Hello everyone, I’ve decided to post a committee blog for when we have comments about the month.
It’s always easier to make a new thread than to clog up the event hub with our nonsensical writing! Bonus points, you guys get to respond to the thread, so in case you have any questions or suggestions, we’ll be happy to respond to them here!
Bug fixes: You can comment on this thread now. I thought I was all cool and professional leaving it unrepliable to, but it’ll cause me OCD if I don’t unlock it.
Without further ado, the good news:
We received generally positive feedback on the OS Events so far, and I’d like to thank everyone for participating last month. It makes us happy and we’re glad to know hidden composers on the site are brought to light.
If you’re wondering why there aren’t a lot of events, I want to slowly build our way up into seeing what works and what doesn’t. Therefore, more events will be added as to what seems necessary. If you have any events you’d like to suggest, please comment below, or apply for the committee here!
At this rate, we plan on keeping Monthly Contests for the events. It’s the recurring contest that will keep our events up on a backbone, and if not anything else, you would see this event guaranteed. It’s easy to do, expect a ton of entries for it, and easy for me to update since I can literally just copy paste from the last contest. Keep up the momentum guys!
A Million Sequences of Making Music Online seems to be a popular event from what I can see. It’s good to see people updating it now and then, but there appears to be a larger shift towards later sequences (900k).
While I appreciate the new people wanting to participate in this, this event is heavily geared towards the older user base. Please make something you guys! It’s hard to transition my test sequence because I don’t have enough sequences of Ye Old Sequencer™.
Now onto the bad news:
Unfortunately, Battle of The Bands is not getting as much attention as it should have been. I’m not sure if it’s because it’s difficult to form bands on the site, or if it’s something else. Maybe the instruction manual was too messy. For all I care, you guys could be extremely antisocial and just prefer to make your own thing, and I understand how that goes.
If no bands are made this month, I have to close down the event in December and come up with something else. This leaves with Monthly Contests being the only recurring competitive event, and competition is what drives the Event Point System.
Originally, I thought Monthly Contests were the only thing that made the Event Point System, until Alex suggested to reward OS points in Battle of The Bands. I liked that idea more, which is why I had to do a bunch of editing to make it an overall thing across events. I might have to go back to the original system I had in mind, if we do happen to close the Battle of The Bands.
I really like the idea of team competition on OS, so if you have the heart to, please save Battle of the Bands! If this doesn’t happen, well, back to the drawing board for us.
The Candy Scavenger hunt was a last minute event that Kirby suggested we should do. As I am writing this, it is being proofread and will head out by 5 PM EST. As some of you have seen yesterday, I created a pretty MIDI art sequence for the event. In real life, I can't eat as much candy anymore... but I'd ship it out to you guys if I could! This sequence was the least I could treat you guys with. :D
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In the meanwhile, we have been considering some more community events that I can’t spoil just yet. I don’t think I’ll have the time to write these down for November, but I might provide an update in the middle of the month for you guys to check out. By then, these events might be more thought out than they are at this moment.
Please await for further updates! Once again, thanks for all your support!
Surprise! We have something special prepared for Halloween!
You see, as it’s traditional to go out trick or treating on Halloween, we’ve decided to give you candy in our own way. We’ll strew the word “candy” all over the site and it’ll be your jobs to find as many of them as you can. We’ll explain it in more detail when we launch the event.
We’ll be launching this event on October 31st at 5PM EST. Please note that there are prizes for the winners who participate! See you then!
Online Sequencer has been running since January 2013, amassing 24,000+ users and almost 1,000,000 sequences!
I have requested Jacob to reserve this number for me for this special community event that I will describe below.
General Information
For those of you who are familiar with the [url=]Super Collab[/url], this event will basically be a more organized version of that. For those of you with a very ancient user number, now is your chance to brag to everyone about that.
Take your best sequences from a certain age in OS and remix them! These sequences will be partially featured in the millionth sequence as a medley type collaboration.
