A Reel Person said:
Nor would I care to. Let's get that straight off, eh?
What I react to is someone who posts to "teach everybody a lesson", as if he/she is infallible, which she/he clearly is not. Don't make absolute statements which are wrong, and then storm out of here in a tantrum.
Beck & I have always agreed on 99% of the topics we'd ever both participated in. I think, at least speaking for myself, that most misunderstandings arise from differences on semantics, while we basically agree on the substance. Remembering back to the days of tascam bbs, & the first time I got introduced to TBeck, it was the same then as it is now.
/DA
Reel,
Your words and your actions are at odds.
By the way if the "absolute statement" you are referring to is my original answer to this thread then no, you are wrong. This thread, which is now some 40 posts long could have been only 2 posts long -- the original question and my correct answer.
If you think you have to run around trying to find a chink in my armor, as you see it, that is just sick. I'm not running for messiah and am not interested in a 100% has it right every time reputation. That's not attainable and not the point. However your comment that you've found me "giving categorically wrong answers to relatively simple questions" is completely unsupportable. The onus is now on you to prove that -- either fire that pistol or holster your weapon.
And I'm not talking about typos or forgetting a model number. Will you be correcting my spelling next, like Verner? The issue is a persons overall philosophy and knowledge of recording. This is a home recording forum. People are often using relatively marginal equipment. Things like tape selection and alignment are absolutely crucial. And yes you can get entirely professional results with an informed approach. A devil may care attitude about these issues will put you at the bottom of the class if not outright failure. I know that excellence is attainable. It's called confidence not arrogance.
If you have no interest in entering into a shouting match, as you call it, then why do you start these things? You have made this very personal. I have never once been on the offensive regarding one of your informational posts. I have only responded to your unnecessary attacks on me. If you want to be left out of it then stop with the stalking mentality and leave me out of it.
Childish tantrum is your characterization. You might be confusing your way of thinking and motives with mine. This is no tantrum it's just pure disgust. The nature of the exchanges on this forum has given me pause to reevaluate the usefulness of this format to exchange information.
This has nothing to do with me "acting" superior but everything to do with you feeling inferior. I can't do anything on my end to remedy that.
I've given you the benefit of the doubt in the past -- more than you'll ever know. But I've now gone from considering you a knowledgably peer, to pitying you, to just thinking you're being a jerk. I would never have expected this conduct from the Reel Person I knew at the old Tascam BBS. To me, you had all the credibility in the world. If you wanted to piss me off you've accomplished that. If you were just some slouch it wouldn't bother me that much, but you've let me down and been anything but a friend.
-Tim
