SMC #12 "Music To My Ears" - Audio Devices / Equipment

[ClassicGamer-3DT]

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The Challenge Rules

1). Each challenge we'll post a subject for you to model along with a time limit on how long you should spend on it. Spend no longer than the allocated time then post a render of your model. No cheating, we are relying on your honesty here and the idea of speed modeling is to simulate a "real world" environment. If you are working on a project and asked to show a concept model you'll need to be able to get somewhere near the target in the allocated time. Your submission should be a model created especially for this challenge and not one you have stored on your hard drive. How you interpret the brief is up to you as long as the final model conforms to what we have asked for. Any images of models that do not match the brief can be removed and the poster disqualified.

2). You may enter as many times as you like as long as each model is completely new and uses no components from other entries. Entries using models which are not original will be removed and the poster disqualified.

3). Your entry may contain as many views of your model as you like and must include a clear and easy to see wireframe of the mesh before any smoothing/subdivision has been applied. Wire renders/ Cell Shaded or Screengrab wireframes are acceptable. Any wireframes we cannot see correctly will be disqualified. The key is for us to be able to see the wireframes clearly to ascertain how you modelled the subject matter.

4). You MUST include the following details with each submission:

A). Software used
B). Time spent creating the model.

Any further information is voluntary but posts not containing the required information can be removed and the poster disqualified.

5). Post TWO images per entry which must be no larger than 1280x1024 pixels in either landscape or portrait format with a file size of no more than 195k.
1 image for your wireframes and 1 for your clay combined with a optional beauty render.
These images must be uploaded to our servers using the "browse" button on the forum reply page.
Do not link to external images files. Images larger than the maximum size or posts containing links to external images (other than for reference materials)
will be removed and the poster disqualified.

6). The creation of displacement maps, normal maps and any splines drawn out in an external program other than your modeling software are to be included in your modeling time.

7). Time spent on rendering or texturing or building a scene in which to display your model is not included in the allocated period to allow those with slower machines to participate on an even playing field. What we are looking for is the quality of the models you can produce "under pressure". If your model is not complete, you can still post it as long as it's recognizable.

8). Posting the same entry twice in a challenge is considered to be double posting and will result in a disqualification. When asked to fix a previous post due to DQ or any other reason, you must fix the first post, or delete it altogether and create a new one.

9). The Winner must email jo@3dtotal.com to claim their prize.

10). Only 1st place & 2nd place (i.e. the runner up) can claim a prize.

These rules apply to everybody taking part there will be NO exceptions!

Subject: Audio Devices / Equipment.
Deadline - 10:00PM GMT Friday 3rd June 2011
Description: The world of sound and particularly music has shaped our world for many years now, and throughout those years we've strived to invent or create new devices in which to listen to the latest songs of the day or indeed those old favourite's which can conjure memories, some emotional just from "that song". The first devices as it were would have consisted of music boxes, metallic cylindrical tubes with grooves cutaway that when spun on a needle of sorts a tinkly tune coould be heard, using the same kind of technique in that grooves were dug applied to Vinyl and then the grammophone was born, it was here that the technology had it's foundations for the music devices we have today. From those early record players through to cassette's, CD's, mini disc's all the way to our mp3 players which require nothing more than a music file to listen to your favourite tunes. We have come a long way, it used to be huge collections of records, CD's, tapes that cluttered many a home, now you can literally have thousands of trakcs on a device no larger than your finger. So it is this challenge which you can model any audio device from the 1800's all the way to today, or you can create your very own device, maybe a completely new take on the equipment that's fed directly to the brain or a steampunked record player, even an 80's twin deck stereo or all in one, the choice is yours.
Modelling Time: 60 Mins.

Prizes:

1st Place - £30 worth of 3DTotal downloadable products & a gold award badge.
2nd Place - £10 worth of 3DTotal downloadable products & a silver award badge.
Honourable Mentions - Bronze Award Badges

Above All Else Have Fun & Good Luck!

My Starter

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http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk208/classicgamer-3dt/CG-SMC-12-Starter-01.jpg

Crap starter I know but needed to turn something out quickly, i'm also aware of the headphones cutting through the CD. Will do something much better in another entry, maybe a record player or a reel to reel tape player.

[rocneasta]

this brings memories :)

[ocin]

Nice topic! and nice starter CG! I had some time tonight and thought I give it a try! I modeled a old school walkman, but it was way harder than I thought in the beginning. all this buttons and little corners! will post a beauty...if I find the time! ;)
Hope you like it!

cheers and good night! :)

[TheBat]

Nice topic! and nice starter CG! I had some time tonight and thought I give it a try! I modeled a old school walkman, but it was way harder than I thought in the beginning. all this buttons and little corners! will post a beauty...if I find the time! ;)
Hope you like it!

cheers and good night! :)

Wow! You're in quick!

