Hi, Solomon, I'll give you my thoughts in this message; then if you want to discuss the matter further, we should do it off-list because we would be more into recording than in Window-Eyes issues.
There are two possibilities I will mention, although I do not know from experience how well they will work for what you want: I believe Audacity.com can do multitrack recordings; you might also check at GoldWave.com. I saw something up there called Multiquence or something like that. You could probably send an E-Mail message to them stating what you want to do, and they would tell you whether they have software that will meet some or all of your needs. I suspect that you have heard of the program called GoldWave.com. It has a MIX function, but I doubt that it will do what you want - at least not easily. It works pretty well with Window-Eyes and Windows XP; but as I understand that software, you would have to do some fancy "knobbin'" around with recording, cutting to clipboard, and mixing the clipboard with another track you record. You'd have to use a metronome or drum machine as a guide to even have a chance to line up the tracks. Simple answer: I wouldn't do it that way! Actually, for what it is worth, I have been doing multitrack recordings for several years; and I made a critical decision early in that game - and you might not like it: I bought a dedicated multitrack recorder (a Fostex MR8-HD, which sadly is probably not available anymore). But here is WHY I made that decision: I wanted to get loose from Microsoft's minefield of viruses, vulnerabilities, spyware, and SPAM - and - ah yes - ADware! I also didn't want to hassle with myriad updates and occasional system crashes! The above probably brands me as an "old fuddyduddy" and maybe I qualify there at my age of 69. Anyhow, I have a multitrack recording system totally divorced from Microsoft and Internet. I take my finished recordings into a PlexTalk recorder in wave mode, then copy the songs to a USB drive, SD card, external hard-drive, and - well OK, I do put a copy of each finished song on a Network Additional Storage (NAS) box. But the point is, I don't have to worry about pop-ups or any of that junk coming in while I am recording a song. You'd have to do a bit of exploring in the marketplace to find out what device you could buy nowadays which would be at least reasonably accessible for the functions you want. My Fostex unit is not totally accessible; but I can operate without sight all of the functions I try to use. If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and your message is related to GW Micro, then please consider sending your message to [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo. You can manage your list subscription at http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv.
