Re: a response from Pace regarding the status of iLok accessibility

2015-01-31 Thread Ricky Prevatte
Well this is exactly what I figured. That is why I did not write the company. It is a level head that will prevail and the record shows that. Great work slau I understand everyone's need to have access to the lock.we will just have to wait I believe that the challenge avid sent out can serve us

Re: Letter Update from Pace Anti-piracy

2015-01-31 Thread TheOreoMonster
How quickly we forget. There was a fair amount of work that went into PT regarding modernizing and updating a lot of the code base to get to the point where all that was needed to be done was label elements and buttons. Yes that process went relatively quick once the Program got to a point

RE: Superior Drummer with ProTools

2015-01-31 Thread Black
Thanks John. I'll try to contact to Toontrack again. But I don't think I'll get the anser better than you got. -Original Message- From: ptaccess@googlegroups.com [mailto:ptaccess@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of John Gunn Sent: Friday, January 30, 2015 7:33 PM To:

RE: Superior Drummer with ProTools

2015-01-31 Thread Black
That's a good idea Nick. -Original Message- From: ptaccess@googlegroups.com [mailto:ptaccess@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Nick Gawronski Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2015 3:11 AM To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Superior Drummer with ProTools Hi, I would reply and explain

Re: Superior Drummer with ProTools

2015-01-31 Thread Kevin Reeves
The way I use Logic drums is to do all the sequencing in PT and dump the midi into logic. Select a producer kit, lock the tracks to audio, then bounce them out as multitrack. You’ll get about 12 files, 1 for each microphone. The new logic kits are absolutely fantastic and incredibly playable.

Re: Letter Update from Pace Anti-piracy

2015-01-31 Thread Mike Lockett
On 1/31/15, TheOreoMonster monkeypushe...@gmail.com wrote: How quickly we forget. There was a fair amount of work that went into PT regarding modernizing and updating a lot of the code base to get to the point where all that was needed to be done was label elements and buttons. Yes that

Re: Superior Drummer with ProTools

2015-01-31 Thread Ricky Prevatte
I am going to use my roland v drum module to do that with. I can play them in real time and then mix the audio in ProTools. My Roland sounds are great but I just do not have the control that logic and ProTools will allow. Your suggestion will help even more thank you.g Ricky Prevatte LMBT1154

Re: Superior Drummer with ProTools

2015-01-31 Thread TheOreoMonster
We all had to learn, figure stuff out and ask questions at some point. As i said i treat loops the same way i treat any other track audio. Thats the beauty of it. So yes while we can’t see loop handles and drag them to extend them with the mouse we can still select,copy and paste as many

Letter Update from Pace Anti-piracy

2015-01-31 Thread Mike Lockett
To everyone that sent a letter to the B-B-B or made a call to Pace, Feel assured you are being heard. Pace’s CEO E-O Allen Cornce in an email to Slau Halatyn made reference to a complaint, Quote, “What I don't agree with is the assertion that accessibility support is simple and easy. If it was, we

Re: Superior Drummer with ProTools

2015-01-31 Thread Ricky Prevatte
I plan to do my audio with ProTools I will do my midi things like drums through logic Pro X.Matt do you not use addictive drums? Ricky Prevatte LMBT1154 On Jan 31, 2015, at 9:29 AM, TheOreoMonster monkeypushe...@gmail.com wrote: We all had to learn, figure stuff out and ask questions at

RE: Superior Drummer with ProTools

2015-01-31 Thread Black
Thanks Kevin. I'm using it with Sonar. Is it really accessible in LogicX? I'm interested. -Original Message- From: ptaccess@googlegroups.com [mailto:ptaccess@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Kevin Reeves Sent: Friday, January 30, 2015 9:11 PM To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com Subject: Re:

Re: a response from Pace regarding the status of iLok accessibility

2015-01-31 Thread CHUCK REICHEL
Hi Ricky, Just to clarify things a bit! On our bimonthly conference call with Avid yesterday BTW only Mike Vin myself were on the call this time!! ;) the Pace subject came up as it usually does, and Lets just say the some higher ups at Avid were contacted AFTER! the namm show by Pace.

Re: Letter Update from Pace Anti-piracy

2015-01-31 Thread Scott Chesworth
He talks about balancing newer developments with legacy OS support so far as I can tell, not bringing back any old APIs. It's already been pointed out once, but I'll do it again. It took years, and I do mean quite a few of them, before anything got touched by Avid. During those years there were

Re: Letter Update from Pace Anti-piracy

2015-01-31 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
I dono... I guess I have mixed feelings. I agree with you on the one hand, but I also agree with Mike. October? Really? OK, look at it this way, no, the newer technology wouldn't necessarily be implemented this way nor be totally up to date par, but! why couldn't pace give us two

Re: Letter Update from Pace Anti-piracy

2015-01-31 Thread TheOreoMonster
The reason the web API got killed if i understood correctly, was because it was a piracy vector. There was some loop hole in it that iLok loaders in cracked copies of PT was using. Either way i do remember it being a besuness decision. Much like them not getting to it before v2.0. Say what you

Re: Letter Update from Pace Anti-piracy

2015-01-31 Thread Chris Smart
Very well said! E Sent from Chris's iPhone in Barbados! On Jan 31, 2015, at 16:54, Karen Lewellen klewel...@shellworld.net wrote: You Know Scott, Call me an innocent. but reading this objectively, there seems no incentive for this person to give you what you want at all, not now, or

Re: Letter Update from Pace Anti-piracy

2015-01-31 Thread TheOreoMonster
Remember in Paces case Majority of their business comes from industry customers, not end users. There for so long as PT and the other major business customers continue to pay them and continue to stress that we need feature X, Y, and Z to protect our assists yes we the end user could continue

