New manuals available for review

[Jeff]

Hi everyone, sorry for not being very active on the list/forum lately.
I have been working for most of this year on a project to help make
Mobius easier to use for new users that don't have an EDP background.
The biggest part of this was a complete rewrite of the ancient user's
manual with the ultimate goal of making it completely independent of
the EDP manual, and hopefully much easier to read.

While I was writing this I made *many* small changes to functions and
parameters to fix some inconsistencies and remove some confusing
EDP'isms that I don't really like or that we don't need. For example
"Interface Mode" is gone and replaced with a more flexible and obvious
checkbox parameter "Enable Secondary Feedback". Also "Insert Mode" is
gone because if you need this kind of button redefinition you can do
it with scripts.

The release with all of these changes will be 1.43 and is in the final
stages of testing. The new manuals are not yet complete but I wanted
to make them available early because they contain a lot of useful
information for new users and most of it is applicable to the current
1.42 release.

I encourage both new and old users to at least skim them, just be
aware that the screenshots may not always match what you see in 1.42
and some of the function and parameter names will be different. If
you find any errors or have suggestions for improvement, please let me
know.

I broke this up into several manuals to make them easier to digest.
Let me know what you think!

Jeff


Installation

www.circularlabs.com/newdoc/installation.htm

Detailed installation instructions for Mac and PC, configuring
audio and MIDI devices.

Getting Started With Mobius

www.circularlabs.com/newdoc/starting.htm

An new user's guide that describes the user interface, and the
most commonly used functions and parameters.


Exploring Mobius

www.circularlabs.com/newdoc/exploring.htm

An advanced user's guide that describes user interface customization,
complex bindings, projects, setups, and other features.


Mobius Synchronization

www.circularlabs.com/newdoc/synchronization.htm

A thorough discussion of all things related to synchronization.


Mobius Techniques

www.circularlabs.com/newdoc/techniques.htm

NOTE: This is still being written.
Tutorials and other details on using Mobius functions.


Mobius Reference

www.circularlabs.com/newdoc/reference.htm

NOTE: This is still being written.
An alphabetical list of all functions, parameters, and variables with
a brief description and links back to the other manuals.

[simeon]

superb jeff, thank you! as a relatively new user, i appreciate all the hard work you've done to create these new manuals...i'm sure i will find them very helpful.

just a quick note - when i click on the "techniques" link, i get "404 not found" - i think it's just a typo, this works - http://www.circularlabs.com/newdoc/techniques.htm

sim

[isaacthompson]

This is amazing Jeff, thanks so much
Hope you're well!
Thanks, ike

[Kaspar]

Thanks, appreciate the huge amount of work!

Will read ASAP.

[glynndub]

Wow! An enormous sum of effort has gone into this manual update!

This is the best early Christmas gift I’ve ever had.

Thank you Jeff

[Per Boysen]

I've seen the future... it is in the loop!

[mcfripp]

Thanks Jeff and Happy Holidays! Can't wait for the new version.

[paradiddle]

I just noticed there was a new manual. That's awesome! I can imagine the amount of work you put into this. Probably the most boring part for a developer also.

Thank you!

[st jambience]

Jeff, thanks for all the new documentation...that must be quite a job...

[Jeremy Tranter]

Thanks for all this. Look forward to reading and learning.

Regards

Jeremy