[Mac-access]: anyone going to see the apple watch please?

2015-04-04 Thread william lomas
Hi is anyone going to see an apple watch next week?
i would like to pre-order one but wish we could read up on how voiceover works. 
all we know is 2 fingers to scroll and a double tap on the watch display and a 
raise of the wrist (i think either will work) activates VO
however will this make navigating the watch cumbersome? how can we just glance?
i wish apple would have provided blind consumers wit a video on how VO works 
since we are ordering on tech articles alone
Will

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Re: [Mac-access]: does any one know how i can add custom sounds toSkype?

2015-04-04 Thread Colin Matthews
Hi!
OK in Skype open Command+Comma and in the tool bar select notifications and 
then the details tab!
1, go to the event button and find the event you wish to add your own sound to!
2, Then make sure the check box is checked to play sound!
3, Next to that is a menu of the sounds you can pick from Arrow right to the 
bottom and you should find a Add/remove press enter on that!
4, You should be put into a window which will have a table of sounds in your 
sounds folder [see message about unzipping sounds]
5, If your sounds are in there you can select all of the sounds you want and 
stop interacting and hit the OK/done button!
6,If you are still on a page where the default button is dimmed just close it!
7, You should be back in Skype and on that Event you picked!
8, Go back into the table of sounds and the ones you added should now all be 
there, Just pick the one you want for that event and you should be done, There 
is a play sound button to click just to make sure!
9, And if you’ve got more sounds added go to another Event and do the same but 
this time the sounds should already be there for you!
PS I put in a M4A little clip and it works just fine, should also work with 
.MP3’s
HTH Colin

On 5 Apr 2015, at 00:39, Christopher-Mark Gilland clgillan...@gmail.com wrote:

 I'd need to check, as I know with the Windows version, you definitely can, 
 but I can't recall if the option is also there on the Mac version.  I seem to 
 remember that it was.  Basically, it's going to be in one of two places, if 
 it's there.  Actually, no, excuse me.  One of three places.  Go into Skype 
 preferences, obviously with Command+Comma.  In here, go up and interact with 
 the toolbar to get to your tabs.  We want to look first at the sounds tab.  
 See in there if there is a way to select and browse to a wave file on your 
 system of your choice for each event.  If not, then let's go back up to the 
 toolbar, and have a gander in the notifications tab.  If not there either, 
 then the only other place would be in the toolbar, go to the Advanced tab.  
 If it's not there, then I'm sorry to say, you're most likely then out of 
 luck, short of *maybe!* manually editing a PList preference file... Oh!  
 Joy!... Not?
 
 Chris.
 
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 Subject: [Mac-access]: does any one know how i can add custom sounds to Skype?
 
 
 does any one know of a way i can add custom sounds to Skype
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Re: [Mac-access]: midi keyboard usage within the mac

2015-04-04 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
Yeah.  Neh.  You'll be fine.  I'm not saying you won't! have to enable the 
midi capability, but most likely you won't.


Chris.

- Original Message - 
From: Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net

To: OS X  iOS Accessibility mac-access@mac-access.net
Sent: Saturday, April 04, 2015 10:22 PM
Subject: Re: [Mac-access]: midi keyboard usage within the mac


Ah okay, I thought a menu option had to be set on the synth itself to 
enable the MIDI interface.


As for the sound from the Synth? The MX49 is not equipped with internal 
speakers so no problem there smile.




On 5/04/2015 11:55 AM, Christopher-Mark Gilland wrote:
Not really, Dane.  The only thing really that you may have to really do 
in the keyboard menus would be to turn off local mode.  and even that's 
technically optional.  In the meantime, if you dont' want to hear things 
out of sync coming out the keyboard's audio output, just turn the volume 
of the keyboard all the way down with it's master volume control.  I 
mean, ok, you might have to go in to the thing and enable the USB midi 
portion of it, although I've never ever in all keyboard/digital 
piano/controllers ever seen the need to do this, so you should be just 
fine.


When I referred to setting your input and output, I was talking about 
setting that on the midi track within Garageband or whatever itself on 
the software side.  You shouldn't need sighted help for that.  That's 
something Voiceover should deal with no problems.


Chris.

