Instrumental music compo rules

- The tunes may not contain human vocals

- The tunes will be played for 3½ minutes

- Maximum file size is 10 MB

- Allowed file formats: MP3, OGG, XM and IT

- Only one song by one musician

- See the general rules on music

Rules for MP3 and OGG

- You have to use ID-tags to describe your tune

- Tunes will played with the latest version of WinAmp. OGG files are supported using the Vobis decoder.

- The bitrate is static192 kbps (entries with wrong bitrate will be disqualified)

Rules for XM and IT

- You can use as many channels as you want

- no packed or compressed tunes!

- all tunes will played with ModPlug Player (latest version)

Compo entry pre-releases in music compo

All entries that were shown in the big screen in the music compos will be pre-released immediately after the compo in a special format to make voting easier.

Music entries are pre-released as 45 second clips mixed together into one MP3 file.

This is done to allow for more fair voting in the competitions. The reason why the complete entries are not released is to prevent the spreading of unsigned compo entries, which would otherwise compete with the final, signed releases.