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 $$             - Notes about Cruelization X tracking contest -
 $$ 
 $$    Here we go... this one is the last in the current season of "the
 $$  special Cruelizations" . A lot of things will happen after. "The Best
 $$  Of Cruelizations 1-10" music disk will be released, new ideas will be
 $$  implemented (thanks to all who contributed), the now very fancy voter
 $$  program will be out, maybe I'll even put up the Cruelization web page.
 $$  It's time of changes... and still, starting from Cruelization 11, the
 $$  contest will revert back to the original "no external samples" rule,
 $$  until around Cruelization 17-18 . Perhaps we'll have some special
 $$  contests inbetween, but those are the estimates :) . So, for good and
 $$  for bad, hereby I announce:
 $$  
 $$   --!-- THE THIRD (and last for now) SPECIAL 2-WEEK CRUELIZATION --!--
 $$        --!-- read the rules below! they have changed a bit! --!--
 $$  
 $$    *  You can use ALL samples in the pack PLUS you are allowed to add up
 $$       to 3 samples of your own! That's THREE samples or less you can add!
 $$    *  As you have 2 weeks to track,you are allowed to enter up to FIVE (5!)
 $$       tunes per one composer! You are allowed to use different external
 $$       samples on each of them (up to 3), and edit the original samplepack
 $$       differently for each. Want to improve your chance of winning/hitting
 $$       the alltime top10 ?  Enter more tunes!
 $$    *  Every composer can participate in up to 5 co-ops ADDITIONALLY to his
 $$       sole 5 song limit, i.e you can do 5 solo tunes, AND 5 co-ops.
 $$    *  Do understand that the song quantity is optional - you may as well 
 $$       enter one single tune!  The number of songs you make is your choice.
 $$
 $$    *  All the other rules are as mentioned in CRUELIZ.NFO.  Please follow
 $$       them closely - I don't take pleasure in disqualifying.  Also 
 $$       remember, no covers/remixes of others/your own past songs is allowed!
 $$       And remember to clear samples you don't use. Why take up extra
 $$       space?
 $$ 
 $$                                --!--
 $$
 $$  The deadline for submitting songs is May 3rd to 4th (Saturday to Sunday).
 $$  You must email/dcc me your song until then!  The pack will be
 $$  released on May 6th around 12:00 GMT . Results will be released after
 $$  the voting period, which I don't know yet. Read in the voting pack text
 $$  when it's out. It is strongly advisable to send your songs in ADVANCE, 
 $$  not in the last day before deadline :D .       
 $$
 $$    The sample pack was put together totally by me this time. That doesn't
 $$  mean i sampled them all, although I did sample some of them, and others
 $$  are credited in the sample pack. Note, that: --!-- THE SAMPLE PACK IS NOW
 $$  .XM! --!-- . I see that most people enter either an .XM or .IT, in both
 $$  of those trackers you can load an .XM file. For those who dont use them
 $$  however, there is CR10SAMP.EXE utility provided. It will make a sub
 $$  directory called CR10_SMP, to which it'll dump the samples in the format
 $$  of your choice. Very self explanatory, just run it. If, for some odd
 $$  reason, you can't use the program and can't load the .xm , mail me and
 $$  I will individually mail you the sample pack in .mod format. That shouldnt
 $$  be neccesary in any case, though. Now, as I wrote before, you are allowed
 $$  to use THREE (3) external samples. The pack is pretty big already, so do
 $$  not abuse external sample size - though it's not given a maximum size,
 $$  *I RESERVE THE RIGHT TO DOWNSAMPLE* any sample in any song if I see that
 $$  as neccessary. Downsampling means decreasing the sample size but also    
 $$  loss of quality - but if you stay in reasonable sizes, there naturally
 $$  won't be any need for that. Just use your better judgement :)
 $$
 $$      Remember, the deadline for the songs is May 3rd-4th !
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 $:                                                       Now go track :D
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