if i remember correctly www.accedemicsuperstore.com is pretty lenient so if you got a school ID thats not too old scan it in and send it in and see if they accept it. On Mar 21, 2013, at 12:13 PM, "Poppa Bear" <heavens4r...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Don't forget that if you are associated with an educational instatution PT 10 > is about $299. Sometimes they will even count a church organisation to > qualify for the discount. I am possibly going to see if my local Boys club > qualifies because they have a small recording studio for the children, but do > not have PT and I am trying to be able to help out with their projects. . > ----- Original Message ----- From: "TheOreoMonster" <monkeypushe...@gmail.com> > To: <ptaccess@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2013 3:15 AM > Subject: Re: Thinking of jumping on the Pro Tools band wagon! > > > Remember there is also Pro Tools M Powered. It requires an M audio interface > and only works with mAudio interfaces but is otherwise the same program and > can be had for as little as $299 standalone and start at $329 bundled with > m-audio interface. Also same with Regular Pro Tools it's $699 but bundled > with an avid interface it becomes a better deal, but only if you are in the > market for a high quality interface as well. > Garage band is great for a free programs and a bit more usable than audacity > when it comes to certain things.Learn its *unusual* way of working with it > with voice over and you are set. www.appletothecore.info has some garage band > podcast, and www.icanworkthisthing.com has a nice text summary of what's > covered in the podcast. > > On Mar 20, 2013, at 10:15 PM, Ricky Prevatte <rickypreva...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Okay thanks for getting back to us on this thread. I have bought logic >> found everything you said to be true. Now I'm still thinking about getting >> ProTools but 699 is the best price I've found alright. I am not ready to >> sink that much more into this I can Boot Camp the MacBook and run sonar 8. I >> will check out MainStage. I already have GarageBand as well I think I will >> have enough to get my things done one day maybe even soon I will of course >> get ProTools because I buy too much here that I can never use but I'm happy >> with the Mac platform >> On Mar 20, 2013, at 9:38 PM, TheOreoMonster <monkeypushe...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> I'll try to hit all the questions asked in this thread thus far. Pro Tools >>> 9 and 10 are equally accessible so long as you are using snow leopard or >>> lion. Personally i prefer lion as its much improved voice over wise over SL >>> in my opinion. Everything works in ML except edit fields and the >>> counter/clock fields won't read at all in ML. THis is a bug apple has been >>> made aware of and is working on as far as we know. So for now its not >>> advisable to use ML with protools. To the person consider switching from >>> Reaper. I must say reaper is a fine daw in it own right and many a pro >>> tools faithful has jump ship to reaper has it has many advantages over pro >>> tools for a hell of lot less money. So if you are already comfortable with >>> reaper, there is no shame in sticking with it. Al the features you >>> mentioned are available in both Pro Tools and reaper and usable with >>> screen readers. As an audio only person myself i haven't found any >>> limitations with Pro Tools, Midi is where the limitations are at the moment >>> accessibility wise but most of the midi guys on here seem to make it work >>> for them. I have no issues with focus rite stuff personality has i have >>> owned one of the original saffire 26/26 IO. From what i heard through this >>> list and from my own experiences trying to use it in apple stores a few >>> times, logic isn't all that accessible, there are way s to use it for its >>> midi instruments that partly relies on remembering the right series of >>> keystrokes and doing things without audible feedback from voice over, but >>> recording audio and or editing anything really isn't that doable with voice >>> over yet. On the other hand, Garage band is plenty usable with voiceover >>> and with the main stage instrument pack available in the app store for $30 >>> you can pretty much add most if not all the logic sounds to garage band. >>> >>> Hope i caught al the questions in there. >>> >>> >>> On Mar 18, 2013, at 7:02 PM, Katie Zodrow <kzodrow...@att.net> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi, Ricky. I'm currently learning to use Garage Band now with Voiceover. I >>>> was wondering if Logic is accessible though. I learned a little bit of how >>>> to use Logic Audio a long time ago back in 2000 or 2001 when EMagic owned >>>> the company. Is ProTools 10 accessible with Mountain Lion and Voiceover or >>>> is using Lion much easier with this version? Should I use ProTools 9 >>>> instead of version 10? >>>> Sorry for all the newby questions. I'm just getting back into learning >>>> ProTools again. >>>> Katie >>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "rickyprevatte" >>>> <rickypreva...@gmail.com> >>>> To: <ptaccess@googlegroups.com> >>>> Sent: Monday, March 18, 2013 3:30 PM >>>> Subject: Re: Thinking of jumping on the Pro Tools band wagon! >>>> >>>> >>>> Yes I bought a MacBook Pro and they even had snow leopard on it at the >>>> Apple store. My computer is a year-old and Snow Leopard was put on it just >>>> the other day. So I know you could possibly downgrade to Lion. I may have >>>> to do that because I'm thinking of doing ProTools and not been camping my >>>> MacBook. I am going to try to use logic for a little bit of midi. Then >>>> just stick to ProTools >>>> >>>> Ricky Prevatte LMBT 1154 http://www.rickyprevattemassage.com >>>> >>>> >>>> On Mar 18, 2013, at 5:17 PM, matt diemert <mcdiem...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi all, >>>>> For the past year, I've recorded in Reaper, and audacity ETC, and now, >>>>> I'm contemplating, making the jump to Pro tools. >>>>> Unfortunately, the MacBook that I bought in September came with >>>>> mountain lion, and I don't know if it's possible to down grade to >>>>> lion, as it's no longer available via the app store. >>>>> Last week, I had an opportunity to spend three days tracking with a >>>>> great friend of mine who just finished spending 3 years at house of >>>>> blues in Nashville. I was amazed at what he was able to accomplish in >>>>> pro tools. He is sighted but was willing to give me a quick test drive >>>>> with voice over on his mac. Sorry for all the back story. Here are my >>>>> questions. I do nothing with Midi what soever, so with this in mind, >>>>> could I get enough use out of the features available to Voice over in >>>>> pro tools 10? Also, I'm considering purchasing one of the focusrite >>>>> Liquid 40 Pro or saffire 56. I'd also like to purchase a control >>>>> surface to do at least the transport controls as often I'm recording >>>>> alone. What is a reasonably priced control surface that folks are >>>>> using. Is there something better than the focusrite products for >>>>> input. I really would like to be able to track 4 to 6 things at a time >>>>> as some times I do have my friends play with me and it would save >>>>> time! >>>>> >>>>> The features he showed me last week which I was most impressed with >>>>> are punch, and loop record. Are these features accessible using voice >>>>> over? >>>>> I apologize for all the questions which I'm certain have been asked >>>>> over and over, but I spent 8 hours today reading the archives of this >>>>> groups and at this point, I'm overwhelmed! >>>>> Thanks again guys! >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>>> "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>>> email to ptaccess+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>> email to ptaccess+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>> email to ptaccess+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>> >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to ptaccess+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to ptaccess+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to ptaccess+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to ptaccess+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. 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