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Christmas Sample Sales - Up to 50% Off Sample Packs

Edward — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 18:57:17 +0000

Over at Loopmasters and Prime Loops they have some Christmas Sales going, making it a great time to stock up on samples to use in your future music projects and remixes.

At Loopmasters, you can currently get 25% off all their Producer Loops packs until 31st December with samples from a wide variety of genres including Dubstep, Trance, Progressive, House, Electro and more.

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Also at Loopmasters, you can get 40% off all Prime Loops packs until the end of December including artist series packs from Wretch 32 and Calvertron and loads of Dubstep, House and other style packs.

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You can also get Prime Loops samples directly from their site at 50% off with the bonus of a free 1 Gig pack of samples with every purchase until Christmas. Just visit Prime Loops now and make a purchase to get the free sample pack.

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Garry Schyman Remix Contest Winners

Edward — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 15:52:20 +0000

We recently ran a Garry Schyman Remix Contest for the tracks "Trip The Light" and "Praan". The winner and runners up have been chosen and you can hear them below.

We have been in contact with the winners and they will be receiving their prizes soon from SoundCloud, Ohm Force and Sonic Academy soon.

The grand prize was won by Przemyslaw Grzelak for his house remix of Trip The Light...

The three runners up were...

Congratulations to all, we have contacted you all via email.

20% Off Coupon Code for Loopmasters Sample Packs

Edward — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 10:37:05 +0000

Want to stock up on some royalty free samples to use in your remixes and original tracks. We have a coupon code you can use during checkout over at Loopmasters for 20% off all sample packs on Loopmasters.

To get your 20% off simply click here, go to checkout and then use the voucher code: AFF20 during checkout and you should receive 20% off the total price when it recalculates the sub-total.

It should be noted that this can only be used once per customer, so if you have a load of samples you want it is probably best to buy them in one checkout now and benefit from the price reduction. This offer ends soon, so be quick.

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Collaborate with Other Musicians - Launch of Sound Collabs

Edward — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 19:36:43 +0000

We've been helping people find remix contests for nearly 4 years now and we've matched up thousands of musicians with different tracks to remix. We wondered what would happen if we could match up musicians who want to collaborate with other musicians. This is why we've decided to launch Sound Collabs, a website that allows any musician to post up collaboration requests and allows anyone to reply to those requests.

Posting a collaboration request on the site means you have to put in a few details about your music and post a track from SoundCloud. After that people will be able to find you using the search facilities on the site and if they want to collaborate with you, they simply contact you through SoundCloud or using our PM system.

The site also allows people to post tracks that need completing in some way and also tracks that people want to put up for remixing but they don't want to run a remix contest. Labels can also post requests for musicians to send demos.

The site is currently in a beta testing stage, but is fully open to allow people to post collaboration requests.

Sound Collabs

New Features: Vocal Sorting and Email Reminders

Edward — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 10:00:48 +0000

Recently we have added some new features to the site and we just wanted to point them out to some of you in case you missed them.

Sorting By Vocal Type:
We know that most of you love remixing when the original track has vocals, so now at the top we have a new dropdown called "Vocals". You can show just the remix contests which have vocals. You can also show remix contests which have female vocals and male vocals making it easier to find vocal samples which fit your style of music.

Email Reminders:
Never forget to submit your remix to a remix contest again. Next to the closing date on each contest listing we have added a "Remind Me" link. This link opens up your email client with details filled in automatically. Simply send this email off and it will come back to you 3 days before the closing date. Think of it as a friendly reminder to either get working, put the finish touches on your remix or to actually submit your remix to the contest. You can unsubscribe to all these emails at any time, just click the question mark next to the "Remind Me" link to see the full details about the service we are using.

We hope you like these additions to the site, if anyone has any ideas for features, don't hesitate to get in touch.

Want to run a remix contest? We are launching a new site

Edward — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 11:17:00 +0000

We are getting ready to launch our new remix contest hosting site in a week or two. We are currently on the look out for labels and artists who are looking to run a remix contest to help us launch the site. The site is automated and allows you to run a remix contest to your specifications. We've created what we think is a great set of tools to run your remix contest from start to finish.

The site has...

Quick and easy remix contest creation.
Includes web space to upload your remix stems.
Sponsors can get involved on your contest.
SoundCloud integration for entries.
Tools to moderate, judge and announce your winners.

If you are an artist or run a label and you want to run a remix contest and be a part of launch please contact us. We can let you into the system to see whether it is right for your remix contest before we launch it to the public in a week or two and let you create a remix contest now ready for our launch. We already have a great user base of remixers ready to take part from Remix Comps.

The service is free to everyone, the only thing that we ask is that contest creators release the winning remix on a label as the prize for your contest.

To check out the site showing an example remix contest visit Remix Comps Contests and read about creating a remix contest using the site as a remix contest host here.

How To Download SoundCloud Tracks (Downloads Disabled)

Edward — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 12:25:47 +0000

Sometimes we see some remix stems or an acapella which have reached it's download limit on SoundCloud meaning that you can't download the tracks and get started on your remix. Or maybe the acapella/remix stems were available for download but now they're not. In this post we will show you some simple ways you can get around this and download tracks in the same quality which you can listen to the track in the SoundCloud player all at the click of a button from your browser.

Method 1

SoundCloudMP3.com - This site allows you to input the URL of a track on SoundCloud and then download the file automatically even if the track has reached it's download limit.