- Original Message - From: Dane Trethowan 
grtd...@internode.on.net

To: OS X  iOS Accessibility mac-access@mac-access.net
Sent: Saturday, April 04, 2015 9:30 PM
Subject: Re: [Mac-access]: midi keyboard usage within the mac


Yep, I gathered I had to set something and I'm going to have to get some 
sighted assistance to go through the menu system to find that but again, 
all detailed in the manual if details are required, thanks again.




On 5/04/2015 11:09 AM, Christopher-Mark Gilland wrote:
Dane, as I said in my e-mail, that's perfect.  That will work 
flawlessly. Just plug the cord from the keyboard to your USB port, and 
boom.  You're done. Obviously, you'll have to go into GB or whatever 
and set your midi in and out device to your keyboard/controller, but 
that's easy enough to do.


Chris.

- Original Message - From: Dane Trethowan 
grtd...@internode.on.net

To: OS X  iOS Accessibility mac-access@mac-access.net
Sent: Saturday, April 04, 2015 8:39 PM
Subject: Re: [Mac-access]: midi keyboard usage within the mac


What you said wasn't too detailed, its exactly how MIDI works, even 
the manual of my Yamaha MX49 says nearly as much as you've said, 
enough for the user to know - if they could be bothered reading the 
Introduction to the user manual - that output of sound from the 
keyboard and MIDI I/O are 2 different things, as you say MIDI is a 
controlling interface.


Now this brings me to a question regarding my MX49 which I've been 
meaning to get going for the last 3 months, you know how it is, gets 
put on the list of 50,000 other things that have to be done in the 
next 10 years smile, is the USB port for MIDI access the same as the 
MIDI I/O 5 Pin Din ports on the machine, can I use the supplied USB 
cable that came with the synth for all MIDI controls or do I need to 
purchase an adapter.


Just to simplify things, I plan to be using this keyboard on the Mac 
with garage Band.




On 5/04/2015 9:42 AM, Christopher-Mark Gilland wrote:
Sorry for being so detailed.  I just wanted to be sure that you 
understood. You said you wanted to use the built in sounds.  A lot of 
people don't understand that midi in and of itself won't produce 
sounds out the keyboard.


I have a real bad habbit of doing this and giving far more detail 
than necessary, guilty as charged, but I would have hated for you to 
have gotten an answer, then wonderred why just simply plugging a midi 
cable or whatever in wasn't working.


Pardon the novel-writing.  Did you get anything helpful though out of 
my message?  I hope so?


Chris.

- Original Message - From: Devin Prater d.pra...@me.com
To: OS X  iOS Accessibility mac-access@mac-access.net
Sent: Saturday, April 04, 2015 7:02 PM
Subject: Re: [Mac-access]: midi keyboard usage within the mac


Well, goodness. I didn’t mean anything that detailed. I simply want 
a program that uses pure midi, can export and import midi, and could 
optionally save the midi as mp3. I’ve heard that GarageBand on OS X 
10.10 is inaccessible in some ways, so I simply want a simple, 
easily learned and accessible editor that’ll work with midi so that 
I can just play using the keyboard. I have now, like in the last 
hour, gone through the keyboard’s array of sounds and found them a 
little low quality, the keyboard is an older model, so I may just 
play using the keyboard then export to mp3 or something then all the 
tracks are good and all, so that’s what I want to do.
On Apr 4, 2015, at 5:20 PM, Christopher-Mark 

Re: [Mac-access]: putting music folders on iPhone 4

2015-04-04 Thread Dane Trethowan
Well again, just because an App hasn't been updated doesn't mean much 
either, I have several here which I still use, If It Ain't Broke Then 
Don't Fix It.




On 5/04/2015 7:03 AM, Diane Bomare wrote:

I find that reading the reviews is important, because, sometimes they point out 
workarounds, you can find out if any problems you are having are mainstream 
issues.

But, the last date that an app was updated, tells a whole lot. I saw an app on 
the app store, recently, that cost $19.95, but had not been updated since 2011!
Diane Bomar
Sent from my iPhone

On Apr 2, 2015, at 21:12, Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net wrote:

I use several Apps that have had bad ratings or reviews, 1 Password is amongst 
those and I wouldn't be without that particular App.



