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THE IRON CHEF FOR 
MUSICIANS

Prizes

$600

The winning team will receive:

Worth of software and studio services courtesy of our sponsors

How It Works

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Teams of musicians

3 or 4 per team

Have one hour

To make a track
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Using secret ingredients

In the form of samples

Tons of prizes

And networking opportunities
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Next Event

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Sponsors

Pointblank is a global network of music production schools founded in 1994, offering a variety of courses in electronic music production, sound engineering, DJing, singing, songwriting, radio broadcasting, and music business.

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For 18 years, Mixed In Key has been pioneering innovative software for DJs and music producers, including key detection, harmonic mixing, and the industry-standard Camelot Wheel. With products like Platinum Notes, Captain Plugins Epic, and Human Plugins, we focus on creating practical, game-changing tools while constantly evolving to meet the needs of our community.

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Rules

Bakeoff Rules

  1. ​​Anyone of any skill level, genre, or musician type (singer, songwriter, producer, instrumentalist) is allowed to compete.

  2. Teams must start with a blank session on their preferred DAW. 

  3. Teams have 1 hour to create a 60-90 second track that must be placed in the submissions folder before time is up.

  4. Teams must create a track at the BPM assigned to them.

  5. Teams may ONLY use samples provided as part of the competition (this means no premade loops).

  6. Teams may ONLY use 'sampler instruments' to create progressions (this means no VST synths or in-house/software default synths, aside from 'sampler instruments').

  7. Teams may ONLY use in-house/software default effects (this means no VST effects).

  8. Teams may use hardware, instruments, vocals, as long as everything is created and recorded once the competition starts.​​

  9. Additional hardware teams are allowed to use:

    1. Computer containing their preferred DAW

    2. Hard drives (to transfer files and multitracks between computers)

    3. Headphones and headphone splitters

    4. MIDI hardware/instruments​

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