GarageBand Questions

2011-11-29 Thread Gavin
Hi listers, I have a few GarageBand questions I would like help with. 1. I've heard that, to remove the center channel of audio in GB, you can split the audio to 2 tracks, then invert the phase of 1 and pan it until the center channel is completely muted. Is this possible using VoiceOver? How?

Re: Questions about sound check

2011-11-29 Thread Mr. L. Alexander
sound check to those unfamiliar is a level limiter for audio. as an example, it's to protect users from excessive sound levels. it is available both in itunes and most / all ipods. it's simply a matter of setting up in itunes preferences sound check in playback settings. when setting up on the

Re: siri

2011-11-29 Thread Rachel Magario
Thank you everyone! I was thinking that maybe something was wrong with mine, since mine does not work 99% of the time, and my sister who does not even need siri, hers work most of the time, even when mine does not work. So I was starting to think something was not right with mine. Who is

RE: siri

2011-11-29 Thread Daniel Miller
Hi Rachel, Apple maintains the servers. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Rachel Magario Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2011 8:26 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: siri Thank you everyone! I was

Re: iphone4s and triple home

2011-11-29 Thread Chris Blouch
First paragraph in this article also claims that triple-home turns on VO out of the box: http://luisperezonline.com/2011/10/19/overview-of-new-accessibility-features-in-ios-5/ Could it also be that the triple-home setting is changed to VO if you have VO on when doing your iTunes sync? CB

Re: radio apps

2011-11-29 Thread Chris Blouch
There is also a good number of radio stations in iTunes itself. CB On 11/27/11 8:03 PM, André Carioca wrote: I use tunein radio pro. Is very accessible and tune several radio stations. Enviado via iPhone Em 27/11/2011, às 17:14, wayne coleswayne...@gmail.com escreveu: Hello can

Re: Looking for a monitor to connect to my mac mini

2011-11-29 Thread Chris Blouch
Lots of times thrift stores will have old ones that work well enough. They don't even need to turn on really because the sense pins are just resistors connecting certain ones together. They used to sell vga terminators but every site I found either discontinued them or they were permanently

Re: Burning Itunes purchases to CD?

2011-11-29 Thread Ricardo Walker
I don't think that 's much of a rumor. Its just the way things are going. Just like the 3.5 inch floppy. The Macbook air has gotten rid of the optical drive and I'm sure you will see more of this in the next 2 to 3 years. A lot of stereos are coming with 1 CD slot, AM FM radio, maybe HD

Re: Burning Itunes purchases to CD?

2011-11-29 Thread Ricardo Walker
I think whatever era one grew up in is always considered to have the best music. :). I prefer hip hop from the 90's and early 2000's. But that mostly has to do with where and when I was born. Ricardo Walker rwalker...@gmail.com Twitter Skype: rwalker296 www.mobileaccess.org On Nov 28, 2011,

Re: siri

2011-11-29 Thread Ricardo Walker
Yup, So did I. Just some server overload. Ricardo Walker rwalker...@gmail.com Twitter Skype: rwalker296 www.mobileaccess.org On Nov 28, 2011, at 6:58 PM, Traci wrote: I was kind of attributing this to the busy weekend. Maybe Siri is tired? *grin* I got a lot of her apologies messages

Re: Questions about sound check

2011-11-29 Thread Ricardo Walker
Sound check is terrible in my opinion. It does nothing but lower the volume of all your music. If that is the purpose its meant to serve then its doing a great job. Ricardo Walker rwalker...@gmail.com Twitter Skype: rwalker296 www.mobileaccess.org On Nov 28, 2011, at 8:31 PM, Traci wrote:

Re: Questions about sound check

2011-11-29 Thread Mr. L. Alexander
that's exactly the job of this function. in studio terms, it's a combination of a normaliser and mixdown regulator. this basically protects your ears from excessive sound pressure, as well as the hardware. we've all grown up with the concept of cranking up hifis to hear what we want, but with

Sorry but I gotta ask again | VMWare Key Mapping

2011-11-29 Thread Kevin Mattingly
I know we seem to re-ask this question over and over again. So I apologize to the group to start. What is the program or technique that most people use for remapping the keyboard for VMWare running Windows? Thanks, Kev -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google

Re: GarageBand Questions

2011-11-29 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, for the loops, just paste the loop once into your project. every time you paste, it adds a new track as you found out the hard way. :). After you have imported the loop, just loop it instead of pasting. To do this interact with arrange layout, time group and the name of the loop you've

