As I've said, before, Walt, I'm simply a confirmed technophobe. But I
am really grateful for the offer. Yeah, I've managed to learn a few
things by wrote and am pretty comfortable with email, now, but still
get sweaty hands at the thought of trying to learn yet another piece
of software. I'll do it, of course, out of necessity. But I'm being
dragged, kicking and screaming (good thing for my wife that the
studio's soundproof) to the keyboard and screen. As for the tech
guru, Jeff is a terrific fellow; especially because he's equally
conversant in both platforms being a programmer and web designer. He
also comes armed with a trait most needed on this turf: infinite
patience. I traded him out my new DVD/CD burner and a couple of 30gb
hard drives. Anyway, it all looks frighteningly cool and I'm about to
tiptoe over to the screen after writing this note to see if anything
bites.
And by the way, anytime any of you are in the vicinity, you are
welcome to come by to learn what certified cryptophons actually do.
Just give a call, first. Almost got a chance to meet Doug VG this
summer, but we missed meeting by about 50,000 ft and a few lousy
hours.
Bernie
Wild Sanctuary, Inc.
P. O. Box 536
Glen Ellen, CA 95442
707-996-6677 tel
707-996-0280 fax
http://www.wildsanctuary.com
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>> Speaking of computer languages, our tech guru came by last night to
>> set up our new BIAS (Deck/Peak) software. It became quickly clear
>> that the learning curve will be something like the time it'll take
>> Mars to make the next pass at the Earth. So much for Macs, eh, Marty?
>
>Was this guru a PC person by any chance? Or a recently converted one? PC
>folks have thinking flaws when they approach macs. Macs are not PC's and
>if you try and apply your PC learning to one it will buck and snort and
>throw you off. Forget what you learned about using PC's and the learning
>curve will be much, much shorter. Even then, most converted PC folks
>never seem to get as effective at a mac as original mac folks.
>
>Peak is a snap to install and learn, except for their awkward copy
>protection on the original mac os. This required you to send them a set
>of nonsense words it would spit out and they would send you a response.
>And the software would be serialized to the hard disk it was on when you
>entered that. I hate that system and lost no opportunity to tell them
>so. OS X broke all that, so it's a lot easier there.
>
>As I noted, I used Deck briefly, it's also easy to install, and
>reasonably easy to learn. I never got into production work or mixing
>with it, so can't comment on how easy it would be in the long run.
>
>Too bad I'm not closer, I'd be happy to set it up for you. And help you
>get going using it.
>
>Walt
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