Method 2

Install Greasemonkey Extension (or Equivalent)
Using Mozilla Firefox you need to install the addon called Greasemonkey or if you are using Google Chrome then you need to install the equivalent called Tampermonkey.These extensions allow scripts to make changes to the websites you see and there are loads that allow extra features to be added to popular websites.

Install the SoundCloud Super User Script
This SoundCloud script can be installed from here. Just click install in the top right hand corner and Greasemonkey/Tampermonkey should take care of the rest and install the script for you.

Now when you go SoundCloud on a page with a acapella or remix stems that has reached it's download limits you can simply right click on the new button that has appeared and choose Save > As. Here is a screenshot of what this new button looks like.

New Features and Improvements - February 2012

Edward — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:05:53 +0000

When we first started Remix Comps back in December 2008, we could only find about 40 remix contests, today as I write this there are 135 remix contests listed on the site. Because of this huge increase in the number of remix contests it can get difficult to quickly go through and find the best of the best. We also realize that not all remix contests are created equally and some don't reward remixers as well as others do.

We wanted to add some updates which make it easier and quicker for visitors as well as making certain remix contests stand out from the crowd when they reward remixers for their hard work with good prizes. We also want to see remix contests start being a bit more open about the amount of royalties that a remixer gets when a remix gets released as many remix contests don't even mention any royalties at all.

When royalty percentage is mentioned we are now highlighting this with a star on the right hand side of the listing. We also have a new section under the prize drop-down at the top which allows you to see just remix contests which say that they are giving away royalties. Plus we have a new way to sort these so you can quickly see the highest royalty percentage paying remix contest on this page, this is available from the new dropdown above called "Top".

Some remix contests give away a cash rewards instead of royalties. So just like with the contests paying royalties we highlight these contests with a star on the right of the listing and we also have another page which sorts these by cash value for the main prize winner on this page and this is also available from the new dropdown.

We also have a new Editor's Picks page where we will be selecting remix contests as they are listed that have a decentgood combination of decent prizes, no "bad" rules and based upon the original track. Editor's Picks are also highlighted on the right hand side of the remix contest.

We hope these improvements help you using the site.

Chuckadile's Cover Song Remix Kits

Edward — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:58:03 +0000

Chuckadile is a recording engineer, producer, musician, recording blogger based in Toronto and he has released some remix kits for covers for famous songs by bands such as Coldplay, Radiohead, The Cure, Florence + The Machine and more. The remix kits can be downloaded from Chuckadile's site along with the original cover version. The covers that are there are well recorded and sound pretty similar to the original tracks. There are no vocal tracks yet, but Chuckadile has provided the ability for people to contribute their own parts, so maybe someone with a similar sounding voice to the original singer will contribute later.

If you've ever wanted to have a go at remixing any of these songs but didn't know where to start you now have a decent starting point. He is also taking requests from people, so if there is a song you've been wanting to remix, you just might be able to get hold of some recreations of the instrument tracks. Chuckadile has told us that he intends to add new tracks every month, so it's worth a bookmark to see which ones comes up. You can also share your new remixes online as long as you credit Chuckadile as co-collaborator and put a link to chuckadile.com.

Visit Chuckadile's remix kit site.

How To Disable Downloads on your SoundCloud Tracks

Edward — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 08:47:34 +0000

An increasing number of labels running remix contests are asking for entrants to make sure that downloading is disabled when uploading your entries, especially when it is to public SoundCloud groups. Labels are doing this because if your remix contest entry manages to win a release, they know that the download hasn't been spread around already before they get the chance to release it.

Some labels are even going as far as stating that if downloads are enabled then you'll be automatically disqualified from the remix contest. I keep seeing reminders being given out to make sure that people are disabling downloads. So to stop anyone accidentally getting penalized, I thought I'd put together this quick tutorial on how to actually disable downloads.

Disabling Downloads Whilst Uploading Your Track

1. To upload your track to a SoundCloud group or a user's dropbox go to the dropbox page and click the "Choose File" button.

2. Once uploading you should see it being uploaded with an progress bar at the top. While this is happening you can start to put in the details about your track such as the name, genre etc. Under this there is a section called "Settings" that looks like the following image. (Note. If you can't see this then continue uploading as normal and follow the "Disabling Downloads on an Already Uploaded Track." instructions below as we've seen the download option not appear before).

3. Now make sure you click the first tick called "downloads enabled" so that it looks like this and says that "downloaded disabled"...

4. Once your file has finished uploading, click save and your done. But to check just make sure that the SoundCloud player on the SoundCloud widget doesn't have a downward pointing arrow download button is disabled and greyed out. If it is then your done and good luck with you remix contest entry.

Disabling Downloads on an Already Uploaded Track

1. Firstly click the pencil icon on the SoundCloud track you want to edit, this will edit the track details.
2. On the next page you should see all the settings for that SoundCloud track such as the name, genre etc. Scroll down and you should come across a section called "Settings" that looks like this.

3. Now make sure you click the first tick called "downloads enabled" so that it looks like this and says that "downloaded disabled"...

4. Now click save at the bottom of the edit page and your done. But to check just make sure that the SoundCloud player on the for that track doesn't have a downward pointing arrow download button is disabled and greyed out.

I hope these help you disable downloads on your SoundCloud tracks and remix contest entries for those who were unsure on how to do it.