osu!voice 2 - Singing Contest Auditions! · forum

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Welcome to the second installment of osu!voice: the singing competition open to anyone in the osu! community! We are happy to announce the event for a second time and invite you all to sing your heart out with us once again!

As per usual, to participate you should send in your audition entry according to the rules below. After submissions are over, all the entries will be judged and the main Stages will begin. Specifics about each stage will be announced on the Discord server as the event progresses, so don't forget to join.

- Audition entries are accepted through December 24th, 2024 (regardless of time zone). -

General

To participate you must be active in osu! in some way, shape or form. This doesn't necessarily mean playing the game, but accounts created just to enter the contest, or old inactive accounts will not be allowed.
Read the rules for recording and submitting below carefully and submit your entry accordingly or you might be disqualified.
Songs with excessively obscene lyrics will not be allowed. It is fine if your song contains swear words, but songs with lyrics built around highly graphic themes won't be accepted.
Duets will not be accepted.

Stages

Auditions: For the auditions you can sing any song you choose. Qualifying for the elimination stages is mostly a matter of following the rules, so have fun with it!
Elimination stages: For each elimination stage, a stage theme will be chosen and announced at the beginning of the stage. Your entry for each stage must follow that theme. At the end of a stage, a certain number of contestants will be knocked out and the rest will advance to the next one.
Finals: The top 3 contestants of the last elimination stage are considered finalists. To complete the event, the finalists will each sing any song they choose in full, including effects and mixing, resulting in a complete cover. Finally, the results will be decided through a community vote.

Recording🎤

You must submit a recording of your voice layered over an instrumental for the song of your choice.
Your voice must be clearly audible and not drowned out by the instrumental. If unsure, make the instrumental quieter. The contest is about judging your singing after all.
You must NOT cut, splice, edit, or modify your recording in any way or add any effects. This includes noise reduction/cancellation. Not abiding by this rule will result in disqualification. The finals are the only exception to this.
Entry length:
1. Auditions should be between 0:30~1:30 minutes in length.
2. Elimination stage submissions should be between 2:00~3:00 minutes.
You won't be disqualified for your entry being a few seconds shorter or longer, but please keep it reasonable.
You are advised to keep the raw recording of your voice without any music saved in a separate file, as you might be asked to provide it.
We recommend uploading your entry to a website like SoundCloud or simply providing your original files to preserve the best possible quality. (If you do use SoundCloud, please do not change your username after submitting, as that will make your link invalid)
Do not submit your entry for the same stage multiple times. If you do, only the first one will count.

If you are unfamiliar with the basic recording and mixing knowledge needed to participate, or can't find a decent instrumental for your song of choice, you can refer to this tutorial on how to use https://vocalremover.org/ by LightDreamer