Anyone tried midi editing with Garage Band yet? I know it has great sounds and soft synths, and audio editing is doable, but as a strictly audio guy myself, no experience with midi, but imagine it could be didited in the same fashion audio would be. One of you midi guys should give it a shot and report back maybe? On Jan 15, 2013, at 6:30 PM, Slau Halatyn wrote:
> Hi Thomas, > > Things are changing and moving forward with accessibility. It'll be a > long-term prospect but, since Avid has committed to making accessibility > improvements, they themselves suggested that this should apply across the > board, so that would include Sibelius. Don't hold your breath because, again, > it's a long-term. Still, it's encouraging. > > Cheers, > > Slau > > On Jan 15, 2013, at 11:27 AM, Thomas Böttcher wrote: > >> Hi guys, >> I'm interested in recording soft synths and also recording some audio like >> my piano plus voice etc. >> I'm currently using sonar and the caketalking scripts under windows, running >> bootcamp on my mac. In short, for all my other programs I am a convinced mac >> user. I'm experiencing some serious stability issues with sonar and windows >> and I'm slowly getting really sick of that. >> About one and a half years ago I heard for the first time a podcast by kevin >> Reeves about pro tools being accessible and was really thrilled. However, >> back then he concluded with the notion that it was great for recording audio >> but not if you wanted to record soft synths and work a lot with midi editing >> etc. >> That was one of the main reasons I went for sonar back then. >> Could anyone on this list advice me if there has been any significant >> progress on that matter. >> Another reason for me for going for sonar back then was the extensive >> documentation provided especially for blind users by dancingdots, since I >> was a total new comer on this subject. >> I don't expect the learning curve on pro tools to be low, though. >> >> As composer/arranger I've produced my work as sheet music, however I want to >> be able to produce it as well using sophisticated soft synth sounds and >> sample libraries. Is that doable with pt? >> Well, that's about it. >> Any advice would be greatly appreciated. >> Thanks a lot! >> Cheers >> Thomas >