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Join the HOFA XMAS MIX CONTEST!
It is this time of the year again: the annual HOFA XMAS MIX CONTEST will begin on December 1st! For the 12th time now, we are organizing this mixing and remixing contest for all those who want to spend some quality time in their home studio.
The song "Christmas Blind"
As every year, the contest song was written by HOFA CEO Jochen Sachse. This year, though, he brought the platinum awarded hard rock specialist Dennis Ward on board as producer and mixing engineer – for a reason: the song is a pretty heavy rock track!
Win amazing prizes
This year there will be prize money of 1.000 € twice – for the best mix and for the best remix of our contest song – and also attractive special prizes from Steinberg, Neumann, Sennheiser, Native Instruments, Shure, ADAM Audio, Novation, Toontrack, Sommer Cable, Reveal Sound, König & Meyer and HOFA.
Taking part is worth it!
100 mix analyses are raffled from all uploaded songs. This analysis gives you a feedback to your mix and points out strenghts and weaknesses – that alone makes your work worthwhile!
Terms and Conditions
Participation in the HOFA XMAS MIX CONTEST is free of charge. All you need is a DAW and fun mixing and remixing.
Mix
You are allowed to master, reamp, trigger the drums, copy & paste and pitch or even remove individual elements. For the sake of fairness it’s not allowed to add new tracks or to change tempo, pitch or structure of the song.
The jury is looking for harmonious sound characteristics with balanced levels that fits in the genre, a well-defined spatial depth and a natural overall sound.
Remix
Your options for the remix are endless: use those tracks of the download you want and add whatever you like. Nothing’s forbidden – but of course the song should still be recognisable and “radio-compatible” :) Let your creativity run wild!
When rating the remix, the jury pays attention to sound quality, sound design, arrangement and balanced proportions.
Contest timeline
The contest starts
01 DEC 2020
Closing date
31 JAN 2021
End of user voting
11 FEB 2021
The winners are announced
15 FEB 2021
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New comments
Marco Herbert about Remix by simi.voice:
Cooles Vocal-arrangement
Marco Herbert about Remix by Marco Herbert:
Thank you :-)
Marco Herbert about Remix by Marco Herbert:
Danke Dir! ;-)
Marco Herbert about Remix by Marco Herbert:
:-) Danke
Marco Herbert about Remix by Marco Herbert:
Vielen Dank!
Marco Herbert about Remix by Marco Herbert:
Ich danke Dir!
Marco Herbert about Remix by Marco Herbert:
Vielen Dank!
Marco Herbert about Remix by Marco Herbert:
Da hast Du recht und ich danke Dir für Deine Stimme!
Marco Herbert about Remix by Marco Herbert:
Vielen Dank!
trager88 about Mix by trager88:
Thank you for the good words, I agonized over the kick and snare level and still question it. I backed of the kick a few dB’s and the drive between the bass and kick sounds...
Over €15,000 in Cash and Prizes!
There will be a main prize donated by HOFA in each of categories "mix" and "remix". In addition, a lot of attractive special prizes will be awarded – we are very happy about the support from our sponsors!


















