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Yes I know you all told me it is difficult and after spending most of the weekend trying to figure out what is going on I can only say wow!. The developer has absolutely no idea about user friendliness in software. But anyway here are my reasons for buying it:-
1. I hate using bits and pieces of mostly outdated software.
2. The developer is still actively developing the software.
3. After seeing and trying some of the functionality in bbe22's BoxPro and Lspcad software (something that is just too expensive for my needs) I thought there must be something better out there than Speaker Workshop.
4. Bohdan, the developer, is contactable via email. This in itself is really good. I am pretty sure he will not provide support directly but this will most probably still be tested by me.
5. He is also reasonably active on some forums.
6. As a developer myself I really do not like using any illegal or unsupported software hence another reason to support some actively developed software.
7. Although many people complains about the user-friendliness of the software, no-one who is actually using it has had anything bad to say about the software. As a matter of fact most people are very complimentary about the functionality and power of the software.
I have bought John Kreskovsky's guide by the way.
Experience so far:
1. John's guide is essential for noobs like me but in addition to that you need access to the internet as well as Speaker Design 101 and Speaker Cookbook open next to you at all times. At least this is how it feels to me at present.
2. The "forum" - on Yahoo groups really sucks! Absolutely no structure in there. The only merit I can see in the structure is that Bohdan will most probably answer the question directly as he must be the only person who understands what is going on in there.
3. It seems that all data is protected well with lots of warnings about saving stuff even when you have just saved everything or think that you have saved everything.
4. There really is just absolutely no structure in how to use the program. Even something trivial like importing data from other systems is confusing.
5. Error messages are absolutely meaningless.
6. It appears that there are many paths to the same destination adding to the confusion.
It took me a while to get used to Speaker Workshop but I do not want to invest any further time in it as it is a dead-end street in my opinion. If you look at the SE webpage, the forum/group on Yahoo and the software itself, there is a clear similarity found in all three areas. It is like walking into a library with no visible catalogue system. There are most certainly methods and logic in locating books but you need to figure this out before you can have access to vast amounts of information hidden in all the books on the shelves. I am happy to invest time in SE as there are more than 1500 users of the software. Some of them must have figured it all out. I believe/hope I can get there.
I would however like to short circuit the very slow learning curve of the software and hence is happy to offer a bottle of single malt to anyone that is prepared to spend a day (split over two or more if necessary) with me and teach me how to use it to optimise the design and building of speakers for my room.
Regards
Johan
1. I hate using bits and pieces of mostly outdated software.
2. The developer is still actively developing the software.
3. After seeing and trying some of the functionality in bbe22's BoxPro and Lspcad software (something that is just too expensive for my needs) I thought there must be something better out there than Speaker Workshop.
4. Bohdan, the developer, is contactable via email. This in itself is really good. I am pretty sure he will not provide support directly but this will most probably still be tested by me.
5. He is also reasonably active on some forums.
6. As a developer myself I really do not like using any illegal or unsupported software hence another reason to support some actively developed software.
7. Although many people complains about the user-friendliness of the software, no-one who is actually using it has had anything bad to say about the software. As a matter of fact most people are very complimentary about the functionality and power of the software.
I have bought John Kreskovsky's guide by the way.
Experience so far:
1. John's guide is essential for noobs like me but in addition to that you need access to the internet as well as Speaker Design 101 and Speaker Cookbook open next to you at all times. At least this is how it feels to me at present.
2. The "forum" - on Yahoo groups really sucks! Absolutely no structure in there. The only merit I can see in the structure is that Bohdan will most probably answer the question directly as he must be the only person who understands what is going on in there.
3. It seems that all data is protected well with lots of warnings about saving stuff even when you have just saved everything or think that you have saved everything.
4. There really is just absolutely no structure in how to use the program. Even something trivial like importing data from other systems is confusing.
5. Error messages are absolutely meaningless.
6. It appears that there are many paths to the same destination adding to the confusion.
It took me a while to get used to Speaker Workshop but I do not want to invest any further time in it as it is a dead-end street in my opinion. If you look at the SE webpage, the forum/group on Yahoo and the software itself, there is a clear similarity found in all three areas. It is like walking into a library with no visible catalogue system. There are most certainly methods and logic in locating books but you need to figure this out before you can have access to vast amounts of information hidden in all the books on the shelves. I am happy to invest time in SE as there are more than 1500 users of the software. Some of them must have figured it all out. I believe/hope I can get there.
I would however like to short circuit the very slow learning curve of the software and hence is happy to offer a bottle of single malt to anyone that is prepared to spend a day (split over two or more if necessary) with me and teach me how to use it to optimise the design and building of speakers for my room.
Regards
Johan
