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A Ringtone Composition Contest!

Welcome to the Ringtone Jam - a video game music composition jam based on a unique creative limitation! ๐ŸŽฎ Be sure to join the discord for access to free music composition resources, tutorials, and community discussion:

Theme: Basketball Game Ringtones

Ringtones! you know that sound that plays when someone gives you a call. In this Jam, your challenge is to compose an 8-bit loopable ringtone for a video game character from a basketball game (either made up or from an actual basketball video game (see this list https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_basketball_video_games). it must be no longer than 30 seconds (but can be shorter than 30 seconds). Ask in the discord if you need pointers

Limitation: Beeps and Boops

You are limited to only using Beeps and Boops' Basic Waves (with the addition of the noise channel). These are basically the sound channels you are given on the NES hardware, namely

  • Sine Wave
  • Sawtooth Wave
  • Square Wave
  • Triangle Wave
  • Noise Channel

LeetChord Jam mode (or Composer Mode) has these built-in, but you can also use tracker software or an 8-bit VST/soundfont as well if you know how to use them.

You are free to use techniques like Duty Cycle or Pitch Bends as well if you would like.

Jam Rules

  • ๐ŸŽต Original Compositions only. No Arrangements!
  • ๐Ÿค– AI Usage: You may NOT use Generative AI in making or assisting you to make your composition.
  • You may only submit one (1) song. It can be either an mp3 file, wav file, SoundCloud Link, or a LeetChord Jam or Composer Mode URL. No Score required. (If you want to be featured on the LeetChord Jam champions spotlight section after placing in the top 3, you must submit a Leetchord Jam URL)
  • Your submission should be no longer than 30 seconds.
  • ๐Ÿšซ No NSFW Content (Basically, don't include anything that would violate Youtube's age-restricted content policies)

Examples

Tintin: Le Temple du Soliel (Game Boy) - Area 8-1 Music
The Smurfs' Nightmare music - The Workbench Gone Mad

Rating

Tracks will be rated in a 4-day voting period after the jam on the following 3 categories:

  • Theme Incorporation
    • How well did the composition fit the overall theme?
  • Technical Skill
    • Was the composition solid, were there techniques incorporated that pushed the boundaries?
  • Emotional Impact
    • Did the composition move you /mean something to you in an emotional way?