[macvoiceover] Re: Multi track recording with Amadeus Pro, by John Hess.

  • From: "gunn@xxxxxxxxx" <gunn@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 22 May 2009 14:25:43 -0400

Hi Dan,

No problem and thanks for the response, do you purchase this online or can
you provide information regarding purchasing?

John



Original Message:
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From: Dan keysjd@xxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Fri, 22 May 2009 11:19:29 -0700
To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [macvoiceover] Re: Multi track recording with Amadeus Pro, by John
Hess.


Hello,
I'm not dane, but I purchased it for $40 US.
Dan
On May 22, 2009, at 11:10 AM, gunn@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

> Dane:
>
> This may be a stupid question but do you know the cost of the program?
>
> The directions Keith gave are wonderful, sounds really interesting.
>
> Take care,
>
> John Gunn
>
> Original Message:
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> From: Dane Trethowan grtdane@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Sat, 23 May 2009 04:03:13 +1000
> To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [macvoiceover] Re: Multi track recording with Amadeus Pro,  
> by John
> Hess.
>
>
> I wonder if the any controls can affect the way expansion and
> contraction of the selection works? I mean if you press any of the
> letters to expand or contract left or right, Amadeus Pro is obviously
> going to do this in steps, I'll have to try this a little later on as
> I didn't know about these commands myself even though I've been
> working with Amadeus Pro for nearly a year now <smile>, just goes to
> show, you learn new tricks every day <smile>.
>
>
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> On 23/05/2009, at 2:45 AM, Keith Reedy wrote:
>
>> Multitrack Recording with Amadeus Pro
>> Special thanks to Martin Hairer for making significant enhancements
>> favorable to VoiceOVer users.
>> To take advantage of these enhancements download the latest version
>> of Amadeus Pro Which can be obtained from
> http://www.hairersoft.com/Downloads/AmadeusPro.zip
>> Changes are always being made so it is important to keep up with the
>> latest versions.
>>
>> When Amadeus pro is opened the following items are visible to the
>> voiceover curser. Moving from left to right they are: Close button,
>> minimize button, zoom button, The words untitled which will be
>> replaced by the name of the project or file when it is saved, tool
>> bar button, tool bar which can be interacted with to reveal a
>> variety of buttons as well as the clock which provides the elapsed
>> time when playing or recording a track or file, a scroll area which
>> wen interacted with reveals the track table,,  a horizontal scroll
>> bar, , A group of numbers depicting the sampling rate being
>> recorded, A check box to loop the playback,And a horizontal zoom
>> slider.
>> Before editing with amadeus Pro some important concepts need to be
>> understood.  Amadeus Pro makes use of two cursors. They are the
>> playback head and the insertion pointer.  Both cursers will follow
>> each other when moving through a file with the left and right
>> arrows.  However when playing a file if the right or left arrow is
>> being used to move through the file only the playback head is being
>> moved and the insertion pointer remains at the place where the file
>> started.
>> An example of this behavior would be this.  Press spacebar to start
>> playing the file and press spacebar again to stop at the point where
>> the selection should start. Note: the insertion pointer is still at
>> the beginning of the file and the playback head is where the file
>> was stopped. To start selecting audio a mark needs to be placed at
>> the beginning of the selection.  To do this the insertion pointer
>> needs to be brought to the place where the selection starts. Press
>> Command-Y to move the insertion pointer to the playback head.  Press
>> Command-Shift-m to place a mark at the beginning of the selection.
>> Press spacebar to continue playing the file up to the point where
>> the selection should end. If a large portion of audio needs to be
>> selected the right arrow will move quickly through the file while it
>> is playing.  Press spacebar at the point where the selection should
>> end. REmember, the insertion pointer has not come along for the ride
>> and must be brought to the place where the selection ends. Press
>> Command-Y to do this. Press Command-Shift-M to place a mark at the
>> end of the selection. Now that the selected audio has been defined
>> Press Command-left arrow to extend the selection from the end marker
>> to the previous marker which was placed  at the beginning of the
>> selected area.  The audio is now selected. To hear the selected
>> audio press the spacebar.  If this portion of audio is meant to be
>> deleted press the letter e to hear what the file will sound like
