Despite what you might think, we don't eat our own young here.
That said, many posts on the forums, particularly the Lounge, would be answered by a good reading of the user manuals and support documents available from manufacturers. Some, like Yamaha's, are about as dry as they can be and seem to be organized in ways only Pocket Protector Engineers can relate too... but the info is still in there.
Some general advice about the 01v and similar Yammy mixers: don't assume that *anything* is automatically routed simply because it was *selected*. If you've gotten some time behind a "large frame" analog desk, you know that you can patch channel inserts but not have them in the loop until you press the "insert" button on the channel strip. Most of the Yamaha digital mixers emulate this concept (the M7 automatically does the inserts...) but on a screen, rather than a physical button. Likewise the way the signals are routed from AUX or BUS and "patched" to the EFX, and then the output patched to a particular knob or fader. It's all analogous to analog, just don't tell anybody! Douglas wrote a very thorough walk through. He'll get a gold star on his report card for today.
More general advice at PSW forums... we're a community, not a wiki. The Classic LAB (Live Audio Board) was originally founded to be a place for industry professionals to exchange ideas, concepts and information along with a bit of social networking and general fun. It was meant to be a 'peer hangout'. Eventually the quality of content attracted less experienced participants, a bunch of non-audio discussions and generally diluted the s/n of the Classic LAB. The Lounge, Lighting, Pro AV and Marketplace forums were set up, and the Basement came along a bit after them. Some of the participants you'll meet here are in the same situations you're in, others are the folks that design, build and market the gear you see on tour or find in studios. We get the eyeballs of some of the biggest names in live audio, and many who's employers permit it, participate when appropriate. Some of the folks here are out on tour (or have been) with Bands You've Heard Of. We have rocket scientists, acousticians, musicians, IT professionals, RF engineers, electrical engineers and a few cranky old guys that have been doing audio since tubes warmed the house.
Oh, and the thing about real first/last names is required by the site owner for the Live forums. It keeps things a bit more level when one's real name is attached to a post.
Have fun, good luck.
Tim Mc