"Tech and Music" E-zine is off to a great start.  Just wanted to add my thanks to Anderton and everyone else involved in publishing this excellent and informative E-zine.

Thanks Craig!  Happy to see the eZine back!  Don't know where you find the time to do this, but it is most appreciated!!! 

Big thumbs up! Thanks Craig!

Really excellent job on the content Craig. A very welcome return!
 
Woeful decision by Cakewalk on the hosting platform - and they pay for the privelidge of annoying their customers by having them sign up to yet another account to recieve unwanted advertising? 
 
Problem solved by Cakewalk community providing the very obvious solution of direct pdf download:) Nicely done telecharge.

Very cool, Craig. Thanks yet again.

When do you have time to change your strings and feed the dog, Craig?
 
Mahalo for everything.

Anderton
 
You don't have to receive advertising. If you want, you can make up an email address - they don't ask for two-step verification or anything.

 
Ah good, there's a workaround

BRainbow
When do you have time to change your strings and feed the dog, Craig?

Easy! No dog 

Hi everyone,
 
We're hosting on issuu.com because they make it very easy for people to view the publication on any device - desktop, tablet, smartphone, as well as offering the ability to download and print yourself. Based on our current stats, almost 30% of our readers are reading on a tablet or smartphone.
 
There are a couple of secondary benefits: they make it easy for readers to share publications and articles that they like, and we get analytics to learn more about what people are actually reading and what they aren't - so that we can continue to make it a better publication for everyone. For example - the "You Mix, We Master" sound examples seemed to chart high with readers, which tells me folks are interested in this concept, but probably also interested in hearing more before/after sound examples in general. This is good feedback for us.
 
We pay for the service, which means you should not be bombarded by ads on every page. There are no weird strings or favors or subsidized whatevers as alluded to on the forum.
 
Feel free to PM me if you have other questions, thanks!

For the record...Alex wanted to make it a sticky when it was introduced, but I wanted to see if there was enough interest to keep popping it to the top of the main page. There was, and now it's a sticky 
 
 

Alex Westner [Cakewalk]
Hi everyone,
 
We're hosting on issuu.com because they make it very easy for people to view the publication on any device - desktop, tablet, smartphone, as well as offering the ability to download and print yourself. Based on our current stats, almost 30% of our readers are reading on a tablet or smartphone.
 
There are a couple of secondary benefits: they make it easy for readers to share publications and articles that they like, and we get analytics to learn more about what people are actually reading and what they aren't - so that we can continue to make it a better publication for everyone. For example - the "You Mix, We Master" sound examples seemed to chart high with readers, which tells me folks are interested in this concept, but probably also interested in hearing more before/after sound examples in general. This is good feedback for us.
 
We pay for the service, which means you should not be bombarded by ads on every page. There are no weird strings or favors or subsidized whatevers as alluded to on the forum.
 
Feel free to PM me if you have other questions, thanks!

I'd bet you wouldn't have any push back from the user base if you offered it there and with a direct link to download on the Rolling updates page (as was done in the past).
 
Providing an email address means that this 3rd party company will send you emails and ads.  (Yes, I already got an email from them - just because I wanted to download it).  
 
Your statistics are not going to track those of us that might read the thing on a table (but in PDF format).  You would only get the statistic that I download a PDF.  And if only 30% are reading it on a tablet or smart phone from the website, that should tell you that the other 70% are NOT and therefore the value this company is providing you is minimal.  I'm unaware of any Tablet or Smart Phone that can't open a PDF.  And at 6.2 megs (for what is a fairly large issue), most people can handle that in a downloadable format.
 
Not suggesting you need to cease business with the company, but a few of us have already voiced the opinion we would prefer a direct download option as well that does not require any type of email sign up or entering such information to get the download link.  

Brian Walton
I'd bet you wouldn't have any push back from the user base if you offered it there and with a direct link to download on the Rolling updates page (as was done in the past).

+1
 
Seems odd that it's mentioned on the What's New/Current Updates page, but there's no link to this thread, Issuu, or a direct download.
 
EDIT: Oops, I see there is an Issuu link if you scroll down a bit.

Alex Westner [Cakewalk]

Brian Walton

Alex Westner [Cakewalk]
Hi everyone,
 
We're hosting on issuu.com because they make it very easy for people to view the publication on any device - desktop, tablet, smartphone, as well as offering the ability to download and print yourself. Based on our current stats, almost 30% of our readers are reading on a tablet or smartphone.
 
There are a couple of secondary benefits: they make it easy for readers to share publications and articles that they like, and we get analytics to learn more about what people are actually reading and what they aren't - so that we can continue to make it a better publication for everyone. For example - the "You Mix, We Master" sound examples seemed to chart high with readers, which tells me folks are interested in this concept, but probably also interested in hearing more before/after sound examples in general. This is good feedback for us.
 
We pay for the service, which means you should not be bombarded by ads on every page. There are no weird strings or favors or subsidized whatevers as alluded to on the forum.
 
Feel free to PM me if you have other questions, thanks!

I'd bet you wouldn't have any push back from the user base if you offered it there and with a direct link to download on the Rolling updates page (as was done in the past).
 
Providing an email address means that this 3rd party company will send you emails and ads.  (Yes, I already got an email from them - just because I wanted to download it).  
 
Your statistics are not going to track those of us that might read the thing on a table (but in PDF format).  You would only get the statistic that I download a PDF.  And if only 30% are reading it on a tablet or smart phone from the website, that should tell you that the other 70% are NOT and therefore the value this company is providing you is minimal.  I'm unaware of any Tablet or Smart Phone that can't open a PDF.  And at 6.2 megs (for what is a fairly large issue), most people can handle that in a downloadable format.
 
Not suggesting you need to cease business with the company, but a few of us have already voiced the opinion we would prefer a direct download option as well that does not require any type of email sign up or entering such information to get the download link.  

Ok thanks for elaborating.

No problem.
 
And for the record I've already received more than one email in a single week from them just because I wanted to download the thing and giving my email address was the option to do so.