Tortured Piano Remix Competition

tim | July 12, 2011 - 11:14 am

After playing with the sounds in the Tortured Piano library over the last few weeks, I’ve become fascinated as to the ways these sounds can be processed, altered & recontextualised… But I am even more so interested in what other people might do with the sounds…. So I’ve just released the FREE version of the Tortured Piano library (45 x 16BIT 44.1KHZ Stereo .WAV sounds 58MB) and am hereby launching the first HISSandaROAR remix competition! See below for details…..

 

Remix comp

 

NOTE: there are only three rules:

 

1. The only source material must be from the TORTURED PIANO FREE library. You can obviously manipulate and process them in any way you like, but no other sound sources are allowed (eg other samples, instruments, recordings etc)

 

2. Upload your finished entry to Soundcloud and join the Tortured Piano Remix soundcloud group then use the Share to Group button on your track to add it. Also please post a comment below with a link to it

 

3. Submissions must be uploaded & a comment added here BEFORE Monday 8th August

 

 

There will be three winners and each winner will receive a free copy of the full 192kHz 7GB Tortured Piano library. I have no idea what criteria I’ll use when listening and choosing, because I am totally open to what might be created…. Surprise me!

 

 

 

99 Responses to Tortured Piano Remix Competition

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  2. gustavo says:
    July 12, 2011 at 11:49 am

    hi Dear Tim

    great competition, but, what about the duration?

    thank you

    Reply
  3. Ryan says:
    July 12, 2011 at 12:30 pm

    Great idea, Tim. I’m in.

    Question:

    Is worldizing allowed? You mentioned any manipulation is OK but no new recordings added in so I think worldizing should be OK but I wanted to make sure before I did some crazy stuff. You know me… >:)

    Thanks!

    - Ryan

    Reply
  4. Jasinski says:
    July 12, 2011 at 3:32 pm

    Hi Tim. Super excited to do this. Can we use the microloop the samples to make oscillators with or do they need to be recognizably related to the original recordings?
    Cheers.
    -aaron

    Reply
    • tim says:
      July 12, 2011 at 3:40 pm

      Hi, you can do whatever you like… but I’ll be listening to it with the source material in mind….

      Reply

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  7. Colin Hunter says:
    July 12, 2011 at 10:28 pm

    Nice idea Tim! I’m sure we’ll see some really diverse results.

    http://soundcloud.com/colin-hunter/tortured-piano-remix-contest

    Reply
  10. Daniel Gooding says:
    July 13, 2011 at 9:03 am

    Fun Idea.

    Here is mine

    http://snd.sc/o3vjpG

    Reply
  11. tim says:
    July 13, 2011 at 9:06 am

    Great posts so far – note for any first time commenters here, I have to moderate/approve your first comment, so don’t fear if your comment doesn’t appear instantly – it will sooner or later!

    Reply
  12. Paul Fonarev says:
    July 13, 2011 at 9:44 am

    That was an interesting challenge. I’m looking forward to hearing the wild ideas that everyone else comes up with.

    http://soundcloud.com/misosound-1/misosound-tpianoremix

    Reply
  13. Zdravko says:
    July 13, 2011 at 10:32 am

    I kinda made music out of the samples. Hopefully that is ok. Samples were just ideal to make music out of:)
    http://soundcloud.com/bubaproducer/tortured-piano-remix

    Reply
  14. Alan Pring says:
    July 13, 2011 at 12:41 pm

    Nice competition Tim, there should be some interesting results.

    Here’s my entry. As I was uploading I realised this was somewhat in the style of certain videos that promote a certain sound design library… :|

    Nevermind was fun to make! :D

    http://soundcloud.com/disconnectuser/all-to-get-her-now-tortured

    good luck everyone!

    Reply

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  16. Charles van Kampen says:
    July 13, 2011 at 11:04 pm

    Hi,

    Thanks for this competion and the samples. Love them and I had a lot of fun working on this!

    Here´s my entry:

    http://soundcloud.com/charlesvk/tortured-piano

    Best regards to all!

    Reply
  18. Christopher Postill says:
    July 14, 2011 at 5:35 am

    Awesome stuff Tim! Just listened through the Soundcloud group and its great to see the variation, kudos all.

