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Results RCTC 2003

17 may 2003

The second chip-tune competition

RUSSIAN CHIP TUNE COMPO 2003

Our congratulations to all musicians, who got the highest scores: fast shadow (1st place), EstEps and tone (2nd place), X-ray (3rd place)! The winners will be awarded with our special certificate and tracking art CD.

The competition was organized by Igor Chistik with great support from Dmitry Kirillov (EstEps), Konstantin Yakimenko (Enger), Michael Cherdantsev (Eternal Engine), Alex Matchugovsy (Manwe), Gene J.B., Hally, Andrey Krugloff (Prizrak), Boris Tarasov and Alex Radzishevsky. Also, Viktor Shimakoff (Dblstar Lab), Pavel Morozov, Yury Oshepkov, Sergey Kashinsy (DJ Psych), Stas Kuzin (MadMinder) and Ian Luck were invited as official arbiters. However, only 10 persons formed the final jury stuff; others have refused their participation — its really hard to rate 40 works on 5 parameters, even if consider a work to be just a “music”, instead of “module”.

Also it would be far more difficult for me to solve some questions, without the help of Matchugovsky, Tarasov, Yakimenko and Gene J.B. Especial thanks goes to Dmitry Kirillov, who hardly has saved his freedom in exchange of a draft copy of our compo's special certificate (certificate design by — Dasha Kuchurova) ;)

Separately, a bit later i gonna publish my own competition report and the 32-nd issue of our monthly musicmakers review “musicMocker” titled “Alibaba and the Forty Theives” — comments from arbiters and my own remarks about the compo.