Sounds like an awesome challenge this week, too bad i don't have that much spare time this week. I hope to finish at least one entry. Keep it up and keep those cool entries running in!

[astroAJ]

I'll give this one a shot at some point :)
great entry ocin

[ClassicGamer-3DT]

I really like that entry ocin.

[Neil_F01]

hey i'm back... just moved house... and have finially got the internet set up.. also i bought a new laptop.. spent nearly 2k on the damn thing.. its so ****ing sweet... hows everyone been?//

[ClassicGamer-3DT]

Welcome back matey, wow that must be an awesome laptop then! We had to just buy a cheap one for £300 ish so that we still had a working computer. I do enjoy having a laptop again tho, this week and last i've been able to go out to coffee shops and use their wi fi :)

[Neil_F01]

Welcome back matey, wow that must be an awesome laptop then! We had to just buy a cheap one for £300 ish so that we still had a working computer. I do enjoy having a laptop again tho, this week and last i've been able to go out to coffee shops and use their wi fi :)

thanks dude... am still installing the software on the beast.. but it has 16gig or RAM.. some nvidia graphs card.. (which even has a physic's processor in it..).... i wanna marry my laptop.... lol...:dance:

[astroAJ]

aaah the joys of buying a new computer... XD

[Neil_F01]

it does mean that i can now use things like turbo smooths... and **** loads of bevelled edges in my models.. as before i couldnt emily would have just blue screened on me....

[dantrodgers]

this is quite a hard one, sooo much choice but i cant seem to find anything that i like AND think i could model in the time limit.

Cool cassette player ocin!

[rocneasta]

hey i'm back... just moved house... and have finially got the internet set up.. also i bought a new laptop.. spent nearly 2k on the damn thing.. its so ****ing sweet... hows everyone been?//

nicely done, welcome back bud

[ocin]

Hey guys!

whats up? where are your entries?:dance:

here is my 2. render. An oldschool mic!

Hope you like it!

[viensdu]

Hello, this is my first try.

[Robbert543]

We're not going to try anymore, Ocin... ;)

Dang, Both entries look awesome! :D

[ClassicGamer-3DT]

Very very nice entries :)

[Slayer89]

Here's my entry, a steampunk ipod. Modelled from an image of a real one on deviantart. Would of liked to get the textures closer to the image.

http://forums.3dtotal.com/picture.php?albumid=1935&pictureid=13326

http://forums.3dtotal.com/picture.php?albumid=1935&pictureid=13327

[ClassicGamer-3DT]

Sorry i've not been on few often but i've pulled a back muscle Saturday afternoon, went to the Doctor's this morning and now on Co-Codomol for a week and Deep Heat Pads and Spray :(

Not known pain like it!

[pables]

Hope you get better soon John. Great entries coming, hope I can do something today or tomorrow afternoon. Was expecting some archviz work but it seems the client didn't like the price:hmm: :dance:

[rocneasta]

Sorry i've not been on few often but i've pulled a back muscle Saturday afternoon, went to the Doctor's this morning and now on Co-Codomol for a week and Deep Heat Pads and Spray :(

Not known pain like it!

try looking into some therapy afterwards or even now, don't know how severe it is or the conditions. I know from experience that a broken/pulled muscle if properly not healed can haunt you for the rest of your life

take care of your self

[dantrodgers]

Sorry i've not been on few often but i've pulled a back muscle Saturday afternoon, went to the Doctor's this morning and now on Co-Codomol for a week and Deep Heat Pads and Spray :(

Not known pain like it!

2 Co-codomol first thing in a morning on an empty stomach, happy fuzzy times :hmm:

Here's my entry for this week, its a cd player designed to look like a mini jukebox. Not done a beauty as yet, but hopefully should get one done for tomorrow.

[ocin]

Nice entries everybody! :)

[ClassicGamer-3DT]

Yeah more like 2 co-codomol 4 times a day!

With any luck it'll clear up in under a week. I've not had much back trouble before.

[pables]

Are musical instruments allowed? Or just music player/recorder devices?

[ClassicGamer-3DT]

I suppose so, as they are a device that plays audio (depending on the musician lol)

[pables]

Thanks matey, I'm still googleing a bit, in search of inspiration hehe

[Slayer89]

I suppose so, as they are a device that plays audio (depending on the musician lol)

Sweet, that gives me another idea

[viensdu]

Here's one more entry from me. Just got this idea of a portable 2.1 audio system :D Everything can be put into that big box and carried around!

[TheBat]

Sorry i've not been on few often but i've pulled a back muscle Saturday afternoon, went to the Doctor's this morning and now on Co-Codomol for a week and Deep Heat Pads and Spray :(

Not known pain like it!