    Just uploaded my remix:
    http://soundcloud.com/christopher-postill/tortured-piano-the-workshop

    Reply
  20. steve urban says:
    July 18, 2011 at 12:43 pm

    Just remembered I needed to post here too. Here you go:

    http://soundcloud.com/steve-urban/traffic-wars-3025

    Reply
  21. Bryan Parker says:
    July 19, 2011 at 7:55 am

    if there are more recordings of that string ball in the full library, it is probably worth buying for those sounds alone. Thanks for the sounds!

    http://soundcloud.com/bryan-parker/piano-bounce-and-build

    Reply
  24. Phonetical says:
    July 21, 2011 at 9:39 am

    Repellant: http://soundcloud.com/kellypieklo/repellant

    Great sounds, Tim. Fun to work with!

    Reply
  25. jgrzinich says:
    July 22, 2011 at 3:25 am

    great samples and idea for a competition…
    http://soundcloud.com/maaheli/88-stringed-victim-tortured

    don’t listen before midnight ;)

    Reply
  26. Nick Maxwell says:
    July 22, 2011 at 3:51 am

    Great idea and cool library, Tim! I’ll definitely put something together for this.

    Reply
  28. nkurence says:
    July 22, 2011 at 3:38 pm

    Beautiful and inspiring sound, Tim. Here’s my entry: http://soundcloud.com/nkurence/psychomantium

    Reply
  29. Juan says:
    July 22, 2011 at 8:29 pm

    The sample library is awesome! I ant all of them :-) Here my submission:
    http://soundcloud.com/rukano/sm-klavier

    Reply
  30. MA-Simon says:
    July 23, 2011 at 2:21 am

    Thanks for these nice an inspiring samples! Heres is my enty:
    http://soundcloud.com/ma-simon/the-forged-piano

    Reply
  32. vibromolekules says:
    July 23, 2011 at 12:04 pm

    I’ve uploaded mine. It’s my first track ever made :)

    Reply
  33. remixcompetition.com says:
    July 23, 2011 at 10:39 pm

    You are listed @ remixcompetition.com
    Good luck with the contest!

    Reply
  35. Jasinski says:
    July 24, 2011 at 2:04 pm

    These samples are endlessly usable. Here’s my contest entry: http://soundcloud.com/jasinski/weaponized-piano

    Reply
  36. Henrique Brion says:
    July 25, 2011 at 11:35 am

    Thank you Tim for tha samples, blog, .. all amazing!

    here is my link:

    http://soundcloud.com/henriquebrion/tortured-piano-24072011-tpi

    Reply

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  38. Gerald Bailey says:
    July 27, 2011 at 4:36 pm

    Tim,

    Thanks for posting those sounds! I had a good time working with them.

    Gerald
    http://soundcloud.com/gerald-bailey/trade-for-rain

    Reply
  39. miwaslki says:
    July 28, 2011 at 1:50 am

    Here is mine… Really enjoyed to do this…

    Peace…

    http://soundcloud.com/mr-miwalski/tortured-riddim

    Reply
  40. static soma says:
    July 28, 2011 at 2:27 am

    Hello Tim, contest or not, it was fun playing with these sounds, thanks!
    I just joined soundcloud to participate, hope I did everything allright..
    Here’s the link to the track : http://soundcloud.com/hellhaunt/tortured-piano-remix-2

    Reply
  41. etheric loopz says:
    July 28, 2011 at 8:10 am

    What a great sample bank! Some 30 tracks that are already there sound like good to go on a double compilation :]

    Here’s my entry:
    http://soundcloud.com/ethericloopz/tortured-piano

    Reply
  42. SUBSET says:
    July 28, 2011 at 3:05 pm

    Hi, thanks for the sounds, was a bit of fun trying something from the source material.

    http://soundcloud.com/subset-and-sonic-mayhem/tortured-piano-subset-simple

    Reply
  43. Christian Rivest says:
    July 29, 2011 at 12:21 pm

    Hi Tim !
    Great set of sounds, thanks for letting us play with your stuff !
    here’s my take:
    http://soundcloud.com/rivestc/tortured-piano-final

    Cheers !
    C.