Jury stuff:
¹CTC 2003 compo-musicScoreIIIIIIIVVVIVIIVIIIIXXRate
40Kaleidoscope
kaleidoscope.bmx
BUZZ (696kb)
RAR (45.6kb)
by fast shadow, RU		 (1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)		 19
18
18
20
17
92		 20
18
18
20
15
91		 s
k
i
p		 13
18
13
16
6
66		 15
17
15
15
16
78		 18
19
16
20
19
92		 18
16
17
18
15
84		 18
18
16
16
16
84		 17
19
19
18
19
92		 16
16
14
15
16
77		 17,11
17,67
16,22
17,56
15,44
84,00		 1
17Those days are gone with you...
est-tdwy.mid
MIDI (49kb)
ZIP (22kb)
by EstEps, RU		 (1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)		 17
15
12
15
15
74		 19
20
15
15
15
84		 s
k
i
p		 20
18
15
20
17
90		 15
15
15
15
20
80		 20
19
14
20
20
93		 s
k
i
p		 18
15
15
15
16
79		 19
17
16
19
20
91		 17
14
14
15
16
76		 18,13
16,63
14,50
16,75
17,38
83,38		 2'
35a-d-d-a_L
t1-addl.mo3
MO3 (99kb)
RAR (93kb)
by tone, RU		 (1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)		 20
17
16
19
17
89		 20
17
17
20
19
93		 11
10
9
7
5
42		 12
14
15
17
14
72		 17
17
15
17
15
81		 20
20
20
20
20
100		 17
18
17
16
17
85		 20
20
19
18
17
94		 12
16
18
17
18
81		 18
15
18
15
18
84		 16,70
16,40
16,40
16,60
16,00
82,10		 2
18Flowers of the stars
flowers_of_the_stars.it
IT (25kb)
ZIP (10kb)
by X-Ray, PL		 (1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)		 19
15
18
16
20
88		 20
17
16
14
20
87		 13
8
7
7
15
50		 16
20
20
16
19
91		 17
15
15
10
20
77		 20
17
17
16
20
90		 18
17
15
17
19
86		 18
18
19
19
19
93		 16
18
18
16
20
88		 15
10
10
10
18
63		 17,20
15,50
15,50
14,10
19,00
81,30		 3
30leaving3
rn-lvn3.rns
RENOISE (382kb)
ZIP (56.7kb)
by Rain, UA		 (1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)		 20
15
15
20
20
90		 18
16
16
17
17
84		 11
5
6
11
10
43		 19
18
13
19
8
77		 s
k
i
p		 20
15
16
20
20
91		 18
17
19
18
17
89		 18
16
10
18
19
81		 19
19
17
19
17
91		 16
15
16
14
16
77		 17,67
15,11
14,22
17,33
16,00
80,33		 4
7Into The Dream
dream.mo3
MO3 (99kb)
RAR (97kb)
by Maxim Bulavin, RU		 (1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)		 14
18
15
19
18
84		 20
16
9
20
14
79		 12
8
7
6
4
37		 19
17
13
20
20
89		 17
15
15
15
15
77		 20
20
15
20
20
95		 18
18
18
18
18
90		 17
15
10
19
15
76		 20
19
15
18
20
92		 15
14
8
16
12
62		 17,20
16,00
12,50
17,10
15,60
78,40		 5
26Sad Dance in the most heart of world
sad_dance.bmw
BUZZ (113kb)
RAR (6kb)
by Vinsent, RU		 (1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)		 17
18
18
18
15
86		 19
18
20
15
15
87		 s
k
i
p		 13
12
10
15
15
65		 s
k
i
p		 16
14
14
20
20
84		 10
12
15
15
10
62		 15
12
12
13
18
70		 18
19
19
17
18
91		 16
13
14
16
15
74		 15,50
14,75
15,25
16,13
15,75
77,38		 6
29Until 21
until21.it
IT (184kb)
RAR (100kb)
by nikerous, RU		 (1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)		 17
14
13
15
15
74		 20
18
17
20
12
87		 12
11
10
6
5
44		 16
16
18
18
12
80		 18
17
17
17
15
84		 20
14
17
18
20
89		 17
16
17
17
14
81		 18
17
19
19
7
80		 19
18
19
18
19
93		 13
12
12
13
10
60		 17,00
15,30
15,90
16,10
12,90
77,20		 7
14Quantum Logic
Quant3.mo3
MO3 (151kb)
RAR (92kb)
by Minimal Art Manifesto, RU		 (1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)		 16
16
17
15
15
79		 19
17
20
18
10
84		 14
7
16
8
10
55		 13
13
17
17
15
75		 15
15
17
15
15
77		 18
16
20
16
18
88		 12
10
15
15
12
64		 19
10
20
19
13
81		 20
19
20
20
16
95		 14
8
14
13
15
64		 16,00
13,10
17,60
15,60
13,90
76,20		 8
34Pacman's Promenade
promenad.it
IT (75.6kb)
ZIP (61kb)
by Manwe, RU		 (1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)		 17
14
17
15
16
79		 s
k
i
p		 5
3
2
3
2
15		 12
16
18
15
15
76		 s
k
i
p		 20
17
17
18
18
90		 18
16
16
15
15
80		 19
16
17
18
18
88		 20
17
16
19
19
91		 20
15
17
18
18
88		 16,38
14,25
15,00
15,13
15,13
75,88		 9'
37Aurora
