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Elantric's Tips and Blog
Elantric:
Thought I would start a thread with a collection of my past present and future tips and free advice. This might look redundant to old timers, but in the future I hope to be adding more and more here.
Although it could be argue'ed that one could simply click on my profile name, and then click on "Show Posts", and just spend a few days reading those. True my opinions are often the polar opposite of what others will think, and it has ruffled feathers in many camps. Also pardon me from locking this thread, so only i get to post here - But hey its my Blog!
Elantric:
Read my opinions on New Computers for Music here:
http://www.vguitarforums.com/smf/index.php?topic=6104.0
Have too much gear and no time to read all the Owner's manuals?
I will use the text to speech processor built into all recent versions of Adobe Acrobat - Open up a new PDF User manual and let the computer read it out loud to me. I may use my 900MHz wireless headphones and be mobile around the house.
http://www.adobe.com/enterprise/accessibility/reader6/sec2.html
If I'm doing other tasks, (like cleaning, laundry, bachelor stuff) In this manner I can grasp functional concepts of the new gear much faster, then - when I'm finally able to sit down and play with it later - i have a head start as I use "Find text" in Acrobat to fine tune my knowledge and master the unit in question.
FWIW - the Mac with OSX (and any IOS5 device - iPhone, Ipad, Ipod Touch) can read aloud any text you highlight on the screen , and read entire documents with a much clearer voice I can understand 90% of the time I do that all the time - rather like having a "books on tape" version of my all my Owners manuals.
Prior to my iPhone, i would make MP3 recordings of these - so i could listen on headphones at work at my day gig.
But the recent IOS5 has a method of enabling text to speech right on the device.
And these days there is always youtube.
http://www.youtube.com/user/macProVideoDotCom
Elantric:
While Im passing out tips - I highly recommend Scribd.com - as its a huge repository of Knowledge.
Its great to finally locate PDF versions of bulk of my Reference Library bookshelf,
www.scribd.com
It used to be free - but last year they made it a subscription site, but its well worth the annual $60 fee.
Elantric:
I have found the "fast track" to gaining knowledge on any piece of gear you own, or are considering.
Use a search tool - at present I still use Google 99% of the time .
As a PCB Designer by trade, Im more visually oriented (Yes a Picture = a thousand words)
I will often begin my search using Google Image Search:
For example - lets say I wanted to learn about VG-99, so I would use the search term in quotes "VG-99 Audio Routing" in Google and Click "Images" - and I will see this page.
Well, just like "Life is what happens when you are planning something else"
Among the mass of images, this one looks interesting and something I have not seen before:
So I click the pic and it takes me to the site with more details on a nice compact mobile VG-99, EMU Proteus rig by our forum member musicman65 (CruzerRocks), which i think is worth reading.
http://www.cruzerrocks.com/VG99/VG99_Case.htm
Also you may have noticed many of my posts include screen shots or pics from PhotoBucket.
Look here for more
http://s412.photobucket.com/albums/pp208/elantric/?start=60
Roland GR-55 pics
http://s412.photobucket.com/albums/pp208/elantric/ROLAND%20GR-55/?start=20
We all should know many gear forums are often filled with more Trolls and self serving egos, than actual real shared hands on knowledge and good advice. I call that type forum as having a poor "signal to noise" ratio.
But when i do find someone who posts good solid advice, I will remember the name of that user, and try to search for more info on what that person might have shared about other concepts.
If I'm a member of that forum i will always click on their user name and "show posts" - and I often find that I can gain a lot of useful information rapidly, instead of wading thru page after page of arguments and counterpoints and drivel.
Conversely - if I find a user on some forum who may appear to never posts anything constructive, I may click on their user name and "show posts" and scan a few pages to see if they are nothing but a Troll.
On some forums, you can setup an option for - Never show posts by "insert name of troll" - and that helps you maximize your time by only reading valuable posts - instead of getting sucked into someone else's battle.
For example - here at VGuitarforums, we have few folks who are very disciplined and have taken the time to contribute great stuff.
At this hour (May 2012) I would suggest "scanning" all posts by these members, as I feel they have contributed their fare share of good solid info (PM me if i omitted anyone else)
Brent Flash
http://www.vguitarforums.com/smf/index.php?action=profile;area=showposts;u=28
Gumtown
http://www.vguitarforums.com/smf/index.php?action=profile;area=showposts;u=2962
Jim Williams
http://www.vguitarforums.com/smf/index.php?action=profile;area=showposts;u=921
Bill Ruppert
http://www.vguitarforums.com/smf/index.php?action=profile;area=showposts;u=1888
Vance G
http://www.vguitarforums.com/smf/index.php?action=profile;area=showposts;u=75
Germanicus
http://www.vguitarforums.com/smf/index.php?action=profile;area=showposts;u=371
A2DCONVERTER
http://www.vguitarforums.com/smf/index.php?action=profile;area=showposts;u=3500
drjones2001
http://www.vguitarforums.com/smf/index.php?action=profile;area=showposts;u=83
A to the T
http://www.vguitarforums.com/smf/index.php?action=profile;area=showposts;u=38
aliensporbomb
http://www.vguitarforums.com/smf/index.php?action=profile;area=showposts;u=1000
Elantric
http://www.vguitarforums.com/smf/index.php?action=profile;area=showposts;u=4
fokof (good Bass info)
http://www.vguitarforums.com/smf/index.php?action=profile;area=showposts;u=1301
I try to read every post here, and very happy we have a good community of helpful members - Im sure I have forgotten many other great contributors.
In my pursuit of sound - we find the same guys are always getting the latest toys, and these are a few names I trust and read frequently on the internet.
Peter Kirn
http://createdigitalmusic.com/staff/peter/
Tweakheadz
http://tweakheadz.com/
Scott Peterson
http://www.thegearpage.net/board/index.php?
Ben Vesco (Malhavoc)
http://www.benvesco.com/blog/
Tom Engdahl
http://www.epanorama.net/
http://www.epanorama.net/blog/
http://www.vettaville.nl/news.php
AndyZ
http://www.instituteofnoise.com/
Armin
http://www.soundside.de/
Dieter Waechter (GSP-2101 Mods)
http://www.tube-tester.com/
Zoetrope (Zoom Info)
http://zoomforum.us/
At the Kemper Amp Forum
#1 would be read all posts by Chris Kemper:
http://kemper-amps.com/forum/index.php?form=Search&searchID=420399&highlight=
#2 Read all posts by Bill Ruppert:
http://kemper-amps.com/forum/index.php?form=Search&searchID=420397&highlight=
#3 Read all posts by Senior moderator Guitarnet70:
http://kemper-amps.com/forum/index.php?form=Search&searchID=420398&highlight=
#4 Read all posts in the Troubleshooting section:
http://kemper-amps.com/forum/index.php?page=Board&boardID=6
Do that and you will find that 99% of your KPA questions / problems will have already been covered and solved / answered.
Elantric:
Free neck radius gauges you print out
http://www.pickguardian.com/pickguardian/Images/Pickguardian%20Neck%20Radius%20Gauges.pdf
Custom Pick Guards at PickGuardian
http://www.pickguardian.com/pickguardian/
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