Kalle Rantaaho
, I read the whole manual before installing the software.
Well, PA 6 had a 900 page paper manual,
 
I also find it hard  to start helping in threads where it's obvious the OP hasn't done any of the homework. 

I did the same for PA6. I had never done anything like computer based music. I am a guitar player and the most programming I'd done was with my ART SG (the first one).

And my first reaction to posters that show an obvious lack of knowledge about a very complex program is...

RTFM!!

But through therapy I have gotten better.

I used to be just like the US Congress.... dive right in before you read the thing......
 
Instruction manuals were for wimps and road maps and asking directions were for sissies..... real men didn't do that.
 
So, I must admit, for me, that times have changed.  After assembling a number of items and getting almost finished without looking at the instructions, and feeling that manly rush of pride in doing a job well......then realizing that the next part won't fit because another part that did fit earlier, was installed incorrectly and I had to disassemble the entire whatever it was I was putting together so get it right, while my wife just rolled her eyes and left the room mumbling to herself something about men and instructions..... well, yeah, after about the 100th episode like this, I kinda started reading the manuals first. I discovered that actually reading the manual is good for taking up the better part of 30 minutes to an hour if done correctly, usually with a beer and some sort of snack, thereby postponing the inevitable chore of assembling that dang thing for as long as possible.
 
As far as road maps...... hey, all I can say is I still don't use them.... but I will use my GPS to go to the store around the corner where I have been one thousand times before.  I certainly don't want to get lost.

Hmm I had it  But not now. when you don't have much instruments, tools, you learn almost every detail about just what you have. If make an analogy with software, people that don't buy software (just steal it), seems, don't have enough motivation to learn much about what they downloaded...
In manual you can find interesting&useful things.

It depends on the item.  I always never read software manuals.  I HAD to read my Zoom R24 manual just to learn how to get a sound out of it.  I watched every Melodyne video I could find (some are good/bad).  
 
I DID have to read the extremely lame manual that came with my new all digital car stereo unit.  I still haven't figured out how to set radio presets!  
 
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Guitarhacker
After assembling a number of items and getting almost finished without looking at the instructions, and feeling that manly rush of pride in doing a job well......then realizing that the next part won't fit because another part that did fit earlier, was installed incorrectly and I had to disassemble the entire whatever it was I was putting together so get it right, while my wife just rolled her eyes and left the room mumbling to herself something about men and instructions..... 

LOL that's me assembling Ikea furniture to a tee. My current desk was a beeatch to assemble, but as usual I just steamrolled ahead thinking I had it all down, and right after screwing parts E, F, G and H into the base I realized that parts A, B, C and D had to go in first. It's a soul destroying realization. 

I first will try to figure out what I can without directions, then I look at the table of contents and read what I can't understand. Saves some time and still puts me on the right track. 
 
I think many would agree here- We only tend to use a part of whatever it is. Not many use every single feature on something. I highly doubt that you got very excited with the oboe sound in that Casio.

For software, I usually read the install instructions, but then plough straight in until I find I can't do something. Then I hunt for the manual.
I do, however, like to read the manual at a later stage, when I have some down time. Even though I may not use some of the functions, it's good to know that those abilities are available if required, and it may even jog my memory at a later stage when I'm trying to something I've not attempted before.
One of the reasons I don't ask many questions in this forum is that I hate being told to RTFM. I do get a warm fuzzy feeling inside when I can answer an OP's question because I have RTFM.