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A Mixing contest is launched by a musician with audio engineers registered on our platform in order to obtain the best audio mix for his music.

A Mastering contest is launched by a musician with audio engineers registered on our platform in order to obtain the best audio mastering for his music.

A Mix + Mastering contest is launched by a musician with audio engineers registered on our platform in order to obtain the best mix + mastering for his music.

Mixing + Mastering takes place after the tracks have been recorded in a studio or home-studio and allows you to reach the stage of releasing the song (digital or physical).

During this phase, the musician listens and compares the different samples from the audio engineers (up to 2 samples). If desired, a chat allows the Musician to chat with each of the participants (this option can be disabled by the musician when creating the contest).

During this phase, up to 3 audio engineers (at least 1) are still in the running. They can send up to 2 samples of their work as samples.

During this phase, the winning audio engineer and the musician refine the song. The audio engineer offers improved versions over the entire track, the number of final revisions is determined in advance when selecting the packby the musician.

During this period, which occurs at the end of each phase of the contest, the audio engineers are no longer allowed to send their samples, and the musician selects the participants who will move on to the next phase. The duration of these periods are defined by the musician when the contest is created.

The "One-to-One" contest allows a private and secure remote collaboration between a musician and an audio engineer chosen on our platform. When creating this contest, the musician selects an audio engineer from among the finalists of his previous contests, and send the invitation. The audio engineer is notified by email and has a given number of days (determined by the musician) to accept or decline the invitation. From the moment the audio engineer is invited, the chat with the musician is open to discuss the terms of the collaboration (start dates, end date, etc.).

The source file is a compressed file (ZIP or RAR) containing:

Audio engineer's medals show his experience with Moja-Audio, as well as his ability to be a finalist or winner of a contest.

We rely on the users of our site to respect some rules of good use on the chat available to you:

If these rules are not respected we reserve the right to suspend your account (Cf. Terms).

The prices indicated in our packs (bronze, silver, gold or platinum), are in euros including VAT. They include: the reward paid to the winning audio engineer and the Moja-audio commission.

For each type of contest, you can choose between 3 and 4 packs (bronze, silver, gold and platinum). Each pack corresponds to different needs.

Your choice is then made according to the following criteria:

An "EP/album" contest allows to get a mastering for a set of songs (from 2 to 25) in order to benefit from a homogeneous sound rendering on a multi-title project.

The selection of the audio engineer is made on a single track called the "initial song": the musician makes this song available (by uploading it to the competition management page), the contest traditionally begins with a qualification phase, then a final phase at the end of which the musician designates the winner.

Once the winner has been chosen, the musician must then send all the tracks to be mastered from the competition page in order to make them available to the audio engineer.

The musician and the audio engineer proceed together to finalize the project song by song. Proposals are no longer made on samples but on the entirety of the songs and according to the number of revisions indicated in the pack.

The payment of the service comes at the launch of the contest (after the creation and sending of your tracks). It is made by credit card via our provider Mangopay (consult the Mangopay Terms).

If you do not obtain satisfaction during Qualification phase, Moja-audio will reimburse your payment in full. (cf Terms).

Audio engineers wishing to join our community must first complete an invitation code request. A number of technical questions are then asked to judge their professional knowledge. After analyzing their answers, if they are validated, Moja-audio sends them a personal invitation code in order to create a "Audio engineer" account.

The rough mix and the tracks of your song can not be listened to or downloaded by a simple visitor of the site, nor the other musicians.

In order to protect the work done by audio engineers, the choice is made on an sample of 40% of the song (3 minutes max). This allows the audio engineers to preserve their work against any misuse by unscrupulous musicians.

Moja-audio offers you the opportunity to launch "One-to-One" contests to collaborate with the audio engineer of your choice, among the finalists in your previous contests.

Here are the basic rules to follow when preparing your tracks :

To disqualify a participant, go to the management page of your contest, in the "Participants" tab. From the thumbnail of the participant concerned, click on the "Ignore" button. This will have the effect of graying the thumbnail and placing it at the end of the list. This action is reversible until the end of the period of choice. Once this period of choice has passed, the thumbnail will then show the participant as eliminated.

To select the participants who will go to the next phase, go to the management page of your contest, in the "Participants" tab. From the participant's thumbnail, click on the "Select" button. This will color the thumbnail and place it at the top of the list. This action is reversible until the end of the period of choice.

To select the participant who will win, go to the management page of your contest, in the "Participants" tab. From the participant's thumbnail, click on the "Select" button. This will color the thumbnail and place it at the top of the list. This action is reversible until the end of the period of choice. Once this selection period has passed, the thumbnail will then show the participant as a winner.

As long as your contest is not launched, it is in the creation phase. You can make any changes you want, including changing the duration of each phase and time of deliberations.

As long as your contest is not launched, it is in the creation phase. You can make any changes you want. When your contest is launched with our audio engineers community, you will not be able to edit it.

You may at any time send the same message to all participants in your contest by using the "send message to all" button (from the contest Management page).

During the Qualification, Finale and Finalization phases, you will be able to communicate one-on-one with the participants still competing via the Chat. To do this, go to the "Participants" tab of the management page of your contest, then click on the button of dialogue of the vignette of the participant concerned.

Moja-audio wishes to offer musicians the assurance that their song will be heard and downloaded only by serious users, ready to enter the contests. We do not want to give free access to their original compositions.

Registration on the Moja-audio platform is selective and takes place via an invitation code. This code can be sent to you directly by email by our commercial teams after census of your professional activity.

You choose the duration of your subscription, there is no automatic renewal. You will receive an email a few days before the end of your subscription to signify that it will stop soon.

Only the contest Winning engineer receives the contest Reward. It is important to enter your banking information in order to collect it. To do this, go to your "Profile" section, "banking information" tab and complete the required fields.

In the "Profile" area, there is a "Notifications" tab. You will find the section "Notifications by mail of a new contest". Three options are available to you:

When you enter a contest page that you do not participate in, there are two choices: "participate" or "interested".

When you enter a contest, you have access to the musician's original tracks. This is a strong act of trust that is shown to you. You must therefore be worthy of it, in other words, you must actively participate in the contest as long as you are qualified (send samples properly worked, communicate with the musician, etc.).

Apart from the obvious rules (send the file corresponding to the piece, send a processed sample, etc.), the only rule that must be carefully considered is respecting the duration and position of the sample in the song. Indeed, when creating a contest, the musician determines when to start the sample, and Moja-audio determines the duration (about 40% of the total duration of the song - 3 minutes max). This choice of the musician is important because it allows him to include in the sample the most significant sections to be able to appreciate your work.

Respecting the duration of the sample protects you, as it would prevent an unscrupulous musician from using your work without you winning the contest.

In order to put the odds on your side, and best meet the expectations of musicians, it is essential to craefully read the information given by the latter in the contest page: the general description, the intended use, the references, but also audio options and additional technical information.