can you tell me how you loop with it? perhaps a tutorial? or any tips on how to get started? I used acid pro in windows for this and I want to use garage band some of my remixes of other tunes kick major ars <smily> I to have heard garage band is more powerfull for loop and midi work any tips or help to get started would be appreciated Hank On Aug 4, 2009, at 6:32 PM, Scott Chesworth wrote:
> > Hi Hank, > > This, my good man, is precisely the problem. To the best of my > knowledge there isn't anything else accessible enough to survive > musically speaking. There are folks getting by with Logic and I'm > hoping to get my hands on a copy soon to find out what that's like, > but even the most optomistic of those folks have described it as > getting by once I start asking questions about how much of their > workflow relies on a control surface and how much is truely access. > > Unless anyone else can suggest an alternative for ya, my advice would > be to nuckle down and really get to grips with Garage Band. For > loop-based and midi stuff, it can be a lot more powerful than you'd be > lead to believe by the way it's marketted. Haven't done it myself > because there's no way I could survive tracking full bands in GB, but > I've heard some killer remixes and awesome originals that have been > made exclusively with it. > > Good luck > Scott > > On 8/4/09, hank smith <hanksmi...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Hello I am changing the subject so the orriginal thread doesn't get >> off topic >> but the mention of garage band braught to mind another question I >> have >> been wanting to ask for quite a while >> what can i use to replace garage band? >> I am in to music looping, remixing tunes with loops and also making >> my >> own stuff with loops >> Îany suggestions >> On Aug 4, 2009, at 6:36 AM, Scott Chesworth wrote: >> >>> >>> And for the most part Scott I'm With ya. The two things I can't >>> defend Apple over though, are when products like Garage band 09 come >>> out and take a backward step in accessibility, or when products that >>> have been launched way after VO such as mobile me aren't totally >>> accessible. If anyone can appease me I'd love to be appeased, or >>> perhaps if you've got a ton of more technical knowledge and can >>> break >>> it down into dumby speak I'd love to be tought. At the moment the >>> best I can come up with is that access isn't nearly as easy for >>> developers as it's made out to be or surely it'd be there. Either >>> that or Apple are employing coders who don't follow their own >>> guidelines. Who knows, either way it really gets my goat when it >>> happens. >>> >>> On 8/4/09, Scott Howell <s.how...@verizon.net> wrote: >>>> >>>> Although I'm disappointed as well, I am sure they will follow- >>>> through >>>> on getting it done. I think the more noise, the more likely >>>> attention >>>> will be given to the issue. At the same time, lets not throw out >>>> the >>>> baby with the bath water. Apple may not have accomplished all we >>>> want >>>> today, but quite honestly, they have made a good start and have >>>> done a >>>> great deal. What exactly drives the determination as to which >>>> products get accessibility attention first is probably more a fair >>>> question. In other words, it seems a a little hit or miss, but >>>> could >>>> be driven by schedule, resources, etc. Oh and no this does not >>>> give >>>> Apple an excuse or let them off the hook, I'm just saying. >>>> On Aug 4, 2009, at 6:13 AM, Scott Chesworth wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> At the risk of coming across as slightly standoff-ish, does >>>>> anybody >>>>> else think that this situation and reply is a bit of a sham? >>>>> There >>>>> wasn't even a mention of iWeb, and both products have been updated >>>>> recently enough for improvements to be made surely. It's not like >>>>> these are old smalltime products on a dusty old shelf somewhere >>>>> with >>>>> no development time being put into them, Apple markets the hell >>>>> out of >>>>> these and makes them into big selling points to buy their hardware >>>>> and >>>>> make the switch. It's like "knock knock, who's there, oh it's >>>>> just a >>>>> third party developer who doesn't see the need to do anything >>>>> about >>>>> access because even Apple themselves don't bother with it that >>>>> much in >>>>> their flagship products". >>>>> >>>>> Yes it's ranty, no it's not polite and probably it's not >>>>> productive, >>>>> but frankly neither am I anywhere near as productive as I should >>>>> be by >>>>> now in Mac OS, and Apple not practicing what they preach is >>>>> becoming a >>>>> key reason for that. >>>>> >>>>> Scott >>>>> >>>>> On 8/4/09, Marie Howarth <marie.jane2...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>> I thought you guys might be interested in this response I got >>>>>> from >>>>>> apple. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Begin forwarded message: >>>>>> >>>>>>> From: Accessibility <accessibil...@apple.com> >>>>>>> Date: August 4, 2009 6:09:13 AM BST >>>>>>> To: Marie Howarth <marie.jane2...@gmail.com> >>>>>>> Subject: Re: mobile me and Iweb >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Hi Marie: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Thank you for your interest in MobileMe. As you noted, some >>>>>>> aspects >>>>>>> work well with VoiceOver and others need improvement. Because >>>>>>> of >>>>>>> this, Apple is not recommending it for VO users even though some >>>>>>> features may work well. We are working to enhance MobileMe >>>>>>> but do >>>>>>> not have a schedule or date we can offer. When this situation >>>>>>> changes, we will be sure to note it on the Apple accessibility >>>>>>> web >>>>>>> page. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Aug 2, 2009, at 7:09 AM, Marie Howarth wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Hi, >>>>>>>> I was just wondering as I am using voice over and a trial of >>>>>>>> mobile >>>>>>>> me if there were going to be huge accessibility changes in that >>>>>>>> particular area soon? I have successfully kept my iphone and >>>>>>>> mac >>>>>>>> synced with mobile me and have started to use the idisc >>>>>>>> feature. I >>>>>>>> would love to pay for a yearly subscription but am a little >>>>>>>> uncertain whether to do this at this present moment with so >>>>>>>> many >>>>>>>> things reading as images on the website and certain features >>>>>>>> unavailable purely due to an accessibility issue. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Also, Iweb would be a great tool for me as I manage several >>>>>>>> websites. Are there any ways I can use this application at all? >>>>>>>> Looking at it, it seems like it is not possible to do a lot of >>>>>>>> things here at the present moment. >>>>>>>> Thanks >>>>>>>> Marie >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >>>> >> >> >>> >> > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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