Hope you get well soon mate!

Some great great entries rolling in already. Although i already found my reference and inspiration material it doesn't seem like i'm gonna make it this week. Probably till next week!

[rocneasta]

a warm welcome to SMC and our little/big community baratation

[ClassicGamer-3DT]

a warm welcome baratation, and a sweet entry too!

[pables]

Baratation, welcome to threedy in general and to the speedies in particular, hope you stay for lots of speedies. A great model, good hard surface skills!:wave:

About the wires, I think we have to post them unsmoothed, not even with the isolines, or at least it was that way before. Please somebody correct me if I'm wrong.

[ClassicGamer-3DT]

Yeah your right all mesh smoothing should be turned off unless you've collapsed the geometry or made the mesh smoothed object editable and it's not permenatly high poly.

[baratation]

Thanks everyone, good to hear the people from the forum that got me inspired saying that to me!

here im uploading it again with the unsmoothed version\

deleted the other one by request, sorry about the double post

[rocneasta]

baratation, double posts aren't allowed - mince through the rules and edit your posts m8

[ClassicGamer-3DT]

Just to let you know, i've started giving away some of my models, check the post here (http://forums.3dtotal.com/showthread.php?p=860644#post860644) or alternatively click the link below for my blog.

[dantrodgers]

baratation, cool entry, really like it!

just added a beauty render to my entry

http://forums.3dtotal.com/showpost.php?p=860534&postcount=22

[baratation]

baratation, cool entry, really like it!

just added a beauty render to my entry

http://forums.3dtotal.com/showpost.php?p=860534&postcount=22

wow, nice texturing man!!

[Edwiersma]

Thanks everyone, good to hear the people from the forum that got me inspired saying that to me!

here im uploading it again with the unsmoothed version\

deleted the other one by request, sorry about the double post

You know the time limit for this one was only 60 minutes?

[baratation]

You know the time limit for this one was only 60 minutes?

yeah i knew that i tought i would post anyways im not really interested on winning more than i am on learning :haha:

[agamer]

More great models and renders this week, love the feel of your second image Ocin, I can just imagine it in a 50s jazz movie scene!

viensdu - i like the reflection in your image, i take it that its from another image?
I think your second entry has an R2d2 look to it :haha:

Slayer89 - Got to love Steam Punk, i wanted to do one of those old music players with the glass "bell" jar things for my second entry, but times slipped away this week!

dantrodgers - cant fault your renders, look great!

baratation - Nice design, need one of those in the back of my car! shame you ran over on time :(

here is my entry, we bought it last month and love it! I wanted to do the remote too but had no time left :(

p.s. Hope your back gets better, i too can recommend some physio or i went on a "back strengthening course" through the docs, that really helped mine!

[pables]

Hi, I modelled this beautiful radio R1 deluxe, by vita audio. I couldn't model the back part. I modelled the antenna just for the beauty render, but out of time, that is the reason why I didn't include it in the wireframes or clayrenders.

[Edwiersma]

Hi, I modelled this beautiful radio R1 deluxe, by vita audio. I couldn't model the back part. I modelled the antenna just for the beauty render, but out of time, that is the reason why I didn't include it in the wireframes or clayrenders.

Thats is an awesome render! And a very clean model.

So is yours Agamer, very clean. You might be albe to get your render even better by turning up the Anti-Aliasing.

[pables]

Thank you Edwiersma. Yours its nice too, the model looks clean and very close to the reference image you posted.

For the chromed material I would use a cleaner one, with more blurred reflection other than a hard brushed effect, but that is personal opinion.

[Edwiersma]

Yea I suppose you're right. I might reduce it a it and make the map a little smaller. I maybe able to update it today.

[dantrodgers]

pables, that is an awsome render, the buttons look really good!

cheers, baratation & agamer

[The Prime]

Some great modelling going on yo.

[bgen]

CG - awsome starter - little bit reminds me of my old mp3/cdplayer i had once.
ocin - 1: nice cassette player, real old school.a very clean model as well.
ocin - 2: Where is Elvis to sing with da thing ! nice model, one of my favorites so far.
viensdu - 1: welcome to the SMC's, clean model and nice beauty !
Slayer89 - really like the idea behind u're model. has a good old vintage feel to it.
dantrodgers - neat jukebox, nicely and neat modelled.
viensdu - 2: the ball/player reminds of a Star Wars dunno why, guess i am a geek :D
baratation - a modern beatbox huh ? looking good, very futuristic design.
agamer - stylish - i could see this things standing in the living room of some rich people :D.
pables - ahh you are finally back to the SMC, nice to see old faces.
also one of my favorite models, well done Pablo.
Edwiersma - very futuristic headphones, with the blue glow you can almost put this into the Tron universe.
nice to see more and more modo users here on threedy.

