The Yamaha AN1x Synthesizer mailing list

--- In AN1x-list@yahoogroups.com, "nuvalerium" <valerium@b...> wrote:
> I thought the whole point of having a forum was to help people find 
> stuff they need, rather than to massage the ego's of those who find 
> it necessary to get some sort of feedback on their songs. Since this 
> is highly subjective, it is therefore completely pointless and 
> serves no purpose. Being able to find an editor or a piece of a 
> missing puzzle is far more useful. So why then allow people to 
> upload song files which are useless and then take the moral high 
> ground and remove files that are actually useful. What is the point 
> of that?

If you take the time to review the thread I think you'll find the responses=
 contained 
URL's to individual web sites - not actual .mid or MP3 files uploaded to AN=
1x-list.

The Yamaha software in question is copyrighted and had not been made availa=
ble by 
Yamaha for distribution on the internet. If we make an exception 'just this=
 one time' 
than we raise expectations that perhaps we can make an exception next time =
- and 
the time after that and so on...at the end of the day somebody has to be th=
e grown 
up and say 'no.'

Considering the length of time I've moderated this list and the frequency a=
t which this 
topic has been expanded upon my position should should not come as a surpri=
se. 
And for what it's worth, it doesn't take a heck of a lot of imagination to =
find online 
resources - even at Yahoo! Groups - that will accomodate file sharing in va=
rying 
degree's of legitamcy.


 If someone needs the AN200 editor, surely this is the place 
> to find it. It certainly is not with Yamaha who regulary take over a 
> month to come back to me with anything useful despite DAILY 
> reminders. They may make pretty good instruments, but they have no 
> idea about customer service. Oh and when I lost my AN200 CD-Rom, 
> they wanted to charge me £20 for a new one despite having over 
> £3,000 worth of Yamaha gear in my studio (and all the receipts) And 
> then we get called the crooks for sharing a file? Ho Hum.

I don't recall anybody implying or accusing anybody of being a 'crook'. No =
doubt the 
£20 fee could be written off as a cost of doing business along with your ot=
her 
software licensing fee's. Check with your tax accountant.

regards,

Jon