The results of the Efficient Music Compo have been calculated and the winner was announced in a live internet radio show. For those who missed it, you can download it now: Efficient Music Compo Show [50MB].

Check out the complete list of Efficient Music Compo Results.

Peter Kirn from CDM has posted a summary of the compo and picked a winner for the Renoise license. Read the full story here: Tracker Tracks: Winners of the Efficient Music Competition Span Genres, Moods.

The The Efficient Music Competition is almost over and we want YOU to vote. The submitted songs combine awesomeness with low CPU usage which is exactly what we are looking for. All that remains is picking the winning song. Vote now – the voting booths are closing this Sunday.

We will conclude the Efficient Music Competition with an internet radio show hosted by MC Ron from Indamixx. He is going to broadcast a selection of the songs in record chart style. The show starts with the low tiers and moves up to the number one. The winner of the competition gets the Indamixx Netbook. The radio station will be at http://www.indamixx.com/indamixx-radio.html under channel “Renoise Competition”. Stay tuned for the exact broadcast time.

Note that the competitions songs are also excellent learning material. Just in case you’re looking for examples in the form of self-contained Renoise XRNS songs that don’t rely on VSTs… Well, here they are.

The “optimize your song like hell” aka Renoise/Indamixx/CDM compo has a new name; The Efficient Music Competition. We have just opened a new mini-site on renoise.com, where you can upload and download songs, discuss optimization techniques and vote for competition entries – in a special kind of way.

Together with the new website and new name, we have a new deadline as well: October 25th.

The Efficient Music Competition mini-site

The goal of the competition remains the same. You have to write a song in Renoise that is efficient enough to run on a netbook. One would think that’s not too hard, considering trackers have been around since man made fire and PCs had the brainpower of a cobblestone. It appears we have been spoiled with high quality effects nowadays, turning the concept into a worthy challenge.

Three strikes, you’re out! Mutant Breaks Compo 2009 “RBI Baseball” is over and we have the results. Blac Waldo – Chicken Eggz 2.0 struck gold, Spodnik – Drail is a close second.

Song downloads are here: Songs from Mutant Breaks Compo 2009 “RBI Baseball”. Check it out if you love sick shit, crazy chopped-up breakbeats and bass lines that give your bowels a proper rinse. A must-have collection for the distinguished gentleman.

Now it’s time to pull the tracker trickery out of your magic hat to win that tasty Indamixx Netbook with your sustainable, low CPU, green power Renoise smash hit! Indamixx + Renoise + CDM Music Production Contest

Trackers have always been about getting the most out of little. Big productions from tiny bed rooms. Epic songs in kilobytes rather than megabytes. And most importantly, all that through your personal computer instead of a multi-million dollar studio.

Lately we’ve been spoiled with elaborate plugins, unlimited channels and an ever more powerful growing CPU. At the cost of the true ninja tracker spirit.

So here’s a competition in honor of the tracker legacy. We’d like you to create a kick-ass song, using computer resources as efficiently as possible. In fact, you will need to optimize the hell out of your song if you want to win the grand prize: an Indamixx Netbook

To enter this competition, go to Create Digital Music.

Deadline: October 15

We’ll launch a public upload, comment and voting system soon.

Update: Results and song downloads

The most unorganized Renoise competition is back for round two. This year’s confusing and slightly erotic “RBI BASSBALL” theme is sure to delight chiptune aficionados everywhere. With one slight twist: no chiptunes allowed.

SAY NO TO CHIPTUNES – SAY YES TO MUTANT BREAKS

Calling out to all the IDM / breakbeat / breakcore / bassline heads out there. A panel of hand picked profesional alcoholics and drug addicts eagerly await the opportunity to judge you.

Rules

* Breakbeats, basslines, any tempo, any thing
* Some proof that Renoise was involved with production, an MP3/OGG file
* The track that appears in the most top 3 lists wins

Prize

The winner may choose 1 of the following:

* Registered copy of Renoise
* Renoise T-Shirt and Mouse pad
* Each judge chooses a CD they like or are involved with, I buy and ship the pile to the winner

How to join

Upload your song somewhere and post the link in the Mutant Breaks 2009 thread.

Deadline

Songs must be entered by August 24th, 2009

Tat dads.

The Immortal Empire – Renoise Music Competition has come to an end. The winners are: Jacek Dojwa, Frej Bjon, and Bence Tasnadi. Congratulations! They receive $300, $200, and $100 (USD) respectively and will have their music featured in the upcoming role playing game Immortal Empire.

The response to the compo was immense, with participants sending in over 50 great songs. Immortal Empire’s developer Tactic Studios has ranked and reviewed all songs: Compo results and comments.

To commemorate the closing of the competition, here’s a trailer of Immortal Empire featuring the music of first place winner Jacek Dojwa.

Update: Song downloads

To celebrate the launch of Renoise 2.0, the teams from Renoise and Tactic Studios are announcing the start of the official Immortal Empire – Renoise Music Competition. The objective of the competition is to score music for the upcoming MMORPG Immortal Empire. The game is a turn-based strategic RPG set in a fantasy world.

The entries will be judged by Tactic Studios’ development team. Any song submitted may be used in the final product of the game, so this is a chance for your music to be exposed to a large audience. If you make it to the top 3, you will win up to $300 in cash.

The kind of music we are looking for is Orchestral or Progressive Orchestral. To get an idea what that sounds like, check out the background music of games such as Diablo, Baldur’s Gate 2, StarCraft and Mass Effect.

The competition will close on March 15th 2009.

Visit the Immortal Empire Renoise Music Competition Website for more information.

Renoise 2.0 Beta Music Competition Results

Renoise’s previous competition has come to an end and the winning songs have been included in the installation packages. All songs and reviews of the Renoise 2.0 Beta Music Competition can be found on the Beta Compo website.

The deadline of the Renoise 2 Beta Competition has passed. We have received a fair amount of pretty good songs and we are currently deciding on a winner.

In the previous post about the compo I promised a public Renoise 2.0 RC1 demo. Unfortunately at this time the demo has been delayed for about 1 week. Beta 6 will be released shortly.

Renoise 2 Beta 5 is now available for all registered users. This will be the last Beta before moving on to the first public Release Candidate. Beta 5 contains several fixes and new features. For a detailed overview of the new features in Renoise 2 check out the What’s New section.

The Renoise 2 Beta Music Competition has been extended with a 2nd round. Congratulations to the contestants so far. The first round’s winner is Mr. Mark Dollin’s song Ghost Debts. It’s pretty unique and innovative. At only 66 KB it will barely increase Renoise’s install package.

See the Beta Music Competition page for more info and the updated rules for round 2. The compo deadline is planned on the same day as the first public Release Candidate of Renoise 2.0. If you are not a registered user that will be day you can finally get your hands on a free demo of the new Renoise. Anyway, send in your song before the deadline: Monday 17 November 23:00 GMT. and keep it below 5000 KB.