You can enter as many times as you want, in the end, I will be the one collecting entries and all that good stuff involving cutting and pasting.
Once you are done remixing, please comment below with the link of your original sequence and your remixed sequence.
Please keep in mind:
Sequences of known users will have a better chance of qualifying for the medley.
If I don't know you, it's probably a sign that you haven't been on here long enough.
Recommended remix length is 8-16 measures. You can send more if you want to, but I will be taking the most usable part.
Source sequences MUST be original when you remix them. I don’t want your AU of Megalovania.
The standard Online Sequencer Rules will apply and any entries violating a rule will automatically be disqualified.
A little vocabulary for those unfamiliar with chat terms. These describe the age of a sequence.
“100k” refers to sequences that are between [url=][/url] and [url=][/url].
“<100k” refers to sequences that are earlier than the 100,000th sequence.
I think you can guess what the rest of them mean.
The original sequence you are remixing will fall into these ages. Try to use your earliest sequences, as I know later sequence numbers will have more momentum.
This event may sound a little confusing, so if you have any questions, I will be more than happy to clear things up.
Hello Online Sequencer! It’s finally time to announce the first monthly contest theme for the beta contests!
As tradition for anything in the month of Halloween, this month’s theme will be spooky! Give us sequences that really put a chill down your spine.
General Information
The entry period is from 10/1 ~ 10/21 (11:59 PM EST). Winners will be announced on 10/31!
While we will post general notes on every contest, please refer to the Monthly Contest announcement thread for more details on Monthly Contests themselves.
Entry limit of 2 sequences per person.
Committee members are allowed to enter the contests, but will not enter their example sequence nor will they vote for their own entry.
Sequences made prior to the current Monthly Contest are allowed, although we don’t recommend entering the same sequence in different Monthly Contests.
Making a remix of an existing song is allowed. Please make it as creative as possible while applying the contest’s theme.
The standard Online Sequencer Rules will apply and any entries violating a rule will automatically be disqualified.
Committee Notes
To me, spooky is all about the atmosphere of a song.
It just has to radiate fear from every note and beat. Granted, I’m not really good at that (yet), but I have come up with a couple neat tricks that can help.
Putting music box notes in really low octaves actually creates quite the spooky sound (although it’s slightly delayed, so you’d want to place the note about a beat before you want the actual sound to play).
The other is that you can make some very creepy chords out of a pseudo-spammed steel drum in the lower octaves as well. (Some rattling percussion also doesn’t hurt, but that’s often more specific to the type of spooky you’re going for.)
Anyway, I combined those together into a short tidbit for you to hear. Who knows? You might get some good inspiration from it. ##920846
Bands must consist of at least two members to participate.
Requires at least 2 sequences per band.
Bands must have a Band Name and a list of members in their post. One post per band.
Committee members are allowed to enter the contests, as they are not judging the contestants.
Sequences made prior to the current Battle of the Bands are not allowed.
The standard Online Sequencer Rules will apply and any entries violating a rule will automatically be disqualified.
How To Vote
At the bottom right of a post, locate the rating icons. Click on the check mark () to cast a vote on a band. Only check marks will be counted as a vote-- as there will be no negative votes on a post.
Hey, it’s Alex. The OS Event Committee will revive Battle of the Bands as another recurring event next to Monthly Contests.
This will be a collaborative competition that will commence every 3 months. For those of you unfamiliar with BotB, the original post can be found here.
General Information
Battle of the Bands is a collaborative contest across the site. You will form a band of at least two members and work on sequences together to compete with other bands.
When your team is satisfied with their sequences, post them under the respective Battle of the Bands thread. Make sure to list all your team members and give yourself a band name to identify by!
Each battle is labeled from Q1 - Q4 and represents which quarter of the year it takes place. We will announce the next battle every 3 months, totalling in 4 battles for the year.
The scheduling for Battle of the Bands is as shown below.
