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Starting January 1st 2024 GMT each participant will have one week to upload one finished composition. Any style of music or selection of instruments are welcomed and encouraged.
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Hi! Sorry to bother you before the deadline.
It's roughly 2 hours before the deadline. I'm still on the road and I haven't got my laptop with me. I thought I synced my song to the cloud so I could access it anywhere but I left it in a local folder. There's no way I could reach my song until tomorrow morning.
May I ask for an early upload link in advance, please?
My goal is simply to last longer than I did in WB2018 but, more importantly, not get so damn stressed about hitting the deadlines.
You made some fantastic killer beats last year. Hope to see more of that coming this 2020.
Prior to 2012 I would NEVER "finish" a song, after making beats for almost a decade by that time. Since WB2012 I've made hmm, 250 tunes or so and consider 95% of them "finished" as what they are, where there's always been a few key tracks from each round of WeeklyBeats that I bookmark to come back and make a more fresh version with more time and skill gained etc.
Basically my goal is sit through a whole notebook of "things to do to those 98% finished Weeklybeats tracks" and finally put some EP out on Bandcamp.
And I'd love to get more involved in the community, maybe showcasing all the amazing talent here through a podcast.
I'm struggling to produce videos for the tracks, since Youtube is my only "social" output (No Facebook)
Is it me or Soundcloud is not working anymore (for reaching new listeners)?
Glad to see so many familiar faces. Best wishes in this 2020!!!
laguna wrote:Won't be arriving home on time today, where I have my project. I'm still at work and I'm posting from my phone.
Can I ask for an upload slot in advance (it's still Sunday here)?
Thanks a lot, really
sure thing! https://weeklybeats.com/music/upload?ha … 3f04235914
Thanks a lot, Wisefire! I finally arrived almost at lunchtime. You made my day
Won't be arriving home on time today, where I have my project. I'm still at work and I'm posting from my phone.
Can I ask for an upload slot in advance (it's still Sunday here)?
Thanks a lot, really
i've got ya. Here ya go: https://weeklybeats.com/music/upload?ha … 3f04235914
Thanks a lot, man! I usually keep a .flac backup of the original render and a compressed ,mp3 version for listening on devices, sharing and the like. What just happened is that I gave the lossless WAV version an .mp3 extension by mistake, so it was bigger (24 bit) and in the wrong format, while some players still played it normally.
Thanks again, Wisefire. You WB people are really kind to us, week after week. Really appreciated 
... found the cause: my render is 17 megs in size, though not playing on the right pitch/sample rate on some players. Rendering again right now
Tried to upload twice. First time 7 minutes before deadline, second time 4 minutes. Couldn't see my song on my profile. Can I have another go, please?
Seriously: I was CHECKING THE ENGLISH SPELLING of my track description because I didn't wanted to look dumb, then forgot to press Submit. Missed the deadline. Look a lot dumber now, for sure.
Can I please have an upload?
laguna wrote:I'm really ashamed to be here another week apologising, but my project was clipping like crazy after rendering (pure distortion). I turn some track at maximum volume without noticing, and couldn't re-render on time.
Can I have a new slot, please? This one was a lot of work, really
No worries, https://weeklybeats.com/music/upload?ha … 3f04235914
Thanks a lot, Wisefire! Actually it took me three tries to get it right. I was using VCV Rack and a new plugin to share audio between apps on macOS. Once the slave app was gone and closed, everything went as planned.
Now I must get used to GMT+1 again!!!
I'm really ashamed to be here another week apologising, but my project was clipping like crazy after rendering (pure distortion). I turn some track at maximum volume without noticing, and couldn't re-render on time.
Can I have a new slot, please? This one was a lot of work, really
laguna wrote:I don't want this to become a habit, but I think I messed up something. Being too close to the deadline, when I realised I was trying to post a zero byte file, it was too late... And I still don't know what's wrong with the exported project
Can I possibly have a new slot?. Thanks in advance!
The deadline was at 2:00 not 1:00. but i see that you didn't upload, so here's your link: https://weeklybeats.com/music/upload?ha … 3f04235914
Only 10 weeks away, glad to see you sticking around!
Thanks a lot, Wisefire!!! I could swear the clock said I was out of time and "time to upload" was again in days and hours but... man, I was really really tired. I rerendered everything back and uploaded already. Thanks a lot for keeping the site alive.
I don't want this to become a habit, but I think I messed up something. Being too close to the deadline, when I realised I was trying to post a zero byte file, it was too late... And I still don't know what's wrong with the exported project
Can I possibly have a new slot?. Thanks in advance!
You got it, 48 hours link expires - https://weeklybeats.com/music/upload?ha … 3f04235914
Whoah, such quickness! Thanks a lot, Aday. You made my day, Sir!
Argh! File was 17,1 megabytes while rendering on the last minute! Can I have another link while I render again on a lower bitrate? Thank you!
laguna wrote:I hate to be so often here, but I am living in and out of hotels again lately, so crappy wifi and unpredicted slowdowns are again a thing for me.
On top of that, I simply fell asleep before posting! Can I possibly have a new upload slot?
Thanks a lot in advance
Spotty wifi is a drag
Worked perfectly, as usual! Thanks a lot, Wisefire (and the rest of WB staff, of course). Really appreciated!
