H8000FW Operating Manual’s author

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    • #111564
      drkam6
      Member

      Who wrote the operating manual of the H8000FW, may I ask…? Just curious.

    • #125781
      nickrose
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      Eventide Staff

      Many people – I was one of them. But, since no-one needs to read it, it probably doesn't matter.

      It's very hard to find good technical writers these days – almost as hard as to find technical readers …

    • #126416
      tmoravan
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      Actually I appreciate a well-written manual that has both a 'Quick Start – do this stuff' section and a detailed description of the configurations, parameters, and presets.  It certainly helped when I picked up a second H8000FW (used) and the previous owner had a very customized I/O setup that I had to edit for my configuration.

      You get in a groove with a piece of gear, using a subset of its capabilites most of the time.  When you need to branch out (for example, extended MIDI control over parameter values and mapping to CCs), a manual that gets you up to speed quickly is a godsend.

      Plus, reading through the preset desriptions can be faster than manually loading each one looking for a particular effect as a starting point.

      I'd put the H8000 manual in the – better than most category. 

    • #137432
      razo
      Member

      > Plus, reading through the preset desriptions can be faster than manually
      loading each one looking for a particular effect as a starting point.

      You know that you can load a new program just by the press of a footswitch?

    • #137442
      tmoravan
      Participant

      Sure, but it takes time to load the preset and sometimes there's some other setup needed to fully utilize it, etc.  There's also the linear versus random access thing.

      My point was simply that sometimes when I'm casting about for a different effect, a quick readthrough can suggest some starting points and they may not necessarily be contiguous preset numbers.

    • #126872
      splitrmx
      Participant

      I like the various funny bits thrown into the manual, eg: " Use the professional (AES/EBU) protocol unless you have a compelling reason to do otherwise … you are a professional, aren't you ?"

      and

      "Note: Like fine china, Memory Cards are fragile:

      – Treat them with respect.

      – Don’t lie to them. "

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