Rules

By participating to Renoise BeatBattle 5 you acknowledge and agree with the following rules.

1. Participation

   1. BeatBattle 5 is open to all registered and demo users of Renoise
   2. You have total freedom over style and genre as long as the song fits the theme
   3. The song must be e-mailed before June 2nd, 0:00 CET to: beatbattle at gmail dot com. Subject: [bb5]Artist - Title
   4. We will accept one song per author
   5. Collaborating is allowed - the entry will be considered as from a separate author
   6. Renoise Team members are allowed to submit songs, but will not be able to win prizes

2. Instruments

   1. Your song must be playable in Renoise 1.8.0
   2. You are allowed to use the contents of the sample pack
   3. Rendering and recording are allowed
   4. Usage of Renoise's internal effects is allowed
   5. Usage of MIDI, VST and VSTi is allowed if the output is rendered down to samples
   6. The submitted song will not contain MIDI, VST, and VSTi Instruments
   7. All samples are either your own work, compatible with the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 License or part of the sample pack
      

3. Copyright

   1. The song will contain strictly original work: no remixes, covers or adaptions; the sole exception being the samples
   2. Your submitted work will be licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 License
   3. Your song will not contain any material that does not allow to be licensed under the aforementioned license
   4. You agree with your song being publicly accessible. You allow your song to be shared and edited.

4. File

   1. Enter your name and song title in the Song Properties
   2. File format: Renoise XRNS or RNS
   3. Maximum filesize: 5 mb (5,242,880 bytes). Tutorial: how to shrink your song
   4. Tidy up your song and remove any unused instruments

5. Judging

   1. Songs will be judged by participants, public visitors and Renoise Team members, hereafter known as "judges"
   2. Judging criteria are in the following order: 1. theme representation 2. composition 3. mix and sound quality 4. tracking technique
   3. Judging consists of giving the song a rating and optionally a comment
   4. Depending on the number of ratings and comments a judge has given, the judge's influence increases
   5. The final rating of a song will be a weighed average, taking into account the influence of each judge
   6. The higher the final rating, the higher the rank; top ranking songs win prizes
   7. Attempting to manipulate the ranking with malicious intent (hereafter known as 'cheating') is strictly forbidden

6. Disclaimer

   1. Entries that do not satisfy the rules or are otherwise unacceptable will be disqualified
   2. The organisation of Renoise BeatBattle retains the right to revise or update the rules at any time
      
   3. Neither the organisation of Renoise BeatBattle nor the Renoise Team can be held liable for any damages, physical or intellectual, related to Renoise BeatBattle