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| Re: Ya know what REALLY pisses me off????? [message #86327 is a reply to message #86313] |
Fri, 08 June 2007 04:49   |
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wireline[14]
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Registered: June 2007
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ngeeklike. I mean, all I wanted to do
> was show up at an unplugged gig and plug in guitar DI to a PA that someone
> else had set up. I would look at the rack of gear and the mass of cabling
> and think "man, I'm glad I don't have to deal with that crap". I would turn
> on a computer and not **** with it. If it was acting wierd , I would send it
> to Dell or Apple.
>
> Well.....last night, my 220v GC-8, which is a proprietary remote control for
> at 220v Roland R-880, died. Well, I hooked up another one that I had bought
> on EBay for just such an occasion and it and I don't even want to go into
> the insanity that happened next, but I ended up stiing down with the 2"
> thick manual and reprogramming a buch of stuff on the damn thing and now it
> works. I know, I know..that's what 2" thick manuals are for...right? It's
> just so out of character for me. I used to be soooo right brained. My head
> didn't even explode when I sat down and did this, though I did spend a few
> anxious moments when I resigned myself to the RTFM last night and sat up
> until about 3:00 AM getting my head around military Rolandspeak.
> Jeeezzzz.......after dealing with the cryptic reduncdancy of this manual, I
> could probaly get a job as an artilleryman in the Royal Marines. In a former
> life, I would have jumped up and down on it until it was in pieces and then
> thrown it out the window and gone for a jog or something..........(sigh)
>
> I mean, this is only a brief example of the stuff I find myself doing on a
> regular basis nowadays. I no longer bear any resemblance at all to my former
> self or just about any "normal" person I know.
>
> OK...rant off......
>
>
>
>
>DJ,
Rolnd manuals aren't that bad....once you byte into them!!!
;-)
JH
wrote:
> LOL!!!.........Exactly right.
>
> ;o)
>
> .
> "chuck duffy" <c@c.com> wrote in message news:468fb5f4$1@linux...
>
>>DJ,
>>
>>I have a little edirol/roland controller. As far as I can tell roland
>>products
>>are designed and produced by robots, with the target consumer being a
>>computer.
>>
>>I have burned in my brain a sequence that goes something like this:
>>
>>1-1/2-1/3-1/4-1/2-9
>>
>>That roughly describes the button sequence required to reload the factory
>>defaults.
>>
>>Working with these things is like directly writing machine code without
>>the
>>benefit of an assembler. For those of you with human brains, think of any
>>typical task and how roland would approach it. If you need to sweep the
>>kitchen, first gather t
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| Re: Ya know what REALLY pisses me off????? [message #86334 is a reply to message #86313] |
Fri, 08 June 2007 06:45 |
Bill L
Messages: 766
Registered: August 2006
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;my diet" than "a
>>diet", actually because it's pretty much what was a normal diet for me
>>about
>>20 years ago and it just sorta evolved naturally when I was just a young
>>sprouthead.. No red meat.or chicken............just lots of fruit, nuts,
>>raw
>>veggies and the occasional boiled egg and some cheese now and
>>then.......but
>>mostly raw foods and juices. I broke out the juicer that had been
>>gathering
>>dust for many years (though I will buy the more high quality bottled
>>Knudsen
>>stuff occasionally for convenience). Energy levels way up. I've lost 9
>>pounds in the last 14 days and I haven't been hungry at all. I had
>>forgotten
>>how much those heavy greasy foods slowed me down and how crappy they made
>>me
>>feel. At some point my life got wayyyyy to busy, these kinds of food were
>>easier and more convenient and I just lost my dietary focus........but
>>no.....you're not gonna catch me wearin' patchouli.
>>
>>I figure, to put it in perpective, whipping up a quick and healthy meal is
>>much easier than reading a &^%$#*&^(!& Roland manual.
>>
>>;o)
>>
>>
>Actually, it's my pseudonym on those rare occasions where I have to put on a
suit and tie..
Hurling Chunder III
"Paul Braun" <cygnus_nospam@ctgonline.org> wrote in message
news:hevv83laj8a9p2fhqgb88ecgk8qnnur5ev@4ax.com...
> On Sat, 7 Jul 2007 10:38:05 -0600, "DJ" <animix _ at _ animas _ dot _
> net> wrote:
>>
>>OY!..dude..............I almost hurled chunder
>>
>
> And "Hurled Chunder" should be the name of your next band.
>
> pabTerrific news! thanks Steve.
DCHi Brad,
Paris user since '97. Small system in a home studio.
1 MEC 2 - 8 in's
2 EDS cards
1 C16
DAC1 and Big Ben just purchased from Sweetwater (Paul Rowan)
I'm checking the FS site often to double my size and/or give me a back up
system.
I've produced/engineered and played on 5 CDs for singer/songwriters
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| Re: Ya know what REALLY pisses me off????? [message #86338 is a reply to message #86313] |
Fri, 08 June 2007 07:27 |
TCB
Messages: 1261
Registered: July 2007
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grow them???.....like Chia
> pets???
>
>
> "rick" <parnell68@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:3cpv83l6qodblknhtp7k1dl427ltuk9ime@4ax.com...
>> did you just grow one of them vagina things??? you know where nothing
>> is your fault and your life is forever changed???? and no who's
>> sitting here 18" behind me...totally in another world...so
>> what....it's not my fault she doesn't know what's going on here....
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sat, 7 Jul 2007 09:25:45 -0600, "DJ" <animix _ at _ animas _ dot _
>> net> wrote:
>>
>>>Before I met you guys, I was soooo ungeeklike. I mean, all I wanted to do
>>>was show up at an unplugged gig and plug in guitar DI to a PA that
>>>someone
>>>else had set up. I would look at the rack of gear and the mass of cabling
>>>and think "man, I'm glad I don't have to deal with that crap". I would
>>>turn
>>>on a computer and not **** with it. If it was acting wierd , I would send
>>>it
>>>to Dell or Apple.
>>>
>>>Well.....last night, my 220v GC-8, which is a proprietary remote control
>>>for
>>>at 220v Roland R-880, died. Well, I hooked up another one that I had
>>>bought
>>>on EBay for just such an occasion and it and I don't even want to go into
>>>the insanity that happened next, but I ended up stiing down with the 2"
>>>thick manual and reprogramming a buch of stuff on the damn thing and now
>>>it
>>>works. I know, I know..that's what 2" thick manuals are for...right? It's
>>>just so out of character for me. I used to be soooo right brained. My
>>>head
>>>didn't even explode when I sat down and did this, though I did spend a
>>>few
>>>anxious moments when I resigned myself to the RTFM last night and sat up
>>>until about 3:00 AM getting my head around military Rolandspeak.
>>>Jeeezzzz.......after dealing with the cryptic reduncdancy of this manual,
>>>I
>>>could probaly get a job as an artilleryman in the Royal Marines. In a
>>&
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