Nine Inch Nails new single "The Hands that feeds" DNB Remix Contest

Here it is, the third installement of mtldnb.com production contest. This time we decided to push the challenge up a notch and do a remix of the Nine Inch Nails new single "The Hands that feeds" for their latest album "With Teeth".

Production Contest V.3

Trent Reznor as recently made public a samplepack containing samples from all individual channels to see what people could do with it. We beleive it will be a great challenge and a rare occasion for lots of members to have acess to this kind of materiel. You can check out the song at www.NIN.com


Here's what Trent Reznor had to say:

Trent Reznor wrote:

Hello all, For quite some time I've been interested in the idea of allowing you the ability to tinker around with my tracks - to create remixes, experiment, embellish or destroy what's there. I tried a few years ago to do this in shockwave with very limited results. After spending some quality time sitting in hotel rooms on a press tour, it dawned on me that the technology now exists and is already in the hands of some of you. I got to work experimenting and came up with something I think you'll enjoy. What I'm giving you in this file is the actual multi-track audio session for "the hand that feeds" in .WAV format. This is the entire thing bounced over from the actual Pro Tools session we recorded it into. I imported and converted the tracks into AppleLoop format so the size would be reasonable and the tempo flexible. So... Drag the file over to your hard disk and double click it. Hit the space bar. Listen. Change the tempo. Add new loops. Chop up the vocals. Turn me into a woman. Replay the guitar. Anything you'd like. I gave this to my crew and band to test out and all work effectively stopped for a while - it's fun to mess around with. I've now heard a country version of the track as well as an abstract Latin interpretation (thanks, Leo). There are some copyright issues involved, so read the notice that pops up. Giving this away is an experiment. I'm interested to see what comes of it, what issues are raised and what the results are. Have fun. Trent Reznor April 15, 2005

Contest Rules

[01] Must use ONLY provided samples.
[02] Tracks must be between 5 and 7 minutes in duration.
[03] Tracks must be breakbeat oriented. (Drum n Bass, Jungle, Breaks, IDM, HipHop, Trip Hop, etc...)
[04] Tracks must be submitted by June 30th.
[05] Must be a mtldnb.com board member. If you arent, all you have to do is register. Its free.



Prizes

Didnt take the time to hunt for prizes again this time but Conner was nice enough to hook us up with a copy of Renoise. Also the nice people at System recordings will once again give some freebies to the TOP5 finalist. Might have more freebies for you if I hire 2 assistant this month which I doubt will happen. This time its first prize winner's choice!

[01] Renoise sequencer www.renoise.com
[02] System Recordings will provide CDs & vinyl to the TOP5 finalist. www.systemrecordings.com
[03] Fame & recognition to everyone participating.
[04] More freebies might get added as the contest goes. (Tshirts. software, etc..)




Judgement

There is 2 judging rounds. First one lasts about 2 weeks when board members are invited to vote for their 5 favorite remixes. We then compile the results and the TOP10 favorites move on to the next stage where they will be judge by industry professionnals.

Judges are to be confirmed*.



Sample Pack

I will not list every sample because there is way to many. The pack contains the 64 samples provided by Trent Reznor + we added 3 classic breaks & a Subtone to make your life easier. You dont need a Mac or GarageBand 2.0 since we converted all the samples to .WAV for you.

DOWNLOAD HERE.



Submissions

All entries have to be submitted by June 30th. We will give acess to an FTP and provide you with a password on request only. Send a PM to myself, a staff member or email me Stabba@mtldnb.com when you are ready to upload your track.

Please encode your track as a 320kps mp3 & name the file using the following example:

Quote:

yourname_-_trackname_yourcity_yourcountry.mp3

Forum

By joining our community you wil be able to chat with other members. Here is the
Official production contest thread located in our Production & Gear forum.