Aurora.it
IT (3.5kb)
RAR (2.5kb)
by Elven, RU		 (1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)		 20
12
14
16
20
82		 20
14
18
20
20
92		 s
k
i
p		 8
11
12
11
17
59		 s
k
i
p
 14
12
13
12
20
71		 18
10
10
15
18
71		 19
13
17
12
20
81		 17
15
14
12
17
75		 16
12
14
10
20
72		 16,50
12,38
14,00
13,50
19,00
75,38		 9
22The Lost Planet
B_planet.it
IT (125kb)
ZIP (100kb)
by Butch, RU		 (1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)		 15
14
15
15
17
76		 20
17
10
18
19
84		 9
7
5
7
6
34		 20
17
11
20
20
88		 15
15
15
15
15
75		 14
11
12
19
15
71		 15
12
12
15
13
67		 19
17
18
20
20
94		 17
13
15
18
8
71		 18
17
17
17
15
84		 16,20
14,00
13,00
16,40
14,80
74,40		 10
39Deep Beep
av_un_db.xm
XM (323kb)
RAR (94kb)
by avator, RU		 (1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)		 14
15
12
17
12
70		 20
18
16
18
12
84		 9
7
8
7
3
34		 16
17
13
19
10
75		 s
k
i
p
 18
18
18
20
18
92		 s
k
i
p		 18
17
17
20
12
84		 17
17
18
17
10
79		 16
15
15
15
14
75		 16,00
15,50
14,63
16,63
11,38
74,13		 11
36Dizzy Chip
Dizchip.s3m
S3M (150kb)
RAR (82kb)
by Treks, RU		 (1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)		 18
12
17
15
15
77		 20
14
15
17
16
82		 7
5
4
4
3
23		 17
16
15
19
20
87		 20
15
15
15
15
80		 15
8
12
13
15
63		 18
15
16
16
15
80		 20
17
17
19
17
90		 19
17
20
19
19
94		 15
5
10
10
15
55		 16,90
12,40
14,10
14,70
15,00
73,10		 12
21always fresh morning
Rn_afm.it
IT (17kb)
RAR (10kb)
by Rain, UA		 (1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)		 17
17
17
18
19
88		 17
15
15
17
20
84		 6
3
4
5
4
22		 12
13
11
18
17
71		 15
15
10
15
18
73		 16
10
10
18
20
74		 15
15
18
17
19
84		 13
13
15
15
20
76		 15
14
14
16
15
74		 18
12
15
14
20
79		 14,40
12,70
12,90
15,30
17,20
72,50		 13
27Road to rancho
Road.mid
MIDI (11kb)
ZIP (3kb)
by Dmitry Zolin, RU		 (1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)		 14
12
12
10
15
63		 18
19
15
17
20
89		 s
k
i
p		 10
14
11
13
17
65		 s
k
i
p		 14
12
13
17
18
74		 17
15
14
15
10
71		 16
15
15
10
15
71		 s
k
i
p		 15
10
15
12
15
67		 14,86
13,86
13,57
13,43
15,71
71,43		 DQ
13love-lorn
love-lorn by Impulse.it
IT (151kb)
ZIP (96kb)
by ImpulSe, RU		 (1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)		 18
16
18
16
18
86		 20
19
17
19
13
88		 6
4
4
5
1
20		 13
12
16
17
9
67		 10
15
15
15
15
70		 16
12
12
18
20
78		 14
16
16
15
12
73		 16
16
16
19
15
82		 18
18
18
16
18
88		 13
12
13
12
10
60		 14,40
14,00
14,50
15,20
13,10
71,20		 14
12The Flower Man
theflow.it
IT (108kb)
ZIP (85kb)
by djkor, RU		 (1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)		 15
8
15
12
15
65		 18
18
14
18
19
87		 s
k
i
p		 11
10
17
11
8
57		 10
10
20
10
10
60		 15
14
16
10
15
70		 14
14
15
14
14
71		 17
14
18
18
17
84		 14
13
19
17
15
78		 15
9
15
12
15
66		 14,33
12,22
16,56
13,56
14,22
70,89		 15
33In the search of sunset
In the search of sunset.bmx
BUZZ (70+36kb)
ZIP (55kb)
by nikerous, RU		 (1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)		 17
14
12
18
16
77		 17
15
13
20
16
81		 s
k
i
p		 18
12
11
19
15
75		 s
k
i
p		 20
17
16
18
20
91		 17
17
15
17
18
84		 15
15
15
15
13
73		 18
17
15
19
14
83		 16
14
12
15
12
69		 15,33
13,44
12,11
15,67
13,78
70,33		 16
38Sail — Worlds of fantasy (2000)
world5.mo3
MO3 (136kb)
RAR (96kb)
by Evel, RU		 (1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)		 13
16
14
13
16
72		 17
18
20
15
18
88		 5
8
5
3
3
24		 14
15
13
14
17
73		 15
17
16
15
15
78		 18
20
16
16
20
90		 14
13
13
12
12
64		 16
18
16
6
7
63		 14
17
18
10
12
71		 15
18
17
15
15
80		 14,10
16,00
14,80
11,90
13,50
70,30		 17
8X-tag
x-tag.mod
MOD (166kb)
RAR (101.2kb)
by DJ MoHaX, BY		 (1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)		 14
13
13
14
15
69		 20
15
10
17
13
75		 12
