Simple rules - must be an ACE patch, and must use the 'mono', 'legato', or 'duo' voice modes. Last contest was great, and can't wait to hear your patches this time around!
Submitting:
- Submissions should be entered before the 29th of November. You may submit one or two patches.
- I can accept submissions at xh3rv DOT andrew AT gmail DOT com, or through PMs on these forums, or beamed from secret government satellites into the alien probe in my duodenum.
- Submissions shouldn't have your name, however if you can include your name on KVR with the submission e-mail / pm, I have no excuse when I screw that up HiHi
- The submissions will be compiled in a set posted after the 25th, with a one-week voting period.
- Winners receive some free u-he software. As seen in this thread , it's not like this is some trivial thing. Urs has exceptional karma with users, this is an example why.
- Any patch submitted will become public on the u-he patch library, with no restrictions on usage, forever.
Friendly tips:
* Enjoy ACE!
* Check the volume and CPU usage - if your patch is around where the factory library is at, you'll be fine. Problems here can be more obvious than the good qualities of a patch - stuff like clipping or CPU meltdown is not pleasant.
* Any amount of info in the patch details can really clue people in to how to get the most from a patch. Patches with very little or no info tend to be overlooked.
* Not -every- patch needs to be sensitive to velocity, modwheel/pitchwheel, or other MIDI CCs, but having some of these is a good way to make a patch more interesting. It's possible to impress voters with good mapping, or the opposite with no mapping.
* There aren't really any guidelines for voting - all votes are appreciated, and however one decides which patches stand out is the right way. A little feedback explaining votes is very welcome as well, just keep it real Razz.
* I will do my best to answer -any- questions posted here, pm'd, emailed, or telepathically implanted. Feel free!
ACE patch contest #2
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- KVRAF
- 1617 posts since 11 Dec, 2008 from Minneapolis
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- KVRAF
- 2930 posts since 29 May, 2009 from New Zealand
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- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 1617 posts since 11 Dec, 2008 from Minneapolis
Just wanted to leave a note that I've gotten submissions from a few people - I haven't replied, but I have gotten the messages. Been a rough couple weeks ... OTOH it tends to unlock a more expressive approach to the keys ...
About one week to go!
About one week to go!
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- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 1617 posts since 11 Dec, 2008 from Minneapolis
Ya, it's time to send those submissions in, 48 or so hours to go. I won't say much about how many patches have been submitted so far - it's really pretty random how many come in towards the end, usually it's a lot more than prior to that, so if I said anything it wouldn't really reflect a later state of things.loquat wrote:When does this contest get started again? Is it the 29th? How many people have submitted so far?
Let's get some mind blowing patches
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- KVRAF
- 2930 posts since 29 May, 2009 from New Zealand
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- KVRAF
- 5234 posts since 25 Feb, 2008
Hmm, the deadline has been and gone and no word from Andrew - in fact he doesn't appear to have been around for at least a couple of days (a pm I sent him on Sunday is still in my outbox). I hope everything's okay.
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- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 1617 posts since 11 Dec, 2008 from Minneapolis
Internet outage last night as the building I'm in is getting vast-wasteland-digital-cable-300-channels-so-I-never-have-to-think-again installed - I'm on campus right now which is not a suitable place for going through submissions, I'll have this stuff up by the end of the night though even if I have to do it from campus though. Sorry for the delay!hakey wrote:Hmm, the deadline has been and gone and no word from Andrew - in fact he doesn't appear to have been around for at least a couple of days (a pm I sent him on Sunday is still in my outbox). I hope everything's okay.
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- KVRist
- 40 posts since 26 Jul, 2009
I'm really excited about this patch contest too, but this is a labor of love by xh3rv supported by a great developer.hakey wrote:Great!
EDIT: Not so great, last night has now been and gone - what's the delay Andrew????
Let's just chill out and be grateful that contests like this are even being run.
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- KVRAF
- 5234 posts since 25 Feb, 2008
Well I started the ZPCs in the first place, so I know fairly well what's involved and it's really not that difficult, or time consuming; at least the gathering and redistributing of patches certainly isn't.loquat wrote:Let's just chill out and be grateful that contests like this are even being run.
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- KVRist
- 40 posts since 26 Jul, 2009
hakey wrote:Well I started the ZPCs in the first place, so I know fairly well what's involved and it's really not that difficult, or time consuming; at least the gathering and redistributing of patches certainly isn't.
I didn't know that you were the person who started the ZPCs otherwise I wouldn't have said anything. I just assumed that you were super eager to win amazing u-he prizes 
My bad.You're right it doesn't sound like there is a ton of work that goes into organizing a contest like this. Hell the contestants probably spend more time tweaking their patches to "perfection" than the organizer does collecting and distributing them. I just wanted to express my gratitude. I'm happy that there is an active u-he community on this forum and that there are even incentives to participate in it.
BTW What is up with this contest? Is it dead in the water?