In T14125#252906, @paulb wrote:

@Guilhermems : Does this list...

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... contain all the sounds we need? If so, I can probably get someone to start making the screencast clips we will use for the sample video.

In T14125#252411, @Guilhermems wrote:

Hi @veratil actually I think we don't have to worry about the sound mappings. I talked to one of the developers and they said that can be organized after the contest is completed. All I need to do is figure out what we need and I think I have a pretty good idea now. I've updated the task description.

re: topic changes for oxygen -> sound spec mapping

In T14125#251778, @paulb wrote:

Exclusively addressing the issue of prizes, the more prizewinners we have the less likely we will be able to cater satisfactorily to them all. I suggest that, if mixing and matching does occur to complete the winning sound theme, the person who contributes most to the theme gets the prize. Otherwise, it is way too complicated for us.

We can leave up to the judges the decision of how to measure that.

Does that sound fair? It is consistent with other competitions we have held (for example, wallpapers) in which non-winning designs have been included with the desktop or used at a later date. Often, the artist is very happy to have their design on the desktops of millions of machines and being widely credited by us through every media we reach. Our hope is that helping out a fellow FLOSS project and the recognition this will afford for excellent sound design will also serve as a motivation to participate.

In T14125#251776, @Guilhermems wrote:

Hmm... We're probably only going to choose a single artist for all sounds, at least for the sound theme contest.

Since it's a sound theme it has to be consistent, and mixing sounds from different artists wouldn't work well. In that case, that single person should win all prizes.

In T14125#251774, @paulb wrote:

Be aware we have had problems sending things to certain countries in the past. Overzealous custom officials and unreliable postage services in the winners' countries have sometimes been a source of frustration for everybody. If we do go down this route of sending a physical prize, we will have to include a disclaimer that states that, although we will do everything in our power to ensure the winner receives the prize, we cannot be made responsible for problems that may happen in transit.

In T14125#251727, @Guilhermems wrote:

Topic: Define if there will be any kind of incentive for winners

In your experience with LMMS and contests, do you think social media exposure is enough to attract participants @veratil?

In T14125#251646, @Guilhermems wrote:

In T14125#251645, @veratil wrote:

In T14125#251643, @paulb wrote:

Okay, so the plan is to have a form just like LMMS does, asking for their name, a link to their sounds (be it on video or a playlist on a website like SoundCloud) and also a link to the actual .wav/.oga + the LMMS source files. In this case we would strongly recommend making a video but wouldn't require it in order to participate. Right?

No. We make the video, a silent screencast of the Plasma desktop showing the events that need sounds. They can make the sounds and can add themselves to the video (say, using Kdenlive), or, if they prefer, we can add the sounds they give us.

Actually that's not a bad idea to suggest kdenlive. Have the video and give simple instructions on how to add the sound at timestamps, or possibly (I don't know the project save file format) have a script that can programmatically add it at the correct points and generate the video.

I think it's absolutely fine if we suggest Kdenlive as you said, but we shouldn't add more requirements than strictly necessary, because that can absolutely scare people away. The last thing we want is a contest with only one or two entries.

In T14125#251643, @paulb wrote:

Okay, so the plan is to have a form just like LMMS does, asking for their name, a link to their sounds (be it on video or a playlist on a website like SoundCloud) and also a link to the actual .wav/.oga + the LMMS source files. In this case we would strongly recommend making a video but wouldn't require it in order to participate. Right?

No. We make the video, a silent screencast of the Plasma desktop showing the events that need sounds. They can make the sounds and can add themselves to the video (say, using Kdenlive), or, if they prefer, we can add the sounds they give us.

In T14125#251632, @Guilhermems wrote:

Topic: Define how participants can submit their entries

I talked a little about this in the Promo room and I agree participants should be free to send their material in whatever way they please, as long as it's easily accesible by us. I still think they should put their sounds in a compressed file with a .txt inside with their info, but I also don't know if putting too many requirements is a good idea. Any thoughts on this?

Edit: I've just noticed LMMS makes people send their music through an online form (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScfJNvVtoCJ8SVQ8TWiPMjbIsl49RvwGiy1nODuvKdJ8Er_Bg/viewform). I guess we could do something similar, so people can add their info on the form and include a link with the files. Opinions?