On 3/04/2015 2:05 PM, Glenn / Lenny wrote:
I sometimes wonder if what may give an app a bad rating is from it having
not enough eye candy for the sighted, and as a result, perhaps it works
better for us.
Glenn
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From: Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net
To: OS X  iOS Accessibility mac-access@mac-access.net
Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2015 7:29 PM
Subject: Re: [Mac-access]: putting music folders on iPhone 4


Course! I use it all the time, I never go on a rating though that’s probably
hypercritical of me as I should rate Apps myself I guess.

Another IOS user told me about it so I heard about oOplayer through word of
mouth.



On 3 Apr 2015, at 10:28 am, Glenn / Lenny glenner...@cableone.net wrote:

I looked for ooplayer and I found it, but it has zero stars.
Have you tried it?
Thanks.
Glenn
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From: Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net
To: OS X  iOS Accessibility mac-access@mac-access.net
Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2015 11:30 PM
Subject: Re: [Mac-access]: putting music folders on iPhone 4


oOplayer doesn't touch your content that is to say it plays your content
no matter where you put it, so long as you can find it with oOplayer
then you can play it, a bit like say opening Windows Explorer and
selecting files or folders for playing, another tool you might like to
look at is File Browser.




On 1/04/2015 3:25 PM, Glenn / Lenny wrote:
I was just looking at ooplayer, after you suggested that, and the only
thing
that concerns me is whether or not it keeps the music in their folders
and
allows me to play a folder.
The media Connect which I also looked up after you suggested it, looks
like
it is for streaming only.
Glenn
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To: OS X  iOS Accessibility mac-access@mac-access.net
Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2015 11:20 PM
Subject: Re: [Mac-access]: putting music folders on iPhone 4


You can do it in several di

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Re: [Mac-access]: does any one know of a way of un zipping things onthe mac?

2015-04-04 Thread wui chin Leong
yep it is a unzip file with Skype sounds in it
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Re: [Mac-access]: midi keyboard usage within the mac

2015-04-04 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
Dane, as I said in my e-mail, that's perfect.  That will work flawlessly. 
Just plug the cord from the keyboard to your USB port, and boom.  You're 
done.  Obviously, you'll have to go into GB or whatever and set your midi in 
and out device to your keyboard/controller, but that's easy enough to do.


Chris.

- Original Message - 
From: Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net

To: OS X  iOS Accessibility mac-access@mac-access.net
Sent: Saturday, April 04, 2015 8:39 PM
Subject: Re: [Mac-access]: midi keyboard usage within the mac


What you said wasn't too detailed, its exactly how MIDI works, even the 
manual of my Yamaha MX49 says nearly as much as you've said, enough for 
the user to know - if they could be bothered reading the Introduction to 
the user manual - that output of sound from the keyboard and MIDI I/O are 
2 different things, as you say MIDI is a controlling interface.


Now this brings me to a question regarding my MX49 which I've been meaning 
to get going for the last 3 months, you know how it is, gets put on the 
list of 50,000 other things that have to be done in the next 10 years 
smile, is the USB port for MIDI access the same as the MIDI I/O 5 Pin 
Din ports on the machine, can I use the supplied USB cable that came with 
the synth for all MIDI controls or do I need to purchase an adapter.


Just to simplify things, I plan to be using this keyboard on the Mac with 
garage Band.




On 5/04/2015 9:42 AM, Christopher-Mark Gilland wrote:
Sorry for being so detailed.  I just wanted to be sure that you 
understood. You said you wanted to use the built in sounds.  A lot of 
people don't understand that midi in and of itself won't produce sounds 
out the keyboard.


I have a real bad habbit of doing this and giving far more detail than 
necessary, guilty as charged, but I would have hated for you to have 
gotten an answer, then wonderred why just simply plugging a midi cable or 
whatever in wasn't working.


Pardon the novel-writing.  Did you get anything helpful though out of my 
message?  I hope so?


Chris.

