I love mackie
Phildo RFL
up a bit.
While I'm not too keen on Mackie sound products they did give me the
best two bits of swag I picked up at PLASA.
First off is a card to go on the studio door, much like those "Do not
disturb/Please clean my room" ones you get at hotels except these say
"Stop - deaf engineer inside can't hear you knocking anyway" and "Go -
Housekeeping please clean studio. If you find producer under debris,
remind him of session".
The other swag is a nerd pack. This is in the typical pocket protector
pouch with the words "Extra deluxe trade show giveaway because we don't
employ booth babes" and contains a low noise high headroom comb, a pen
that reads "Mackie - the audio products of the future, promised
yesterday, delivered sometime after tomorrow", a nail file (part of
Mackie's terminally cuticle nerd pack), a "cheap but occasionally useful
mackie screwdriver - Meets all ANSI, SMPTE, AES/EBU, CS/A, CE, MPA, RIAA
and NATO specifications for cheap tradeshow give-aways" and lastly a
pencil that reads "This nifty Mackie Designs pencil is free but special
Neodymium/Krypton/Bat Smegma replacement refills cost $39.50
each.....and are always on back order."
OK, their mixers suck (for live use anyway) but they do have the best
trade show swag.
Phildo
Joe Kotroczo
wrote:
[...]
>OK, their mixers suck (for live use anyway) but they do have the best
>trade show swag.
Shit, I wish I had come over for PLASA after all... I shall try not to
miss Musikmesse this year!
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Joe Kotroczo kotr...@village.uunet.lu
Dave Andrews
<< OK, their mixers suck (for live use anyway) but they do have the best
trade show swag. >>
Apparently a decent sense of humor and the confidence to poke fun at
themselves, too. This puts them up a rung on my ladder, although I'm not
signing a dealer agreement anytime soon. One of the things I always liked best
about Rane was the humorous prose in the manuals. It's the little things like
the owners manual that has on page one next to a diagram of the front panel:
"Power Switch - two guesses".
With all due respect,
Dave Andrews
D. W. Andrews Associates
Church Music System Specialists
"Two Hacks Working Out Of A Garage"
Disclaimer: If there are two ways to take my words,
always assume I was after the cheap laugh.
Timo Wildschut
Dave Andrews wrote:
>
> Phildo wrote:
>
> << OK, their mixers suck (for live use anyway) but they do have the best
> trade show swag. >>
>
> Apparently a decent sense of humor and the confidence to poke fun at
> themselves, too. This puts them up a rung on my ladder, although I'm not
> signing a dealer agreement anytime soon. One of the things I always liked best
> about Rane was the humorous prose in the manuals. It's the little things like
> the owners manual that has on page one next to a diagram of the front panel:
> "Power Switch - two guesses".
>
Rane had some more humour in their (x-over) manuals: "Many believe that
only fully balanced ins and outs along with a garlic necklace and voodoo
beads is the way to go. Not necessarily."
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Nick Sheldon
Phildo RFL wrote in message <9nr87a$9c6r1$1...@ID-77649.news.dfncis.de>...
>Yep, this is me making this post. I thought this place needed lightening
>up a bit.
>
>While I'm not too keen on Mackie sound products they did give me the
>best two bits of swag I picked up at PLASA.
>
>First off is a card to go on the studio door, much like those "Do not
>disturb/Please clean my room" ones you get at hotels except these say
>"Stop - deaf engineer inside can't hear you knocking anyway" and "Go -
>Housekeeping please clean studio. If you find producer under debris,
>remind him of session".
>
>The other swag is a nerd pack. This is in the typical pocket protector
>pouch with the words "Extra deluxe trade show giveaway because we don't
>employ booth babes" and contains a low noise high headroom comb, a pen
>that reads "Mackie - the audio products of the future, promised
>yesterday, delivered sometime after tomorrow", >
>Phildo
The website gives you the same flavour of their humour and sense of fun - I
reckon their employees really enjoy working there.
This could be a trend - as well as "dressing down for the office", technical
authors could write prose like "Power switch - two guesses" for *all* eqpt,
not just pro-audio. I remember a manual which began "Feel the heft of this
little gem!"
Any other offers of companies with this approach?
Nick Sheldon
David Shorter
> The website gives you the same flavour of their humour and sense of fun - I
> reckon their employees really enjoy working there.
They most certainly have a sense of humour, although fairly skewed.
After all, they try to pass of their POS mixers as PRO gear.
--
Regards,
David Shorter
Oceania Audio
Auckland, New Zealand
Any errors in tact, fact or spelling
are entirely due to transmission error.
Karsten Krambs
>
>Nick Sheldon
Try to read the manual of the Line6 - BAS POD PRO ... lol!!
Hubert Barth
>Shit, I wish I had come over for PLASA after all... I shall try not to
>miss Musikmesse this year!
Next year?
I might go to Frankfurt next time.
regards
--
Hubert Barth
Cologne/Germany
http://www.bigbands.de
Joe Kotroczo
<hubert...@netcologne.de> wrote:
>Joe Kotroczo <kotr...@village.uunet.lu> wrote:
>
>>Shit, I wish I had come over for PLASA after all... I shall try not to
>>miss Musikmesse this year!
>
>Next year?
>
>I might go to Frankfurt next time.
Yeah, whatever, the next one. March, I think...
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Joe Kotroczo kotr...@village.uunet.lu
GEM
"Phildo RFL" <Ph...@phildo.net> wrote in message
news:9nr87a$9c6r1$1...@ID-77649.news.dfncis.de...
> First off is a card to go on the studio door, much like those "Do not
> disturb/Please clean my room" ones you get at hotels except these say
> "Stop - deaf engineer inside can't hear you knocking anyway" and "Go -
> Housekeeping please clean studio. If you find producer under debris,
> remind him of session".
Got that one. Also have one that says" Housekeeping: Please clean this
studio. While you're at it... label and file tapes, clean the recorder
heads, zero the console, backup the computer, put the mics away, coil the
cables and don't forget to bathe the drummer."
Wes
GEM
"Timo Wildschut" <figno-...@home.nl> wrote in message
news:3BA151B4...@home.nl...
>
>
> Dave Andrews wrote:
> >
> > Phildo wrote:
> >
> > << OK, their mixers suck (for live use anyway) but they do have the best
> > trade show swag. >>
> >
> > Apparently a decent sense of humor and the confidence to poke fun at
> > themselves, too. This puts them up a rung on my ladder, although I'm
not
> > signing a dealer agreement anytime soon. One of the things I always
liked best
> > about Rane was the humorous prose in the manuals. It's the little
things like
> > the owners manual that has on page one next to a diagram of the front
panel:
> > "Power Switch - two guesses".
> >
>
> Rane had some more humour in their (x-over) manuals: "Many believe that
> only fully balanced ins and outs along with a garlic necklace and voodoo
> beads is the way to go. Not necessarily."
>
Please note that I have changed the title of this thread. It was REALLY
starting to disturb me.
Wes.