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RTFM
Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2011 6:50 am
by joekool
people always told me this (read the fucking manual) and i never took the time to do it until recently. as a result, i've learned amazing things about plug-ins that ive had for like years and never known about. like melohman mode in ohmicide, where you can morph the distortion using your keyboard?? so fucking tight and i never had any idea it was even there. also i realized that most of the reasons i switched from fl studio to cubase were stupid, because while i thought fl was lacking features that i needed which cubase had, i realized that i really just had no idea how to do a ton of shit in fl.
anyways, i just wanted to let you guys know that if you want to advance your production skills by a huge amount in a very short time, just read the fucking manual, it's totally worth it and its not even as hard as normal reading is (for me at least) because it's something you're interested in.
just sayin
Re: RTFM
Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2011 7:29 am
by samurai
normal reading?
Re: RTFM
Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2011 8:24 am
by wub
samurai wrote:normal reading?
I was wondering that myself

Re: RTFM
Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2011 4:27 pm
by komanderkin
easiest reading for me is when reading the ingredients of different deodorant cans while taking a dump.
Re: RTFM
Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2011 5:34 pm
by Dystinkt
komanderkin wrote:easiest reading for me is when reading the ingredients of different deodorant cans while taking a dump.
you need to improve on your bathroom literature stock mate

Re: RTFM
Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2011 5:36 pm
by wub
Cheeky wrote:komanderkin wrote:easiest reading for me is when reading the ingredients of different deodorant cans while taking a dump.
you need to improve on your bathroom literature stock mate

Truth.
Current toilet tank reading material for me is;
David Simon - Homicide (book that inspired The Wire)
James May - How To Land An Airbus A330 And Other Vital Skills For The Modern Man
Elmore Leonard - Freaky Deaky
Re: RTFM
Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2011 5:42 pm
by legend4ry
wub wrote:Cheeky wrote:komanderkin wrote:easiest reading for me is when reading the ingredients of different deodorant cans while taking a dump.
you need to improve on your bathroom literature stock mate

Truth.
Current toilet tank reading material for me is;
David Simon - Homicide (book that inspired The Wire)
Actually was looking to order that, like 15 minutes ago! (Issit good?)
Its TapeOp's and SoundOnSound's for me, sometimes the paper but if it wasn't for the toilet i'd of never got through the Factory Records book.
Re: RTFM
Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2011 5:46 pm
by wub
legend4ry wrote:wub wrote:Cheeky wrote:komanderkin wrote:easiest reading for me is when reading the ingredients of different deodorant cans while taking a dump.
you need to improve on your bathroom literature stock mate

Truth.
Current toilet tank reading material for me is;
David Simon - Homicide (book that inspired The Wire)
Actually was looking to order that, like 15 minutes ago! (Issit good?)
Quality, recommend it.
Re: RTFM
Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2011 6:30 pm
by Dystinkt
legend4ry wrote:wub wrote:Cheeky wrote:komanderkin wrote:easiest reading for me is when reading the ingredients of different deodorant cans while taking a dump.
you need to improve on your bathroom literature stock mate

Truth.
Current toilet tank reading material for me is;
David Simon - Homicide (book that inspired The Wire)
Actually was looking to order that, like 15 minutes ago! (Issit good?)
Its TapeOp's and SoundOnSound's for me, sometimes the paper but if it wasn't for the toilet i'd of never got through the Factory Records book.
For me atm, its How To Do Everything, and FEAR by Geoff Thompson. A strange combo but they keep me occupied while i'm erm, occupied.
Re: RTFM
Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2011 10:28 pm
by FSTZ
kindle on my smartphone makes for loooooong bathroom breaks at work!
Re: RTFM
Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2011 12:04 am
by joekool
hahaha im just really not that much of a reader, its usually not interesting or engaging to me and id rather be listening to music and/or out doing things with people. my partner is a total bookworm though so i get where it comes from, it's just pretty far outside my scope of interest a lot (re: most) of the time. good for yall that do it though!!
Re: RTFM
Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2011 12:24 am
by 3za
joekool wrote:im just really not that much of a reader
I feel you man...
The last book I read was the Massive manual, I tried to follow it up with the Absynth manual, but always fall asleep on the chapter on envelopes
komanderkin wrote:easiest reading for me is when reading the ingredients of different deodorant cans while taking a dump.
So I am no the only one

Re: RTFM
Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2011 2:04 am
by joekool
3za wrote:The last book I read was the Massive manual, I tried to follow it up with the Absynth manual, but always fall asleep on the chapter on envelopes

yea there was enough twists and turns in massive to keep me interested, but absynth just kind of drags along.. a little too cerebral and even kind of pretentious at times.
Re: RTFM
Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2011 2:04 am
by joekool
3za wrote:The last book I read was the Massive manual, I tried to follow it up with the Absynth manual, but always fall asleep on the chapter on envelopes

yea there was enough twists and turns in massive to keep me interested, but absynth just kind of drags along.. a little too cerebral and even kind of pretentious at times.
Re: RTFM
Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2011 8:46 pm
by komanderkin
3za wrote:komanderkin wrote:easiest reading for me is when reading the ingredients of different deodorant cans while taking a dump.
So I am no the only one


Re: RTFM
Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2011 6:57 pm
by Ldizzy
ive read my mpc 3000 user manual more then ten times thru...
i even had it before i bought the machine...
its my fav piece of equipment soft/hard ever owned.. is it a coincidence? hmmm ... not sure.
learning stuff inside out gets you way more creative/efficient/good/sexy/r dick bigger
Re: RTFM
Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2011 4:02 pm
by blinx
I guess i just get used to reading manuals in my job (pc tech) so reading mauals for music production stuff isnt a very far stretch from any other tech manual. I usually download the pdf manual for things i am thinking about purchasing and oing research before i even ahve a product/plugin ordered lol but im a nerd so this it jsut how i operate, i must know something about everything so i can keep my wife annoyed right:?
Re: RTFM
Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2011 4:18 pm
by 1point5
old issues of future music make up my toilet reading
i actually learn quite a lot about production when taking a dump
Re: RTFM
Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2011 4:56 pm
by lyons238
i dont have any toilet literature atm besides motocross magazines. so i either look at them or bring my laptop on the can with me
