Hey Bryan,
I'm hoping to do just this. I have boot camp setup and have Sonar 8
Producer installed on the Windows 7 side. Will I be able to use the
CakeTalking scripts with 8.0? It appears that its only available if you have
8.5 installed. Forgive the semi off topicness:)
On Jun 14, 2010, at 4:23 PM, Bryan Smart wrote:
> Besides Pro Tools, your only other professional accessible solution is Sonar.
> You'll have to setup BootCamp on your Mac, and boot in to Windows to run it.
>
> You'll need:
>
> Sonar
> Jaws 8 or newer
> A Jaws scripts package for Sonar like CakeTalking or JSonar. JSonar is free,
> but not quite as stable in some areas of Sonar. If all that you're doing is
> tracking, though, it will be fine. CakeTalking comes with a 400+ page book of
> how-tos for a blind user of Sonar. If you want to get a job accomplished
> quickly, and have access to procedures for how to accomplish the tasks as a
> blind guy, then CakeTalking is worth it.
>
> Sonar doesn't impose artificial limitations on how many inputs you can record
> at once. You just need the interface and computer to pull it off. A newer MBP
> can record to 24 tracks at once via Sonar easily. However, if you're working
> exclusively from the internal drive, you'll need to live with some latency in
> order to have everything operate smoothly. A higher-end iMac or Mac Pro can
> handle it no problem at all. I don't know of any 24 input Firewire interfaces
> that can be stacked off-hand. Most that I've seen stop at 16 inputs. If
> you're using a Mac Pro, though, you can high-end Lynx or RME cards, which
> will work fine with Sonar under BootCamp. The trick, of course, is getting
> something that can also be used with Pro Tools when you need to operate on
> that side.
>
> I haven't tried this, but Reaper, at least on Windows, might be able to help
> with the tracking on the cheap. There is access to it via Jaws. It's mixing
> capabilities aren't on the level of Sonar or Pro Tools, but it might be able
> to track that many inputs for you, if raw tracking is all that you need.
>
> Let us know how it works out.
>
> Bryan
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf
> Of Frank Carmickle
> Sent: Monday, June 14, 2010 1:52 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: While we're doing intros...
>
> Hello again
>
> I just reread the thread on mac visionaries and found your response about
> Logic. So no need to reply. It does lead me to another question though. If
> I want to use any old firewire a/d d/a for at least 24 tracks of recording it
> will need some software to do it other than PT. What would be recommended?
> I'm trying to avoid spending $11,000 plus to get a 24 track recording
> solution. If I'm spending that much maybe I will just buy a radar. The $11k
> would be 2 Lynx Auroras and PT HD.
>
> Thanks
> --FC
>
> On Jun 14, 2010, at 1:06 AM, Frank Carmickle wrote:
>
>> Hi Brian
>>
>> On Jun 13, 2010, at 8:24 PM, Bryan Smart wrote:
>>
>>> There isn't another list right now, because there are only a few people
>>> using Logic, either with really hard-to-get-going approaches, or with tools
>>> that they can't share/talk about. For all practical purposes, it isn't an
>>> accessible DAW yet.
>>>
>> The scripts that were linked to on the mac visionaries list a month or so
>> ago are what I was going to try. I grabbed a copy of them but I don't have
>> logic now so I haven't tried them yet. Any idea if they work? I'll see if
>> I can find the link again.
>>
>> I went back and forth with Apple accessibility about Logic. All they could
>> tell me is they have no information at this time. I took that to mean that
>> it will be coming in some version at some point.
>>
>>> You might have better luck with either the VIMac-Audio list (general
>>> Mac audio talk), or with MIDIMag (general music production talk for
>>> blind guys on all platforms). www.midimag.org
>>>
>> Good tips. Thanks.
>>
>> Regards
>> --FC
>>
>
