Good thread!
Newbies
What people have to realise is that the amount of people who actually know how to record well is a small fraction of a percent of the total population.Let's face it we're geeks.
Not everybody has the same level of commitment to the craft nor the same expectations of their final product.
The people who make the products we use are more interested in selling them than supporting them and that's why a lot of people end up in forums like these.
Everybody is different,some lurk and look for answers,some post right off the bat without making any effort at all.You could apply this logic to every facet of life,work,family etc.
The thing is there is no way to quantify the amount of people who have helped themselves as we'll never know.If you are sick of answering questions,don't answer them.
I try and help to repay my debt to others and to help others avoid the headaches I went through learning how to do this recording "stuff".
I still suck,but it's a lot less frustrating to be sucky.
If it were'nt for this forum and others like this I would have smashed or burnt my equipment a long time ago and maybe took up stamp collecting or crochet.
What I do dislike
Probably a bit of repetition here,but just to maybe build a bit of a consensus...
Pirates,I
hate people who come on and ask for help for cracked software.
"Uh,like I got Cubase,Sonar,Nuendo and a couple of other programs ,how do I get them to work with my soundblaster card?"Ninety nine times out of a hundred when you call them out on it they become indignant and try to reverse the tables as if somehow you'll run with your tail between your legs for having to audacity to call a theif a theif.But I suppose if a person is ignorant enough to proclaim themselves as a warez user all the preaching in the world won't get through their thick skulls.
The people who request answers,but never reply or repay the thoughtfulness of others.Once again this is just a mirror image of society,there are givers and there are takers,in the end your conscience will be your guide.
Rude responses.This comes from both sides of the fence,newbies and seasoned veterans.Some people are more interested in being forum cops rather than helping out.If somebody posts a question in every forum that's not cool,but if they post it in a couplewhere the question may be pertinent,big deal.I don't read every forum and I don't expect everyone else to either.
Gear snobs.Yeah it would be nice if we could all have $$$ preamps,mics and all that other cool $tuff,but this is a
home recording site.Some of us actually have lives other than recording,bills to pay etc.If a person has unrealistic expectations of their equipment,give them a perspective but also help them get the most out of what they've got.That's what this forum is all about.
Anti spam police.People have got to make their own judgements no different than any other phase of life.In the end is the person who shouts the loudest the one who's right?
Hip Hop,sampling.
People used to say that Elvis and the Beatles weren't music,but today they are benchmarks.The same goes for movies,comedians etc.I personally don't care for hip hop,but I don't like raw onions either.
Some of us play every instrument,write,record and master our own music.Samplers only do a small part of a completed(?) project.No different than sub contracting.Give a hundred different people the same tools and you'll probably get a hundred different results.There does seem to be a certain paint by numbers aspect to some of these programs but if you can sell it,than more power to you.
Talent and success don't always follow the same path and beauty is in the ear of the beholder.I wonder if we could dig up Beetoven,Mozart and some of those other funky classical guys if they would embrace the chance to use the technological marvels of today.
I've got to say the "ur 2 cool 2 b 4 real"drives me nuts and I consider it to be driven by laziness.I'm typing this whole damn reply out with two fingers and there are countless multilingual users on this board who use nearly flawless English when replying.
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