When we designed this event, we wanted to reward people for their participation and involvement in the little arm of the community that is Designing Sound Exchange. We also generally kept the various methods we used to select winners secret until we were no longer using them. We wanted people to participate in a natural manner, not try to game the system. It was early in the … [Read more...]
DSX Give-Away – Final Round Winners
So here we are. The final round of winners in the give-away we've been running all month on Designing Sound Exchange. Before we announce the grand prize winner, of course. Keep an eye out for that tomorrow. First off, let me thank everyone for participating and helping to make that space special. We've seen the user base almost triple in the last month, and the range of … [Read more...]
Win Shotguns HD Pro from The Recordist
Frank Bry is an old friend of the site, and has long been a heavy contributor to the community. When we asked him if he'd be willing to sponsor the give-away we've been running this month on DSX, he jumped in without any hesitation. He's offered up a copy of his Shotguns library to one lucky member. The library clocks in at over 5GB, and contains recordings of eight different … [Read more...]
Round 3 Winners and Next Week’s Prizes
So how did we pick this week's winners? We took the two users who asked questions that generated the most discussion, and the two users who answered the most questions (with overall reputation as a tie breaker), then randomly drew names out of a hat to assign our prizes. So here they are... BernC wins a copy of Krotos Dehumaniser II for answering 5 questions this week … [Read more...]
Win Ambisonic Libraries from Pro Sound Effects
So you probably already know that we're giving away a copy of the Hybrid Library from Pro Sound Effects as the grand prize in our "little" Designing Sound Exchange give-away this month. If you didn't...what rock did you just crawl out from under? We're giving away a ton of stuff this month. Go to that link and check it out. Pro Sound Effects have donated another prize … [Read more...]
Win Adaptiverb from Zynaptiq
Have you seen me mention how much I love Zynaptiq and their tools before? I feel like I say it a lot. Probably not here on the site all that frequently, but pretty much everywhere else. They first grabbed my attention with their awesome audio restoration tools. I still prefer Unveil over RX's De-Reverb tool, and Unchirp and Unfilter have remained staples in my "gotta make this … [Read more...]
Round 2 Winners and Next Week’s Prizes
Congratulations to this weeks winners! This week, the staff of Designing Sound watched the activity and selected their "contributors of note." Once that was done, we randomly drew names out the hat for each prize. And the winners are... Selected by Wilfried - user mattesque for his mention of some great free plugins here. mattesque has won a copy of Sound Particles … [Read more...]