Justin Macleod was one of the many winners in a community give away we ran in December of 2016. He sent me this message for the community a few months ago, but it was temporarily lost when we were experiencing issues with the site that ultimately led to us switching servers. Justin wanted to give back to the broader community. So, here's the message and some free sounds for all … [Read more...]
And the Grand Prize Winner is…
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 a library from A Sound Effect
2016 is almost done and, with it, so is our December give-away. If you haven't won anything yet, here's another prize that you should definitely try and get. Indeed, A Sound Effect generously offered to give you one copy of any of the libraries on sale on their website! To enter and maybe win the library of your choice, head over to DSX as usual and start debating, … [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...]
Win Iris 2 by iZotope
Merry Christmas to everyone! Even if Santa already finished his world tour, he still had some nice gifts for a couple of Designing Sound Exchange members here, starting with Iris 2, the powerful synthesizer by iZotope. As you might already know by now, if you're interested in Iris 2, please take a break from your chocolate-eating holidays and head over to DSX and start … [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...]