RE: Questions about sound check

2011-11-29 Thread Missy Hoppe
I've disabled sound check on my macbook, but the volume of a movie I purchased on itunes is still very, very low. Fortunately, it wasn't that expensive, but if I can't figure out how to get movies or tv shows to play at the same volume as music, I'll never buy another 1. I have my bose

Re: Questions about sound check

2011-11-29 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, have you tried pressing command up arrow in iTunes to raise the iTunes volume? Ricardo Walker rwalker...@gmail.com Twitter Skype: rwalker296 www.mobileaccess.org On Nov 29, 2011, at 1:12 PM, Missy Hoppe wrote: I've disabled sound check on my macbook, but the volume of a movie I

Re: Questions about sound check

2011-11-29 Thread Mr. L. Alexander
If sound check has been disabled, your system volume is at a reasonable volume and your itunes volume is at top, there is the chance like some instances that the mastering of the film has used a different mixing config. this means that the volume does not match the normal setting we are all

Re: Sorry but I gotta ask again | VMWare Key Mapping

2011-11-29 Thread Esther
Hi Kevin, There are two programs that I know are used for remapping your keyboard for VMWare running Windows. The one you'll most frequently hear recommended is SharpKeys by RandyRants: http://www.randyrants.com/sharpkeys/ This program is basically a Windows registry hack that lets you remap

Re: Sorry but I gotta ask again | VMWare Key Mapping

2011-11-29 Thread Mr. L. Alexander
with the use of keymapping for fusion... does this effectively mean that the shortcuts I use on the mac can be echoed to windows instead of working out windows shortcuts? if so... I'm in lol lew On 29 Nov 2011, at 18:37, Esther wrote: Hi Kevin, There are two programs that I know are used

RE: Questions about sound check

2011-11-29 Thread Missy Hoppe
Yep, Itunes is at full volume. I've checked that multiple times. (smile) -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ricardo Walker Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2011 1:13 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re:

RE: Sorry but I gotta ask again | VMWare Key Mapping

2011-11-29 Thread Daniel Miller
Hi, Can someone that used jaws under vmware write me off list and explain how I'd map a key to function as the jaws key? I hate not having my full set of jaws commands simply because there's no key that will function as that particular one. Any help would be greatly apriciated. From:

Re: Questions about sound check

2011-11-29 Thread Ricardo Walker
Lol, I figured you would have. It was just a shot in the dark. Ricardo Walker rwalker...@gmail.com Twitter Skype: rwalker296 www.mobileaccess.org On Nov 29, 2011, at 1:44 PM, Missy Hoppe wrote: Yep, Itunes is at full volume. I've checked that multiple times. (smile) -Original

RE: Questions about sound check

2011-11-29 Thread Missy Hoppe
You know, I'm having trouble proving it for sure, but I think it's very similar to the problem with midi playback. I opened the movie in itunes using my drive that still runs snow leopard, and it seems that it's ever-so-slightly easier to hear. I'm not entirely definite, but if that is the case,

Re: Sorry but I gotta ask again | VMWare Key Mapping

2011-11-29 Thread Esther
Hi Lew, Someone who uses Windows in Fusion should answer this for you, but I think your question is not being posed precisely. Fusion itself will let you redefine keyboard shortcuts to be used in different virtual machines,which need not just be Windows, if you use it to run Linux or

Re: Sorry but I gotta ask again | VMWare Key Mapping

2011-11-29 Thread Mr. L. Alexander
cheers for that. I think then, just in case for windows based repairs to systems, I may as well carry both a windows notebook and my mac. OK it's a bit more weight to carry but hey. lew On 29 Nov 2011, at 19:27, Esther wrote: Hi Lew, Someone who uses Windows in Fusion should answer this

Re: Questions about sound check

2011-11-29 Thread Chris Blouch
So I wonder what iTunes does with the center channel on a stereo system. I usually run my Mac Mini's audio output via optical cable to my home stereo. I usually only have left/right speakers since the kids play with the other ones so on the stereo I have to turn off the missing speakers,

Re: Burning Itunes purchases to CD?

