Here’s To Printed Stuff

I thought I had explored the manual thoroughly before. Seeing it in print has me convinced otherwise.

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My home studio is built around NewTek’s TriCaster Mini. I can’t overstate how important it is. It is my control room.

As with most computer applications, knowing how to operate it was pretty easy. I’m a tech envelope stretcher. It’s when you get down into the weeds that it gets a little more complex.

The TriCaster comes with the manual as a PDF file. I’ve tried to read as much as I could.

Still, I didn’t feel I was getting all that was there. I decided to see if a printed manual would make a difference.

As far as I can tell NewTek doesn’t print manuals, so I went online and found a printer who would… all 529 pages. Printed in black and white the shipping more expensive than the finished manual.

I thought I had explored the manual thoroughly before. Seeing it in print has me convinced otherwise.

I understand why tech companies do this. Why spend money on a manual which will never be opened?

Trust me. This was money well spent. Think of it as upgrading Geoff.

3 thoughts on “Here’s To Printed Stuff”

  1. I always get the latest book on the software I’m using. Maybe I’m just old fashioned, but it’s sometimes easier to thumb through the book than scroll through an online PDF.

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