Dithering About

“It’s a Full Tilt Audio procurement exercise that we’re lumbered with for the next ten years.  Thanks a f****** lot!  It’s not a broadcast desk, it’s a PA desk.  And it’s not even a very good PA desk!!!”

“My general approach to MADI is… You can take your MADI and you can STICK IT UP YOUR A***!  It’s an absolute nightmare and that usually applies to the people operating it rather than the kit.  It’s a world of pain. You’ve got to assume that some clever b****** is going to f*** you over.”

“Happy so far?  Good.  Because there’s bad news on the way”

“These arrows here are cursor keys in the fantasy land that Dither & Co. inhabit.  Curses.”

“The broadcast add-on brings a stab in the dark by Dither & Co. to guess what broadcasters may need.  And without ANY BROADCAST EXPERIENCE WHATSOEVER they have created this extension that in some fantasy world may do some things.  We’ll see in a minute how s**** those options are.”

“You will rapidly realise all of the menus are s***.  It’s all written by different software engineers and none of them join up.”

– Lead engineer tows the official company line during the Dither and Co desk training