8
7
6
5
38		 12
15
14
15
8
64		 10
15
10
10
10
55		 17
17
15
16
18
83		 19
19
18
17
17
90		 18
17
15
19
19
88		 17
15
17
13
10
72		 14
10
10
10
18
62		 15,30
14,40
12,90
13,70
13,30
69,60		 18
23Ay4ever
Ay4ever.xm
XM (74kb)
ZIP (12kb)
by dj Dens0n, RU		 (1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)		 16
15
12
16
17
76		 17
16
10
10
15
68		 5
3
3
4
4
19		 12
12
16
17
13
70		 s
k
i
p		 20
16
14
18
20
88		 16
16
14
15
17
78		 12
13
15
18
13
71		 14
16
14
12
19
75		 13
12
10
13
18
66		 13,89
13,22
12,00
13,67
15,11
67,89		 19
10dream away
1.it
IT (72kb)
ZIP (54kb)
by ZiP, RU		 (1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)		 15
15
13
16
14
73		 14
17
15
12
16
74		 12
13
10
8
9
52		 12
13
9
19
8
61		 10
10
10
10
10
50		 18
16
18
19
20
91		 13
13
14
14
13
67		 15
15
13
17
17
77		 14
18
10
12
17
71		 15
9
7
16
15
62		 13,80
13,90
11,90
14,30
13,90
67,80		 20
11nota bene
notabene.it
IT (84kb)
ZIP (64kb)
by dedanis, RU		 (1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)		 17
12
15
15
15
74		 15
17
18
17
15
82		 10
8
10
8
7
43		 8
14
12
15
12
61		 15
15
15
15
10
70		 17
14
12
17
20
80		 13
13
13
13
13
65		 13
10
10
12
18
63		 9
13
17
15
14
68		 12
10
15
15
15
67		 12,90
12,60
13,70
14,20
13,90
67,30		 21
2See you later
seeyou.mo3
MO3 (166kb)
RAR (87kb)
by Igor C, RU		 (1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)		 15
14
12
13
16
70		 16
16
14
20
8
74		 8
10
9
7
4
38		 15
14
12
17
12
70		 17
17
15
17
15
81		 18
17
15
17
17
84		 12
15
17
16
14
74		 17
17
10
17
10
71		 8
10
11
17
2
48		 12
13
12
13
7
57		 13,80
14,30
12,70
15,40
10,50
66,70		 DQ
4obolensk
obolensk.pt3
PT3 (7.3kb)
by Mitchell and Mr.Z, RU		 (1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)		 14
16
15
15
15
75		 10
13
9
14
15
61		 6
4
3
4
3
20		 11
12
8
11
12
54		 15
15
15
10
17
72		 20
20
16
20
20
96		 16
15
18
17
17
83		 17
14
10
15
15
71		 13
10
9
13
14
59		 18
15
12
15
15
75		 14,00
13,40
11,50
13,40
14,30
66,60		 22
9Hidden it
hidden.mo3
MO3 (34kb)
RAR (33kb)
by Joke Jester, NE		 (1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)		 12
10
10
14
17
63		 17
12
20
8
13
70		 s
k
i
p		 14
11
18
16
17
76		 10
15
10
15
15
65		 9
6
4
12
10
41		 14
10
19
13
10
66		 18
10
17
18
17
80		 16
16
6
15
17
70		 15
12
13
12
15
67		 13,89
11,33
13,00
13,67
14,56
66,44		 DQ
28Krack me tonight
krack_me.$m
PT3 (10kb)
by C-jeff, RU		 (1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)		 17
18
18
18
15
86		 19
18
20
15
15
87		 s
k
i
p		 13
12
10
15
15
65		 s
k
i
p		 16
14
14
20
20
84		 10
12
15
15
10
62		 15
12
12
13
18
70		 18
19
19
17
18
91		 16
13
14
16
15
74		 13,44
12,22
14,78
12,00
13,56
66,00		 23
3Sector Themoz
000_00000017.pt3
PT3 (6.5kb)
by Dj-Z aka d-juice, RU		 (1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)		 13
9
7
12
15
56		 15
14
11
12
18
70		 9
7
3
5
10
34		 20
18
14
19
20
91		 15
10
10
5
17
57		 17
12
16
15
15
75		 19
18
16
16
18
87		 16
8
8
13
19
59		 14
15
13
13
16
71		 10
7
8
8
15
48		 14,80
11,80
10,60
11,80
16,30
65,30		 24
19Turned To Dark
TurnDark.mo3
MO3 (145kb)
RAR (94kb)
by Enger, UA		 (1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)		 13
13
14
16
16
72		 15
17
12
17
14
75		 10
4
3
6
3
26		 17
13
10
18
12
70		 12
15
10
10
10
57		 18
17
16
16
20
87		 14
12
12
10
10
58		 16
9
10
19
13
67		 14
13
12
17
9
65		 13
12
14
10
15
64		 14,20
12,50
11,30
13,90
12,20
64,10		 25
24Air Beam
Air_beam.pt3
PT3 (6kb)
by dj Dens0n, RU		 (1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)		 16
11
12
14
15
68		 15
12
5
15
20
67		 7
3
3
2
5
20		 13
11
11
18
15
68		 s
k
i
p		 14
17
12
12
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71		 15
14
14
13
19
75		 13
13
13
13
19
71		 17
14
10
16
13
70		 14
8
8
10
12
52		 13,78
