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very true Bill,the internet is a gamble with this,im sure those plugins are cool and funcitonal,but im seeing more and more companies false advertising as well,softstep is one of them,how can you sell such products in such a state,makes us pay big bucks and expect us to be their free beta tester and have understanding and compasion?? The software for the digitechs jamman stereo looper is a joke as well even with their latest update!! i had my issues with the eventide timefactor as well when i first bought it(i was one of the first ones) and it took them a while to iron may critical issues out,i mean a 400.00dlls pedal and the tap tempo,spill over,and many other basic functions which they advertised didnt work properly?? i just dont agree with that,i buy devices to start making music and dont mind putting in the time to learn how to use them,but i dont pay to become a beta tester,i understand minor bugs can go undetected and is expected of them to come up with a fix, but joining a forum for me is to suggest cool features that will improve them and not to solve such issues,that has made me waste so much time in the past. yet they put their videos in youtube and make it all look like everything works as expected so you salivate and buy it,or they give you faulty software editors that look killer and suppose to make it easier for you,i find this pathetic really. i wouldnt mind becoming their beta tester if they gave me their devices for free though,but i rather spend my time making music. Luis On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 4:40 PM, <billwalker@baymoon.com> wrote: > These are exactly the kinds of user reviews that i find suspect, the > first one sounds like someone who has little patience and even less skill > with a computer. And who knows how well this person manages their ram, > cpu usage, or how optimized for music performance their computer is, i.e. > how many none music related programs are they running that is dragging > down their machine. and the second review ......any kind of dongle type > lap > top add on is vulnerable to getting wacked, its the nature of the beast > and one reason I haven't gone lap top yet, its such a ridiculously > vulnerable platform in that regard. drop a lap top on a concrete floor >and > there is a strong likelihood its toast. > I'm sorry Louie but these kinds of responses reinforce my > feeling that a little knowledge is dangerous. And that consumers often > have a tendency these days to fly off the handle when they can't get >there > new toys to work properly. I have worked both in music retail and > manufacturing long enough to realize that 95% of these kinds of issues >are > related to pilot error, not the product. From my own personal experience > most of my computer related problems come from my own lack of knowledge >of > the platform not the platform itself. > Another part of the equation has to do with > leading edge technology, and compatibility issues with trailing edge > computers. If you want to play it safe, wait a few months for the bugs to > get ironed out and compatibility issues are resolved . My windows based, > mainframe computer at home has no problem with my UAD card, but its a >card > not a dongle and is internally mounted. As i mentioned before,I know the > guys at UA, they are not in > the business of making inferior products, they actually give a shit about > things like quality control and ease of use. I think the point I was > making is that user reviews cannot always be counted on to be subjective > or even rational. How else do you account for the common occurrence I see > on sites like Harmony central where several glowing reviews are followed > by some angry trashing review, where someone disses a product that > everyone else is heralding. I saw one once where the guy talked shit >about > a product and only at the end of the review did he admit he had dropped > the product on concrete and broke it. Another thing that happens on these > site is rival manufacturers will plant bogus negative reviews , after all > there is no over sight on sites like this to prevent them from doing so. > I've seen a number of negative reviews on HC written by a guy named > anonymous :-) I just don't trust user reviews unless its from people I > know and respect or the positive reviews far out number the negative. > And > to be candid I don't shop on Amazon, unless its absolutely the only > choice. I don't believe in them as a company and they tend to be a > clearing house for overstock or folding businesses anyway so you are > rarely sure if the warranty > issues will be covered. BTW any price you see below MAP on Amazon is a > vendor who is in violation of the manufacturers MAP policy and there is a > good chance you can't get warranty coverage if something malfunctions.. >If > price is your only > consideration, go for it and shop Amazon, but buyer beware...... > good luck > Bill > > > -- www.luis-angulo.com