2011-11-29 Thread Chris Blouch
Last stats I found said online music purchases were to surpass CD puchases for the first time this year ($2.8B online v. $2.7B for CDs) and that shift has been happening for a few years now. While I like having a backup (or an original) CD on the shelf, it's hard to beat the instant

Re: Looking for a monitor to connect to my mac mini

2011-11-29 Thread matthew Dyer
Chris, I have an addapter which I have connected before. I have several people looking for me, but will look around and see if one of the local thrift store againd see what I can come up witth. Now to change the subjet if I may. I notest you are using thunderbird on your mac and wonder if

RE: Questions about sound check

2011-11-29 Thread Missy Hoppe
That explanation makes a lot of sense; I remember this movie being very surround sound intensive, so I'm almost definite it's trying to play surround sound through 2 channels, which is why I can't hear anything. Unfortunately, I have no means of hooking the macbook up to the home theater. Is

Lastpass on the Mac

2011-11-29 Thread agent086b
Hi, is Lastpass usable with VO on the Mac? Thanks. Max. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to

Re: GarageBand Questions

2011-11-29 Thread Gavin Grundlingh
Hi Ricardo, Thanks for the tip on extending loops. The reason I originally asked the question was because the song I'm trying to create consists of several different loops, one after the other. I'd like to then take tha multi-looped section and repeat the whole thing a certain number of times. I

Re: GarageBand Questions

2011-11-29 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, What your trying to do is certainly doable. I do this in my projects all the time. Do you have dropbox? This would probably be the easiest way to get me your track. Ricardo Walker rwalker...@gmail.com Twitter Skype: rwalker296 www.mobileaccess.org On Nov 29, 2011, at 4:12 PM, Gavin

Re: GarageBand Questions

2011-11-29 Thread Gavin Grundlingh
Hi Ricardo, Yes, I have dropbox. I'll upload the project to my public folder now. Where should I send the link to? Regards, Gavin On 11/29/11, Ricardo Walker rwalker...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, What your trying to do is certainly doable. I do this in my projects all the time. Do you have

Re: Burning Itunes purchases to CD?

2011-11-29 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, This isn't exactly true. that purchases online will pass CD purchases. Online sales has already surpassed CD sales for a year or 2. Its more that the revenue from online sales will surpass that of CD sales. You must also keep in mind the price of a CD over the years. I remember in

Re: radio apps

2011-11-29 Thread Traci
I agree with this, and for now, I have created playlists to help organize my radio genres. I wish I had access to live365 on the Mac though. Traci Sent by Macbook Air Mail On Nov 29, 2011, at 9:17 AM, Chris Blouch wrote: There is also a good number of radio stations in iTunes itself. CB

Re: Burning Itunes purchases to CD?

2011-11-29 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, just send it to the e-mail at the end of this message. hth Ricardo Walker rwalker...@gmail.com Twitter Skype: rwalker296 www.mobileaccess.org On Nov 29, 2011, at 4:40 PM, Ricardo Walker wrote: Hi, This isn't exactly true. that purchases online will pass CD purchases. Online

Re: Burning Itunes purchases to CD?

2011-11-29 Thread Mr. L. Alexander
that's why I left the music business. On 29 Nov 2011, at 21:40, Ricardo Walker wrote: Hi, This isn't exactly true. that purchases online will pass CD purchases. Online sales has already surpassed CD sales for a year or 2. Its more that the revenue from online sales will surpass that

Re: GarageBand Questions

2011-11-29 Thread Ricardo Walker
Just send it to the e-mail address at the end of this message. Thanks. Ricardo Walker rwalker...@gmail.com Twitter Skype: rwalker296 www.mobileaccess.org On Nov 29, 2011, at 4:33 PM, Gavin Grundlingh wrote: Hi Ricardo, Yes, I have dropbox. I'll upload the project to my public folder now.

Re: Burning Itunes purchases to CD?

2011-11-29 Thread Ricardo Walker
You left it because its harder to rip people off? lol Ricardo Walker rwalker...@gmail.com Twitter Skype: rwalker296 www.mobileaccess.org On Nov 29, 2011, at 4:42 PM, Mr. L. Alexander wrote: that's why I left the music business. On 29 Nov 2011, at 21:40, Ricardo Walker wrote: Hi, This

Re: Questions about sound check

2011-11-29 Thread Traci
Thanks all, I'll have to play with this sound check further. I'm looking forward to see how it is handled with the Nano docked. Lol, it sucked with a headset, ohMyGall, my ear still hurts from the sudden burst of volume on a particular track. Traci Sent by Macbook Air Mail On Nov 29, 2011,

Re: Burning Itunes purchases to CD?

