DP in the UK

croftish · Post by **croftish** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 8:30 am

Having just read the Montreal DP users post, I was wondering if there are many UK users out there?
Sometimes I do feel a little lonely amidst the throng of Cubase, Logic and Live users over here

So...anybody out there?

stephentayler · Post by **stephentayler** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 8:40 am

Well there's me, out near Bath!!!

kind regards

Stephen

stephentayler · Post by **stephentayler** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 8:41 am

And of course, since it was revealed in the latest Sound On Sound, Pete Townsend........

Stephen

Keith · Post by **Keith** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 8:57 am

And me.....been using DP for over 10 years. I use it for remixing, mastering, DVD surround mixing, post production.

Keith.

doodles · Post by **doodles** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 9:22 am

croftish · Post by **croftish** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 10:07 am

Yay good to see I'm not alone afterall!

Should add that I'm in Derby, as lead sound designer at a video games co.

andrewwilde · Post by **andrewwilde** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 11:15 am

One more here - been using MOTU since Performer V.1 (1985 ?); swapping 400k floppies to find space for saves, oh, such fun! Jeez, where do the years go

.

rikp · Post by **rikp** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 12:34 pm

I was born just outside of London. Does that count???

Peace

rikp

robinsky · Post by **robinsky** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 12:36 pm

my father grew up in hillingdon/uxbridge and then left to austria. i live in vienna/austria, but still have a british passport. does that count?

midilance · Post by **midilance** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 12:36 pm

andrewwilde wrote:One more here - been using MOTU since Performer V.1 (1985 ?); swapping 400k floppies to find space for saves, oh, such fun! Jeez, where do the years go .

Wow! Me too. I started out with a Mac Plus with no second floppy drive. I didn't have the extra coin. Swap. Swap. Swap.

By the way, I'm not in the UK but you took me back to the good ol' days. Thanks!

Spikey Horse · Post by **Spikey Horse** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 4:42 pm

Don't anyone get over excited - this thread probably represents the majority of UK DP users LOL

How many people here mention DP and get a reply along the lines of 'D....what?'

This makes us waaayyy cooler than anyone else of course.

Oh yeah,

+1

...... La - zy sunday afternoon- ah!

Dave Bourke · Post by **Dave Bourke** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 6:17 pm

I think I may very well be the only DP user in Ireland (BTW, I lived in London for eight years). There used to be two of us here. Pat was the guy who saved me from Cubase hell and introduced me to Performer.

One of the nicest guys I ever met, it was a genuine privilege to have known him. He was not only an outstanding studio engineer/owner, he was also a highly qualified helicopter pilot. Sadly, he was killed when his helicopter went out of control and crashed on the way back to Dublin from the West of Ireland.

Every time I launch DP I think of him with affection and gratitude.

Kind regards.

Shooshie · Post by **Shooshie** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 7:29 pm

Sad story, Dave. I lost my best friend and fellow DP user last August. Kinda strikes a chord in me. Well, I hope you introduce some new guys to DP. Give them the chance that Pat gave you.

Shooshie

David Polich · Post by **David Polich** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 8:50 pm

I asked a good friend of mine from the UK why so many people use Cubase in the UK. His reply was, "because there are so many cracked copies of Cubase". This was back in the SX days. I imagine there are a few less cracks going around these days, however, a lot of the people who started with pirated copies of Cubase ended up buying Cubase later. That's the timeline.

cmm · Post by **cmm** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 10:55 pm

+1 as well.

ex-Canuck been based here since 95. Haven't run into many Cubase users, it's still Logic amongst the circle I work in