Kickstarter

Hello backers,

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/Musopen/open-source-bug-tracking

For those of you familiar with this type of web app, check it out and see if it interests you.

Best,
Aaron 

I'm happy to report we are 100% finished. DVDs have been mailed, t-shirts next week. Accounts should be upgraded immediately, if not please let me know.

And now, the final list of music:
Beethoven - Coriolan Overture
Beethoven - Egmont Overture Op. 84
Beethoven - Symphony No 3 Eroica
Borodin - In The Steppes Of Central Asia
Brahms - Symphony No 1 in C Major
Brahms - Symphony No 2 in D major
Brahms - Symphony No 3
Brahms - Symphony No 4 in E minor
Brahms - Tragic Overture
Bach - Goldberg Variations
Grieg - Peer Gynt
Mendelssohn - Hebrides
Mendelssohn - Italian Symphony
Mendelssohn - Scottish Symphony
Mozart - Magic Flute Overture
Mozart - Marriage Of Figaro
Mozart - Symphony No 40 in G Minor
Rimsky Korsakov - Russian Overture
Schubert - The Piano Sonatas
Smetana - Vltava
Tchaikovsky - Symphony Pathetique

String Quartets:
Beethoven String Quartet in B flat Major Op 18
Borodin String Quartet No 1
Borodin String Quartet No 2
Dvorak - American in F major
Dvorak Quartet in F Major Op 51
Haydn Quartet in D Major Op.64
Mendelssohn Quartet in F Minor Op 80
Mozart Quartet D Minor K421
Mozart Quartet in C Major K 465
Suk - Meditation

The recordings are all live and on Musopen at the following links:
http://musopen.org/music/by/performer/Musopen-Symphony-Orchestra
http://musopen.org/music/by/performer/Musopen-String-Quartet
http://musopen.org/music/piece/937

Video Recordings of each day (day 1 was corrupt and unfortunately lost):
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL639ED611688F43FD

We also have the recordings hosted by Archive.org in bulk, so you can download everything at once, or with a torrent.
http://archive.org/details/musopen-dvd
http://archive.org/details/musopen-lossless-dvd

For those who did not win shirts but would like to buy them, I've set up an online store to get some: http://musopen.spreadshirt.com/

Thank you all for your support. The music we contributed to the public domain is truly unprecedented. Please feel free to share, edit, re-mix, download, and encourage others to do the same, thats the beauty of public domain music.
Aaron

Great news. The editing is done and t-shirts are ordered. I'll be uploading everything to Musopen this week and next, and announcing the final list + some secret additions shortly.

I now need everyone's address to mail the gifts (those who got prizes and are not opting-out). One caveat before you fill it out. The original gifts I listed were to send a copy of the entire Musopen archive on DVD + the new music + behind the scenes video. Please recall, at this time, our archive was very small and we were asking for $11,000. Well, we ended up being a little too successful, and as a result the Musopen archive now totals at almost 150gb, and our behind the scenes video came in at 250gb (1080p)!

So unfortunately, none of this really fits on DVDs anymore, at least a reasonable number of them. So I'd like to suggest the following in exchange for the original gift as listed:

- For those who still want some physical disc, I'd like to send you just the new music as mp3 files (320kb the highest quality) on a DVD. Since I can't fit everything, I'd like to extend your pro membership another year free.

- For those who are willing to forgo the CD/DVD, in exchange I'd like to give you an extra 3 years of Musopen pro membership free.

Regardless of what you choose, we will be hosting all this content in the following ways:

* The video sessions will be uploaded to YouTube in their entirety, without editing, in 1080p. I hope people will enjoy seeing what it takes to record such challenging music.

* All the new music for this project will be kept on Musopen, Box.com, Archive.org indefinitely, as mp3 files and lossless m4a audio. So if you choose to skip the DVD, you will be able to access all the media and mix your own DVD.

Thanks again for your patience. I look forward to the final announcement next week.

Aaron

P.S. Address surveys will be sent out separately via KickStarter's form system.

For those requesting it, here is a diagram of how the orchestra was set up:

http://www.box.com/shared/29cbb99a1b7c3f954614

I'm happy to announce that the original Pro Tools files from the recording sessions are now available, thanks to generous hosting from Archive.org.

Please remember these are unedited raw recordings, so they will not sound nearly as good as the final music that will follow very soon. 

http://archive.org/details/musopen

Enjoy,
Aaron