General Notes For Battle of The Bands:
Bands must consist of at least two members to participate.
Requires at least 2 sequences per band.
Bands must have a Band Name and a list of members in their post. One post per band.
Committee members are allowed to enter the contests, as they are not judging the contestants.
Sequences made prior to the current Battle of the Bands are not allowed.
The standard Online Sequencer Rules will apply and any entries violating a rule will automatically be disqualified.
Winning Information
Rankings on Battle of the Bands will be based on member vote. For voting, posts will be rated with a check mark () by other members. Bands win if they receive the highest tally of check marks.
Members can vote for a band at anytime, for as long it is within the event’s duration.
(Note: In the case that not enough votes are given, committee members will personally judge.)
Depending on placement, winners will receive leaderboard points that will calculate towards a grand total at the end of the year.
The amount of points earned are as followed:
1st Place Winner - 10 OS Points
2nd Place Winner - 8 OS Points
3rd Place Winner - 6 OS Points
Honorable Mention - 2 OS Points
The winners of the Battle of the Bands will be announced on the 1st of each three-month interval.
How To Vote
At the bottom right of a post, locate the rating icons. Click on the check mark () to cast a vote on a band. Only check marks will be counted as a vote-- as there will be no negative votes on a post.
Hello Online Sequencer! It’s me, Kirbyderp, and I (with the rest of the committee) are very excited to announce the first of the events we have planned. We will be hosting official contests for Online Sequencer each month, each with their own theme, until the end of this year!
This will be a beta test to determine whether or not it will be worth continuing regular contests for next year, therefore I would highly recommend participating if you would like to support OS.
This announcement is mostly about general contest information, rules, and prizes (yes, prizes!)
So without further ado, here are the guidelines of this recurring event!
General Information
The contest will begin on the 1st and end on the 21st (11:59 PM EST) each month, giving you 3 weeks to make your entries.
When the theme is announced at the start of each competition, committee members will make comments on what the month’s theme means to them and provide an example sequence relating to their comment.
These example sequences will possibly demonstrate something you’ve never tried before, so feel free to use these tricks in your own way to help your sequence out!
General Notes For Monthly Contests
Entry limit of 2 sequences per person.
Committee members are allowed to enter the contests, but will not enter their example sequence nor will they vote for their own entry.
Sequences made prior to the current Monthly Contest are allowed, although we don’t recommend entering the same sequence in different Monthly Contests.
Making a remix of an existing song is allowed. Please make it as creative as possible while applying the contest’s theme.
The standard Online Sequencer Rules will apply and any entries violating a rule will automatically be disqualified.
Editing an entry after the entry period is strictly prohibited and will result in that entry being disqualified.
Winning Information
Winners of the monthly contests will be decided by the Event Committee members. The staff will vote for three entries that they think best fits the theme of the contest. Judgement will take place on the last week of the month after the submission period has concluded.
Depending on placement, winners will receive leaderboard points that will contribute towards a grand total at the end of the year.
The amount of points earned are as followed:
1st Place Winner - 5 OS Points
2nd Place Winner - 4 OS Points
3rd Place Winner - 3 OS Points
Honorable Mention - 1 OS Point
However, the number of winners announced is directly related to the number of sequences entered (to make it so that it's fairer towards those who won against a large number of opponents). A list of the number of winners that will be announced depending on the number of entries is below:
1-4 Entries - No winners announced
5-8 Entries - 1 winner announced
9-12 Entries - 2 winners announced
13+ Entries - 3 winners announced
The winners of the monthly contests will be announced either on a special date related to the month, or at the end of that month.
Staying consistent in Monthly Contests will help you improve your composition skills and earn more OS points!
If you have any questions, feel free to ask! This post will change from time to time.
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It’s Alex again. We will start our first session of Battle of the Bands for the beta round of OS Events.![[Image: unknown.png]](https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/484451668012957784/496011929039667202/unknown.png)
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