[audacity4blind] Re: Using midi in Audacity
- From: Steve the Fiddle <stevethefiddle@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2015 00:22:49 +0000
MIDI support in Audacity is very basic at present, little more than
displaying a note track (which isn't really of any use to screen
reader users.)
Steve
On 4 March 2015 at 22:43, seth hurst <hurstseth405@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> They talked about midi recording in audacity but I don't the feature has
> been put out yet.
>
> Seth Hurst
> hurstseth405@xxxxxxxxx
>
>
> On Wed, Mar 4, 2015 at 4:09 PM, Heiko Folkerts <heiko@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> Hi all,
>> I'd like to know how far audacity can support MIDI and whether this is
>> accessible to us screen reader users.
>>
>> Background: In lack of a drum computer I can use without frustration I
>> managed to get some drum tracks in MIDI format. I also have some free
>> sound
>> fonts that make those tracks sound more or less natural. Ofcourse nothing
>> professional, but since I am only making music for fun this is no problem.
>> Currently I am rendering the midi files using the tool midirenderer.
>>
>> To edit MIDI files I only know the way of translating them to ABC notation
>> and editing the notes there and convert them back to MIDI. Is there a
>> usable
>> multi voice editor for midi files accessible to screen readers? I heard of
>> Windows MIDI sequencer but didn't find out how to really use it.
>>
>> I could create multiple MIDI tracks with only one instrument and join them
>> using audacity but this sounds quite wrong to me - is there a better way
>> to
>> go?
>>
>> Sorry for this partly off topic but maybe audacity can help more than I
>> think. The MIDI explanation for Audacity I found refers to 2008 and I hope
>> that there has been more progress in this.
>>
>> Thanks in advance
>>
>> Heiko
>>
>
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