opinion) caused a strong emotion, probably due to the use of the vocoder which gave a strong emotional charge to the song. But this is my personal opinion…
Music is emotion, which if it doesn’t shine through (I say this for my songs that I would never have voted…) you can’t call Music but PRODUCT… … even if I greatly envy all the composers who have published their works, after realizing how difficult it is for me to work in this way… (but I’ll get ready for the V6 ) CONGRATULATIONS to the finalists and the winner and to everyone.
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Wat? "The Prayer” is in the X list. Vocoder and all.
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Hi, unfortunately with the bad weather I have connection problems and I can’t listen to the track… however I voted for @ejdzi even if I preferred his song “ArchMichael”.
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@1m28s of The seas of Mars is this a quote to Shire’s Short Circuit (at the exact same time stamp [1m28] of the Youtube VDO) ?
