Audio Tennis
"AUDIO TENNIS! MWAHAHAHAHAHA!" - strong414bad
Audio Tennis is a special type of tennis match that only makes edits to the audio. They are stylistically similar to "soundclowns" but build off of each other, just like regular tennis. It was originally concieved by strong414bad on August 14, 2008.
Because YouTube doesn't let you upload audio-only files, tennis players will often add short, looping segments (or even just text) to fill the empty space. However, keep in mind that this is never the priority, as all the effort goes into audio edits.
History
This was the first "official" YTP Audio Tennis, between strong414bad and MycroProcessor:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4FD5DB64325AEDA1
Many more came after.
Chaorin Kombat
Chaorin Kombat was a series of "noise battle" tournaments that were held in the early 2000's by Madame Chao. These noise battles are played in a similar manner to audio tennis, where players are encouraged to re-use significant parts of the previous noise track in their responses.
ChaoRin Kombat - Phase One / Issue One: 2001
The very first iteration of the series, Phase One was held online in 2001, on a website where noise music artists from across the world could openly sign up and participate in the event.
Each match shared a similar ruleset:
- The serve (or the "Attack") must be shorter than one minute in length and under 1 megabyte in file size.
- Each volley (or "Counter Strike"), must be shorter than thirty seconds and must re-use significant elements from the initial/previous volley.
- Both players are required to respond to each volley within the timespan of one week.
- When the round limit is reached, the game is finished and voting is opened to the general public, and people may cast votes depending on the style, technique, and how creatively a player responded their opponent.
The winner of the first edition of Chaorin Kombat was k5k, and seemingly went on to do a match/collaborative piece with Madame
Live Events
Later iterations of the tournament series took place at live venues, with similar registration processes, rules of play, and voting.
Archival
Records of the series exist via CD compilations of an entire tournament, alongside intermission tracks in between matches. Some copies can be found for on Discogs, with some community members having their own copies.
Trivia
- On the traycard for Phase One, the first track/round of the match is called an 'Attack', while subsequent response is referred to as a 'Counter Strike', which is synonymous to modern tennis terminology.