11,44
9,78
12,56
14,89
62,44		 26
31Floating Mechanic Clock
clock.psy
PSYCLE (345kb)
ZIP (87kb)
by Manwe, RU		 (1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)		 17
13
13
18
13
74		 s
k
i
p		 10
6
4
10
9
39		 16
14
12
18
12
72		 s
k
i
p		 20
16
20
16
18
90		 16
14
10
16
10
66		 s
k
i
p		 17
18
16
14
13
78		 18
10
12
15
12
67		 14,25
11,38
10,88
13,38
10,88
60,75		 27'
6Psychodelic Bells
Bells.it
IT (95kb)
RAR (52kb)
by Dj Chip, RU		 (1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)		 7
7
7
5
13
39		 16
12
8
14
14
64		 12
6
7
7
10
42		 10
9
8
16
8
51		 10
15
15
15
15
70		 14
12
15
14
12
67		 12
10
10
15
13
60		 17
15
10
17
15
74		 18
17
14
16
15
80		 12
14
9
15
5
55		 12,80
11,70
10,30
13,40
12,00
60,20		 27
20Space Triumph
Sb-space.xm
XM (42kb)
ZIP (11kb)
by Stormbringer, RU		 (1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)		 14
12
13
12
16
67		 15
13
14
17
19
78		 7
4
4
5
4
24		 12
11
11
13
13
60		 10
10
10
10
15
55		 12
0
8
6
6
32		 12
10
10
10
12
54		 13
13
15
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74		 13
10
6
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17
63		 15
10
8
10
18
61		 12,30
9,30
9,90
11,60
13,70
56,80		 28
5Cor Snoit Airav
Csa.mid
MIDI (38kb)
RAR (13kb)
by Wons Anila, BG		 (1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)		 8
6
5
7
15
41		 18
9
10
16
14
67		 6
4
4
10
5
29		 18
15
12
8
10
63		 10
5
0
15
15
55		 s
k
i
p		 s
k
i
p		 20
15
15
17
14
81		 s
k
i
p		 10
5
12
10
10
47		 12,86
8,43
9,71
11,86
11,86
54,71		 DQ
32Glitter Glue
gs-glitter_glue.it
IT (19.5kb)
ZIP (12kb)
by gs, UA		 (1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)		 14
12
10
15
15
66		 15
16
10
13
15
69		 3
3
2
3
4
15		 9
12
12
10
17
60		 s
k
i
p		 10
6
10
11
9
46		 12
10
10
8
14
54		 10
13
13
10
18
64		 12
10
15
13
15
65		 12
5
8
10
15
50		 10,78
9,67
10,00
10,33
13,56
54,33		 29
16 Flowers in your hands
Flowers.pt3
PT3 (5.5kb)
by Kevin, RU		 (1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)		 7
7
7
10
15
46		 12
8
5
10
20
55		 3
1
1
2
2
9		 12
10
12
12
15
61		 5
5
10
5
15
40		 10
8
7
14
12
51		 10
5
10
10
10
45		 15
15
16
16
19
81		 15
7
10
13
10
55		 12
10
12
10
15
59		 10,10
7,60
9,00
10,20
13,30
50,20		 30
15Cisum Mese Ekil Bets
compo.bmx
BUZZ (172kb)
ZIP (10kb)
by Wons Anila, BG		 (1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)		 12
8
8
13
15
56		 12
5
10
10
15
52		 s
k
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p		 10
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13
18
63		 5
5
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35		 16
14
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79		 8
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10
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34		 s
k
i
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k
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p		 15
12
14
17
12
70		 9,75
7,63
8,50
11,88
10,88
48,63		 DQ
1Melancholy
dras.mo3
MO3 (31kb)
RAR (31kb)
by Kinard, RU		 (1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)		 4
7
6
3
10
30		 10
17
18
8
15
68		 4
2
2
5
5
18		 7
7
7
7
16
44		 5
10
10
10
5
40		 14
16
16
15
17
78		 10
10
10
10
10
50		 5
9
9
15
13
51		 8
10
3
7
9
37		 10
8
10
10
17
55		 7,70
9,60
9,10
9,00
11,70
47,10		 31
25Synthetic Tea
D261.mo3
MO3 (103kb)
RAR (93kb)
by iam29, RU		 (1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)		 5
5
5
10
8
33		 2
5
10
5
2
24		 2
1
1
2
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7		 5
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9
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33		 s
k
i
p		 4
0
1
12
0
17		 2
2
2
2
2
10		 5
5
16
10
10
46		 3
3
20
0
1
27		 8
5
12
8
5
38		 4,00
3,44
8,22
6,44
4,00
26,11		 32

