by Doug Coulter » Sat Jun 24, 2017 1:18 pm
Welcome from VA, too.
We got lucky on the SNR, but it's been some work - anybody here with a green name deserves thanks and props, they've all helped.
Main thing is how we're set up here. Some crusty old guy (me) is a jerk and won't let in just anyone - work up front, but really after that, we don't have all that much to do once any mistakes by that guy are taken care of.
We really kinda have a multi part thing going on here. We have announce yourself (here) - so we know who we're talking to and will try not to go over or under your head and that's your thread to do with as you please (Well, keep it legal). We also have the water cooler where almost anything goes - if anyone, even the old guys, have questions, that's usually where they belong (I cheat some, but it's my bat and ball). We haven't made that accessible to the new guys yet, but we may change that. For now, playpen is for questions.
The big exception is if your're documenting a big project and run into a snag on it - now that we have context from your previous posting, we might know the answer and give it on your project thread. Those are the rest of the board, where we are attempting to "Write the book" on how those who do things for real, actually get them done, how to hold your mouth and stuff like that. We guard that kind of closely, as that's where the SNR is the best - by design. We're not letting the new guys do that directly, yet. That's what playpen is for at the moment - have fun there.
We added playpen for the new people, It's like water cooler, in that it self-empties after no interest is shown in something for 20 days or so, but it's your chance to show your stuff - if we like it, it gets promoted to the right part of the board for that topic, and likely we promote you too so next time you just post in the right place and everyone saves effort. Right now, playpen and announce yourself are the only places new guys can post...but once we figure out you're ok, and it looks like for the most part I got that right from the get go - ~ 50 guys let in out of ~ 1000 trying - you're really in. Maybe you even turn green yourself if you do good things.
BTW, I did a lot of the original DSP nonlinear editing audio hardware/software, you'd know the names if I dropped them, but I started with tape and vinyl too. I had Bing Crosby's Ampex 1/2" 4 track "tape stretcher" and built a DBX kind of thing for it and made it punch able for overdubs.
Then 8 track 1/2" then...digital. I got happy with that and am done in that biz now, but I still play some just to keep myself happy. I still have some killer audio stuff, but nothing beats just doing it on the instrument -100% reality, eh?
Posting as just me, not as the forum owner. Everything I say is "in my opinion" and YMMV -- which should go for everyone without saying.