DIYSB Anniversary Contest
J-J-J-Judges: John Danna (jdansti), Jim Bennell (mustachio), and Jon Patton (midwayfair)
Please read all rules and other posts in this thread before requesting clarification.0)
CONTEST VOID WHERE PROHIBITED.1)
Entries may be posted from August 1, 2013 at 12:00am EDT until August 31, 2013 at 11:59pm. This competition is for new or unseen builds only. All submissions will be posted on this thread first. Do not post submissions on the Pictures thread or on another forum before posting them here. You may post pictures elsewhere after posting them on here if you like.
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The entry Fee is $5/per pedal to be entered. A maximum of two pedals may be entered, but only one of those builds can win a prize. We need 12 entries to officially start the competition. The entry fee is due any time before your pedal is posted. The entry fee is a donation to the forum and is non-refundable.
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Format for submissions.Name of entrant:
Pedal name:
Tell us a bit about the pedal:
Pictures of the pedal (inside and out):
Audio/video:
Schematic, layout, etc.
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There are no restrictions on the type of builds. For example, through-hole, SMD, analog, and digital are allowed. There is no theme for this contest.
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Competition is open to all builders. No commercial or production builders. A person who occasionally sells a pedal to others is not a commercial or production builder. Commercial builders please observe the following restrictions to keep the contest in the spirit of DIY: (a) do not enter a pedal that is part of your commercial line; (b) if you are more than a one-man shop, it's expected that you will enter a pedal built solely by you; (c) consider omitting your branding as a signal that it is not a company build. Obviously some of this is on the honor system, but most of the commercial builders we expect to enter would never take advantage of the community.
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Circuit layouts do not have to be your own. You may use layouts designed by someone else, but designing your own will garner you substantial bonus points (see “Scoring,” below). Builders who use a pre-existing layout for their build must give credit to the original layout designer (if known). The schematic, layout, and/or code must be made public with the contest entry.
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Entries must be completed, working builds. Pictures and gut shots are mandatory. Video and audio submissions must show first demonstrate a clean signal, followed by only the built pedal (with NO delay, reverb, etc.). You may then mix your pedal with other effects if you wish. Video should show the pedal settings or have narration to describe the settings. Audio clips should have narration to describe the pedal settings. The judges will be listening to the whether the effect does what it is intended to do and will not consider the artistic qualities of the demonstration or the demonstrator’s skill with an instrument. A single chord or a few notes may demonstrate the circuit as well as a complicated piece. Note: Previous contests have required audio or video. We decided that this time a build would not be disqualified without provide audio/video evidence of a working pedal, and instead are imposing a scoring penalty for a lack thereof (see “Scoring,” below).
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Scoring.- Aesthetics: This is the overall look of the enclosure, including the artwork, the knobs, the layout, etc. (1-10 points) There are no restrictions on the finish: enclosures can be etched, painted, laser engraved, decaled, etc. The medium is less important than the implementation; a good decal would score higher than a bad laser etch.
- Guts: This covers the wiring/soldering/dressing (1-5 points) and circuit complexity (1-5 points) (10 points total). An analog circuit will be scored on how complex of an analog circuit it is and a digital circuit would be judged on how complex of a digital circuit it is. A simple digital circuit may receive a lower score than a complex analog circuit.
- Sound: The pedal sounds good for its stated applications. (1-10 points). A penalty of –5 (that’s negative 5 points) will be applied to any pedal submitted without audio or video.
- Je ne sais quoi: This covers things like "mojo" (rare components), practicality ("I could use this on my pedalboard" or "I would have no difficulty using it live"), and "originality" (there's nothing new under the sun, but then people keep creating new things). (1-10 points.)
- 5 bonus points for designing your own PCB, perfboard, or stripboard layout for the project and/or writing your own code for a digital effect. (If you write your own code and design a PCB, it’s still 5 points.)
The judges' decisions are final.
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Prizes. We would like to provide prizes for 33% of the entries. The number of winners will therefore increase with the number of entries. (12 entries = 4 winners; 15 = 5 winners ...).
Thanks as always to the generous support of the community and retailers for providing prizes.So far we have:
Parts!
PCBs:
- Various PCBs courtesy of the judges, including some original designs and rarities!
- 1776 Effects PCB prize pack
- More to come!
Completed effects and enclosures:
Winners will choose their prizes from the prize pools, starting with first place. Winners in turn will have 24 hours to respond after notification.
The prize pool is still expanding and we are getting specifics from some of the donors. More prizes will be posted as they are confirmed.
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Disqualifications. A pedal submitted without photos, schematic, or layout will be disqualified. Pedals posted before August 1st or after August 31st will be disqualified; no exceptions to this timeline will be granted for any reason. Any entry posted without an entry fee is ineligible. Any submission that the judges deem inappropriate, including, but not limited to, content that is offensive, defamatory, indecent, disparaging, obscene, pornographic, abusive, harassing, or illegal, or which constitutes an unlawful invasion of privacy, or which in any manner violates these Rules, may be disqualified. Finally, any attempt to pass off what is substantially another person’s work as one’s own will be grounds for disqualification, as is any other fraud or attempt to deceive. (For instance, changing one part on an existing layout and claiming it as an original layout is wrong. Start from scratch.)
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Shipping. Winners outside the country of the prize-giver will be responsible for shipping fees, taxes, or VATs that are above or beyond the in-country shipping rate, at the discretion of the prize-giver. A prize-giver living in the continental United States should expect to ship their prize free of cost to a CONUS winner, but is permitted to request that a winner in Europe cover a portion of shipping costs.
Winners agree to accept prizes "as-is." The prize donors, judges, and forum are not responsible for prizes lost or stolen in shipment to the winners. If any prize is returned as undeliverable, an attempt will be made by the prize donor to resolve the shipping problem with the recipient. If the problem cannot be resolved within 30 days, the prize may be forfeited or an alternate winner may be selected at the discretion of the judges.
Prize donors have been requested to ship the prizes within a month if there's any prize that isn't complete at the time the winners are announced that requires more than a day or two to finish.
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Questions. Any questions that are directly related to the competition, rules, prizes, etc. should be posted here for other forumites to benefit. PLEASE DO NOT SEND PMs FOR COMPETITION QUESTIONS TO ANY OF THE JUDGES! Post them here and one of the judges will answer as soon as possible.
GOOD LUCK TO ALL WHO ENTER![/list][/list][/list]
