Craig Anderton workshop
For any of you maroons that want some top-notch guidance on the GNX and it's usage:
Craig Anderton is doing a workshop at Sweetwater's big yearly \"Gearfest\" thing, June 25-26th in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Check it out:
http://www.sweetwater.com/feature/gearfest2010/
http://www.sweetwater.com/feature/gearfest2010/workshops.php
Craig Anderton is doing a workshop at Sweetwater's big yearly \"Gearfest\" thing, June 25-26th in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Check it out:
http://www.sweetwater.com/feature/gearfest2010/
http://www.sweetwater.com/feature/gearfest2010/workshops.php
Comments
The workshop is about looping and such, so he'll probably be using whatever is the latest available unit. Or get his thumbs broken... :shock:
Joe Satriani was at the Ft. Wayne store, and I was only a hop & a skip away.
Coulda-shoulda-woulda. :?
Just look at any of the other stuff he's done. He's for sale to the highest bidder.
My opinion, of course.
What surprised me was that he was still talking about the GNX4 as a solution to home recording in EQ Magazine long after Digitech had discontinued the product and nobody was selling it anymore. I doubt if Anderton is still receiving any money from Digitech for advertising the GNX4, but maybe his book \"The GNX4 Power User's Guide\" is still selling and that is why he still gives a shout out to the GNX4.
But you could be right. Salesmen are not going to say something bad about a product they get paid to sell. That's why I go to user reviews and forums for the good, bad, and ugly on a product.
Well, here's my experience. I have a Power User's Guide (two copies, in fact). I've read it, beginning to end. In my opinion, it shouldn't be called \"Power User's\" anything, because it goes over mostly stuff that power users already know. Also, I found the CD material worthless (thank you Craig for providing me a 5-second snippet of your own song, at all the possible sampling rates, to which I had to download a license). Again, my opinion - people will disagree, because we're all coming from different viewpoints and have different needs.
So I wrote just that as a book review on Amazon.com - to let people who are more along the lines of where I'm coming from, know that they won't find what they're looking for in this book.
CA then wrote a review of his own book, in response to mine. And he cited a bunch of people (largely from this forum) praising the book. He didn't even address any of the comments I had; in fact, his comment validate my point. Here: http://tinyurl.com/2ck4bpu
He's a pompous @ss concerned with his image and nothing else. I don't see him giving praise to anything without a contractual agreement. And I wouldn't put it past him to be reading this thread and preparing a response as to how great he is.
Wtg Iliace :!: Just made me spit up my coffee down my chin ... As I was in mid gulp and busted out laughing!
FWIW ... Me being a complete dolt didn't find the power guide very usefull either... Thought I was missing something, the way folks praise it. Maybe it's cuz \"I am a Dolt\" :roll:
No doubt you were well more advanced than most of us joining the forum at the time. I gave Anderton's book 5 stars on Amazon.com based on my experience level coming into the GNX4. I think you will also find that my Amazon review states that if you are already a power user, this book might be as much help to you as it was for me, a beginner. But I was pretty lost with just the GNX4 owner's manual and Anderton's book got me up and running. From there, the GNX4 manual made more sense.
I respect your opinion. I don't have any desire to debate a book I bought 5 years ago for a product that was discontinued over a year ago. It's just not worth the time anymore. I guess we can all offer our opinions based on our background and any potential \"newbie\" can decide for themselves. Best wishes.
For a beginner, the Guide is great.