Hi Robin I tend to agree with Slau, I don't think PT First will quite give you the big picture, in fact I think it will give you a bad picture, not only in terms of accessibility but also in terms of what Pro-Tools offer overall. In my opinion First is kind of a fail on the part of Avid, it could have been so much better and straight forward without them nececeraly including more features, but I'm sure in time they will learn and improve it. I might be wrong but I anyway think people must still wait to get their Pro-Tools First so you won't be able to download it right away even if you sign up, you'll have to apply for it and wait your turn which in my opinion is also a fail on the part of Avid.
In my opinion your first step must be to buy a iLok if you don't already have one, then you can ither try the 30 day demo of Pro-Tools as far as I know they still offer a demo, alternativly you can also buy/rent Pro-Tools for a month to try it out, since version 12 they offer a per month purchase option. If you just want to get a idea of the accessibility of PT before even trying it and if you want to see what can be done, then I suggest you buy the Pro-Tools with speach tutorials, they are great and will give you a very good idea of the accessibility and what you'll be able to do with PT. Nickus On 8/22/15, Slau Halatyn <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Robin, > > If I'm not mistaken, Avid has operators that can help in processes such as > this. I've had to do that once a few years ago and I think several others on > the list have had such assistance. I think the phone number is either > 650-731-6100 or 6500, I don't recall. > > On a different note, I'm not so sure that the Pro Tools First experience is > going to be representative of what Pro Tools truly has to offer in terms of > accessibility. While Pro Tools First is certainly similar and based on the > regular Pro Tools, there are a few things that are different and I don't > think your experience would be particularly impressive. I tried the beta > late last year and there were a few fundamental problems. Avid has certainly > indicated that the intention is to make sure Pro Tools First is accessible > but, from a non-accessibility-related perspective, Pro Tools First, in my > opinion, is a flawed concept. It's far too limited and anyone serious about > audio will quickly feel its limitations. I'd sooner try to find some of the > audio tutorials that are out there to get a sense of what's possible and how > things work. There has been an enormous amount of progress on the > accessibility front in Pro Tools that we're about to witness and I think > that, ultimately, the way to go is the full version of Pro Tools. My two > cents. > > Slau > > On Aug 22, 2015, at 9:07 AM, Robin Kipp <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hello all! >> I’d like to dive into Pro Tools and get a taste of what I can do with it >> using the free Pro Tools | First edition. I just went to the Avid Pro >> Tools site and found all the details / descriptions related to Pro Tools | >> First. As far as I understand, in order to download the software one has >> to create an ‚Avid Master‘ account. So far so good, however unfortunately >> the website where one can sign up for such an account uses a nasty captcha >> image… I was pretty disappointed when I saw that, especially since no >> audio alternative appears to be available… Luckily, however, sighted help >> was not far so I could ask for help with entering the digits. >> Unfortunately, after clicking the ‚Submit‘ button, I was presented with >> the message that ‚the code you entered is incorrect‘. Mistakes can always >> happen, so we tried again… And again… And again… After about 5 attempts, >> we gave up. My sighted partner assured me that, although the digits were >> quite hard to read, she was 100% sure that she got them right. I’m sure >> that she’s absolutely right and that, most likely, I’m stuck due to a >> problem with the registration website… So that made me wonder, has anyone >> else on here tried registering for an Avid Master account? Did you >> experience the same issues, or did the registration process go through >> smoothly (except for the captcha, of course)? Is there perhaps another, >> easier way of downloading Pro Tools | First? The registration experience >> has been quite frustrating so far, so I sure hope that there’s another >> solution to this problem! :-) >> Thanks a lot for any help and advice and all the best, >> Robin >> >> -- >> 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 [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > 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 [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- 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 [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
