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Re: HCFX Battle of the Boards (Devi content)
Posted: Thu Dec 03, 2009 10:53 am
by Lintybits
I entered a noise board last year, forget who ended up winning. May enter again but I'm heading into the studio this weekend and my board is a mess.
Pretty much comes down to a popularity contest anyway. I'd love to see someone win who doesn't use the same stuff as everyone else and actually uses their board - as in they didn't assemble it solely for the contest.
Re: HCFX Battle of the Boards (Devi content)
Posted: Fri Dec 04, 2009 1:25 pm
by Gunner Recall
Only room for 1 of my 3 manglers on the battle board...I'm torn betwen these two.
Discuss? DM's got the rare/insane sounding mojo, but the SM is my go to fuzz.
I'm avoiding adding my secondary board with all the manglers/dwarfcraft/skreddys/eqds into the competition, people would laugh at the insane amount of dirt I keep on tap.
Re: HCFX Battle of the Boards (Devi content)
Posted: Fri Dec 04, 2009 2:07 pm
by jrmy
This is totally nerdtastic, but I would go with the Synth Mangler for compositional reasons - the yellow and black will really pop. While the DM is totally cool, it's not as visually punchy, and could end up blending in with the rest of the pedals. And no-one wants that!
Re: HCFX Battle of the Boards (Devi content)
Posted: Fri Dec 04, 2009 2:31 pm
by effetebomb
jrmy wrote:This is totally nerdtastic, but I would go with the Synth Mangler for compositional reasons - the yellow and black will really pop. While the DM is totally cool, it's not as visually punchy, and could end up blending in with the rest of the pedals. And no-one wants that!
almost this... I was going to suggest you just put whichever of the two look the best with your board, and i agree that by itself the SM has more visual pop. The people who judge won't know or care the sonic difference between the two, they'll just acknowledge you have a crazy noisy devi pedal
Re: HCFX Battle of the Boards (Devi content)
Posted: Fri Dec 04, 2009 2:39 pm
by Gunner Recall
hehe I kinda agree about the pop.
Honestly it doesn't matter who wins this year since the prizes are random...but given that the builders contributed such nice stuff this year I'd like to take it seriously.
(Devi, a workhorse? You are crazy.
)
Re: HCFX Battle of the Boards (Devi content)
Posted: Fri Dec 04, 2009 6:07 pm
by hclapp219
Prizes are random? I thought there was some sort of voting process... Well, I may have to submit my board to the cheap category after all!
Re: HCFX Battle of the Boards (Devi content)
Posted: Sat Dec 05, 2009 1:08 am
by Mr. Eff
hclapp219 wrote:Prizes are random? I thought there was some sort of voting process... Well, I may have to submit my board to the cheap category after all!
Yep, the winners of the categories just get bragging rights. The prizes are a random drawing for all of the contestants (non-builder contestants, I think).
Re: HCFX Battle of the Boards (Devi content)
Posted: Sat Dec 05, 2009 1:45 am
by CBGB
Is it just me or is this actually a bit sad? A competition to show off what cool pedals you can afford. Nothing to do with how they sound, whether you produce half-decent music, etc.
Re: HCFX Battle of the Boards (Devi content)
Posted: Sun Dec 06, 2009 12:37 am
by modernage
Re: HCFX Battle of the Boards (Devi content)
Posted: Sun Dec 06, 2009 1:43 am
by Gunner Recall
Devi's workhorse is the main reason I'm taking it seriously.
At first I just wanted to help planning to ease the load on Kayzer and Neoflox because I think the planners always get the shitty end of the deal.
But Devi (and a few others) are donating some serious prizes this year, and a lot of people are sorta taking this thing as a joke and throwing random pedals on a board to win free swag.
I think if Devi takes it seriously enough to offer a workhorse (brilliant troll marketing aside), we should do so as well.
Yes, the prizes are random, but you really kill the spirit of the contest submitting joke boards, and you'll probably never see such nice prizes again.
Still, feel free to kick me from ILF when you see my board. I'm sure all sorts of lulz and loss of indie cred will ensue.
Re: HCFX Battle of the Boards (Devi content)
Posted: Sun Dec 06, 2009 2:30 am
by iblamesummers
when is this gonna be over. like next week. i wanna see some of these boards.
Re: HCFX Battle of the Boards (Devi content)
Posted: Sun Dec 06, 2009 2:36 am
by Gunner Recall
Voting starts Wedesday. Vote ILF
Re: HCFX Battle of the Boards (Devi content)
Posted: Sun Dec 06, 2009 2:40 am
by iblamesummers
Gunner Recall wrote:Voting starts Wedesday. Vote ILF
oh people can vote on this i did not know that.
anyway. i just stumbled upon the 2007 winner for
"best big board." LOL...
Re: HCFX Battle of the Boards (Devi content)
Posted: Tue Dec 15, 2009 11:05 am
by Gunner Recall
Wooo I won a lava pebble kettle board kit!
The only other ILF name I recognized was crowquill, he one a lava kit too.
kubenzi won the workhorse? (it's hard to tell with the german/dr evil accents)
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flX-0qG1C_E[/youtube]
Re: HCFX Battle of the Boards (Devi content)
Posted: Tue Dec 15, 2009 11:15 am
by Gunner Recall
hmm...didn't kubenzi flamout over here or something?
