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kleinbl00  ·  1941 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: September 25, 2019

    Most people only use 5% of the capabilities of any piece of software. I am surprised every day at the utterly simple and basic functions in generic software - MS Outlook, Word, Excel, Chrome, Slack, email - that people have NO CLUE about.

Most software melts into a puddle if you use 10% of the capabilities. Theoretically, Logic Pro can be used to mix surround audio for film. Practically, you have to do it in 7 minute chunks, it's got quarter-frame accuracy, and it handles its automation on 16 channels of MIDI and 128 levels of control so really, you can automate about five parameters a time across your entire timeline before the thing dumps.

I've broken Excel before. I've broken Word. I've broken Pro Tools. Many features are little-known because they were added as afterthoughts, are poorly documented and break the shit out of things when you use them.

But yeah, the Excel flight simulator was hilarious.