- Original Message - From: Devin Prater d.pra...@me.com
To: OS X  iOS Accessibility mac-access@mac-access.net
Sent: Saturday, April 04, 2015 7:02 PM
Subject: Re: [Mac-access]: midi keyboard usage within the mac


Well, goodness. I didn’t mean anything that detailed. I simply want a 
program that uses pure midi, can export and import midi, and could 
optionally save the midi as mp3. I’ve heard that GarageBand on OS X 
10.10 is inaccessible in some ways, so I simply want a simple, easily 
learned and accessible editor that’ll work with midi so that I can just 
play using the keyboard. I have now, like in the last hour, gone through 
the keyboard’s array of sounds and found them a little low quality, the 
keyboard is an older model, so I may just play using the keyboard then 
export to mp3 or something then all the tracks are good and all, so that’s 
what I want to do.
On Apr 4, 2015, at 5:20 PM, Christopher-Mark Gilland 
clgillan...@gmail.com wrote:


You're talking two totally different things here.

Let's get one thing totally straight.  Midi isn't audio.  All that midi 
basically is are different numerical values for certain triggered 
events, with 1's and 0's attached to it. Basically 0 means the event is 
off, while 1 means it is on. Every single thing you do with the 
keyboard is associated with a midi event, as they are called.  I 
understand this isn't what you're asking, but to answer your question, 
I have to define this, so you'll understand in a second where I am 
going with this.  So what happens with midi is, these events are sent 
to your midi hardware or software controller either on the input, or on 
the output side.  Trust me with this, I am an audio engineer, so I know 
what I'm  talking about, believe me.  I've done this stuff for years. 
Not saying I'm God, and know everything, cause I definitely don't, but 
this much, I do! know.


OK, so with all of that said, let's address your question at hand... 
The short answer is, Garageband will definitely do midi.  If you don't 
plan to record, but just want to play, then Audacity or even Main Stage 
might be your best bet.  The thing however is, just know that if you 
want to get the sounds from your keyboard, it may take a little more 
work.  First of all, does your keyboard have built in speakers?  If 
not, you'll need to somehow get the keyboard going to a line source 
like the line in of your mac, or to a mixer etc.  I don't know your 
setup, so it's kind of hard for me to really determine e everything 
right up front without more info.


You're going to most likely need a midi to USB converter, because 
obviously, the mac doesn't have built in round midi in and out and 
through ports. There is a nice device called the midi Uno that would 
work with this. Basically, it's a Y cable.  One end has 3 of the male 
round plugs.  One for in, one for out, and one for through.  So, you'd 
connect that end to 

Re: [Mac-access]: midi keyboard usage within the mac

2015-04-04 Thread Dane Trethowan
Yep, I gathered I had to set something and I'm going to have to get some 
sighted assistance to go through the menu system to find that but again, 
all detailed in the manual if details are required, thanks again.




On 5/04/2015 11:09 AM, Christopher-Mark Gilland wrote:
Dane, as I said in my e-mail, that's perfect.  That will work 
flawlessly. Just plug the cord from the keyboard to your USB port, and 
boom.  You're done.  Obviously, you'll have to go into GB or whatever 
and set your midi in and out device to your keyboard/controller, but 
that's easy enough to do.


Chris.

- Original Message - From: Dane Trethowan 
grtd...@internode.on.net

To: OS X  iOS Accessibility mac-access@mac-access.net
Sent: Saturday, April 04, 2015 8:39 PM
Subject: Re: [Mac-access]: midi keyboard usage within the mac


What you said wasn't too detailed, its exactly how MIDI works, even 
the manual of my Yamaha MX49 says nearly as much as you've said, 
enough for the user to know - if they could be bothered reading the 
Introduction to the user manual - that output of sound from the 
keyboard and MIDI I/O are 2 different things, as you say MIDI is a 
controlling interface.


Now this brings me to a question regarding my MX49 which I've been 
meaning to get going for the last 3 months, you know how it is, gets 
put on the list of 50,000 other things that have to be done in the 
next 10 years smile, is the USB port for MIDI access the same as 
the MIDI I/O 5 Pin Din ports on the machine, can I use the supplied 
USB cable that came with the synth for all MIDI controls or do I need 
to purchase an adapter.


Just to simplify things, I plan to be using this keyboard on the Mac 
with garage Band.




On 5/04/2015 9:42 AM, Christopher-Mark Gilland wrote:
Sorry for being so detailed.  I just wanted to be sure that you 
understood. You said you wanted to use the built in sounds.  A lot 
of people don't understand that midi in and of itself won't produce 
sounds out the keyboard.


