GRAND PRIZE WINNER - The Best Guitarist on the Web is:

 

GRAND PRIZE WINNER - The Best Bass Player on the Web is:

 

WINNING GUITARISTS IN EACH GENRE:

 

WINNING BASS PLAYERS IN EACH GENRE:

 

Prizes

The Best Guitarist and Bass Player will each receive an all-expense paid trip to Winter NAMM 2001 in Anaheim, California, to perform live, on stage with an all-star band! Musicians scheduled to perform include: Steve Morse, Vinnie Moore, Albert Lee, Steve Lukather, John Petrucci, Dave LaRue, and Tony Levin (final line-up may be different from that listed).

The winner in each genre will receive an Ernie Ball/Music Man guitar or bass, strings, and accessories. Each winner will also receive the following Sonic Foundry's products: ACID PRO 2.0, Vegas Video, Sound Forge 4.5, CD Architect 4.0, Acoustic Mirror, Noise Reduction 2.0, XFX 1, 2, and 3, and five loop libraries of his/her choice!


Download ACID XPress. ACID XPress is a digital eight-track recorder. By using ACID XPress, the loop pack of your choice, and your instrument, you'll be able to create a musical masterpiece in minutes.

Download the loop pack of your choice. There are eight categories of loop packs (Rock Guitar, Jazz Bass, etc.), and each loop pack contains seven backing-tracks—a full backup band. Plug your instrument into your pc and record on the eighth track. You must use a loop pack to enter the genre sections of the contest. This provides a basis from which to judge the performance. Use ACID (or other Sonic Foundry applications) to edit the loops if you need. Don't need "digital session players"? Then just download ACID XPress and use all eight tracks to create a performance for the Virtuoso Guitar or Bass category. You can only use your instrument, however! Loop it, smack it, scratch it, run it through a bank of effects. Get as crazy as you need to be. But only use your axe. No bands, please.

Create your performance submission. Record your performance on the available eighth track (or on all eight tracks if a Virtuoso). Remaster the entire performance with ACID XPress: edit, remix, or delete backing tracks. Loop the best parts of your solo. Tweak the entire mix to create the track that best shows off your style!

After you've perfected your performance, do a SAVE AS to encode your file. Then come back to ACIDGuitar.com and upload your track. When you upload, make sure you select the genre for the category of backing tracks that you used.

Note:

The Best Guitarist and Bass Player on the Web contest was hosted at www.ACIDguitar.com. The site has closed, so pages for the winners and other entries can no longer be viewed.

Tips

At 12:00 a.m. midnight PST on Saturday, December 30, 1899, the contest will be closed and no further uploads will be accepted. If you are new to ACIDplanet, you should create an account and upload a song as soon as possible so that you can work out any problems with uploading that you may encounter. Also, uploading a song can take a considerable amount of time. It's better not to wait until the last few hours of the contest to start uploading your entry.

Entrants must upload a Windows Media format or Real Media format version of their entry first. You will not be able to upload any additional formats after the contest closes, so if also you want to upload an mp3 version, please allow enough time to upload them both before the contest closing time.

Entrants must provide accurate contact information (valid e-mail and postal address) in their registration at ACIDplanet.com for the purpose of contacting winners. You can update your contact information here.

Contest Content Help

No Links? If you do not see the "zip" links to the contest loops, it may be because you are running firewall or security software with Ad Blocking turned on. If so, please temporarily turn it off and the links should appear.

What is the .acd file in the sample remix? The .acd file is an ACID project file that contains a sample remix made from eight to ten of the contest loops. It can help you learn how to use ACID, or give you ideas about remixing the track. You don't need to use it, but you'll at least want to download the sample remix so that you get the loops.

Can't open the ACID file? The ACID project file (.acd file) is in ACID 3.0 format. It can be opened in ACID 3.0, 4.0 or 5.0, but not in ACID 1.0 or 2.0. If you are an ACID 1.0 or 2.0 user and you wish to view this file, you can either upgrade or download the current version of ACID XPress in the Tools area of this page. However, you do not need to view the .acd file to enter the contest. You can simply use the contest loops in any version of ACID or other software.