The column “N” — number of participant.

The column “Score” is a list of parameters, used to rate a module: (1) — “professionalism”, (2) — “musical value”, (3) — “originality”, (4) — “quality of a sound”, (5) — “optimality”. Final score of a module — (6) — is calculated by addition all the scores. The musical value — disclosing of a theme, “moral substance” of a composition, how much music is actually in the module. An optimality — is a ratio of a file size to the musical content, the tracking skill. The final result of each work {calculated by Excel} is the sum of all scores, divided on quantity of voted arbiters.

Brief comments on some works

Module N17, got the 2nd place. It is the work from one of the arbiters, and by rules of competition such modules can participate only as demonstration (cannot be the official winner, occupies the same place with the usual participant).

Module N34, got the 9th place. It is the work from one of the arbiters.

Module N27, DQ — disqualification, unfortunately. Arrange is generated by the computer. Probably I am not right, but this is more serious discrepancy, than breaking the deadline. Our compo is the competition of “live” music, instead of match “Kasparov — Deep Blue”.

Module N2, DQ — disqualification, unfortunately. The work is not original, is written based on 30-sec example to CakeWalk 9. The only positive thing from this work is the demonstration of more flexible opportunities of the tracking' arrange and advantages of good samples (16 bits, 44-22kHz) combined with a nice compression of the module.

Module N9, DQ — disqualification. It is an exact copy of the module “Arcadia” done in early 90's by Necros, in reduced and little bit modified kind. The beginning and the “hidden end” of the music are taken. The tips to figure this out — the figure by Andrew Sega in the participant form, e-mail in the domain Five Musicians and name of the author — Joke Jester ;-) The work was sent by me as a 1st April joke, especially for arbiters.

Module N31, got the 27th place. It is the work from one of the arbiters.

Module N5, DQ — disqualification. One more work from the virtual participant; read the name of work and name of the musician vice-versa. The explanations for this — read in musicMocker 32.

Module N15, DQ — disqualification. One more work from the virtual participant; read the name of work and name of the musician vice-versa.

The following modules broke some rules of the compo and possibly could be disqualified, but this time I let them take part in the compo.

  • N40, N35, N37, N39 — for breaking the deadline, but i gave them my permission.
  • N17, N7, N14, N38 — they were invited by me for participation in compo, authors were informed about it, (I has not received the answer only from N7)
  • N17, N34, N31 — the modules from the participants of jury, actually its “not very well”. By the way — EstEps and Manwe have not complied the requirement to review their own works!
  • N36 — is actually sent with delay (communication problem at sender's side), and its less than required 1:30 minimum. I have permitted this work, Manwe has offered to quickly add a pair of patterns, but as a matter of fact that didn't change things dramatically.
  • N22 — things are, that this work reminds slowed down “Delirium” by Prizrak, but it is for sure original work! Another time i'll disqualify such works.
  • N8 — excess of the allowable size of archive in more than 1kb. The work was permitted, because in mo3 format that was easily compensated. Another time i'll disqualify such works.
  • N20 — that's really strange thing. Yes, sometimes its possible that you subconsciously repeat an another's theme (music it or the text — is not important), but this module is too close with a “PPK” theme! I have not disqualifed it, but next time author of such well-known tunes must think twice!
  • N9, N5, N15 — jokes from the organizers:) As the competition was under the April 1st, Gene J.B. and me decided to make some fun (we haven't told each other about it beforehand :-). N9 — plain plagiarism, N5 — automatic generated arrange (similar to N27), N15 — mix of different themes, including theme from “PPK”
  • N25 — Let author does not take offence, but nobody has understood this module. The work would be disqualified because of discrepancy of a minimum skill level — this must be music more or less and it must contain something audible. And this module is most likely not the alternative music. The good example of alternative music — module N14, who earned his good score.

