RE: EDP "Tips & Tricks" Pamphlet

[David Kirkdorffer <DKirkdorffer@exapps.com>]

Adding a "tips and tricks" pamphlet - separate from the manual -- seems
like a great idea to me.  What a wonderful way to explore some of the
many different EDP uses.

I would suggest requesting limiting submissions to 1-page and using a
standard format or categories to help keep information focused and
complete.

1. Overview / What this set-up does
2. System Requirements
       Memory / Available Loop Time
       Internal Settings: Specific Presets
3. Other?
4. Other?
5. Here's what you do...(step-by-step instructions)
6. Name / e-mail of person submitting "tip"??

I remember a class in high-school which we all were asked to give
step-by-step instructions to make a peanut butter sandwich.  You'd think
it was obvious.  So did we.  The teacher specified that we would get to
eat what our instructions lead our partner to make.  Initially, quite an
incentive... Things got very messy and maybe 4-5 out of 20 or so kids
got to each a decent sandwich.  The rest of us asked if we could just
clean up the mess we'd helped create rather than eat it...

Moral: Giving instruction is hard.

D.


        -----Original Message-----
        From:   Tom Spaulding [SMTP:tspauldi@gibson.com]
        Sent:   Tuesday, November 04, 1997 9:44 AM
        To:     Loopers-Delight@annihilist.com
        Subject:        

        Hello All-

        In preparation for the next production run of Echoplex units, I
thought it
        might be helpful to amend the Owner's Manual with any tips or
tricks that
        anyone may have discovered. I would like to have a chapter
devoted to
        applications of the Echoplex from all musician's who use it -
DJ's,
        percussionists, horns, woodwinds, strings, etc. We would compile
these
        techniques and either add them to the existing manual or publish
a separate
        User's Guide. Do you think this would be beneficial? Any
thoughts on how
        best to present the material? I would appreciate your help, and
am eager to
        hear from you. Thanks!!

        Tom