Raymond, (& this is no offense to James) but IMO, its interface is quite awkward. For example, in most midi programs, u can bring up an event list editor, get a list of all events, & edit them. W/QWS, the event list only goes by beat, u have to keep clicking to go to the next 1, etc. U also have to right-click in order to edit the value(s) u want. Then there's the note editor & control editor, etc., all of which I'm used to being able to handle thru an event list. So, yes--I could see where folks might find it slow or cumbersome or both, especially if they were used to being able to do edits from a single interface.
On 8/7/11, Raymond Grote <musicalm...@comcast.net> wrote: > Hi all, > Here's an interesting question. When I learned QWS, I didn't have anyone to > help me out with it, just the setting up the keyboard part. And I had to > learn most of the tools and functions myself. While I am a decent musician, > I don't consider myself better than everyone. But QWS just came natural to > me, a little more than I had expected. There are sighted people I know that > know way more than I do, who use other programs which are not at all > accessible. They have a whole workstation in front of them, and they can do > way more than impport midi data and play it back, they can tweak pretty much > every synth and effect peramitor there is. Whether they actually know the > ins and outs of it I don't know, but it sure seems like they do. > Now the question. I know people who are impressed with the work I do, > contrary to my opinion, lol. but, they wanted to know how I did it, but > they're sort of geared into something like I said above and I'm not sure > exactly how to approach QWs. I initially said, "The manual's really good, > you should understand it." I was under the impression that QWS's features > were pretty familiar to any midi sequencer that knows what they're doing, > and it would be ridiculously simple. But then an hour later they'd uninstall > because it was either too complicated for them or too slow. I then realized > that QWS and a DAW are pretty different, QWS is like Notepad, where it > doesn't offer amazing functions with one clikc. You have to use the thirty > or so tools that it provides you, in the way you want them, not go by some > factory of presets already made for you and tweak it from there. > So am I even partially right? Is QWS really complicated from that > standpoint, or could it be lack of patience? We've all seen what Andre can > do with it, I myself found it hard to believe that he used QWS at first > since I'm nowhere near that level. > Maybe some of you here have had similar experiences and can give more > insight. > -- Blame the computer--why not? It can't defend itself & occasionally might even be the culprit Jackie McBride Ask Me Computer Questions at: www.pcinquirer.com Jaws Scripting training materials: www.screenreaderscripting.com homePage: www.abletec.serverheaven.net To unsubscribe or change list options, see http://lists.andrelouis.com for archived list posts, see http://www.mail-archive.com/qws@andrelouis.com