2011-11-29 Thread Mr. L. Alexander
no. because the way the music industry is these days, you get dodgy media companies, managers who rip you off and then there's technology. don't get me started. I'm a long retired musician. better off to be honest. lew On 29 Nov 2011, at 21:43, Ricardo Walker wrote: You left it because its

Growl Notifications readout

2011-11-29 Thread Traci
Those of you that use growl, how do you have voiceover set up to handle the system dialogues that pop up? It annoys me how every time growl notifies me, I'm pulled from my current application, and then I have no idea what I'm being notified about. Am I missing some setting here? Thanks, Traci

interesting bug in voiceover with numbers and apostrophes

2011-11-29 Thread Paul Erkens
Dear listers, Before I start bugging Apple with what I think is a bug, I would like to ask you listers about the following. I found the bug while working in Amadeus pro. In this sound editor, for some reason, you have to enter time in a strange way. Let's say I have a file open that is 30

Re: interesting bug in voiceover with numbers and apostrophes

2011-11-29 Thread Red.Falcon
Hi Paul! I'm on snowy kitty! And I've got my punctuation set to most! What I here is 1 hundred 3 thousand 5 hundred! From the one you gave as an example no 39 here! hth Colin On 29 Nov 2011, at 21:52, Paul Erkens wrote: Dear listers, Before I start bugging Apple with what I think is a bug, I

Re: iphone4s and triple home

2011-11-29 Thread Paul Erkens
To add to this: I remember reading somewhere, that if set up a new iphone with ios 5, the 4 s will have it, if you don't hear anything and you wait 1 or 2 minutes, then voiceover would come on automatically. Maybe Kevin Ciao will know this for sure. On Nov 29, 2011, at 5:03 PM, Chris Blouch

Re: Growl Notifications readout

2011-11-29 Thread Cody
am I wrong or does growel now cost $1.99? where can one get this from? I tried getting it from google but didn't really try all that hard, but only found some sort of frame work. I found a few growel things in the app store, but I wasn't sure what to select. This would be nice to have skype

Re: interesting bug in voiceover with numbers and apostrophes

2011-11-29 Thread Paul Erkens
Hi Colin, Yes I forgot to mention that I am using Lion indeed. So, any Lion users experiencig this voiceover bug? On Nov 29, 2011, at 11:02 PM, Red.Falcon wrote: Hi Paul! I'm on snowy kitty! And I've got my punctuation set to most! What I here is 1 hundred 3 thousand 5 hundred! From the one

Re: interesting bug in voiceover with numbers and apostrophes

2011-11-29 Thread Cody
I hear the 39 1 1 500 as well, I hav emy punc level set to some On Nov 29, 2011, at 5:02 PM, Red.Falcon wrote: Hi Paul! I'm on snowy kitty! And I've got my punctuation set to most! What I here is 1 hundred 3 thousand 5 hundred! From the one you gave as an example no 39 here! hth Colin On

Re: Burning Itunes purchases to CD?

2011-11-29 Thread Chris Blouch
Agreed. You would think the profit margin from downloading a $10 album would be greater than CDs after the cost of duplication, shipping and store frontage/reselling is accounted for. What has changed is the labels can't stuff a bunch of junk on an album which you bought for the two 'good

Re: Sorry but I gotta ask again | VMWare Key Mapping

2011-11-29 Thread Shawn Krasniuk
Hey all. I'd like to know this information too since none of the keys that I've tried to remap work. I need to have a key that works as the System Access modifier key which is pretty much the same as the Jawskey. I know that I'll be going back to Lion soon so I won't need the version of Fusion

YoruFukurou and lists.

2011-11-29 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, I have a feeling I'm missing something really obvious but, how do you view your lists in YoruFukurou? Thanks. Ricardo Walker rwalker...@gmail.com Twitter Skype: rwalker296 www.mobileaccess.org -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries

Re: Growl Notifications readout

2011-11-29 Thread Chris Blouch
Yup, Growl has decided to start charging. I questioned this because some apps avoid implementing accessible notification by just pointing folks to Growl. While not expensive, it does mean that VO users will have to shell out and set up more to gain the same access. I has asked for comments on

Re: Growl Notifications readout

2011-11-29 Thread Traci
I'm still using growl for free. I'm assuming it is because I haven't updated. Any feedback on growl notifications and voiceOver? Traci Sent by Macbook Air Mail On Nov 29, 2011, at 2:33 PM, Chris Blouch wrote: Yup, Growl has decided to start charging. I questioned this because some apps

Re: Looking for a monitor to connect to my mac mini

2011-11-29 Thread Chris Blouch
So you'll need two adapters. One is the HDMI or DVI to VGA and the second is the VGA to NTSC box to trick your Mac into thinking there is a monitor hooked up. Nope. Not accessible at all. This is the same problem with Firefox. The Mozilla folks support the open Iaccessible2 API which is not

Re: YoruFukurou and lists.

