How do I pull up the list of saxophones and begin to play them? On Mar 10, 2008, at 1:35 PM, Lewis Brock wrote:
Dont get me wrong davidI have road tested this application in multiple modes from basic two track audio to recommended maximum methods etc. so basically navigating through track names and numbers will be a problemplease dont be funny with me about this. guys like me, slau and others who have been in this kind of audio environment know the strengths, weaknesses and more of given applications.garage band is good for basic podcasting, midi and audio recording but it would be advised that you use a midi keyboard and midi control surface for mixing, pan assignments etc. I have tested all this out on my production rig here in my studio with different hardware and yes tracks respond to midi control change data for volume, pan and track arm etc. so basically here is the mmain level. you're forgetting that this product was initially designed for sighted users to be able to do MOUSE based editing and interaction and not multiple keystrokes etc with voiceover. editing midi blocks, audio blocks etc either requires mouse work or creation of locate points per section. these locate points are saved so you can go to each track point to edit with.lew On 10 Mar 2008, at 17:29, David Poehlman wrote:This doesn't cut it. not everyone wants to do 16 simultanious tracks. some want to do podcasts, some want to set instraments and save them. there are many different uses for gb so before you rain, take a step back, scale downand punch it again please? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lewis Brock" <lewisjbrock@xxxxxxx> To: <macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, March 10, 2008 1:20 PM Subject: [macvoiceover] Re: regarding garage band ok well here is a run down of things before you guys get all excited herenow I am a professional musician with years of experience between macsand PCs with different recording packages. Garage band is accessible to a limit and I emphasize the word limit. it will give you basic recording access. some control over accessing parameters for each midi track or software instrument track. audio editing and midi editing is in fact a rather serious problem as navigating and controlling with voiceover is incredibly awkward and not as informative as needed here running multiple recorded tracks. well lets just say...., FORGET IT. after extensive testing recently with my production environment. its a waste of time. no track after track 1 is spoken as it cannot navigate further or see the interface.. I set up a full 16 channelmidi 8 channel audio project for a rundown test and I couldn't edit atrack nor get info on each channel.the only way around this for recording tracks is to get a midi controlsurface with faders, controller pots and more.navigating the sound pallette for each software track can be done butit is sluggish at times and is a little irritating but none the less its navigateable master track issue. not exactly the best function going and not really editable. more effects support, true mastering tools etc would be a good idea. Sorry to rain on people's days here but to be honest after having taken some time and some recent tests. forget garage band. I am doingsome work at present which I will be revealing soon. cant say anythingjust yet but if you're from mac visionaries and know me then you'll know my knowledge of the audio recording software market. if you relally need my help with garage band and want a direct tutorial then contact me on skype at lewisjbrock. I will be happy to support you as best as I can lewis On 10 Mar 2008, at 16:45, David Poehlman wrote:can you answer the questions on the list pleae? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lewis Brock" <lewisjbrock@xxxxxxx> To: <macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, March 10, 2008 12:37 PM Subject: [macvoiceover] Re: regarding garage band hi thereplease contact me on skype regarding garage band. I am a professionalmusician and mac techie in the UK and have experience with programslike this. I will be offering audio tutorials very soon which can beavailable hopefully by blindcooltech. any help you need then please feel free to email me directly at lewisjbrock@xxxxxxxor skype me at lewisjbrock. please tell me who you are etc and I willinstantly authorise you lewis brock On 10 Mar 2008, at 11:29, Ginny wrote:Well, I’ve been one of those folks who has spent lots of time in one-to-one training at the Apple store and then coming home to try to make some sense of what we as visually impaired users can actually accomplish with garage band. Here are a few of the problems I’ve uncovered. Please let me know if there are work-arounds for these problems, because if there are, then we should definitely put our heads together and come up with a guide for VO users.The track listing is not accessible. I can record a track, and thenI can record a new track, but I can’t then go and select one of those tracks and edit it because I can’t access a track list. 2. The list of provided instruments isn’t labeled. I think it would be possible to memorize where each instrument list is, but then when you click on the main instrument, you have to select categories within that instrument which are also not accessible. Once you can actually get to a list of instruments—say, jazz bass, you can read through the various names of the jazz bass sound options. However, getting to that point is incredibly challenging. I can’t figure out a way to drag and drop the provided instruments or loops into a track…I can only listen to their samples. There doesn’t seem to be a way to edit individual tracks. I’d love to know if you guys have found work-arounds for these issues, because if garage band’s not quite accessible, I’m going to have to resort to Cakewalk. <sad sigh>Lewis Brock Totally Blind musician and composer of 21st century music PHONE: +44 07857 352828 E-MAIL: lewisjbrock@xxxxxxx MSN: lewis.brock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx SKYPE: lewisjbrockClick on the link below to go to our homepage. http://www.icanworkthisthing.com Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below. //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceoverLewis Brock Totally Blind musician and composer of 21st century music PHONE: +44 07857 352828 E-MAIL: lewisjbrock@xxxxxxx MSN: lewis.brock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx SKYPE: lewisjbrockClick on the link below to go to our homepage. http://www.icanworkthisthing.comManage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below.//www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceoverClick on the link below to go to our homepage. http://www.icanworkthisthing.comManage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below.//www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceoverLewis Brock Totally Blind musician and composer of 21st century music PHONE: +44 07857 352828 E-MAIL: lewisjbrock@xxxxxxx MSN: lewis.brock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx SKYPE: lewisjbrockClick on the link below to go to our homepage. http://www.icanworkthisthing.comManage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below.//www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover
Click on the link below to go to our homepage. http://www.icanworkthisthing.com Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below. //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover