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An old joke about Macs we used to make went like this:

Macintosh: a rudimentary computer designed for the blissfully ignorant or novice user.  Made overly large so that it cannot be accidentally inserted into the rectum, but with rounded corners and edges in case one manages to do so anyhow.

About PCs?  It was along the lines of:  It looks like the kid got your looks and her brains.

With that said, Macs are a fantastic platform for audio recording and editing, and if I ever become a real person again, I'll be purchasing one for that purpose.

johnbarrick

On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 1:05 PM, John McNamara <jfranmac@gmail.com> wrote:

 

perhaps because she has too much work to get done on her pc!

On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 1:46 PM, Gary Brumm <gabru@comsec.net> wrote:

 

There is evil amongst us…..we must use the force. 

….we must never distract Fritz from his self-manipulation  (why do you think his wife allows it? J)!!

 

From: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com [mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of fdoddy@aol.com

Sent: Sunday, June 05, 2011 9:21 AM

To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com

Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] Re: OK. Here is a tune from the same album

 

 

I'm happy to convert y'all to THE DARK SIDE.

fritz

 

 

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: John McNamara <jfranmac@gmail.com>
To: newmellotrongroup <newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sun, Jun 5, 2011 10:36 am
Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] Re: OK. Here is a tune from the same album

 

ha ha!  keep up the educating of us pc guys, cause i cant get past the front end of a mac .....yet...;)

On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 10:32 AM, <fdoddy@aol.com> wrote:

 

My wife allows me to "manipulate it" at least once a day...:>)

Thankfully my computer is the servant and works to understand me rather than the opposite  and yes, all the ugly stuff is hidden from me as I am not a programmer, with the exception of being a newbie on Max for Live.  What it does allow me to do is run well over 120 tracks of audio from an 8 year old 1.25ghz x2 G4 without ever freezing. My 8 core at work has let me stream at least 128 tracks of VI's along with gobs of audio, all sprayed heavily with goops of plugins.  If I need a Windows program, well, I just boot it up.  It appears to me that Mr Gates' software runs pretty well on Mr Job's machines, even faster in my very subjective and non-techy view.

The battery on my wife's HP laptop runs a long time :>)

fritz

 

 

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: john.mcnamara65 <jfranmac@gmail.com>
To: newmellotrongroup <newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com>

Sent: Sun, Jun 5, 2011 9:42 am
Subject: [newmellotrongroup] Re: OK. Here is a tune from the same album

 

So Fritz..... Your computer.....does it allow you to manipulate and understand it, or is all that ugly stuff hidden or locked away from you? ; )
--- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, fdoddy@... wrote:
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> Couldn't post the full song, because it is 33 megs. But this is half of it. You will hear my Moog Rogue, a Yamaha CP70, a Hammond A100 and leslie and gobs of tron. What you won't hear because of file constraints is my tron through a Leslie. : )
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