Welcome to our 5th Annual "Stand Out" Contest with over +$25,000 in prizes.

All you have to do to enter is compose an original piece (highlighting at least one of our 8Dio instruments) of music of no longer than 5 minutes. This contest is all about YOU.  What do you sound like?  What is in your heart and soul that translates to your brain into your fingertips and into sonic glory?  What makes you "STAND OUT"?

https://8dio.com/2016/09/26/8dio-stand-contest-2016/

8Dio Stand Out Contest 2016 - Participants

Stand Out Finalist

bio production

Patrick Ytting - Sample Library Demos

You can buy this track here: http://bit.ly/buystallosdoor

Connect with me:
https://www.facebook.com/patrickyttingcomposer‎
http://www.twitter.com/patrickytting

About the title:
Stallo´s Door - http://www.luondu.no/web/index.php?sladja=13&vuolitsladja=61&giella1=eng
The Stallo - http://www.utexas.edu/courses/sami/diehtu/giella/folk/stallo.htm

8Dio 2013 Stand Out Contest Finalist - “Stallo's Door” by “Patrick Ytting”

Impermanence is a master demo for 8Dio by Troels Folmann. The demo was created with all three volumes of 8Dio CAGE (Custom Aleatoric Group Effects). It also contains samples from other libraries, including 8W (by V8P), Hybrid Tools 1 & 2 by 8Dio and Adagio Cellos.

The premise of the demo is based on Buddhist concept of: "Impermanence" - the notion that nothing truly lasts forever and everything is in a state of change, hence reflected in the music.

Please visit www.8dio.com for more information



8Dio CAGE Master Demo: "Impermanence" by Troels Folmann

I composed this track for the album "Iron Poetry" by Really Slow Motion.
This track was licensed for the "MALEFICENT" trailer movie campaign. 
It was also recently included in a compilation by Epic Music Vn as one of the best top 30 epic tracks of 2014.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcfIroNI3NU

The track is included now in the public album "Of Mist And Magic".
Get your copy here:
Amazon - http://amzn.to/ZDaOrk
iTunes - http://bit.ly/1xtEGAr
Spotify - http://spoti.fi/1r2AapW
Deezer - http://bit.ly/1ux64eR

Cesc Vilà - Collapsing Universe

Lionheart

Composed, recorded and produced by Lawrence Whitehead.

Violin by Lydia Marshall
Guitar by William Browne
Dulcimer by Max Pownall

Fortune Favors The Brave

This track was primarily composed with samples from 8Dio Majestica - The Largest Symphony Orchestra (240 players) ever sampled. A virtual music software instrument (VST/AU/AAX) by www.8dio.com

Follow us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/8dio.productions
Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/8dio 
Follow us on YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/8dioproductions
Follow us on Instagram: instagram.com/8dio_curators_of_sound/
Follow us on Snapchat: cr8dio

Majestica: "Teaser Trailer" by Troels Folmann

Made primarily with VSTi's from http://www.8dio.com. 
Saichania (Mongolian meaning "beautiful one")
8dio 1928 Steinway (piano)
8dio Adagietto (String Section)
8dio Adagio Violins 1.5 (Background ambience patch)
8dio Epic Toms (Old Tonehammer days edition)
8dio Glass Marimba (Koto- and Glockenspiel)
8dio Coffee Pot (It's in there somewhere)
8dio Seahorse (Sound FX)

A couple additional patches from alternate sample developers too (harp, gong, cymbals) and a Novation Supernova II synth.

8Dio 2015 Stand Out Contest Finalist: “Saichania” by Patrick Ytting

"Be Calm" from the Into Light (Video Game Soundtrack)
 
www.coltartmusic.com

https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/into-light-video-game-soundtrack/id1063762877

Buy from iTunes

Be Calm

An incredible journey into the jungle of feelings that intimately bind us to nature.

8DIO Pluguins: 
Agitato Legato

8dio Stand Out Contest Submission: "The Jungle" by Juriy Nikitin

This was composed as part of a selection of tracks to accompany the signing of the register at my daughter's wedding.

8Dio Adagietto string chords were improvised and then layered to give space then I improvised the Virharmonic Bohemian Violin over the top for the melody.

8Dio 2016 Stand Out Contest Submission: Heaven Sent by Mike Sugars

DOWNLOAD: https://turbotunes.bandcamp.com/track/road-to-arborlon
Just type "0" in bandcamp to get it free :)
(That is unless you want to leave a tip for my mountain dew fund!)

This is a track I themed in The Shannara Chronicles, really great music in that series, definitely has influenced some of my recent writing style, so has the show dark matter, great show as well.