I have a real bad habbit of doing this and giving far more detail 
than necessary, guilty as charged, but I would have hated for you to 
have gotten an answer, then wonderred why just simply plugging a 
midi cable or whatever in wasn't working.


Pardon the novel-writing.  Did you get anything helpful though out 
of my message?  I hope so?


Chris.

- Original Message - From: Devin Prater d.pra...@me.com
To: OS X  iOS Accessibility mac-access@mac-access.net
Sent: Saturday, April 04, 2015 7:02 PM
Subject: Re: [Mac-access]: midi keyboard usage within the mac


Well, goodness. I didn’t mean anything that detailed. I simply want 
a program that uses pure midi, can export and import midi, and 
could optionally save the midi as mp3. I’ve heard that GarageBand 
on OS X 10.10 is inaccessible in some ways, so I simply want a 
simple, easily learned and accessible editor that’ll work with midi 
so that I can just play using the keyboard. I have now, like in the 
last hour, gone through the keyboard’s array of sounds and found 
them a little low quality, the keyboard is an older model, so I may 
just play using the keyboard then export to mp3 or something then 
all the tracks are good and all, so that’s what I want to do.
On Apr 4, 2015, at 5:20 PM, Christopher-Mark Gilland 
clgillan...@gmail.com wrote:


You're talking two totally different things here.

Let's get one thing totally straight.  Midi isn't audio. All that 
midi basically is are different numerical values for certain 
triggered events, with 1's and 0's attached to it. Basically 0 
means the event is off, while 1 means it is on. Every single thing 
you do with the keyboard is associated with a midi event, as they 
are called.  I understand this isn't what you're asking, but to 
answer your question, I have to define this, so you'll understand 
in a second where I am going with this.  So what happens with midi 
is, these events are sent to your midi hardware or software 
controller either on the input, or on the output side.  Trust me 
with this, I am an audio engineer, so I know what I'm  talking 
about, believe me.  I've done this stuff for years. Not saying I'm 
God, and know everything, cause I definitely don't, but this much, 
I do! know.


OK, so with all of that said, let's address your question at 
hand... The short answer is, Garageband will definitely do midi.  
If you don't plan to record, but just want to play, then Audacity 
or even Main Stage might be your best bet.  The thing however is, 
just know that if you want to get the sounds from your keyboard, 
it may take a little more work.  First of all, does your keyboard 
have built in speakers?  If not, you'll need to somehow get the 
keyboard going to a line source like the line in of your mac, or 
to a mixer etc.  I don't know your setup, so it's kind of hard for 
me to really determine e everything right up front without more info.


You're going to most likely need a midi to USB converter, because 
obviously, the mac doesn't 

Re: [Mac-access]: midi keyboard usage within the mac

2015-04-04 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
Not really, Dane.  The only thing really that you may have to really do in 
the keyboard menus would be to turn off local mode.  and even that's 
technically optional.  In the meantime, if you dont' want to hear things out 
of sync coming out the keyboard's audio output, just turn the volume of the 
keyboard all the way down with it's master volume control.  I mean, ok, you 
might have to go in to the thing and enable the USB midi portion of it, 
although I've never ever in all keyboard/digital piano/controllers ever seen 
the need to do this, so you should be just fine.


When I referred to setting your input and output, I was talking about 
setting that on the midi track within Garageband or whatever itself on the 
software side.  You shouldn't need sighted help for that.  That's something 
Voiceover should deal with no problems.


Chris.

- Original Message - 
From: Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net

To: OS X  iOS Accessibility mac-access@mac-access.net
Sent: Saturday, April 04, 2015 9:30 PM
Subject: Re: [Mac-access]: midi keyboard usage within the mac


Yep, I gathered I had to set something and I'm going to have to get some 
sighted assistance to go through the menu system to find that but again, 
all detailed in the manual if details are required, thanks again.




On 5/04/2015 11:09 AM, Christopher-Mark Gilland wrote:
Dane, as I said in my e-mail, that's perfect.  That will work flawlessly. 
Just plug the cord from the keyboard to your USB port, and boom.  You're 
done.  Obviously, you'll have to go into GB or whatever and set your midi 
in and out device to your keyboard/controller, but that's easy enough to 
do.


