Hey guys, Since I am getting protools, perhaps I should get the control surface along with it. Any suggestions on what to get? I might as well do this out of the gate.
Sincerest Regards, Jed -----Original Message----- From: ptaccess@googlegroups.com [mailto:ptaccess@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Slau Halatyn Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2013 1:46 PM To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: What's needed to effectively use Pro tools as a blind person? 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. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> >> > > -- > > > --
