paulo

On 3/8/2024 at 10:39 PM, Doug Rintoul said:

Saw somebody trying to flog this on facebook marketplace for $300, claiming it was worth $599 American.  Some people are so low.

It's not really any different to what some "legitimate" plug in vendors do though. 

Always Phoney Discounts. 😀

24 minutes ago, Shane_B. said:

Yeah, a lot of people here claimed to have zero problems, and that may be true for them, but that wasn't the norm across the board and in my opinion that's what put them under.

Maybe.

Personally, I'm still using the same PC that I had to buy because X3 wouldn't install on the old one and the only "problems" I ever have are the limitations of what that PC can handle, so maybe it's the newer tech/OS that somehow "breaks" the program? IDK anything about that sort of thing. I really hope that they can make a go of it this time, but I think that displaying outward signs that the right hand maybe isn't quite working in tune with the left hand is not the best way to go about it.

Anyhoo, time to give the OP his thread back.....

Bienvenue Pascal. 😀

1 hour ago, bitflipper said:

Cakewalk isn't like that. Sure Noel's top dog, and not because of his sparkling personality or impressive guitar chops. No, this ubergeek knows his sh*t.  Paulo, when you say "rudderless", what you're really describing is an organization ruled by geeks, not marketing weenies. I'll take that model any day.

I've no doubt about the abilities and good intentions of Noel and his team, but the seemingly chaotic lack of clear direction at the moment is not really a good look for an already failed more than once product (in the sense of it's seeming inability to be financially sustainable) that is about to once again ask people, including those who have already been burned before, to pay for it again. 

4 minutes ago, pwal³ said:

but then who would convince us to buy **** we don't need?? most tv stations would disappear, shops would have far fewer aisles, nobody would know which sneakers to buy... it would be a beautiful chaos haha

You're really selling this idea to me now. Do you work in marketing? 😀

1 minute ago, pwal³ said:

oh no but then capitalism would crumble 😭

Nah. Everything would be exactly the same, but with less BS.

17 hours ago, Pathfinder said:

OK-I do not see any download area for Sonar? I am sure it's there considering this thread but WHERE?

Thanks

Maybe time for a new user name ?

17 minutes ago, pwal³ said:

marketing versus devs haha, standard in software

TBF I've long thought that it should be standard practice for anyone to not pay any attention to anything said by anyone who has the word marketing in their job title. This also applies to customers.

8 hours ago, craigb said:

Nothing else is exciting anymore.  

Bur, but......there's a new Sonar that is both released and also not released that you can pay for even though they don't know how much it is or you can not pay not the real price and just look at it.

How much more excitement could anyone possibly need ?

9 hours ago, husker said:

I guess I feel left out.... I've never been banned from any forum. 

I'm banned from all other forums plus all the social disease sites

...by myself.😀

1 hour ago, bitflipper said:

I have heard no discussion of pricing, but fully expect a deeply discounted initial release. That's just SOP in the industry.

The whole handling of this Sonar release (or not) is just plain weird now. It's out, but it's not, they seem to want feedback and are responding to some of it, but unlike every other release ever there's nowhere specific to do that, so it's all over the place, people can give bandlab money in a roundabout way to authorize it if they want to, but even after all this time they still don't know what the price is going to be.......

 I have no horse in the race until such time as I see enough in it beyond the make up to convince me that it's worth the ball ache of a new daw pc, but as an interested observer it's looking a lot like a rudderless ship at the moment.

17 hours ago, 57Gregy said:

I like the separate threads; easier to contradict yourself.

I noticed that you didn't say this in the other threads.

6 hours ago, noynekker said:

a girl came up to me and excitingly said "how long have you been playing guitar" . . . I was the bass player.

A female actually noticed the bass player. Take the win ! 😀

6 hours ago, John Vere said:

Jeeze we have 6 threads now on this topic! 

Was it you that started the first one?

Knowledge is knowing that pineapple is not a kind of apple.

Wisdom is knowing not to put it on pizza.

18 hours ago, Wing It said:

i really do feel my journey has begun.