Chris.

- Original Message - From: Dane Trethowan 
grtd...@internode.on.net

To: OS X  iOS Accessibility mac-access@mac-access.net
Sent: Saturday, April 04, 2015 8:39 PM
Subject: Re: [Mac-access]: midi keyboard usage within the mac


What you said wasn't too detailed, its exactly how MIDI works, even the 
manual of my Yamaha MX49 says nearly as much as you've said, enough for 
the user to know - if they could be bothered reading the Introduction to 
the user manual - that output of sound from the keyboard and MIDI I/O 
are 2 different things, as you say MIDI is a controlling interface.


Now this brings me to a question regarding my MX49 which I've been 
meaning to get going for the last 3 months, you know how it is, gets put 
on the list of 50,000 other things that have to be done in the next 10 
years smile, is the USB port for MIDI access the same as the MIDI I/O 
5 Pin Din ports on the machine, can I use the supplied USB cable that 
came with the synth for all MIDI controls or do I need to purchase an 
adapter.


Just to simplify things, I plan to be using this keyboard on the Mac 
with garage Band.




On 5/04/2015 9:42 AM, Christopher-Mark Gilland wrote:
Sorry for being so detailed.  I just wanted to be sure that you 
understood. You said you wanted to use the built in sounds.  A lot of 
people don't understand that midi in and of itself won't produce sounds 
out the keyboard.


I have a real bad habbit of doing this and giving far more detail than 
necessary, guilty as charged, but I would have hated for you to have 
gotten an answer, then wonderred why just simply plugging a midi cable 
or whatever in wasn't working.


Pardon the novel-writing.  Did you get anything helpful though out of 
my message?  I hope so?


Chris.

- Original Message - From: Devin Prater d.pra...@me.com
To: OS X  iOS Accessibility mac-access@mac-access.net
Sent: Saturday, April 04, 2015 7:02 PM
Subject: Re: [Mac-access]: midi keyboard usage within the mac


Well, goodness. I didn’t mean anything that detailed. I simply want a 
program that uses pure midi, can export and import midi, and could 
optionally save the midi as mp3. I’ve heard that GarageBand on OS X 
10.10 is inaccessible in some ways, so I simply want a simple, easily 
learned and accessible editor that’ll work with midi so that I can 
just play using the keyboard. I have now, like in the last hour, gone 
through the keyboard’s array of sounds and found them a little low 
quality, the keyboard is an older model, so I may just play using the 
keyboard then export to mp3 or something then all the tracks are good 
and all, so that’s what I want to do.
On Apr 4, 2015, at 5:20 PM, Christopher-Mark Gilland 
clgillan...@gmail.com wrote:


You're talking two totally different things here.

Let's get one thing totally straight.  Midi isn't audio. All that 
midi basically is are different numerical values for certain 
triggered events, with 1's and 0's attached to it. Basically 0 means 
the event is off, while 1 means it is on. Every single thing you do 
with the keyboard is associated with a midi event, as they are 
called.  I understand this isn't what you're asking, but to answer 
your question, I have to define this, so you'll understand in a 
second where I am going with this.  So what happens with midi is, 
these 

Re: [Mac-access]: midi keyboard usage within the mac

2015-04-04 Thread Dane Trethowan
Ah okay, I thought a menu option had to be set on the synth itself to 
enable the MIDI interface.


As for the sound from the Synth? The MX49 is not equipped with internal 
speakers so no problem there smile.




On 5/04/2015 11:55 AM, Christopher-Mark Gilland wrote:
Not really, Dane.  The only thing really that you may have to really 
do in the keyboard menus would be to turn off local mode.  and even 
that's technically optional.  In the meantime, if you dont' want to 
hear things out of sync coming out the keyboard's audio output, just 
turn the volume of the keyboard all the way down with it's master 
volume control.  I mean, ok, you might have to go in to the thing and 
enable the USB midi portion of it, although I've never ever in all 
keyboard/digital piano/controllers ever seen the need to do this, so 
you should be just fine.


When I referred to setting your input and output, I was talking about 
setting that on the midi track within Garageband or whatever itself on 
the software side.  You shouldn't need sighted help for that.  That's 
something Voiceover should deal with no problems.


