At 5/16/25 05:43 PM, ADR3-N wrote:Hey! Back again for today's announcement of scores. No new entrants, so it's official, we will be rolling into round 2 with 12 competitors -- perfect!

Round 1 Results:

I was stunned at points listening to everyone's submissions, particularly your compositions and unique individuality. Usually, I'm used to listening to hundreds of submissions at a time. These, I thankfully had the opportunity to cherish. Let's see how everyone did!

Overall: Three-way tie. Congratulations to @anthonyragus, @g2961 and @ki1 for a 9/10!

Best production: Four-way tie, @anthonyragus, @g2961, @ki1, @ireadysucks with a swagging 9/10

Best mixing: @ki1 with a 9/10 in classic trance.

Best mastering: @g2961, 10/10. Those $3 headphones are putting in work!

Best style: @anthonyragus, @ireadysucks, 10/10. Both of your pieces were outstanding and ambitious!

Runners up: @monsanto64, @neonskiesofficial, 9 style and 9 mastering respectively, tied 7.5 overall. @monsanto64 also linked samples. Nice bonus!

Here are everyone's scores.


As you can see, we're probably gonna need a tie breaker next round. @TaintedLogic, would you be willing to do the honors? It will be a simple binary decision, either for tied head to heads or tracks tied for 5-6th place. If not, don't worry. I'll think of something!

One to two more votes, and the competitors' preference will be counted, replacing the first of three coin tosses with your choice of 1v1 victory (Angry react) or high-score victory (Heart eyes) respectively.

Remix assignments will be announced after a short break, on May 20th. The coin-toss will be final June 10th.

Additional discussion:

At 5/16/25 04:58 PM, 3manonMusic wrote:I just realized how f'ed up it would be if 17 people submitted and 16 people would go through to the first round loll

If we had an odd number of competitors, which I was hoping would not happen, my super secret last ditch plan was ... have one competitor compete against me. Only I would have to select something other than my last single for them to remix -- or they would have basically completed round 3 early lmao. XD

That would be super complicated for all involved. It might even change how many people advanced into round 3. We would have to opt for head to head for it to be fair for everyone, and a tie-breaker to judge that bracket.

Anyway, see you guys on the 20th with the remix brackets!