Vocals Official Remix Competition

Intro

Remeya Kingston joined MetaPop this year, with an entry in the Decoded Forms competition, where she also added her own vocals. This Make A Beat Vocal competition offers you an exclusive acapella of hers to work with. Check out more of her music at https://soundcloud.com/remeyakingston.

Rules

1. Make a beat at least 1 minute long.
2. You MUST use the provided sample in the DOWNLOAD.
3. Any genre is welcomed, creativity is welcomed too.
4. Have fun and UPLOAD your beat before the deadline.
5. You MUST say how you've used the provided sample in the track description.

Objective: Improve your skills working with vocals by creating a track of your own around the provided vocal acapella.

Method: For this challenge we are providing you with a .wav file of a vocal by Remeya Kingston. Import it into your DAW (tempo: 100bpm, key: E minor) and build a track up around the vocal, using at least two of the following techniques on your vocal track(s):

1) Side-chained reverb (making sure to put the compression AFTER the reverb in the send return)
2) Side-chained delay (making sure to put the compression AFTER the delay in the send return)
3) Reversed vocals
4) Non-synced delay (aka slapback delay) (try values of 30-70ms, and different values for L and R)
5) Creative modification of vocal pitch, autotune or created harmonies.

Some guides on mixing vocals are included in the Resources section of the included README PDF. A good place to start might be light compression and high-pass filtering.

Upload: When you’re done, upload the resulting track to the Vocal Challenge page for feedback and for a chance to win a Native Instruments Store Voucher.

Have fun!