Chris.

- Original Message - From: Dane Trethowan 
grtd...@internode.on.net

To: OS X  iOS Accessibility mac-access@mac-access.net
Sent: Saturday, April 04, 2015 9:30 PM
Subject: Re: [Mac-access]: midi keyboard usage within the mac


Yep, I gathered I had to set something and I'm going to have to get 
some sighted assistance to go through the menu system to find that 
but again, all detailed in the manual if details are required, thanks 
again.




On 5/04/2015 11:09 AM, Christopher-Mark Gilland wrote:
Dane, as I said in my e-mail, that's perfect.  That will work 
flawlessly. Just plug the cord from the keyboard to your USB port, 
and boom.  You're done. Obviously, you'll have to go into GB or 
whatever and set your midi in and out device to your 
keyboard/controller, but that's easy enough to do.


Chris.

- Original Message - From: Dane Trethowan 
grtd...@internode.on.net

To: OS X  iOS Accessibility mac-access@mac-access.net
Sent: Saturday, April 04, 2015 8:39 PM
Subject: Re: [Mac-access]: midi keyboard usage within the mac


What you said wasn't too detailed, its exactly how MIDI works, even 
the manual of my Yamaha MX49 says nearly as much as you've said, 
enough for the user to know - if they could be bothered reading the 
Introduction to the user manual - that output of sound from the 
keyboard and MIDI I/O are 2 different things, as you say MIDI is a 
controlling interface.


Now this brings me to a question regarding my MX49 which I've been 
meaning to get going for the last 3 months, you know how it is, 
gets put on the list of 50,000 other things that have to be done in 
the next 10 years smile, is the USB port for MIDI access the same 
as the MIDI I/O 5 Pin Din ports on the machine, can I use the 
supplied USB cable that came with the synth for all MIDI controls 
or do I need to purchase an adapter.


Just to simplify things, I plan to be using this keyboard on the 
Mac with garage Band.




On 5/04/2015 9:42 AM, Christopher-Mark Gilland wrote:
Sorry for being so detailed.  I just wanted to be sure that you 
understood. You said you wanted to use the built in sounds.  A lot 
of people don't understand that midi in and of itself won't 
produce sounds out the keyboard.


I have a real bad habbit of doing this and giving far more detail 
than necessary, guilty as charged, but I would have hated for you 
to have gotten an answer, then wonderred why just simply plugging 
a midi cable or whatever in wasn't working.


Pardon the novel-writing.  Did you get anything helpful though out 
of my message?  I hope so?


Chris.

- Original Message - From: Devin Prater d.pra...@me.com
To: OS X  iOS Accessibility mac-access@mac-access.net
Sent: Saturday, April 04, 2015 7:02 PM
Subject: Re: [Mac-access]: midi keyboard usage within the mac


Well, goodness. I didn’t mean anything that detailed. I simply 
want a program that uses pure midi, can export and import midi, 
and could optionally save the midi as mp3. I’ve heard that 
GarageBand on OS X 10.10 is inaccessible in some ways, so I 
simply want a simple, easily learned and accessible editor 
that’ll work with midi so that I can just play using the 
keyboard. I have now, like in the last hour, gone through the 
keyboard’s array of sounds and found them a little low quality, 
the keyboard is an older model, so I may just play using the 
keyboard then export to mp3 or something then all the tracks are 
good and all, so that’s what I want to do.
On Apr 4, 2015, at 5:20 PM, Christopher-Mark Gilland 
clgillan...@gmail.com wrote:


You're talking two totally different things here.

Let's get one thing totally straight.  Midi isn't audio. All 
that midi basically is are different numerical values for 
certain triggered events, with 1's and 0's attached to it. 
Basically 0 means the event is off, while 1 means it is on. 
Every single thing you do 

Re: [Mac-access]: midi keyboard usage within the mac

2015-04-04 Thread Devin Prater
Yes, I just need to know of a program that is like Quick Windows Sequencer for 
the mac, if you’re familiar with QWS.
 On Apr 4, 2015, at 6:42 PM, Christopher-Mark Gilland clgillan...@gmail.com 
 wrote:
 
 Sorry for being so detailed.  I just wanted to be sure that you understood. 
 You said you wanted to use the built in sounds.  A lot of people don't 
 understand that midi in and of itself won't produce sounds out the keyboard.
 
