Starise
Good to see you back Danny!!!

Thanks Tim....good to see you too!

I use the duck, duck, goose method where every 3rd hit of the kick, you goose the bass instead of ducking it.

Even though some of us may not be as experienced or capable as others, everyone should feel invited to post their opinions.  Don't be afraid to share your experience.  You may learn bunches by doing so and you may also help someone else.  The idea is that you are trying.    
 
I don't think any forum could function with everyone having to prove themselves before being able to contribute to a thread - but that might be a great new forum to develop!  I don't know who would judge who's in/out though!  LOL.
 

Rimshot
Even though some of us may not be as experienced or capable as others, everyone should feel invited to post their opinions.  Don't be afraid to share your experience.  You may learn bunches by doing so and you may also help someone else.  The idea is that you are trying.    
 
I don't think any forum could function with everyone having to prove themselves before being able to contribute to a thread - but that might be a great new forum to develop!  I don't know who would judge who's in/out though!  LOL.
 

Well said Rimshot. That said, I hope you didn't misunderstand my post. It wasn't meant to deter people from posting their experiences. My point is, there are loads of people on the internet on various forums as well as Youtube and other places that can easily push someone in the wrong direction if that someone is not careful. My comment wasn't mean to discredit anyone in this thread nor was it directed at anyone or the advice given here, honest.
 
The bottom line is.....I think it is crucial to ingest the right information or someone ends up on a wild goose chase to nowhere really. Or, they learn about something that is really irrelevant to the situation at hand. Or something that is "said for the sake of" because someone wants to make themselves appear to be more knowledgeable than they really are. You know how far advice like that can go. Then you have people that post stuff on the net quoting others with massive links where they never really answer the question someone may have asked.
 
Sometimes a heart-felt experienced answer is all that is needed instead of sending some poor person to read 8 pages of science or technical jargon. Most of this stuff is cut and dry really, it truly is. Though some of the science and techniques can prove important, to me 7 times out of 10 they end up being the long way around and don't really resolve the problems at hand. This is the type of information that can sometimes confuse someone or totally take them off their game.
 
The biggest problems in this field are....there are many ways to skin the cat and there are many opinions that talk about skinning the cat. Some teach you the steps to skin the cat, others may be short cuts to sort of skin the cat, while still other things get said that don't contain enough information to really help anyone skin a kitten let alone a cat. This field is frustrating and expensive enough as is....the less we get lead astray, the better. :)
 
-Danny

Right you are Danny.  Based on each one of us going through different stages of experience and know-how, we have to be able to post our thoughts without fear of the "pros" putting it down.  
I am one of the older ones around here and I encourage participation at all levels so that the forum grows.  
It would be a very quiet place if only the "pros" contributed.  So I think we need to help others along by letting them "say what they need to say".  We can then help them if they are off base.  Yes, this might lead some astray but I think over all, the concensus of the majority would help the thread more than not.
I fear that some will never what to contribute because they might get hammered.  
 
For example, over at the Presonus song forum, it is so very inactive because I think there are many end-users that are afraid to post their songs.  There is very little feedback as well.  This forum on the other hand is alive with song posts and technical questions/conversations and I think that is wonderful.  Just don't want to exclude anyone from participating.   
 
All the best, 
 
Rimshot

I just know I would hate to be the cat in this thread........

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