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--- In newmellotrongroup@ yahoogroups. com, MAinPsych@.. . wrote:
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> In a message dated 10/7/2009 12:57:23 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
> mike.dickson@ ... writes:
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> Yes, but to be fair, the proposed extent of the Wiki goes beyond where
> either book does, and that books involve 'buying the book', whereas a Wiki
> means you simply have to gather together information on the Internet and put
> it in one place where it can be found easily by a potentially unlimited
> number of people,.
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> Mike
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> Agreed, and a Wiki site sounds like a great idea on paper. But then you
> have the near-impossible task of getting a consensus on any information from
> the people on this list. Opinions are like assholes; everybody has one.
> Just look at the history of posts on the list. Who's going to gather it,
> who's going to administer it, and, probably more importantly, who's going to
> say what's definitive on any given tron-related subject? What is the
> likelihood that Streetly/Markus is going to openly post "trade secrets"?
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> Frank
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This is exactly why I want to toss around the idea for a while.

On the end of repairs and DIY stuff with the 'Trons I'm thinking there is no reason why all the information would have to go up at once.

If that information were to go up at once I would certainly require Streely and Markus to post their trade secrets, or someone to post their trade secrets. I'm not going to be the ass that asks them to cut their own throats. Hell, I'm tossed up right now which 'Tron do I buy FIRST? The MkVI or the M4000?

However, a Wiki can snowball over years. As some of us more daring souls attempt our own fixes or changes, and if they do work (or if they fail spectacularly) that can be mulled over and then added to the Wiki.

I'm thinking we don't need consensus on what "correct" technique or mixing is. We also don't need a complete listing of everyone's technique. Perhaps our 'Tron veterans could come up with articles on the most classic techniques and mixing aesthetics for the 'Tron. Say maybe, the Pinder way, the Wakeman way, the McDonald/Fripp way, the later and more stringent Fripp/Cross way. Not that those are the only classic methods but I think it gets my point across.

Management I have no clue about. Maybe in a few years I'll have time to help the Wiki but like most people I'm particularly buried right now. I have about 10 minutes for this list and the other say every third day.

Let's keep debating!

-Sean