gtr31":26m8njjy said:
V ,with all respect man your first post over there was pretty inflamatory IMO.
You cant walk into someone's home with dirty shoes and not expect some backlash.
First off, I am not a kool aid drinker yet .
Second .I 100% agree with you on some of the people there and their iron clad (Opinions)
but knowing the way that they are and knowing you are not going to change their opinions , your post could be perceived as somewhat of a dig.
You were not making a guess as to what it was that was coming , you were not asking a question .
I again agree Cliff is not god and I am sure he does not think that way either although he is proud of his work .
But truly what reaction did you expect?
All completely and utterly appreciated and respected as a retort.
I have to clarify, my first post over on the Fractal Forum was actually technically based, as were the few dozen that followed - all questions, set forth in a humble "I'm new to this gig and please help, I'd really appreciate it". These were met with top down answers, greater than thou kinda responses. [This] last major post I did on the Countdown thread was because, after reading most of the post on the thread, it seemed to me there were a bunch of people getting not only curious and anticipative of the new(s) release, but also upset that this was such a long drawn out process. This latter perspective was what made me step back a bit and wonder "hmmmmmm, is this actually a normal thing to do to a following of devout, high paying clientele?? To leave them in wonderment?? To have them hypothesizing, and some, even worrying about the potential obsolescence of their current Fractal product??". And this is what made me think, hmmmmmmm, this could potentially piss a lot of people off. I qualified my statement with the fact I found it all quite humorous; as I have a sense of humour. But let's just say there are a host of musicians out there, sitting on the fence awaiting a purchase of their next big piece of gear, and then they're forced to be in a position of speculation and worry. Some of those people may very well say "forget it" and spend their funds on something that's concrete - solid - void of guess work. Because honestly, there are some people who would not tolerate the countdown wait in making their purchase decision. And it's these people I was wondering about.
Now, as for Clifford - and his products - and of what little I know abouto him and his character, I've spoken in only the highest regards with respect to all these attributes, whether assumed or realized, in this very forum as well as the Fractal site. I've followed the fact that Clifford has been an incredible person, borderline philanthropist, which really REALLY makes me like the guy AND his product. Furthermore, I've had the pleasure of speaking with Tom King, another incredible upstanding individual. I've also seen some information about Clifford's affinity towards animal rights and charities alike. ALL these things make me really
really like the guy, and it's a given that I really
really like his product!!!
I suppose my somewhat arrogant and inconsiderate post was more or less my opinion on the fact that it's somewhat exciting AND sad that there are 1000's of people blindly, devotedly, aimlessly watching this virtual clock tick down to D-Day for something none of us really have a clue about. But vis-a-vis to this, here's a company, an individual, who's garnered many 1000's of dollars for his product - and the people who paid their hard earned or easy earned money on such a product may not find a teasing countdown that palatable when they've got more pressing matters at bay. Namely, a potential purchase, a studio acquisition, a new direction in technology for recording, or the like.
I hope this clears a few things up. Most of everything I had put forth was with tongue-planted-firmly-in-cheek, perhaps the folks over there didn't realize this. But the overall militant and bounded constraints that SEEMINGLY exist over there that one OUGHT to abide by when posting kinda took the community, camaraderie feel out of the forum experience for me. It's no slight to Clifford, or his product, it was a debate as to the collective consciousness of the many who partake in the support forums existence and growth.
Respectfully,
Mo
You are lucky Cliff didn't tell you to sell your Axe.... his been known to do that to people who dare to say anything negative about the AxeFX.
