[Anonymous]

So with my current project, everything been moving along nicely. Was able to make the con file and such just fine and neat every time I wanted to test a track out… Finally got drums done on a song and added req’d files, like normally and always do, to Magma and build the final project… EXCEPT for some odd reasons UNKNOWN BUCKING REASONS, the audio is getting screwed up… I just have no idea what it is… Something messed it up and there’s NO REASON FOR IT cause I don’t edit any audio piece of the file and ye’h. It worked fine before but yet now it isn’t working? Seriously?

 

Can someone please explain this crap to me? It’s really getting on my nerves EXTREMELY.

[TrojanNemo]

It’s really getting on my nerves EXTREMELY.

 

Welcome to our world.

 

Perhaps you should do a search on the forums for audio issues, read what others have said, and experimented a little on your own before jumping to yet another thread asking for people to help you when you clearly haven’t done your part?

[Anonymous]

I have no idea how to explain… How am I gonna be able to search what I do not know how to explain?

 

And I’ve already experimented different things and always keep screwing up the Backing track for NO REASON AT ALL.

[TrojanNemo]

Stop using all caps. You’re not making a point that way, just getting on our nerves.

There is a reason. You’re going to have to find it on your own or hope someone else has the patience to explain it.

But just because you don’t know what you’re doing, it doesn’t mean there isn’t a reason.

[Farottone]

I have no idea how to explain… How am I gonna be able to search what I do not know how to explain?

 

And I’ve already experimented different things and always keep screwing up the Backing track for NO REASON AT ALL.

 

It’s a known Magma bug. If you only have 1/2 instruments, the right channel of the backing track will distort.

[espher]

So with my current project, everything been moving along nicely. Was able to make the con file and such just fine and neat every time I wanted to test a track out… Finally got drums done on a song and added req’d files, like normally and always do, to Magma and build the final project… EXCEPT for some odd reasons UNKNOWN BUCKING REASONS, the audio is getting screwed up… I just have no idea what it is… Something messed it up and there’s NO REASON FOR IT cause I don’t edit any audio piece of the file and ye’h. It worked fine before but yet now it isn’t working? Seriously?

 

Can someone please explain this crap to me? It’s really getting on my nerves EXTREMELY.

 

Alright, so, I’m commenting here because this sort of thread is an example of one of my absolute biggest support pet peeves, and something I run into all the time (and have for the better part of a decade and a half): someone asking for help with a problem, and giving no information about the problem or the solution they need.

 

Let’s run through the list of things that are wrong with this post and follow-ups in the thread:

• Indicates that there is a problem, but provides absolutely no explanation/detail as to the nature of the problem. This is the equivalent of going in to see your mechanic and saying “my car doesn’t work” or “my car doesn’t work right“. This guarantees that the next question is “what is it doing” or “what is it doing wrong“, when the answer to this question should have already been provided in the original post. Telling your mechanic “my car is making a strange noise” or “when I turn my wheel to the left, it seems to fetch up” at least gives us a starting point. We’re the seasoned veterans, so if you give us something to start with, we’ll either be familiar with the problem or know what to ask/look up next.
• Does not indicate steps taken/troubleshooting done. As the folks on Stack Overflow often say, “we’re not here to write your code”. Show us what you’ve done so far for either troubleshooting or to research this problem. If, as you say, “you have no idea how to explain” and don’t know what to search for, we sure as shit aren’t going to be able to figure out what the problem is. We’re not psychic. The best we can do is speculate based on the vague hints you’re giving us (as farottone did). Surely you have a way, in one of the languages you speak, to articulate the behaviour you’re encountering well enough to plug it into Google or at least paste it here — and remember, we have machine translation tools and a fair assortment of bi- or multilingual speakers present, so in a pinch, say it in your native tongue.
• Doesn’t “show their work”. If you have a problem, and you can’t articulate it, but you CAN easily reproduce it, what you CAN do is upload the files somewhere and give us a link along with the steps you take so that WE can reproduce it and try to offer assistance. If you’ve got a slow-ass rural internet connection and CAN’T get us the files, then you certainly need to figure out how the hell to explain it to us in a way we can understand without “seeing” your screen or environment.

 

In short, you’re telling us you have a problem, but you’re not telling us what the problem is (if you know it), you’re not telling us the symptoms you’re experiencing (if you don’t know what the problem/cause is), you’re not giving us any ways to reproduce it (or the files needed to reproduce it), and you’re not telling us what sort of work you did to work on fixing or identifying the problem on your own end. We are certainly willing to be helpful, but a) we’re not psychic and we’re all extremely busy with our own projects, so we can’t sit here firing blindly and playing a game of twenty-questions-with-obtuse-answers to try and figure out information you should be laying out in great detail in your original post.

 

This goes for everyone here, for what it’s worth: if you have a problem with a piece of software or a chart or a CON in game, you should a) provide the files or links to the files if pulled from elsewhere, provide a summary of the problem including reproduction steps if necessary/applicable, c) detail the behaviour you are expecting, and d) indicate what you’ve done to attempt to resolve the problem already (this last part is important in case the thing you did needs to be undone, e.g. changing a REAPER setting that breaks your project in another way).

[Anonymous]

@ espher: My problem was with the backing music file, which I think was enough of a explanation as Farottone had picked up on what I was talking about. (The distort bug within Magma). Which honest, I’ve never experience myself…

 

Anyways, when he told me I only had 1/2 the instruments, I was a bit confuse since I had Drums, Guitar, Bass, and Vocals with all 3 parts listed and config’d… But then I started thinking and even remember back in old thread of mine that both stereo and mono files can be used for almost everything listed. Almost. Which gave me the idea that Farottone wasn’t mentioning listed instruments but instruments that are mono and not stereo, which is correct. I only use stereo files with Drums. So I decided to go ahead and use stereo files with Bass, Guitar, and the main Vocal piece (Not the three dry vocals) and got it all working. (Thx for Farottone for the quick and simple explanation).

 

In other words, I may not had went into complete detail about the problem but said enough that at least someone was able to catch what was going on and easily explained it to me. So technically, I said enough of the problem.

[espher]

In other words, I may not had went into complete detail about the problem but said enough that at least someone was able to catch what was going on and easily explained it to me. So technically, I said enough of the problem.

 

“My computer doesn’t work.”

“Is your keyboard plugged in?”

“Yes! That’s exactly it! I’m so glad you got enough information to figure out the problem!”

[Author]

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