Hey J. R., Indeed, even if a person isn't working within an attended session, there's always the invisible attendee known as time :) Slau
On Jan 26, 2013, at 1:39 PM, J. R. Westmoreland wrote: > I fully agree with everything you have said. I haven't been in the situation > where I had a client looking over the shoulder but have been under the time > gun. LOL > > J. R. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: ptaccess@googlegroups.com [mailto:ptaccess@googlegroups.com] On Behalf > Of Slau Halatyn > Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2013 11:33 AM > To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: What's needed to effectively use Pro tools as a blind person? > > Krister, > > I've been using a Control|24 for about 10 years and have not followed the > control surface market closely for some time. Perhaps others who have > recently researched this can contribute some suggestions. > > As far as mixing with only the Pro Tools interface, for a blind user, I'd > say it's inefficient. If you're not working with clients and you are not > under any time constraint, then it's conceivable but I would never recommend > it necessarily. First of all, you're limited to changing or automating one > track at a time. I can't imagine working that way. Again, if you're not > working with clients sitting in with you during a session, well then it's > probably not an issue. Regardless, I do prefer the tactile feedback that a > moving fader gives me. I've used Pro Tools in remote recording situations > without a surface but that was only for recording and not for any mixing > whatsoever during the recorded event. Afterwards, back at the studio, of > course, I'm back to the Control|24 and can't imagine working any other way. > > Slau > > > On Jan 26, 2013, at 12:18 PM, Krister Ekstrom wrote: > >> Hi Slau, >> Woops this proves to tax hard on my tight budget, but i guess you'll have > to live with that. smiles. >> Question is of course then what a good control surface would be, if need > be and considering that i'm on somewhat of a tight budget, what would you > say about using only the computer to mix things, record and so on, would > that at all be practical? >> /Krister >> 26 jan 2013 kl. 17:56 skrev Slau Halatyn <slauhala...@gmail.com>: >> >>> Hi Krister, >>> >>> A MIDI controller won't be anywhere near as effective as a control > surface. If you plan to do any mixing whatsoever, it's not feasible to try > doing automation with one track at time. If you'll need to mix several > tracks, a control surface is indispensable. You'll be able to work far more > efficiently using a surface to quickly mute, unmute, solo tracks, quickly > change multiple track volumes, etc. >>> >>> Slau >>> >>> On Jan 26, 2013, at 8:34 AM, Mike LockettMike Lockett wrote: >>> >>>> Hey Krister il dropbox you Kevins tt. >>>> Now to your first question, maybe you could let us know your intent for > protools. >>>> >>>> >>>> Krister Ekstrom <kris...@kristersplace.com> wrote: >>>> Hi, >>>> Here's the next newbie question: I understand that an Apple keyboard > with numeric pad is mor or less required to use PT effectively as a blind > person, but what more is required to be effectively using PT? Can a midi > keyboard act as a control surface or do you require that too if you get a > keyboard that has knobs and sliders on it? I'm still trying to get the hang > of the whole thing so please pardon me for all the silly questions. Also > does anyone happen to have the Tutorial around that Kevin Reeves did? I > googled for it and got a link but it didn't work. I got a "the requested url > can't be found on this server" message. >>>> Thanks for any answers. >>>> /Krister >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> >> > > -- > > > --
