For the record: files should be 44.1 kHz stereo. You can choose to use the same signal in both L and R channels to get a mono effect, but the file itself should have a L and a R channel.

For more information, see this help document about "Creating MP3s for uploading to garageband.com"

1. GarageBand only provides rankings and 5-star displays for songs that are entered into the GarageBand contest. To submit a hosted mp3 for the contest, you must first review some music, or pay a small fee to earn a contest entry.

   In return, your song will be assigned to get reviewed by randomly-assigned listeners, you'll get text feedback, a 5-star display, and you'll be ranked on our charts.

2. If you submitted your song to the review process recently, you might not have a rank or 5-star display yet. A song with fewer than 10 reviews cannot be accurately scored on the five-star scale. In this case you will see a NO SCORE graphic in place of your song's star display. Eventually your song will have a ranking with the stars and chart positions.

   Please note: On the day you receive the 10th review, (or more) the star ranking wont display until the nightly ranking update. This occurs at 3am pacific time. Occasionally there are small delays due to technical issues.

3. A song may also show NO SCORE if it was taken out of the contest by the band before it had received all its reviews. When a song is taken out of the contest prematurely, we can't provide an accurate rank. For us to estimate your rank based on a partial number of reviews would not be fair to songs that have received all their reviews.

Note:

If a song had a rank but reverts to No Score, it can happen if any of the reviews that counted are removed. This can happen in the case of:

• review removal
• reviewer removal
• removal of a competing song