I've used sonar with jaws and cake talking. i haven't really used JSonar
and don't know how well it compares to cake talking. Cake talking worked
great, and with this new ocr thing it'll be great.
So now, what's this about NVDA and sonar? I exclusively use NVDA
because,.....well I shouldn't have to explain lol.
I think the bundle I need from Avid is $999. wow, that's going to have
to wait for a while, I don't have a job.
On 1/23/2013 1:24 PM, Poppa Bear wrote:
Well one thing to consider on the Sonar side is that there are a ton
of resources for blind users and really active lists from Dancing
Dots, MidiMag, JSonar and now, NVDA and there may be more. The MidiMag
list has at least 2 to 3 dozen messages a day where on here it can be
slow much of the time making it a little more difficult to trouble
shoot on a real time basis. I myself find Sonar more intuitive, but I
am slowely starting to appreciate different aspects of Pro Tools. If
you can still find Kevin Reeves demos for Pro Tools with voiceover, do
so and if you go to the Dancing Dots page you can find some demos of
using Sonar with the cake Talk scripts, I use the free JSonar scripts
for Sonar and have no problems. Once you do that you may be able to
have a clearer picture.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Krister Ekstrom"
<kris...@kristersplace.com>
To: <ptaccess@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2013 1:44 AM
Subject: Re: getting started
Hi,
How hard is PT to actually get started with from a blindness
perspective if compared to say Sonar or Reaper on the windows side?
I've been lead to believe that it's a steep learning curve just to get
started in Pro Tools and since i don't really have an inkling of a
clue on what to do i begin to get scared of the program and the fact
that maybe i won't be able to make it at all. As i said in an earlier
post, i am used to digital studios like the Roland Vs1680 and that
kind of stuff so i haven't really made anything in the computer
recording environments.
/Krister
23 jan 2013 kl. 10:23 skrev Cody <cdog2...@gmail.com>:
Ok so pretty much I'll still need windows for any sort of midi...hm
how will this work with superior drummer as this is what I'll be
using? Am I not able to modify any drum sounds....any info on this
would be appreciated, if I can't manipulate superior then maybe I
should just use cakewalk along side of pt?
On 1/23/2013 1:07 AM, Chris Norman wrote:
I record in Pro Tools, then export the midi and edit in qws, before
bringing it back into either Pro Tools or logic.
HTH,
Sent from my iPhone
On 23 Jan 2013, at 07:10, Cody <cdog2...@gmail.com> wrote:
If midi support isn't good in pt, what are folks using to
accomplish midi recording?
On 1/21/2013 4:27 AM, Mike Lockett wrote:
Hello Cody I’m not sure of the peripherals on the macbook air
But I would think you would need more than 64 gigs to effectively run
Lion or mountain lion.
As for selecting a working version of pro tools,
I would as most users here recommend version 9.4 you can then
update I
think now to V. 9.8.
This can be purchased and downloaded from the Avid store.
www.Avid.com
All of these things can effectively be done using pro tools, I don’t
think any one on this list would downgrade to cakewalk if given the
choice.
Personally I sequence with an Akai MPC4000 but I’ve pulled up drums
sometimes from expantion2 or venom a pro tools plug-in.
M-audio and others make an USB midi keyboard that can trigger your
patches or sequencers such as the korg motif,
Or Roland’s phantom or drum controllers like the akai and others can
be used as stand alone midi controllers.
Hope this helps. L8r
On 1/20/13, Cody <cdog2...@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi guys,
So just to expand on the pro tools podcast for beginners, I was
wondering if a macbook air with a 128 gig ssd and 8gb of ram will
suffice. My agency will be buying me either this machine or a
macbook
pro, and was wondering if a bootcamp setup, leaving either os
install 64
gb would be enough.
Also, how does one going about selecting and obtaining/paying for
a copy
of pro tools. I know there are several versions, and though i've
been on
this list for months and have never said anything, the time is
nearing
that i may make the transition from sonar 8 5 to pt.
Basically the only reason I'd use windows is to use cakewalk,
but, is pt
currently good enough to do that, I.E. extensive raw audio trimming,
editing, moving things around, adding effects, etc, and I know
the midi
aspect is still a bit sketchy, so what are people doing for this.
I'd
primarily being using midi only for drums, as my very small
apartment
doesn't allow for a full sized kit. What are some good midi drum
controlers, I've seen those all in one midi controlers with a few
pads,
and 49 keys and some other cool things, anyone got any input on
this. I
want to basically write my music as pain free as possible, and if
that
requires still using windows 7 until pt can catch up, so be it.
in other words: Can someone describe to me the most ideal setup
for a
blind person to write music? I'm starting over from scratch and
want to
buy quality gear, but it still needs to be useable and accessible.
Hardware specifrics would be appreciated.
Thanks all
Cody
