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Subject: 6. Re: was: What is a good nature sound recording?
From: "Peter Shute" pshute2
Date: Tue Dec 18, 2012 3:08 pm ((PST))
Robin Parmar wrote:

> Certainly it is a lot easier to gain knowledge now than a few
> decades ago. Then, even finding out about a new product
> required subscribing to specialist magazines. One read
> adverts and made expensive long-distance phone calls, spent
> an eternity waiting on hold, and months waiting for demo
> units to ship, arrive, and potentially get shipped back.
> Things were different for those in the world's largest
> cities, where specialist stores existed. But other places
> (say, Ireland) were even worse than average, cut off almost
> entirely from global knowledge.

I recall years ago researching how to send a fax to a US manufacturer, and =
waiting days for the reply. Making a phone call was out of the question - t=
oo expensive, plus time zone problems. If one lost a manual for something, =
it was a tragedy, as they were almost irreplaceable

> Nowadays one taps a screen and gets instant info. On
> lists/fora like this one, we can get advice from the horse's
> mouth. The down-side is that, more than ever, most people
> expect instant gratification and are less likely to put in
> the long hard graft necessary to find out for themselves. It
> is also true that misinformation can proliferate.

I'm extremely grateful for the information and advice offered here. Probabl=
y like many others, if it wasn't for this, I wouldn't have been able to mak=
e the leap into recording, and therefore wouldn't be here pestering others =
for more advice. I.e the more information is available, the more people the=
re are who need it. This might explain the growing numbers of seekers of in=
stant gratification.

Peter Shute





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