>> once the selection is gone. This is extremely helpful for editing
>> music. To expand the selection to the left press the letter a. To
>> contract it press the letter s. To expand the selection to the right
>> press the letter f. To contract it press the letter d.
>> To delete press the backspace key.  Once audio is selected effects
>> can be applied such as equalization, compression or anything else
>> that is available.
>> To start recording a single track press command-r. To record
>> additional tracks press command-option-r.
>> To pause recording press SpaceBar.
>> To stop recording press Enter
>> To play from the beginning of the file press Tab.
>> To stop playback and move back to the beginning of the file press
>> Tab while the file is playing.
>> When the file is stopped press Option-home to move to the beginning
>> and Option-End to move to the end of the file.
>> To play the active track press Shift-Spacebar.  The active track is
>> the one that is selected or highlighted.
>> To gain access to the track table interact with the scroll area
>> located to the right of the tool bar.
>> When the track table is open the following items are visible. From
>> left to right they are a disclosure triangle which can be expanded
>> or collapsed by pressing Voiceover-SpaceBar. This is strictly for
>> visual use and allows the track to be seen or not seen on the
>> screen. This has no effect on how VoiceOver perceives the
>> information on the screen.
>> Next is an edit area which by default is empty. This is where the
>> name of the track can be written.
>> Following the edit area is the word "Volume" and a horizontal slider
>> that defaults to %100. This can be manipulated by using the up and
>> down arrows.
>> Next is a check box with the label play.  This allows a track to
>> either play or when unchecked be muted.
>> After that is the word "playback" followed by a popup menu. REfer to
>> the manual for a detailed explanation on it's function.
>> To change the active track do the following.  Interact with the
>> scroll area which is the track table by Pressing VoiceOver-Shift-
>> down-arrow. Use VoiceOver keys left and right arrow to find the edit
>> area with the track names.  Use voiceover-up and down arrow to move
>> through the names of the tracks until the desired track is found.
>> Press the escape key to make this the active track.  Pressing the
>> letter "N" will also cycle through the tracks however nothing is
>> spoken so it is not possible to know which track is active until
>> shift-spacebar is pressed to play the active track.
>> Although importing files in to a project is not yet a feature in
>> Amadeus Pro it is Possible to Copy and paste audio from multiple
>> files to create a multitrack project.
>> 1: Press Command-O to open the file dialog. This is the standard
>> dialog seen in most OS 10 applications and should be familiar to
>> VoiceOver users.
>> 2: when the desired folder is located select multiple files by doing
>> the following. Interact with the file list by pressing VoiceOver-
>> Shift-Down-Arrow.  Move the VoiceOVer curser to the first file. Turn
>> off curser tracking by pressing VoiceOVer-Shift-F3.  The first file
>> will now be selected.  Move the voiceover curser to each desired
>> file and when it's name is heard press command-spacebar to highlight
>> the file.  Do this until all files for the project are selected.  To
>> hear how many items are selected along with there file names press
>> VoiceOVer keys-F6.
>> Note: the VoiceOVer keys MUST be held down during the file selection
>> process.
>> ONce all files have been selected Press the enter key.  Each file
>> will open in a separate window within Amadeus Pro.
>> To paste the audio from a file in to Amadeus Pro ad a new track
>> press VoiceOver-m to activate the Menu bar.  Press the right arrow
>> until the menu item "Sound" is spoken.  Press the Down arrow until
>> the menu item Ad mono track is heard. If a stereo track is needed
>> that choice is below ad mono track.
>> Press enter on either ad mono or stereo track. This will ad a new
>> track to the project.  The menu will close and the new track will be
>> added.  Press Voiceover-m to activate the menu-bar. press the letter
>> "W" and the word window will be  spoken. This highlights the window
>> menu.  Press Down arrow until the first file that should be added to
>> the project is heard.  Press enter to open the window. Press Control-
>> a to select all of the audio in the file. Press Command-` (Command-
>> Axcent) to return to the project window and press Command-V to paste
>> the audio in to the new track.
>> Use the VoiceOVer curser to find the scroll area located next to the
>> tool bar and Interact with it by pressing VoiceOver-Shift-Dow-
>> narrow.  Once the track table is open Use VoiceOVer-Right-arrow to
>> fine the edit area and give the new track a name.  Do this for all
>> files that are to be added to the project.
>>
>> John W Hess
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