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DP5 Manual was meant to be in colour?

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Hmm, I thought I remembered someone saying the DP5 manual was in colour. My copy of DP5 just arrived an hour ago, and the manual is more black than black and white :-). Looks like a bunch of uncorrected photos or xeroxes of a colour proof.

No big deal as I'll be looking at the screen for the visuals anyway, but a fairly large chunk of the images in the manual are all-black or almost all-black. Surely this was a mistake? Or maybe the first batch of manuals were printed in colour, and when they switched to black and white they forgot to adjust the contrast accordingly?
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Mine's that way too. I have just skimmed through it but there seem to be a lot of images that are useless, retangular black splotches. So much for quality control.
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Post by amergin »

I was about to upgrade but might hold off awhile to see if the next batch off the press is a bit better! Anyone have a decent manual?
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Both of my manuals are black and white for the new DP5, but they are easy to read.
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Mine looks good too. Cover is in color, but all the figures are greyscale and while a few are a bit darker or lighter, all are quite readable.

Never heard it would be in color. That would add quite a bit to the cost.
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Post by stephentayler »

Here in the UK my manuals are black and white, as usual. Seems the contrast is a fair bit Darker than the 4.5 manual, but the only problem pages seem to be pages 790-793, some of the graphs for the Masterworks EQ, and some of the illustrations for the VIs between pages 868-878.... rest of the book seems OK.


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Post by buck »

stephentayler wrote:, but the only problem pages seem to be pages 790-793, some of the graphs for the Masterworks EQ, and some of the illustrations for the VIs between pages 868-878.... rest of the book seems OK.


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yeah, me too. just the back of the manual and the VI portion is bad. well, really bad actually..!! poor quality for sure..

still though, yay the new VI's..!!
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Post by mastermix »

I agree...the DP5 manual's print quality is below what
we are used to getting from MOTU...however the content
is still stellar...

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What about the pdf version?
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Guitar Gaz wrote:What about the pdf version?
The PDF version is in glorious 3d.
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Post by Eric Schultheis »

Mine are just black blobs. Not of any use! Get it together MOTU!
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