The "KVR Developer Challenge 2007" is for anyone who develops audio plugins or applications (i.e. a "developer"). The challenge is to create and release a brand new free audio plugin or audio application that will benefit the community at large. Creativity is key, it can be as simple or as complex as you want - KVR members will vote on the entries and pick the eventual winner.

There are a few changes this year so please take the time to read the rules and information below.

You can go wild! Any operating system, any plugin format, even a stand-alone application - anything that will assist in music making goes! You have just over four months to get it together - submissions will end on September 3rd, 2007. They will all then be hosted for download on the KVR server and released "AT ONCE" for public appraisal and voting!

Although anything goes, you should consider how to appeal to the largest market - things such as open source or being multi-platform will garner a bigger audience, and consequently more votes. This is your call though. Whatever you are comfortable with!

The Rules:

• Anyone may enter.
• Your entry must be an original creation made by you (your team / crew / company / family). Of course you may reuse code / modules / development frameworks, but the actual plugin / application should be a new, original creation, not just an obviously cut-down subset of a program you have already written.
• Your entry must not break any copyright rules or license agreements - if your entry uses GPL code then your code should adhere to any restrictions imposed by this, for example.
• Your entry may support any operating system.
• Your entry may support any plugin format, or be a stand alone application / utility.
• You may use any programming language or development environment (e.g. programming languages such as C++, Delphi, Java, etc. or any of the myriad of development applications such as SynthEdit, SynthMaker, Max/MSP, etc.).
• Design and testing must be done in private - public beta testing is not allowed as this may affect the voting process. If you require beta testing resources please see the beta testing section below.
• Entries can be submitted any time until September 3rd, 2007 11:59 pm GMT.
• Entries must be in a compressed format (ZIP or DMG) or an EXE format installer, submitted along with a good-quality full-size PNG or JPEG screenshot.
• Entries must be submitted along with text containing information about the entry including a description, specifications (operating system, plugin formats, not forgetting extra information such as Universal Binary, x64, and any minimum requirements) and in case of VST format usage, must contain the following text: "VST is a trademark of Steinberg Soft- und Hardware GmbH".
  
  This information is required and must be in txt format. It is separate from any optional manual that the entry may come with.
  
  Please refer below on the required format of this text.
  
  Plugin Name:
  Developer Name:
  Type:
  Description:
  Operating System:
  Formats:
  Misc:
  (Minimum requirements, extra info such as Universal Binary, x64, credits etc. )
   
• You grant KVRaudio.com the permission to distribute your entry for download via our server from September 10th, 2007 onwards.
• You grant KVRaudio.com the permission to act on your behalf, without monetary involvement, for your entry to be published and/or publicized in/on written publications with or without accompanied media such as CDs and DVDs, as well as online publications. You may choose to opt out via a written disapproval of such permission at the time of your entry. However, you may be contacted before submission deadline for individualized permission request by a KVRaudio.com associate. KVRaudio.com will not seek or make attempts at financial gain by promoting your entries on written and online publications.
• KVR Members will vote for their favourite entry between September 17th - October 22nd, 2007
• The winners will be announced on October 24th, 2007.
• The prize fund will be delivered to the winner via PayPal within a week of the winner being announced.

The Prize (Money Money Money)

• The prize will be cold, hard, cash, made up from donations from the KVR community, primed with a very generous $500 donation from the main organizer behind this event, Tuz! Donations can be made via PayPal and will be held in escrow by KVRaudio until the winner has been selected. The prize will be paid to the eventual winner via PayPal. We'll endeavor to keep the prize fund total updated here.

Voting

• Voting will commence on September 17th and end on October 22nd, 2007 (Depending on the amount of submissions, the voting period may be extended for another week or so). All KVR members will be eligible to vote although we may instigate some restrictions at the time of voting - maximum joined date, minimum number of posts, etc. - to help prevent voter fraud.
• The full results will be posted and the winner announced within a couple of days of the voting ending.

Beta Testing

• If you require a private forum for beta testing we can provide you with one here at KVR - make a request in the DC Chat forum and we'll sort one out for you; you will then be able to give people access to the forum for any beta testing duties. If you need some beta tester we may be able to recommend some too. Of course you may already have your own beta testing system in place, or you could just use e-mail.

Good Luck!