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(Updated 29 March, 2014)
In compliance with the California Dept of Consumer Affairs' "RULES FOR OPERATION OF CONTESTS AND SWEEPSTAKES," we declare:
- Following are the full and complete rules for the April, 2014 RecordingHacks Microphone Giveaway.
- No purchase nor consideration is necessary to enter.
- The winner is responsible for any local, city, county, state, and/or federal taxes.
- Entrants must be 18 years of age or older.
- This sweepstakes is void in Quebec, and wherever prohibited by local law; the sweepstakes is also void in countries embargoed by the United States, including but not limited to: Columbia, Iran, North Korea, Sudan, and Syria.
- If a Canadian resident wins a prize, that person must also answer correctly within a 5 minute time period a mathematical skill-testing question without the benefit of any calculating devices before the prize will be awarded.
- Entrants agree that this promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, Facebook, Twitter, Google, or Yahoo; entrants release these companies from any claims and liabilities related to this promotion.
- Only one entry per person.
- The winner shall not be asked to pay any fee or expense.
- The sweepstakes will end, and winner be announced, no later than May 15, 2014.
- Entrants agree that RecordingHacks and sweepstakes sponsors can use the winner's name and image in future promotions.
- The winner shall be selected at random from the pool of qualified entrants. Odds of winning depend on the number of entrants.
- Exactly one prize (consisting of a single Royer Labs R-121 ribbon microphone and Royer Labs Sling-Shock™) will be awarded. In the event that we cannot contact the winner within 48 hours of the drawing, she or he will forfeit the prize and a new winner will be selected.
Royer Microphone Giveaway
Would you like to win a Royer R-121 Ribbon Microphone and Royer’s patented Sling-Shock™ shockmount?
It is an incredible combination, and we’re giving it away on May 1, 2014.
This contest is open to musicians, producers, recordists, audio engineers, podcasters, voice artists, and studio owners. Winners will be asked to submit a photo of their home or commercial studio.
We are no longer accepting entries; the winner will be announced soon.
The Prize
The R-121 has been a studio standard since its introduction in 1998. It is a passive ribbon microphone with Royer’s patented “offset ribbon” design, which provides higher SPL handling and a subtly different tone from the back of the microphone.
The “Sling-Shock™” is David Royer’s answer to two problem of shockmounts: degradation of rubber parts and elastic bands, and poor mechanical isolation. The Sling-Shock uses no rubber parts or rubberized elastic bands, so the rubber degradation, particularly stretched and worn our elastic bands, is eliminated. Also, undamped springs and elastics tend to resonate in the audio band, which means your microphone will record the sound of its shockmount along with the sound of the source. The Sling-Shock uses nonresonant nylon bands and damped springs to reduce sympathetic vibration.