Do you hear babies crying? The idea of a remix contest is to find the most creative, most talented DJ. They are looking for a DJ that can take any chunk of audio and edit it into a working loop or audio file and create an outstanding mix. If they gave us pre-edited loops and samples that anyone could drop into GarageBand they would have everyone and their brother entering the contest. They are "weeding out the chaff". They want serious DJs. All the files for the Soul On Ice Remix Contest were in rough cut .mp3 format and that contest delivered some amazing mixes. Many of which I still listen to today. 320kbs mp3 files are by no means "unusable". You are going to see some amazing remixes made in this contest and we are going to see DJs that work magic with these mp3 files. So anyone entering better be willing to get creative, work hard and bring their "A" game.