Welcome, Byron. Glad you made it onto the list :) Cheers,
Slau On Feb 1, 2013, at 1:39 PM, byron harden wrote: > hello all my name is byron. > i am a bran new blind pro tools user. > i have been taking Kevin reeves's getting started with pro tools from an > accessibility point of view. training class via skype. > > if you are just starting with a mac computer, i would really suggest that you > get good with voice over first, than jump in with pro tools. > > the reason i say that is because so many functions in pro tools are related > to the mac. > > that is in a great way. > these two things go hand and hand, when everything is going right,,, lol > > > i have been engineering for about 15 years. > i started with analog as a low vision person. > i moved in to the digital world 2 years after my start. > the great thing about a blind person using pro tools is, it provides a > closer to even playing field for us in relationship to the rest of the music > biz. > > pro tools, voice over, and any other DAWS , or screen readers that you choose > to use,will not take long to learn, if you are really pationnet about it. > > as well as this list is an awesome resource for us. > > On Feb 1, 2013, at 11:04 AM, "Poppa Bear" <heavens4r...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> So Katie, I do think I remember your introduction about a week ago. I use >> Sonar the majority of the time, but I picked up a Pro Tools set up for my >> recording studio because I thought I would have more pro tool spicific >> clients, but it didn't turn out that way. Many just want their stuff >> recorded no matter the set up as long as you know what you are doing. So now >> I have both PT and Sonar. I am much quicker with Sonar and find it to be >> more flexable than Pro Tools and a little easier to learn, the thing is >> though, with PT on the Mac you are for the most part getting a recording >> system that goes hand and glove with the Mac platform, and whether people >> like it or not, Pro Tools is industry standard. With a PC you have so many >> 3rd party programmer variables that it can become dawnting to get a good set >> up that performs well. I would say this as you get back into the music, most >> people end up getting the Pro Tools bug so if your at the gate and wondering >> where to start then you might be better off just jumping into Pro Tools so >> your not like many who start off in Sonar always wondering if they should >> start learning pro tools. >> HTH >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Katie Zodrow" <kzodrow...@att.net> >> To: <ptaccess@googlegroups.com> >> Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2013 6:00 PM >> Subject: Re: Beginner questions. >> >> >>> Hi, Nate. I've used Sonar when it was Cakewalk in the past during the early >>> 2000's. I think I used Cakewalk version 9 up until I graduated from Berklee >>> in 2004. I mostly used Cakewalk for writing instrument and vocal parts for >>> my production projects or I used it for completing assignments for >>> Traditional Harmony and other classes in college. I'm not that familiar >>> with Sonar with recording digital audio because I only did MIDI recording >>> with Cakewalk/Sonar. >>> Katie >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Poppa Bear" <heavens4r...@gmail.com> >>> To: <ptaccess@googlegroups.com> >>> Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2013 2:42 PM >>> Subject: Re: Beginner questions. >>> >>> >>>> Yes, PT is accessible and the person who did those lessons is Kevin Reves, >>>> he goes back and forth from this list and the PT access group. He also >>>> does pro tools lessons via skype or phone. His email is >>>> m...@kevinreeves.net >>>> Do you know how to use voice over, the screen reader for the Mac? That is >>>> the biggest hurdle IMO to using Pro Tools. I have a PT set up on a Mac >>>> with a 002 mixer and I am able to use plugins, softsynths and perform most >>>> basic edit functions. I am still learning though, it is a different kind >>>> of beast than Sonar. >>>> HTH >>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Malone" <james.9...@gmail.com> >>>> To: <ptaccess@googlegroups.com> >>>> Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2013 11:18 AM >>>> Subject: Beginner questions. >>>> >>>> >>>>> Hi there folks. I've recently started college doing a music >>>>> performance/production course, among other things. They use PT as >>>>> their main program, and I only learnt of its accessibility a couple >>>>> days ago. I guess firstly, I heard there was a tutorial or two that >>>>> someone did on PT. When I searched for it I discovered the link was >>>>> broken. If anyone has those are they able to chuck me a link? >>>>> Secondly, is PT practical for us blind folk yet? I understand this is >>>>> fairly new, so I thought I'd ask before taking the dive. I would >>>>> certainly be needing access to the midi area, along with possibly >>>>> plugins and access to some of the in built softsynths it has. (Though >>>>> I know that ones a bit of a hit and miss.) >>>>> Any help on this, anything at all would be greatly appreciated. >>>>> Cheers, >>>>> James >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>>> "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>>> email to ptaccess+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>> email to ptaccess+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>> >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to ptaccess+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to ptaccess+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to ptaccess+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. 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