Hi John,
I'm no PT expert, but have been on this list getting a feel for how its
accessability is going and just want to say that Slau is always trying to be
as helpful as possible with people on this list, and perhaps he came across
the wrong way to you.
He also generally knows what he's talking about and is a great engineer, and
from what I gather having only known about him through this list and his own
podcasts he's been using ProTools for quite a while and has been working
with digital audio since the days when ProTools could only dream of being an
industry standard.
Part of the challenge with making the jump to PT 8 and Voice Over is
remaining patient and making what you can of the up to date reference
manuals etc, and then only when there are few other options, relying on the
kindness of the list community to help answer questions and address
problems, which is probably why I haven't yet made the jump to PT.
On an entirely separate note, or getting back on topic actually, perhaps
your problems with Voice Over and ProTools are related to the fact that your
using Lion on the mac?
As far as I know, Avid are often very slow to recommend upgrading to the
latest version of the Apple opporating systems, so maybe that could be worth
keeping in mind.
That said, I used ProTools briefly last year and it did often get stuck
reporting it was busy. I didn't know enough to begin to figure why it was
doing it though.
Hope that all helps and Slau, I don't mean to speak for you or come across
as having a stalker like knowledge of you, but I think this list has a good
atmosphere and I'd hate to see any misunderstanding develop.
Brian.
From: "John Boral" <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2012 3:06 PM
To: "Pro Tools Accessibility" <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Protools busy and interacting?
Slau, as I do very much appreciate the fact that you're being very
helpful I do think you need some etiquette lessons. From the beginning
I stated I've only had PT and VO for three weeks so it should be quite
obvious that I have very little understanding which is why I joined
this group. I believe had your explanation been more clear rather than
saying "you've had PT since version 5 and don't know about scrubbing"
and simply addressing my problem would show quite a bit more refined
couth on your part. I understood this group was for helping new comers
rather than tactfully condescending members. Someone like Chris who is
admittedly also new to PT seems to have a better understanding of how
to explain concepts and someone like Chuck who seems to have been with
this for a while doesn't say things like, "I don't know what your
level of understanding is" which again, could be taken very
condescendingly.I'd appreciate you taking an extra minute and
rereading a post because your answer wasn't even correct. When I had
to further explain to you that scrubbing and selecting were different
in PT 5 you then posted things had changed in 7.4. Had you read my
original post throughout the first time we could have avoided 2 other
posts on here. My level of understanding in PT 5 got me 2 grammy
nominees and touring with one of the most famous bands in Canada. I
don't know your age but I believe I'm older than you and have been
using Digidesign products since the mid 80's and my level of
understanding was apparently good enough whereby they even had
changed a part about nudging in the manual back in the 90's when I
brought it up to the attention of the engineers. I really don't want
to make this a who's better than who war so again, I've never boasted
about what I do on here and very clearly said I was new to anything
after PT 5 and Outspoken from the beginning. I'm sure I was one of the
very first blind users of Digidesign products from the 2 track version
of Sound Designer to the 4 track version of Soundtools and so on. I
could go on and on and tell you who the very first Digi engineer was
and I had home phone numbers when the company had only 2 engineers and
1 product out. I've been trying to change with the times but got stuck
in PT 5 and all I'm doing now is trying to do is as you stated, "keep
up with appearances" but I don't believe anybody feels the need to be
tested on their knowledge of PT in this group.
