Here are the entries:
http://soundcloud.com/jason-phelps-2/sets/elk-calling-contest/ THE CONTEST HAS STARTED!
RULES:~1 minute ± 5 seconds total sound clip
~File needs to be
emailed to me at phelpsgamecalls@yahoo.com as a .mp3 or .wav file. Subject:Elk Calling Contest. Include, Name, Hunting-Washington handle, and mailing address.
~Only one caller allowed per sound clip/sound clip must be continuous from start to finish
~Only Air operated calls may be used
~All Callers will remain anonymous until after the winners are chosen (can elect to stay anonymous after that if preferred).
~Caller submissions will be posted under the contest for others on the forum to listen.
~Jason Phelps, Corey Jacobsen and Elknut Paul will be the judges and will base the score out of 30. (10 for herd talk, 10 for bull sounds and 10 for freestyle).
Required Sounds:20 Seconds of Herd Talk (Cow/calf vocals, pleading, estrus, alarm, etc...)
20 Seconds of Bull Sounds (Locator, Challenge, Scream, Grunt, Chuckle, etc...)
20 Seconds of Freestyle (Any elk vocalizations you would like to use)
DISCLAIMER: The judges will score the audio clip according to their own criteria. Their decision is final. Do not get offended or argue with the results. This is for FUN and lets keep it that way.
Prizes:1st Place - $100 worth of product from Phelps Game Calls, $125 credit at Charlie's Taxidermy (non-transferable and non-redeemable), $40 Gift Certificate to elk101.com, subscription to extreme elk.
2nd Place - $50 worth of product from Phelps Game Calls, Havalon Piranta, $25 Gift Certificate to elk101.com, subscription to extreme elk.
3rd Place - $25 worth of product from Phelps Game Calls, $15 Gift Certificate to elk101.com, subscription to extreme elk.
4th Place - Primetime Outdoors Shirt & DVD + elknut
5th Place - Primetime Outdoors Shirt & DVD + elknut
Other Prizes: Elknut will be including a bunch of videos, etc... that will be random (I will post what is included when I receive it).
WORKFLOW:I went ahead and did this two different ways:
1)I made a video and then transferred it to YouTube. You can than use many online converters to convert the Youtube video to an .mp3 (google search). What you can do is enter in the letters pwn right after the www. when watching the video and hit enter. This will take you to a screen where all the available converters that YouTube supports are. I used OnlineConverter. Video must be "public" for the conversion. Otherwise you can go to google and search for "youtube to mp3 converter" and use one of your choice.
2)I also used a program called Free Video Converter. Here, you can convert any video to an .mp3 directly (It must be downloaded to your computer though).
I also advise that everyone uses a 256 kbps transfer to make sure that they are getting the highest audio quality. Then just email me the .mp3 file with your name and user name attached.
