[macvoiceover] Re: regarding garage band
- From: "David Poehlman" <david.poehlman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2008 12:45:06 -0400
can you answer the questions on the list pleae?
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From: "Lewis Brock" <lewisjbrock@xxxxxxx>
To: <macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, March 10, 2008 12:37 PM
Subject: [macvoiceover] Re: regarding garage band
hi there
please contact me on skype regarding garage band. I am a professional
musician and mac techie in the UK and have experience with programs
like this. I will be offering audio tutorials very soon which can be
available hopefully by blindcooltech.
any help you need then please feel free to email me directly at
lewisjbrock@xxxxxxx
or skype me at lewisjbrock. please tell me who you are etc and I will
instantly 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 then
> I 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
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