moriarty@tc.fluke.COM (Jeff Meyer) (03/16/89)
Decided to finally sell my old Impulse audio digitizer and get a Farralon
MacRecorder instead. Ordered version 1.1 from MacConnection, and they sent
me 1.0 by mistake (first time they've ever screwed up in five years with my
account). They apologized and I mailed 1.0 back, and 1.1 should arrive
tomorrow; but in the meantime, my impatience and curiosity caught up with
me, and I called up Farallon, asking about the differences between 1.0 and
1.1 of MacRecorder.
Outside of a moving cursor while the sound's playing (like SoundWave --
sounds like the one or two options SoundWave has that MacRecorder doesn't
have are being added (hopefully resampling, too)) and a new file format, it
sounded like most of the changes were internal. What I found interesting
was that Farallon is planning a 2.0 release tenatively for May; according to
the person I talked to, this is a fairly significant upgrade (though they
were not specific -- something about a "sound toolbox" and other features).
All this is tenative, but upgrades would be for $40, unless you bought
MacRecorder after January (gloat, gloat).
Well, I hope MacConnection gets the MacRecorder here soon; I taped ALIENS
last night, and there are a few choice quotes I'd like to digitize...
("What're we supoosed to use, harsh language?")
PS What do you think about MacConnection's new policy of having "selected
vendors" whose products you can return after 30 or 60 days for your
money back, for any reason? Personally, I like it -- but it a) sounds
like a large workload for MacConnection, and I'd be reluctant to see
their excellent service suffer for it; b) they almost always ship the
latest software -- I hope this policy doesn't give them inventory
problems; c) I'm surprised so many vendors went in on this -- I thought
they'd be worried about software piracy (copy it, copy the manuals,
return the software) -- few of the game manufacturers did, which seems
wise.
"In literature as in love, we are astonished at
what is chosen by others."
-- Andre Maurois
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Almost forgot to add -- the person at Farallon Tech Support I talked to
mentioned that MacRecorder 2.0 will sell for a higher price than MacRecorder
currently sells for. So this might be a good time to buy one...
[I have no connection with Farallon, outside of waiting impatiently for my
MacRecorder to arrive.]
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In article <7316@fluke.COM> moriarty@tc.fluke.COM (Jeff Meyer) writes:
<PS What do you think about MacConnection's new policy of having "selected
< vendors" whose products you can return after 30 or 60 days for your
< money back, for any reason? Personally, I like it -- but it a) sounds
< like a large workload for MacConnection, and I'd be reluctant to see
< their excellent service suffer for it; b) they almost always ship the
< latest software -- I hope this policy doesn't give them inventory
< problems; c) I'm surprised so many vendors went in on this -- I thought
< they'd be worried about software piracy (copy it, copy the manuals,
< return the software) -- few of the game manufacturers did, which seems
< wise.
I'm surprised too. The first thing it reminded me of is the questionable
"try it out (rent)" places. So it cast a shadow of sleaze across a firm
that has quite the opposite reputation.
I've always bought from MacWarehouse because it's just easier when your
name, address, credit card # are all on file already. But with this new
policy, I'd buy from Mac Connection if I were a little skeptical of a
program, so maybe they'll pick up some cross-over customers.
I'd guess it's an experiment for the participating developers as well as
MacConnection. I'd like to see it fly and become the standard, but I
suppose it's awfully tempting to copy when you're on a limited budget.
It's not that we have unlimited budgets, but we have choices and with
age comes a broader view of what's really valuable. I want better software
so I help support it. Others may have different values.
Here's hoping Mac users show respect and maturity and support this venture
by not abusing the return privilege. It will make things better for all of
us in the end. It might also put more software dealers out of business
though.
Shirley Kehr