mentoneman
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in light of scott on the cusp of receiving a eventide h3000,
i thought it fitting to discuss
personally it's a toss up between the boss se-50 i had, and the lexicon pcm 91 i use for live sound.
the boss manuals are originally written in japanese by the most boring engineers on the planet, and then transcribed verbatim by the most boring english translators on the planet. and there are like 50 pages dedicated to sysex commands...funny i can't seem to find my breath controller and my touch wheel has gone south...
the lexicon manuals are just plain insufficient. they never seem to divulge all the critical information you need in a clear and concise manner when you are digging in deep to program a preset, and there are only elevendyquintillion parameters hidden in layers per preset to manage which you somehow have to remember, and mentally retain the interactive relationships of, because you can only see one parameter at a time. spin. wander. mid rt. crossover. patching. chains. aaiieeeeee...!!!! their parameter and control descriptions are so vague is a crime. "let's make the manual easy to navigate by leaving things out!" it's engineer speak and user friendly readability gone horribly wrong.
but the worst i've seen in zachman's eventide h8000 fw. it's the size of a telephone book and like trying to learn how to pilot a chinese nuclear sub via morse code.
i thought it fitting to discuss
personally it's a toss up between the boss se-50 i had, and the lexicon pcm 91 i use for live sound.
the boss manuals are originally written in japanese by the most boring engineers on the planet, and then transcribed verbatim by the most boring english translators on the planet. and there are like 50 pages dedicated to sysex commands...funny i can't seem to find my breath controller and my touch wheel has gone south...
the lexicon manuals are just plain insufficient. they never seem to divulge all the critical information you need in a clear and concise manner when you are digging in deep to program a preset, and there are only elevendyquintillion parameters hidden in layers per preset to manage which you somehow have to remember, and mentally retain the interactive relationships of, because you can only see one parameter at a time. spin. wander. mid rt. crossover. patching. chains. aaiieeeeee...!!!! their parameter and control descriptions are so vague is a crime. "let's make the manual easy to navigate by leaving things out!" it's engineer speak and user friendly readability gone horribly wrong.
but the worst i've seen in zachman's eventide h8000 fw. it's the size of a telephone book and like trying to learn how to pilot a chinese nuclear sub via morse code.