I remember that feeling....still haven't reached any kind of destination though. Some days I sit in wonder at the world of possibilities contained in that small box in front of me, other days I could cheerfully chuck it out the window. That's just how it is. Some days you're the dog, others you're the lamppost.

FYI in case you haven't figured it out yet the coffee house section is mostly just a stuff and nonsense area, so don't go expecting too much in the way of intellectual stimulus and you won't be disappointed. 😀

2 hours ago, kennywtelejazz said:

Paulo's enigmatic nouns instigated Steve

Bringing out loquacious language often conceals knowledgeable status.

11 hours ago, SteveStrummerUK said:

                                                So

                                    I'm

                        No

              Expert

Paulo?

Sadly

         It's

               Not

                      Evident

                                Pal.

Strummy is not expert puzzler.

Win 8.1 Installation via CPC hung for ages at "Installing MS edge webview" window.  Not a new problem in my experience, so as previously I binned that window via Task manager and the installation finished. Unlike when it happened before, this time I was left with a "not activated" version which I got around by using the offline activation. Doesn't bother me in the slightest, just mentioning here it in case it's a problem that needs solving for anyone else.

A store that sells husbands has just opened in New York City, where a woman may go to choose a husband. Among the instructions at the entrance is a description of how the store operates.

“You may visit the store ONLY ONCE! There are six floors and the attributes of the men increase as the shopper ascends the flights.

There is, however, a catch: you may choose any man from a particular floor, or you may choose to go up a floor, but you cannot go back down except to exit the building!”

So, a woman goes to the Husband Store to find a husband…

On the first floor the sign on the door reads: Floor 1 – These men have jobs.

She goes up.....

The second floor sign reads: Floor 2 – These men have jobs and love kids.

She goes up.....

The third floor sign reads: Floor 3 – These men have jobs, love kids, and are extremely good looking. “Wow,” she thinks, but feels compelled to keep going.

She goes to the fourth floor and the sign reads: Floor 4 – These men have good jobs, love kids, are drop-dead good looking and help with the housework.

“Oh, mercy me!” she exclaims, “I can hardly stand it!”

Still, she goes to the fifth floor and sign reads: Floor 5 – These men have highly paid jobs, love kids, are drop-dead gorgeous, help with the housework, and have a strong romantic streak.

She is so tempted to stay, but she goes to the sixth floor and the Sign reads:
Floor 6 – You are visitor 1,456,012 to this floor. There are no men on this floor. This floor exists solely as proof that women are impossible to please.

Thank you for shopping at the “Husband Store.”

To avoid gender bias charges, the store's owner opened a New wives Store just across the street.

The first floor has wives that love s-e-x. 

The second floor has wives that love s-e-x and have money and like beer. 

Nobody knows what is on the third, fourth, fifth and sixth floors.

3 hours ago, Bapu said:

^^^^ Every. Single. Time.

The point that you realise that not only does that person find your music, at best, boring, but they don't even have enough respect for you as a person to come up with a decent lie.

A guy I used to work with once said that he couldn't join in the usual lunchroom chat that day as he had a family party the next day so he needed to go and get his hair cut. He didn't really have any hair to speak of, so it was hard to see what difference this might make to anyone, but off he went....

When he got back he was fuming because the barber had given him 20% discount,  not because he had hardly any hair to cut, but because it was always 20% off for senior citizens.

The party was for his 50th birthday. 😂

Picture the scene....

First gig ever. It seems to be going well. Between songs the handsome young synth player is twiddling his various knobs in preparation for the next song whilst looking, even if he thinks so himself, really quite cool with his new hairstyle and pvc trousers. In her excitement, a teenage girl takes the opportunity to approach the stage and talk to him. He can't quite hear what she is saying, so he leans over to be able to hear her better.......

" Do you know any Wham songs ?"

" The music is ok, but you need singing lessons." - my late father in law's one and only reaction to the CD I spent ages putting together for him as a gift.

Not saying that he was wrong, but given the circumstances at least pour a little sugar on it man!

On a related note, a friend who worked in a nursing home during 2020 was told by a resident....."you have a lovely face for a mask." 😂