8Dio 2016 Stand Out Contest Submission: "Road To Arborlon" by Matthew Richardson

Track was composed using Cage Brass Hybrid tools 3 and violins from 8dio adagio strings

8dio Stand Out Contest Submission 2016 LAND OF 8000 SOULS BY ROB DIGGY

This piece was made using the following 8 Dio libraries : 
1928 Steinway Piano
Agitato legato violin
Misfits Washboard
Bazantar
Wrenchspiel
Liberis
Misfits Trumpet
Francesca vocal ambiance
Rythmic aura Acoustic
Hybrid tools vol 1

1rst Prize 8Dio 2016 Stand Out Contest : "Mind with a view" by Nicolas Soulat (Feat. Noémie)

This sassy misfit melange creates an approachable space where ambition meets reservation, slapped with a little nonsense for good measure.

It's a treat~

8Dio product used: Misfit Bundle

Oh dear...

8Dio 2016 Stand Out Contest Submission: “Oh dear...” by Kevinovsky

8dio Instruments Used:
-8W for flute, synths, orchestral design, and percussion
-1969 Legacy Piano
-a touch of Barbary

Is it any wonder that when we shot out a spacecraft to reach potential extraterrestrials that we put a disc of music to convey what it is to be human? With classical, rock, pop, and blues accompanying nature sounds and different dialects of earth people, it is only fitting that if an alien from out of this world would intercept our message that they could only get a more accurate picture of the human experience by hearing music that we have created.
Music has a way to welcome a listener to someone else's heart and mind.  Just like an astronaut exploring unknown frontiers, music can only allow us to observe and admire the experience. “For who knows a person’s thoughts except the spirit of that person, which is in him?” - 1 Corinthians 2:11

And the more I understand about music, the more I appreciate the math hidden in our natural world and universe. 
Our duty as composers is to understand the patterns in sound so we can convey a story or play that hypnotic beat.  Speak to a mathematician and they would tell you that they thrive in seeing patterns in numbers.  According to some Physicists, math makes up the universe.  So it is logical to assume that as we come up with a technique to create music that the most pleasing music to our ears best follow mathematical formulas found in the environment that we live in.
The Golden Ratio and the Fibonacci numbers found in nature have been inspirational to humanity in proportion to their  music and in the creation of the instruments that make the music. 
Pythagoras of Samos (c. 570 – c. 495 BC), best remembered for the Pathagoras’ Theorem, discovered harmonic musical intervals by seeing its pattern through whole number ratios. He believed that the universe itself makes music, and oddly enough NASA may agree. 

The theme of my piece is that humans are destined to look beyond themselves.  Despite current affairs and how bleak a situation may seem, it is in the spirit of humanity that keeps us from constantly looking down and strive by looking up into the stars.  It is the imagery of space that I used to describe our journeys here.  I even added a sound from Saturn’s radio emissions for one of the musical breakdowns. And in case you're not already familiar with this concept, NASA records sounds from our galaxy through devices designed to transfer electromagnetic vibrations to audible frequencies for our ears. 

"Music is the one incorporeal entrance into the higher world of knowledge which comprehends mankind but which mankind cannot comprehend." - Luwig van Beethoven

But even more fascinating than life itself, is the mystery of love, and thus why I dedicated this piece to my wife. Call me a hopeless romantic if you want, but it is love that makes this continual study worthwhile.  And if Math makes up the universe, then it is only fair to say that music shall transcend the stars… figuratively and literally. 
Stay inspired, romanticize the opportunity, and love one another.
"When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers,
    the moon and the stars, which you have set in place,
 what is man that you are mindful of him,
    and the son of man that you care for him?" -Psalm 8: 3-4

8Dio 2016 Stand Out Contest Submission: “Mayya Malyshka" by Justin Eberhart

8Dio instruments used in this track:

Plucked Piano, Adagio, Adagietto, CAGE Brass, Lacrimosa, Requiem, 1969 Steinway Grand, Jenifer and Small Epic Drum Ensemble

8Dio 2016 Stand Out Contest Submission: “Beyond the Edges of the Map” by Axel Reyes

Made primarily with virtual instruments from www.8dio.com. 
The Firecracker (by Patrick Ytting)
8dio Majestica(Orchestral)
8dio Adagietto (Strings)
8dio Glass Marimba (Koto)

8Dio 2016 Stand Out Contest Finalist: “The Firecracker” by Patrick Ytting

Official demo of 8dio VSTi for Kontakt -

Christopher Young - The Collection: 
8dio.com/instrument/young-the-collection/

8dio worked with film composer Christopher Young over the last 18 months – curating over 35 years of recordings and sonic experiments. The end result is an incredible collection of organic textures and pro-grade scoring tools.

8Dio Soul Series: Christopher Young - The Collection: "The Haunt" by Patrick Ytting

Since the dawn of mankind, humans have looked up to the stars, wondered about the universe and everything it encompasses and most importantly, realising how minimal we are in the timeline of existence.

As a tribute to mankind's race to space exploration and everything it has signified for our technological growth, 8Dio has created Supercluster, a sound library of samples with a hint of sci-fi, space and the universe.

Available Now at:

8dio.com/instrument/supercluster/

8Dio Supercluster "Particle Waves" By Patrick Ytting

Multi-genre composer, pianist and sound designer.