NYC Composer
Senior Member
This is all so Northern Sounds-or at least it will be if Mike G. shuts it down (which I’d guess he’s too smart to do, though I could see him asking for a bit of calm.)
I feel like John has an idea of who I am in his head that doesn't quite match the reality. He is mostly just angry whenever I speak xD Its all good though he did have some decent talking points in there. I am used to being mischaracterised, thats why I respond so much, to make sure people don't infer I am saying something I'm not. In reference to the bit you quoted about my being Johnny One note, I get the feeling he watched that one little 2 miniute clip someone made of my 5 hour first look and is basing everything on that one moment which was over the top for comedic effect. Context matters.
-DJ
And now you know how I’m feeling. I am a “Johnny one note”. Well, ok, two...If you listened...
It’s strings...But they are really, really quiet.
DJ - I have to say...
I am sure you're immensely talented and a lovely guy in person. However, considering the ridiculous amount of time you've spent on this issue, it does rather come across as:
1) You've got a bit of an 'agenda' maybe. The 'sticking the boot in / but I'm just being honest and they're all lovely and I just wanna be mates' approach isn't fooling everyone.
2) You're somewhat obsessed. You remind me of Chief Inspector Dreyfus in the Pink Panther films. He was a tad fixated too.
Maybe I'm wrong but that's how you come across. Imagine how many trailers you could have knocked out in this time.
It's all getting rather silly I think. Move on dude. It's not life or death.
It's some software.
Version 1.0
Ouch. But not for DJ, for me.Imagine how many trailers you could have knocked out in this time. It's all getting rather silly I think. Move on dude. It's not life or death. It's some software.
I'm not sure a missing spark plug would be deadly either...I mean, maybe for the engineLuckily faulty legato isn't as deadly as missing spark plugs......
You might read DJ coming across that way. I don't at all. His "agenda" is honesty as a paying customer.
Curse you for making me wonder whether I agree how you'd classify this sort of testing and how one would do it!Actually, smoke testing would be the most accurate term. Smoke tests can be performed quickly and cover overall basic functionality while regression testing is more detailed and time consuming for the QA team. I'd say a legato test would fall under basic functionality while batteries of regression tests, being more focused on specific aspects of a program, website, etc could easily miss basic functionality in other areas...
I think the library offers enormous creative potential
John
Remarkable as it may seem, I never look at or read sample library reviews or indeed waste days on end watching twitch streams or You Tuber's pontifications.
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Thanks for chiming in. I'm curious, if you don't read/view library reviews, how do you decide whether or not to buy a certain library?
[...] By the way, I think it’s pretty telling someone like HZ choose to partner with them. I highly, highly, doubt it’s a money decision, I would imagine is something more like a hobby/passion for him [...]
To quote from a nice article: https://bokardo.com/principles-of-user-interface-design/
"Clarity is job #1
Clarity is the first and most important job of any interface. To be effective using an interface you've designed, people must be able to recognize what it is, care about why they would use it, understand what the interface is helping them interact with, predict what will happen when they use it, and then successfully interact with it. While there is room for mystery and delayed gratification in interfaces, there is no room for confusion. Clarity inspires confidence and leads to further use. One hundred clear screens is preferable to a single cluttered one."
Also I think you misunderstand what an echo chamber is. Thats when lots of people who all have the same opinion talk about that subject then just agree with each other without a dissenting voice. What you are referencing is my tenacity to make sure what I am saying is not being misrepresented by responding to any post or comment that didn't get what I was saying or implying I said something other than I did. I am just debating the point, I have conseeded on some things (if you care to read) and am trying to find middle ground with everyone involved.
And to your other point no I am not spiteful towards companies that don't send me NFR's, there are many companies who don't want to deal with my honesty but I still talk about their libraries and we have good honest discourse. Something I am all for!
If you really want to have the conversation about brands again send me a PM or go read the pages where I explain all about brands, public perception of them and how they can be interpreted. For example because it was called Hans Zimmer Strings I thought that was going to somehow sound like Hans Zimmer...or at least the Hans Zimmer I know. But I admitted that was my misunderstanding nd going forward I know that Hans Zimmer on Spitfire product doesnt mean it will sound like Hans Zimmer. You see we moved forward on a subject though civil discourse.
Haha haven't you seen me debating here???, haven't you seen me countless times call people and companies out for things I disagree with??? how can that be considered 'retiring to my safe space' ....It sounds like you may have been spending too much time indulging yourself in 'Facebook Political Debates' its all name calling and anger with you isnt it XD
And mate...for this kind of product I am the average Joe....no one who doesnt work in the audio field is impulse buying Hans Zimmer Strings out of the blue. So I am their audience, a composer. There are no composers out there who know every single aspect of every single product they own for their work so to say I am any less professional because I happen to not get every aspect of every library ever delivered to me is a bit of a stretch.
I do know my libraries pretty well, I work without a template and I know what does what. I have done in depth overviews of quite a few libraries by this point so you can see the level to which I dig into them. I also make them so I have a fair idea how they work too. I have spent time looking into and discussing things like UI design, human psychology and the ways people interact with things both visually and sonically...its something of a hobby for me. So knowing how deep I dive into libraries and the things I have learned about the way customers interact with UI's from both a developer and customer side.... I genuinely do believe that if I missed something in one of the many overviews I have done it is more the fault of the UI for not making it clear what I should do to make something work than it is me just being amateur.
Your whole post seems like its coming from pure anger rather than actually wanting to have a rational chat about any of this. There is a thread which is over 20 pages and I have a video of over 5 hours. If you don't get my position by now thats on you mate. If you don't like what I say or the way I do them, don't keep watching me. You really don't have to if it causes you so much angst. Like I say, I am free to do these things how I want to, and I present them as fair open and honest as I can. If you disagree with a point thats fine, but I don't have to agree with your disagreement.
I feel I am doing my bit to help the community! I jump in and help out where its relevant, I do composition livestreams an hours and hours of sample library reviews/vlogs/interviews on Youtube. What are you contributing? because if you are implying I don't care about helping the community you are very wrong mate. Life would be much more relaxing if I didn't care about composing and composers so much xD (I'd definitely sleep more)
Also don't get all aggressive and then scream mob mentality. There are plenty of people on both sides of these healthy debates. Don't start crying victim just to stop people talking.
-DJ