chuckebaby
I don't think this thread is about "can someone tell me why this doesn't work"
I think its about " who makes this software chimps" ?

Yes exactly.  I probably didn't word my original post as well as I could have.  It's a nice thing to have such active participation from the Cakewalk staff.  Sometimes I read posts and I think "Man if I was in their shoes, I would feel pretty crappy after reading this post."   I think constructive criticism or feedback is fantastic and I always enjoy reading it.  But some of the posts go on and on with all sorts of wild speculation and sometimes outright smearing of the Cakewalk team. . . those are the ones I would like to see less of.
 
I think I was mainly responding to the recent threads I've been reading that were about "The lifetime upgrades are a sham and they're trying to screw us" or "Cakewalk's customer service sucks and they obviously are doing nothing about it and therefore are screwing us" or "Such and such a feature or bug is not addressed like I've requested, therefore Cakewalk is a horrible company".   The thing about those threads is not only are they not constructive, but people don't want to seem to let the issue go even after getting a response from Cakewalk staff.  
 
Anyway, glad to have some conversation about this topic, and I look forward to a long future with Cakewalk and the user forums :)

BobF

chuckebaby
 
I have found the secret in life to being happy is to laugh. laugh a lot.
laugh at yourself, laugh at each other. its healthy. its also the reason I have been married for over 15 years.

Congrats Chuck.  My honeymoon just entered it's 26th year last month.

its all about compromise with my marriage  
Congrats to you as well.

chuckebaby

BobF

chuckebaby
 
I have found the secret in life to being happy is to laugh. laugh a lot.
laugh at yourself, laugh at each other. its healthy. its also the reason I have been married for over 15 years.

Congrats Chuck.  My honeymoon just entered it's 26th year last month.

its all about compromise with my marriage  
Congrats to you as well.

Mine has been all about have an extremely tolerant wife

BobF

chuckebaby
 
I have found the secret in life to being happy is to laugh. laugh a lot.
laugh at yourself, laugh at each other. its healthy. its also the reason I have been married for over 15 years.

Congrats Chuck.  My honeymoon just entered it's 26th year last month.

Puppies!  I have been LMAO through 49 years of marriage!
 
i can't complain at all, she bought me my last 7 guitars!  She is a keeper!

Congrats Mario!  Mine buys me guitars and stuff too.  I think she just likes to keep me in my room 

Hi All!
I agree with the general idea that common courtesy goes a long way. It (this forum) is a microcosm of the world.
 
There is so much good will here that that "other" chatter is not an issue to me. After all, if I'm talking to someone and a child comes up and starts interrupting the conversation, I just calmly admonish the little one, or having failed to remedy the situation in that way, just ignore the little monster!
 
I'm all for smiling and helping.
Ray

Oh, and also,
 
My wife practically made me buy Sonar Plat after I started having second thoughts on whether I should spend the money on myself. (She was just about fuming at me to take the plunge.)
 
And we are married just short of 3 years, finding each other late in life (hint: we both receive Social Sec)

BobF

chuckebaby

BobF

chuckebaby
 
I have found the secret in life to being happy is to laugh. laugh a lot.
laugh at yourself, laugh at each other. its healthy. its also the reason I have been married for over 15 years.

Once my wife taught me where I needed to compromise it was all good. Year 27 coming up.

Congrats Chuck.  My honeymoon just entered it's 26th year last month.

its all about compromise with my marriage  
Congrats to you as well.

Mine has been all about have an extremely tolerant wife

Once I learned where I needed to compromise we were all set. Year 27 coming up.

I will join these last posts to say that I have a wife that sees when I need to make music I become a little enclosed when it has been too long. She then says, "you should go to your studio, you seem to need it"
 
But, yeah. A little courtesy goes a long way when it comes to getting help in here.
All the best.

Uhoh, lets not get too politically correct here, people do need to express themselves sometimes, and if something is bugging them big time, its better get them to put it out there so at least others have a chance to fix things.
 
Myself, I would rather know the good and the bad about a product, so I can make informed decisions about when to use it and when to use something else, and would suggest that devs need to konw this also, so they can improve things.
 
I do not believe that only saying nice things for the sake of saying nice things is a good thing, however any personal attacks on a person most certainly should not be tolerated.
 
Getting frustrated when you are you are trying to do something and it just wont work for you is a normal human behaviour, and if expressing that leads to a negative post, that then leads to a solution, or draws attention to a problem that needs to be fixed, well, that is what a forum is for is it not, a place to discuss and resolve things?
 
I could be wrong, but I dont think the intent of a forum is to produce a fanclub, ie, there is no team cakewalk mearchandise store or coffee mug and lanyard promotional giveaways :)