    Reply
  44. stationlost says:
    July 30, 2011 at 9:19 am

    Just posted mine up, dub techno thing.

    http://soundcloud.com/station/tortured-piano-remix

    Reply
  45. James says:
    July 31, 2011 at 5:01 am

    Bit of a mixed bag of ideas. Great fun, thanks for the wonderful samples

    http://soundcloud.com/jamesdeanmusic/green-tea-tortured-piano

    Reply
  46. cycloscope says:
    August 2, 2011 at 5:34 am

    Thank you Tim for this great library!!
    A lot of work but I had a lot of fun :-)

    Here is my (very experimental) track:
    http://soundcloud.com/cycloscope/cycloscope-weird-time

    Reply

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  48. The Argyle Raver says:
    August 3, 2011 at 10:47 pm

    http://soundcloud.com/the-argyle-raver/harsh-beat-remix-tortured

    Not to be taken too seriously I hope.

    Reply

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  53. Victor H. Fumagalli says:
    August 7, 2011 at 5:25 am

    Hi Tim, thanks a lot for this adventure! Was Awesome! What a brilliant idea! Love that kind of things!

    http://soundcloud.com/v-h-f/lets-hear-some-piano

    Vick

    Reply
  57. T.Busstra says:
    August 8, 2011 at 12:55 am

    Hope I’m not too late? In Holland it’s still 7th of august ;) Anyway. I had great fun playing with the sounds! Thanks for the opportunity!
    http://soundcloud.com/gryv/interpleneur-tortured-piano

    Reply
  58. Broke says:
    August 8, 2011 at 1:05 am

    Hey Tim,
    thanks for this contest, it was fun working!

    I’ve uploaded my Mix http://soundcloud.com/brokemusic/tortured-piano

    Cheers!

    Reply
  60. Tjerk says:
    August 8, 2011 at 5:56 am

    Strange…. 5 hours ago I posted my remix here, but I can’t see the comment anymore???
    anyway… again:
    http://soundcloud.com/gryv/interpleneur-tortured-piano

    Reply
  63. Daniel Stockdale says:
    August 8, 2011 at 11:31 am

    http://soundcloud.com/dstockpro/tortured-pianos-remix-daniel

    Thanks for this opportunity! Also, your samples are fantastic!

    - Daniel Stockdale

    Reply
  65. michael cacioppo belantara says:
    August 9, 2011 at 3:33 am

    Finally Got a Moment Tim – hopefully in time – either way had a blast playing with these!

    http://soundcloud.com/mjchb/your-tortured-piano-caught-in

    Reply
  66. tim says:
    August 9, 2011 at 7:31 am

    COMPETITION IS NOW CLOSED! No more entries thanks

    Reply
  68. Daniel Valdez says:
    August 11, 2011 at 1:11 pm

    Thanks for this opportunity. =)

    Reply
  71. Che O'Donnell-Gibson says:
    August 11, 2011 at 4:39 pm

    Hi Tim, I enjoyed doing the remix comp. Great idea. The recordings sounded awesome. Thank you. Hopefully see you tomorrow:)

    Reply
  72. Martin Woehrer says:
    August 11, 2011 at 6:22 pm

    Good Morning,

    Please find my take on the tortured piano samples here

    http://soundcloud.com/neiche/to-twist-and-mingle-tortured

    It was a pleasure.

    Martin

    Reply
  74. Joe Cavers says:
    August 11, 2011 at 7:38 pm

    Sorry I’m late with this comment Tim! Here’s my entry:

    http://soundcloud.com/jtcavers/joe-cavers-tortured-piano

    Reply
  78. vulture says:
    August 13, 2011 at 2:56 pm

    Hello Tim, Am I allowed to put the track I’ve made, with your sounds, on my album?
    it’s a non-commercial thing, I’ll just publish it on my blog for free download.
    Cheers,V

    Reply
  80. cagrebirdsongs says:
    September 2, 2011 at 12:15 am

    Hi Tim, how is the progress?
    Regards, cagerbirdsongs!

    Reply
    • tim says:
      September 2, 2011 at 8:26 am

      Didnt get time to get the MID version created & output last week & I’m down south for a week on holiday now, so it’ll be next week at earliest…. no rush

      Reply
  81. Charles van Kampen says:
    September 12, 2011 at 12:11 am

    Hi Tim,

    Thanks a lot! I had a great time working with your sounds and listening to what others had made with them!

    Kind regards,

    Charles

    Reply
  82. tomosombolac says:
    September 27, 2011 at 12:11 am

    Hi, Tim

    It was fun!

    Tnx
    Tomo

    Reply

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