    And the last on modules, the brief explanation of arbiters “skips”.

  • N40. III — was unable to get all necessary machines for Buzz (my fault).
  • N17. III — his own work, so he does not judge himself. VII — formal refusion “not rated seeing the absence of a _best _ midi device, as it was required in the participant's form”. V — have not enough time.
  • N26. V — have not enough time. III — was unable to get all necessary machines for Buzz
  • N34. II — his own work, so he does not judge himself. V — have not enough time.
  • N37. III — cant rate two patterns with that much tracking engineering. V — have not enough time.
  • N39. V — have not enough time. VII — “Is that chip-tune!? On a compo with 100kb limit, 331168 bytes! No way! I officially refuse to vote for this module”
  • N27. III — “Something indicates that it is Band in the Box. This suspection confirmed after reviewing the participant' form. So i dont gonna review the module, arranged by non-human”. V — have not enough time. VII — “I refuse to vote for this work because dont admit such software. The whole musician technic is based on a program that create melody.”.
  • N12. III — “Its not a music”.
  • N33. III — was unable to get all necessary machines for Buzz. V — have not enough time.
  • N23. V — have not enough time.
  • N9. III — “ This module represents an exact copy of the module “Arcadia” by Necros in reduced and a little bit modified kind”.
  • N26. III — was unable to get all necessary machines for Buzz. V — have not enough time.
  • N24. V — have not enough time.
  • N31. II — his own work, so he does not judge himself. V — have not enough time. VIII — “its a pity, but the file was broken (But the begining is quite good =) Manwe, the really good beginning! =)”.
  • N5. VI — “I'm afraid i cant vote for such music — I dont understand it at all”. VII — “module was not voted seeing the absence of bank ph-gm2.sf 39Mb, and standard bank 8mb from Creative “. IX — its not quite reasonable to vote for an own fake :-)
  • N32. V — have not enough time.
  • N15. III — was unable to get all necessary machines for Buzz. VIII — “ fake. Nothing original =) “. IX — its not quite reasonable to vote for an own fake :-)
  • N25. V — have not enough time.

    I really regret, that initially i've decided to give too much freedom to the participants of our compo, thinking that our total busyness will give you all too small time for a such thing as a chip-compo (btw, our best hopes about quantity of works was around 20-25 modules). As a result of a policy of such kind, some rules of the compo has been broken. Partially that was my defect, partially — ' dishonesty ' from some of participants. Besides, I have not taken into account the possibility of “skip” votings. But nevertheless, the only serious problem of the compo was the huge number of platforms and mod formats appeared in one competition, it seems possible to combine them only theoretically, not on practice. This disballance appeared as a nonsense of some voting scores for a number of formats, and in general scene's “common opinion”.

    Great thanks to all participants of our compo, RCTC will never be possible without you all! I am very grateful to our arbiters, who spent all their, even nonexistent, free time. Euggie have really made a feat... It is a pity, Tarasov and Kuzin simply “disappeared” somewhere, without informing us (probably took Evgeniy Danchenko (Zip) with them, and i awaited draft copy of our compo's special certificate from him!). Thanks to everyone, who has supported my idea and has helped må in its realization. And — thank you all for your patience :-) Compo has not met the deadline, and ìy own free time is strongly reduced now... I do not think about the future now, and the nearest compo we're planning is a Buzz compo with Gene J.B as organizer.

    Files

    ctc2003ent.zip, 2190kb
    All compo mods in formats: mod, s3m, it, xm, mo3, mid, pt3 (vtx), psy, rns, bmw and bmx.

    The MP3-versions of music RCTC 2003

    Floating Mechanic Clock, Manwe (RU), 4972kb, Psycle-mp3.
    Cisum Mese Ekil Bets, Wons Anila (BG), 4643kb, Buzz-mp3.
    Kaleidoscope, fast shadow (RU), 6606kb, Buzz-mp3.
    In the search of sunset, nikerous (RU), 2225kb, Buzz-mp3.
    leaving3, Rain (UA), 2659kb, Renoise-mp3.
    Sad Dance in the most heart of world, Vinsent (RU), 2465kb, Buzz-mp3.

    The Renoise module was processed in the shareware version of tracker, so the quality of the result mp3 is not very high.

    Thanks to Alex Radzishevskiy for mp3s hosting on websound.ru mp3 version of compo-music.

    Translated by ksa
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