2014 Trance Tournament Thread

[Delta V]

Welcome to the 2014 DJForums Trance Tournament

For the last several years the tourney has been an annual forum tradition. All styles of trance are allowed and encouraged. From current beatport chart toppers, classic progressive, tech, uplifting, psy, euro, current progressive, trouse, breakbeat trance, if it's got that trance feeling you can play it. We try not to let our musical taste alter the voting. Battles will be decided upon by skill and programing not specific genre taste. A wide arsenal of sounds or simply being the best in the subgenre may be keys to advancing. Typically mixes of mainstream trance do well, but if you want to play your 150 BPM Forest Psy you're more than welcome to try.

2014 Trance Tournament Rules

Entry
There will be 16 contestants. No ranking will be done on post counts or membership duration. This makes everyone equal.

Rounds
16 contestants
Round One (16), Round Two (8), Semi Finals (4), Final (2)

Deadlines
Anyone who misses a deadline this year without prior contacting me will be immediately eliminated. No excuses will be tolerated. Think if you didn't show up for your gig without calling your client. If something serious has come up let me know I will try to work with you, a few extra days can be reasonable. Try to get you're mixes done early, you should be able to find even an hour or two after work, do not wait until last minute!

Mixes
Mixes will not be restricted in track number. Instead they will be restricted by time. The final track of each mix must must have started by the end minute mark listed below. If any mixes do not conform to this the contestant will be immediately eliminated.

Last track mix in time(s):
• Round One: 30 minute mark
• Round Two: 30 minute mark
• Semi Final: 45 minute mark
• Final: 60 minute mark

If I the Tournament Director do not hear a notable new sound from a track coming into the mix right before the end minute mark but I do hear one after... you're out. Don’t press your luck with this one! Scratching, one shot samples, acapellas, or effects over the last track are okay, just no loops or new tracks.

There will be no required tracks this year. This is a no holds barred free for all, show us your style!

Mixes must be performed and recorded live, no studio or multitrack mixes. Audacity is a great free recording software. No post production of any kind is allowed, this means no compressing, fixing levels, or splicing different live sets. [EDIT: Trimming silence at start/end is okay.]

Posting Your Mix

Mixes must be 192kbps mp3 or lower in quality to allow a speedy upload/download/transfer, and so that everyone is on the same format. Delete any ID3 tag information.
Upload to any hosting site you prefer (dropbox would be preferred, but zippyshare, adrive etc are acceptable as long as you can link it)

File naming requirements:

1 vs 1:
"DJFTranceTournament2014yourusername-vs-opponent.mp3"

Then PM Rek Aviles with the file link to download. Post in this thread as soon as you have uploaded and PM'd Rek so I know you got your mix in on time. Including a link to this thread so Rek can see matchups would be appreciated.


Battles
Battles will be posted in batches after the deadline for submissions has been met in order to ease work off the DJForums moderators and to not overwhelm voters with massive amounts of playtime. Matchups will be random by use of a random number generator or writing names and putting them in a hat. If you request that I videotape this I can.

Below is a breakdown of the length of the mixes.

16 contestants
Round One (30 min)
Round Two (30 min)
Semi Finals (45 min)
Final (60 min)

Voting
The battles will be posted as Username versus Username. Files are anonymous. Anyone still active in the championships will be REQUIRED to vote in ALL battles. Don’t expect any sympathy on this one, failing to do so will result in automatic disqualification. Eliminated contestants should show good sportsmanship and continue to listen to battles and vote. If there is a tiebreaker, DJF mod Rek Aviles will then vote.

Note:Ghost votes do not count in the final score. In order for a vote to count, there must be a comment made by the voter. Please put in effort into your comment, describing what you enjoyed or disliked. Try to vote based on skill rather than tune preference. New members with low post counts may vote but suspicious voting will be investigated by IP lookups and such.

Any questions please raise your hand and I'll help you out, err post them here. Please enjoy this competitive experience I hope you all grow as DJs with positive and constructive feedback! A big hand to previous tournament director JackStalk, thanks for the OP template!

The first 16 confirmed contestants to enter will be allowed entry into the tournament. I will be a backup entry in case a contestant falls through. Vernski is automatically in since he won last year (CONGRATS!). Good luck to everyone!

Contestants:
1. Vernski
2. Maxey
3. bnr
4. Buszaj
5. armada10
6. Ellissentials
7. DJYamAtree
8. Synergy
9. ChrisHynds
10. Sedna
11. JackStalk
12. mr_ragz
13. kyle133
14. Ignotus
15. diceallion
16. Delta V

RESERVE:

Any equipment is allowed, Abelton to American Audio. You may use sync at your discretion. Post the gear you'll be working with when you sign up so we can get a feel what we're up against!

This OP will be updated often with critical info so please check back in regularly.


Round One:

MATCHUPS!

kyle133 vs Ignotus

Vernski vs bnr

DJYamAtree vs ChrisHynds

Sedna vs Delta V

JackStalk vs armada10

Maxey vs mr_ragz

Synergy vs diceallion

Ellissentials vs Buszaj


Mixes must be submitted by: Wednesday September 24th, 11:59 PM EST