Re: Letter Update from Pace Anti-piracy

2015-01-31 Thread Chris Smart
Wow, how long does it take to type all that, even if you're a fast typist? Sent from Chris's iPhone. On Jan 31, 2015, at 13:17, Christopher-Mark Gilland clgillan...@gmail.com wrote: I dono... I guess I have mixed feelings. I agree with you on the one hand, but I also agree with

solo safe

2015-01-31 Thread Steve Sparrow
Hi. well i’m setting up a mix in p t. a couple of things i thought i’d ask about. IHaving a small issue when soloing tracks. i’m trying to sub mix some tracks. So i created an augs track, and then signed it to a bus . i then sent the tracks i wanted to my augs track. all fine. now. from this

Re: Letter Update from Pace Anti-piracy

2015-01-31 Thread Karen Lewellen
All well and good...but again I do not speak of what you believe is or is not important to the individual with the power to make this happen. I speak of what motivates them? And that answer might surprise you. After all the argument about market share percentage has not prevented others in

Re: Letter Update from Pace Anti-piracy

2015-01-31 Thread Scott Chesworth
Well, word on the grapevine (which is all most of us have to work with here) is that Avid are aware of the Pace situation. It's been hinted here that the few people who have Avids ear are doing what they can to keep the topic current whenever they have Avids ear. Beyond them, I can't think of

Re: solo safe

2015-01-31 Thread Steve Sparrow
Hi Poppa. actually i managed to get solo safe happening. Turns out what i was doing was running my finger along the bottom of the track pad, locating the left mouse button, and what i did not realise was that this was moving the cursor. So i changed the way i do this, come in from the left hand

Re: solo safe

2015-01-31 Thread Mike Pickett
Sent from my iPhone On Jan 31, 2015, at 4:54 PM, Steve Sparrow i...@sparrowsound.com.au wrote: got it working. On 1 Feb 2015, at 8:14 am, Steve Sparrow i...@sparrowsound.com.au wrote: correction here. i’ve looked again, and it is only happening on tracks assigned to the augs

Re: Letter Update from Pace Anti-piracy

2015-01-31 Thread Mike Lockett
Really don’t want to get in a back and forth about this, I would rather we save our energy for the accessibility challenges outside of this forum. Also my schedule won’t allow it. From first hand knowledge ProTools 10, and 11, in Mountain Lion and Mavericks was unusable. When I say this

Re: solo safe

2015-01-31 Thread Steve Sparrow
got it working. On 1 Feb 2015, at 8:14 am, Steve Sparrow i...@sparrowsound.com.au wrote: correction here. i’ve looked again, and it is only happening on tracks assigned to the augs track, and the augs track it self. So this must be a solo safe issue i assume. the question is, how can i

Re: Letter Update from Pace Anti-piracy

2015-01-31 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
Karen, I completely agree. You make some very valid points. Chris. - Original Message - From: Karen Lewellen klewel...@shellworld.net To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2015 3:54 PM Subject: Re: Letter Update from Pace Anti-piracy You Know Scott, Call me an

Re: Letter Update from Pace Anti-piracy

2015-01-31 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
I'm gonna pretend that I didn't hear that. Chris. - Original Message - From: Chris Smart csma...@cogeco.ca To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2015 4:23 PM Subject: Re: Letter Update from Pace Anti-piracy Wow, how long does it take to type all that, even if

Re: Letter Update from Pace Anti-piracy

2015-01-31 Thread Karen Lewellen
Surprise! the nice thing about being human Scott is that we are all unique. That means any number of things might motivate a person, sometimes at the same time. Now please remember I am firmly dancing outside of the box here. But let me give you a very simple and totally hypothetical example

Re: Letter Update from Pace Anti-piracy

2015-01-31 Thread Scott Chesworth
Yep, a lot of that makes sense Kare, and up until a few years ago I'd have been in complete agreement. Since then, I've had what I suppose you could call a crisis of faith when it comes to looking at the big picture with this accessibility stuff. I'm not claiming this is right necessarily, but

Re: solo safe

2015-01-31 Thread Steve Sparrow
correction here. i’ve looked again, and it is only happening on tracks assigned to the augs track, and the augs track it self. So this must be a solo safe issue i assume. the question is, how can i turn this on, and weather the track pad can be used to do this. Steve On 1 Feb 2015, at 7:59

RE: solo safe

2015-01-31 Thread Poppa Bear
You found out that you needed to solo safe your busses and sends? PS, what steps are you taking to click on solo safe? I tend to have to try a few different key combonations until I get it right each time and it's a PEDA. -Original Message- From: ptaccess@googlegroups.com

Re: Superior Drummer with ProTools

2015-01-31 Thread Scott Chesworth
That would be at best a waste of your time. I can say for sure from my previous dialogues that the development team at Toontrack know what accessibility is, and they aren't fussed about supporting it. Whether that'll change as new blood trickles in, who knows, but right now don't expect effort on

Re: Superior Drummer with ProTools

2015-01-31 Thread TheOreoMonster
Not sure how to do what part in particular? Audio and rex loops are generally just regular audio files you can import into a project and edit/ manipulate like you can any other project audio. It’s advantage is it has tempo data embedded in the file so getting it to snap to project tempo or

Re: a response from Pace regarding the status of iLok accessibility

2015-01-31 Thread Scott Chesworth
Well, a speculative date and some detail is more than we had previously, and to be blunt, it's more than complaints would have gotten us. Thanks for passing this along and keeping the dialogue alive. If nothing else, I believe that it is on the radar of their engineers ahead of time, a good sign.