[pables]

Thank you Baldur. Hope you can join us!

[bgen]

Thank you Baldur. Hope you can join us!

nah won't be able to do something @ this smc, i am gone till next week monday, then i will rejoin when SMC#13 is running :dance:.

[Edwiersma]

CG - awsome starter - little bit reminds me of my old mp3/cdplayer i had once.
ocin - 1: nice cassette player, real old school.a very clean model as well.
ocin - 2: Where is Elvis to sing with da thing ! nice model, one of my favorites so far.
viensdu - 1: welcome to the SMC's, clean model and nice beauty !
Slayer89 - really like the idea behind u're model. has a good old vintage feel to it.
dantrodgers - neat jukebox, nicely and neat modelled.
viensdu - 2: the ball/player reminds of a Star Wars dunno why, guess i am a geek :D
baratation - a modern beatbox huh ? looking good, very futuristic design.
agamer - stylish - i could see this things standing in the living room of some rich people :D.
pables - ahh you are finally back to the SMC, nice to see old faces.
also one of my favorite models, well done Pablo.
Edwiersma - very futuristic headphones, with the blue glow you can almost put this into the Tron universe.
nice to see more and more modo users here on threedy.

Thanks! The fact it looks so tron-like is because the reference I used is based upon a headset from the movie.

[sarN]

I think I will be able to get one done tomorrow! Nice challenge and sweet entries so far

[Peas]

A lot of great entries! Good luck guys.

[Vitrux]

Hello Guys! Nice entriess everyone... Good one CG.

Ocin, wow old memories that walkman, nice model. And the microphone is very good as well!
Slayer89, nice idea.. and good work.
dantrodgers, your entry is fantastic.
viensdu, Great entry, the clay is soo clean, nice.

Hello Baratation, welcome! nice entry, bad you spent more time on it.
agamer, your entry is very very well made.
Pables, Good work, fantastic entry, love the beauty. (me encanta)
Edwiresma, wow great one nice approach to the model.

:dance: Congratulation to all of you!!!!!

[pables]

Hey thank you Vitrux for the kind comments! (Gracias :D, are you from Spain?)

[Vitrux]

Pables, well.. some of my near family are from Spain

[Edwiersma]

(I probably clicked the wrong button but I deleted my previous entry, here is it again with updated beauty render).
My first entry in weeks, well I did one last week too but that one never finished.
Inspiration (Click to enlarge):
http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcS4xF0UKE4NjlFMRoT6XUQ1QVTD7kVpw Xp6ZFjaZa_vz3cDNZ7xQw (http://thefashionreporter.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/tron-headphones.jpg)

[agamer]

Just had a great idea for this one, not going to have the time to do another entry though so thought id stick the idea up! Wish i had more time!

[Neil_F01]

some great entries people.. impressive stuff.. :D

[Ojah]

Nice entries guys! Hope i dont have to do overtime tonight, since ive got a great idea for this one :).

[astroAJ]

I've been sick with the flu and I tried to model something but I went over the time limit and didn't even get the basics fleshed out. So I will have to give this SMC a skip :(
but I will show u what I did have planed

[Neil_F01]

cool.. effort dude... shame you couldnt finish it in time... although i do wanna see it finished... its so close to being there.. im sure it wouldnt take another 10-15 mins to finish...

[Neil_F01]

can someone make this.. would look awesome...

[ClassicGamer-3DT]

I would if I wasn't already creating a starter for SMC #13 :)

[Vitrux]

Hello Guys ! Here is my entry, my Lovely Midi Controller. Enjoy it :dance:

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[Neil_F01]

this is something i made a while ago.. its not an entry.. but thought i'd put it up anyway..

[Neil_F01]

Hello Guys ! Here is my entry, my Lovely Midi Controller. Enjoy it :dance:

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love the keyboard dude.. awesome.. :dance::dance::dance:

[JAPO]

So many awesome entries :O Great job everyone

[Vitrux]

Thanks Neil! wow, your console looks very good and realistic.. excellent work. :D

[JAPO]

Here is my entry for this round - a surround system gramophone (phonograph) :)
Modelling time 60 minutes, software 3Ds Max, render in Vray.

[lonelymonk]

Been away for a while, hoping to enter the next one. Some great modelling on display in this weeks SMC, but Japo, that is just excellent - I love the crazy design. Looks like something from a Gilliam movie.

[ClassicGamer-3DT]

Fantastic entries. this challenge is now over, the next SMC will be live very shortly.

[Ojah]

Damn nice entries in the end! Was building the transformer soundwave (a transforming walkman-thingy) but the batteries of my mouse ran out after 30 minutes so no choice but to give up :(.

[ClassicGamer-3DT]

The Results Are In (http://forums.3dtotal.com/showthread.php?t=85021)