2011-11-29 Thread Kevin Mattingly
When you say list, what are you refering to? Kev On Nov 29, 2011, at 5:31 PM, Ricardo Walker wrote: Hi, I have a feeling I'm missing something really obvious but, how do you view your lists in YoruFukurou? Thanks. Ricardo Walker rwalker...@gmail.com Twitter Skype: rwalker296

Re: interesting bug in voiceover with numbers and apostrophes

2011-11-29 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Paul, It's definitely a bug in Lion. Cheers, Anne On 29 Nov 2011, at 22:52, Paul Erkens wrote: Dear listers, Before I start bugging Apple with what I think is a bug, I would like to ask you listers about the following. I found the bug while working in Amadeus pro. In this sound

making sure safari extension are installed?

2011-11-29 Thread Ioana Gandrabur
Hi all, I downloaded the youtube 5 safari extension talked about on the list and pressed open on the file. Got some dialog about asking if I want to install this extension but I don't know if it was successful. Is there a way to see the list of installed extensions? Thanks, Ioana -- You

Little Mac Victories

2011-11-29 Thread Traci
Hope y'all don't mind me sharing such an email… I was on a music site I like to buy from, from time to time. I went there on my Mac and hesitated, thinking I should wait to hop onto my windows. *Grin,* I decided to give it a whirl on my Mac. Looky there! There was a bit of struggle

solved safari extensions question posted previously

2011-11-29 Thread Ioana Gandrabur
Hi all, Found extensions under preferences so problem solved. Thanks! Ioana -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to

Re: YoruFukurou and lists.

2011-11-29 Thread Ricardo Walker
You know, lists of people you follow but keep separate from your main timeline? For example, one might creat a list for sports and just add the athletes they care to follow on twitter? Ricardo Walker rwalker...@gmail.com Twitter Skype: rwalker296 www.mobileaccess.org On Nov 29, 2011, at 6:01

Avout Voice Settings on Mac

2011-11-29 Thread Francisco Salvador Crespo
Dear friends, Today i have a question for you: How to change the voice parameters that VO uses when it's reading a text? for example, my first language is spanish, i want to change de language of the speech. I press VO + command + the arrow keys and i get change it but only it changes with the

Voice Over acting Odd

2011-11-29 Thread Becky Knaub
Hi all, VO is acting really odd on my MBP today. It has stopped talking all the sudden three different times. I had to restart it and then it was fine. Anyone got any suggestions? Also does anyone know why Safari often keeps saying busy? Becky and C On Nov 29, 2011, at 7:29 PM,

safari refuses to launch.

2011-11-29 Thread Jessica
I've just recently tried to launch safari, only to have voiceover tell me open, like it normally does when I perform the open, command, only it just sits there and refuses to do anything. I've tried to launch other aps, and they've opened perfectly fine, so don't understand what the problem

where to start i I want to automate terminal commands

2011-11-29 Thread Ioana Gandrabur
Hi all, I would love to create a script or what ever that I can call up to perform a series of terminal commands. I had a look at the automator and found a record option to type in all the steps. I performed the actions but when I tried to run the action got an error. I suspect that the key

Re: Voice Over acting Odd

2011-11-29 Thread Rachel Magario
I can think of 3 things. 1. check if you running low in your hard drive space. If I get less than 50 Gb of hard drive my VO gets slow because I use loads of applications running at once. 2. turn your activity monitor on and ask somebody to check who is taking the most of your ram when vo gets

Re: Burning Itunes purchases to CD?

2011-11-29 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
Hi: I don't think you need to backup your iTunes purchases anymore because you can just redownload them. On Nov 29, 2011, at 2:15 PM, Chris Blouch wrote: Last stats I found said online music purchases were to surpass CD puchases for the first time this year ($2.8B online v. $2.7B for CDs) and

Re: Little Mac Victories

2011-11-29 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
We told you so! Nice job. Keep fighting the urge to use Windows. On Nov 29, 2011, at 5:46 PM, Traci wrote: Hope y'all don't mind me sharing such an email… I was on a music site I like to buy from, from time to time. I went there on my Mac and hesitated, thinking I should wait to hop onto

Re: Google Chrome tutorial was off topic

2011-11-29 Thread Barry Abbott
Hello Hank. If you have Google Chrome installed and have added the Google Chrome speech extension from the google web store. Press the Google Chrome key (control+option)+h which puts you in chrome help. One of the links there is the interactive tutorial. Barry On 2011-11-27, at 1:16 PM, Hank

Clearing my question

2011-11-29 Thread Francisco Salvador Crespo
Hi, My question is: what shortcut can i use to change voice attributes for content, status or the default voice, can you understand me now? Thanks a lot, Francisco -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send