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monkey man wrote:MOTU should enjoy reading this; it's official: Unicorns hate PDFs.
How many companies can say their customers love their copy-protection system so much they take it to the crapper with them?
That didn't come out quite right.
Hang on... plop... that's better.
I ended up print most of Propellerhead Reason's PDF manual just so9 I had a hard copy of it... It's so much easier and you don't have to switch from a window to another to read the instruction and then try it on your software...
Long life to DP's Manual!!!
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MacBook Pro 17" Unibody 2011 OSX10.8.3
896mk3, BLA Modded 896HD, BLA Microclock, MTP-AV, Yamaha KX-8, CME VX-7 Mackie Ctrl, megadrum, Presonus C-S,
DP8.04, Bidule, M5 3, Ethno 2, BPM 1.5 Kontakt4, BFD2, SD2, Omnisphere, Wave Arts P-S5, Altiverb7, PSP VW & OldTimer, VB3, Ivory 2 Grand, True Pianos, Ozone 5, Reason 4, AmpliTube3, Bla bla bla...
A few El & Ac basses & Guitars, Hammond A-100.
Don't blame me; I asked MOTU to get me a fully enclosed cage, but to no avail.
Unfortunately the only sweetness emanating from the monkey comes from the north end.
I don't know if this is true, but I'm not sure MOTU has ever expressed that this lack of a PDF is a means of piracy protection. I think that's an assumption made by us.
My guess is it's not a fish they care to fry, so to speak. Their efforts are focused elsewhere.
Personally, I don't think a PDF version of the manual would have any significant effect of DP piracy. There are plenty of third-party instructional media available, and DP's own online help isn't exactly meager.
I can't help but wonder whether the "piracy rate" is directly proportional to the number of "bedroom propellor-head" bells and whistles.
Will we see DP's rate skyrocket when (he hopes) we eventually receive a glut of VIs, pro FX and Red Book CD burning, etc.?
having the manual in book form is great, keep it that way motu!
I don‘t excatly hate pdfs, but I don‘t like them either if I want to look up something while DP is running in a 1 monitor setup.
having BOTH wouldn‘t hurt, though...
