Okay. I know that this is been discussed up here before, so thus forgive me. I 
only just now have recently obtained an iPad third-generation, therefore, I now 
present you with this question. First of all, yes, I do have some usable 
vision, though not enough to read what is on the iPad screen. Not even close. I 
can see some shapes on the screen, and if I'm lucky, I might be able to make 
out some color here and there, but that's about it. With this said, and also 
considering the amount of vision loss that I have, I am curious: are there any 
third-party apps if I could download through the app store which would allow me 
to use ProTools with my iPad, with my iPad acting as a full-fledged control 
surface? I remember trying one with my iPhone while that, and it was extremely 
inaccessible! At best, I could get it to barely read. I just figure, that would 
be so awesome to be able to sit across the room, and have somebody near the 
microphone where my control interface currently is sitting on the desk, this 
way, I would not have to worry about them getting up, me having to run all the 
way over to the control interface, turn the volume's up-and-down, set things up 
on ProTools et cetera. I could allow the client to stay where they're at, yet I 
could be sitting over on the couch controlling things on the go. And, could 
also be doing it completely in real-time. You asked me: why can you not just 
put the surface across the room, or do the same with my interface? You don't 
understand how my studio is set up believe me. There's not any way that could 
be done. It would be impossible with the way the floor plan of this particular 
room is laid out. I know, that probably sounds like more of a personal problem 
than anything, however, I just need some advice on how I could get this to 
work. My desk is cluttered enough as it is And I was barely able to get the 
fast track see 400 on the desk let alone an entire control surface. This is why 
I am hoping that there is someway remotely I could do this. Yes, there is 
always using a Bluetooth keyboard, which actually, it's what I have been doing 
in the past. But that is definitely not very ideal. Especially considering that 
I am using the flat aluminum Apple Bluetooth wireless iMac keyboard. This 
keyboard for those who do not know does not have a numeric keypad on it. Thus, 
editing is pretty much out of the question. Plus, not only that, but if I 
wanted to ever automate fade, or something of the sort at the end of the song, 
etc. etc., that would be a bit in accurate trying to do that with a regular 
keyboard. If the price is right, and if you guys can promise me that it would 
be accessible, I would be willing to get an app for my iPad that would help 
with this, and that would allow me to connect it to my Pro tools so that I 
could use ProTools with the iPad acting as a control surface. And audio 
tutorials sent to me either on sunspace, or dropbox would be wonderful 
demonstrating the functionality, however if that is not feasible, I will take 
you guys at your word. I definitely do trust you Walce judgment. Here are my 
specs. I currently am running iOS six on an iPad third-generation. It is a 
Wi-Fi only, 16 gig, black. I don't think that that matters, but just wanted to 
include that information just in case. On the Mac side of things, I am running 
ProTools 10.0, I have not upgraded to any later build a version 10 due to the 
accessibility situations which I experienced. That is very debatable, and I am 
not about to get into war flame regarding the accessibility. Don't even go 
there. If you do, I will not even respond. I have my reasons for staying back, 
and frankly, 10.0 alone fits my workflow perfectly. Once icy that some of those 
accessibility issues have been fixed, I will definitely then consider 
upgrading, but anyway that is not a topic for this email. So we will not go 
there as it is totally irrelevant. I am running ProTools on a partition, which 
is running 10.6.8 Snow Leopard. Again, yes, I could use lion, but for my 
workflow, I find that dual booting between Mountain lion, and Snow Leopard 
which I am using for my audio stuff, works absolutely flawlessly, so why give 
more than what I really need. You know what I'm saying? Anyway, I would be 
honored to hear you all's opinions on this, and what you all might recommend 
hooking me up with, that would do the trick. Thank you very very much for any 
help. It means a lot.

With warmest regards,

Chris.

Sent from my iPad

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