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Originally Posted by Bob Olhsson
It's so common to confuse fundamental functional substance with fashion.
It's very true that most of us have mourned (or bitched about) the passing of some fashion we identified with and felt validated by. In fact I think most of the problems we have in the music business today have been caused by the failure of folks at all levels in our industry to recognize this distinction. Even bringing the subject up raises many people's hackles.
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Interesting observation Bob, but is it relevant here? I mean is fashion that relevant for tools? A hammer is a hammer, right? Albeit there are different types for different functions. . . you don't want a velvet handle with a tassel on the end because it looks cool in accordance with this weeks trend, and as a result it slips of out of your hand and falls on your foot.
Making a ProTools style change to make it "fashionable" was a move by people with their eye on the wrong ball.
Let's go toward 'functional' instead and among other things, put back contrast and a non-gray edit window please!