The mother of all DP manual threads.

qo · Post by qo » Sun Dec 25, 2005 5:26 pm

Let's see how many different ways we can complete the following!

I don't have a manual because ________.

I don't have a manual because I'm from the future. I have a legitimate copy of DP. But, it's from the year 3135. Yes, MOTU survived and thrived and DP version 481.5 is awesome. But, it only runs on a networked cluster of Apple G73's with 900TB of holoRAM®. I'm stuck here in 2005 with a copy of DP 4.6.1 and none of the features are anywhere near the same. There's no PDF of the manual for version 481.5, but I heard that MOTU used to have a PDF available. So, could you send me one?

Thanks!

PS. How do you record enable a track in DP 4.6.1?

a_real_mf · Post by **a_real_mf** » Sun Dec 25, 2005 5:43 pm

okay, i'm in....

because i spent all my money on this awesome software, but starting last march i needed to use 2 pages per day as toilet paper, now i'm left with pages 607 to the end of book... another couple of months and i'm really screwed!!!!

(give me a little time, i'll come up with something better...)

qo · Post by qo » Sun Dec 25, 2005 5:50 pm

a_real_mf wrote:(give me a little time, i'll come up with something better...)

That one split my sides. You come up with something better and it'll kill me

qo · Post by qo » Sun Dec 25, 2005 5:55 pm

I don't have the manual because it was used in a homicide (a horrible beating, please don't ask me for any details) and was confiscated as evidence. The suspect, ironically, is a Logic user. Why didn't he just use HIS manual???

studiodog · Post by **studiodog** » Sun Dec 25, 2005 6:04 pm

I don't have it because the government, under the Patriot Act, exercised their right to come in to my studio and confiscate it.

Spikey Horse · Post by **Spikey Horse** » Sun Dec 25, 2005 6:13 pm

LOL!

Ok here goes:

I don't have a manual because.... actually I do have one but I use it to sit on so I can see the screen because I'm very short - so obviously if I were to look something up in it I wouldn't be able to see what I was doing in DP.

I don't have a manual because I don't have internet access so I had to register my copy of DP by filling in the form at the front of the manual and mailing to Motu - except I forgot to tear it out of the book first.

(Actually DP4 manuals don't have those forms in them - but I seem to remember the DP3 one did)

....OMG why am I justifying myself, it's just a joke!

I don't have a manual because it's frozen under the ice.

I don't have my manual anymore because I once missread someone's advice in this forum and trashed my referances.

I say, that last one was very clever - even if I do say so myself

studiodog · Post by **studiodog** » Sun Dec 25, 2005 6:24 pm

I can't get the manual to open because it doesn't recognize the iLok. I guess my iLok broke...

qo · Post by qo » Sun Dec 25, 2005 6:26 pm

studiodog wrote:I don't have it because the government, under the Patriot Act, exercised their right to come in to my studio and confiscate it.

If you read the manual upside down and backwards, the search warrant is on page 34 (or is it 43). No, wait, how would I know that? I don't have a manual!

Spikey Horse wrote:I don't have my manual anymore because I once missread someone's advice in this forum and trashed my referances.

I say, that last one was very clever - even if I do say so myself

Word play of the year award!

kwiz · Post by **kwiz** » Sun Dec 25, 2005 7:08 pm

I don't have my manual because I can't drive stick.

builder · Post by **builder** » Sun Dec 25, 2005 7:22 pm

My studiodog ate it.

or

Ah s**t, its in my other pair of pants.

studiodog · Post by **studiodog** » Sun Dec 25, 2005 7:28 pm

I lost all my money and my manual playing craps in Vegas.

And what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas...

Spikey Horse · Post by **Spikey Horse** » Sun Dec 25, 2005 7:30 pm

I HAV IT BT I NEED SUM1 2 TRANSL8T IT 4 ME COZ ITS RITN IN A 4REN LANGWAGE THE WORDS R 2 LONG 4 ME 2 UND R STAND - THNX!

richard · Post by **richard** » Sun Dec 25, 2005 10:02 pm

Oh, but I do have a manual. I just need two!

We have two eyes to read with, and, according to scientists, we have brains more powerful than any computer out there. I figure that if I read both manuals at once, I could get ahead in the game and actually finish the manual before the next release of DP comes out! (for future reference, I'll need a manual for DP 5.0 too)

All my woes could be solved if there were a PDF version out there.... Since I have two video monitors (sorry, I lost the serial numbers on them), I could easily display two copies of the PDF on each monitor and accomplish the same thing as having two manuals.

Rich

chrispick · Post by **chrispick** » Sun Dec 25, 2005 10:13 pm

Manuel and I aren't talking. He called me a jerkwad and I said you're the jerkwad and he said am not then knocked over this thing I have and I was like way to go idiot so he left. Oh, and I lost his number.

MIDI Life Crisis · Post by **MIDI Life Crisis** » Sun Dec 25, 2005 11:02 pm

chrispick wrote:Manuel and I aren't talking. He called me a jerkwad and I said you're the jerkwad and he said am not then knocked over this thing I have and I was like way to go idiot so he left. Oh, and I lost his number.

I don't have the manual because I thought that the SVP manual would work and the guy at MOTU told me they would give me a big discount if they could save the money that it would cost to ship. So I am using the SVP manual, but it doesn't work as well as I would like it to, But since I am running DP on an Apple IIe, it really doesn't matter. Does it?

BTW, does anyone know what page the mod to turn a coffee can into a MIDI patch bay is on? My dog ate that page and I cannot connect to my DX7 anymore.