 I have a real bad habbit of doing this and giving far more detail than 
 necessary, guilty as charged, but I would have hated for you to have gotten 
 an answer, then wonderred why just simply plugging a midi cable or whatever 
 in wasn't working.
 
 Pardon the novel-writing.  Did you get anything helpful though out of my 
 message?  I hope so?
 
 Chris.
 
 - Original Message - From: Devin Prater d.pra...@me.com
 To: OS X  iOS Accessibility mac-access@mac-access.net
 Sent: Saturday, April 04, 2015 7:02 PM
 Subject: Re: [Mac-access]: midi keyboard usage within the mac
 
 
 Well, goodness. I didn’t mean anything that detailed. I simply want a 
 program that uses pure midi, can export and import midi, and could 
 optionally save the midi as mp3. I’ve heard that GarageBand on OS X 10.10 is 
 inaccessible in some ways, so I simply want a simple, easily learned and 
 accessible editor that’ll work with midi so that I can just play using the 
 keyboard. I have now, like in the last hour, gone through the keyboard’s 
 array of sounds and found them a little low quality, the keyboard is an 
 older model, so I may just play using the keyboard then export to mp3 or 
 something then all the tracks are good and all, so that’s what I want to do.
 On Apr 4, 2015, at 5:20 PM, Christopher-Mark Gilland 
 clgillan...@gmail.com wrote:
 
 You're talking two totally different things here.
 
 Let's get one thing totally straight.  Midi isn't audio.  All that midi 
 basically is are different numerical values for certain triggered events, 
 with 1's and 0's attached to it.  Basically 0 means the event is off, while 
 1 means it is on.  Every single thing you do with the keyboard is 
 associated with a midi event, as they are called.  I understand this isn't 
 what you're asking, but to answer your question, I have to define this, so 
 you'll understand in a second where I am going with this.  So what happens 
 with midi is, these events are sent to your midi hardware or software 
 controller either on the input, or on the output side.  Trust me with this, 
 I am an audio engineer, so I know what I'm  talking about, believe me.  
 I've done this stuff for years.  Not saying I'm God, and know everything, 
 cause I definitely don't, but this much, I do! know.
 
 OK, so with all of that said, let's address your question at hand...  The 
 short answer is, Garageband will definitely do midi.  If you don't plan to 
 record, but just want to play, then Audacity or even Main Stage might be 
 your best bet.  The thing however is, just know that if you want to get the 
 sounds from your keyboard, it may take a little more work.  First of all, 
 does your keyboard have built in speakers?  If not, you'll need to somehow 
 get the keyboard going to a line source like the line in of your mac, or to 
 a mixer etc.  I don't know your setup, so it's kind of hard for me to 
 really determine e everything right up front without more info.
 
 You're going to most likely need a midi to USB converter, because 
 obviously, the mac doesn't have built in round midi in and out and through 
 ports. There is a nice device called the midi Uno that would work with 
 this. Basically, it's a Y cable.  One end has 3 of the male round plugs.  
 One for in, one for out, and one for through.  So, you'd connect that end 
 to your keyboard, and leave the through cable dangling if you don't have a 
 through port on the keyboard... it won't hurt anything.  The other end is a 
 standard USB plug.  That would go into the USB port on your mac.  I think 
 they're somewhere like around $50 or so.  Amazong should have them.  I've 
 had mine for about 5 years now, so I can't tell ya if they still exist, 
 but, I'd definitely look.
 
 If your keyboard actually connects via USB, not the round midi plugs, then 
 just use a standard plug and play USB cable, and you'll be good to go.
 
 If you want to then play midi with the built in instruments, then you'll 
 open up your DAW, (Digital Audio workstation,) of choice, be it Garageband, 
 Audacity, whatever, and you'll want to set your midi output to your 
 keyboard midi controller.  So, if you're using an Uno, or some sort of midi 
 to USB converter, it should, provided you have the drivers properly 
 installed, show up in your output list.  You'd just pick it, and boom, 
 you're done.  Now you'll play the midi file just like you normally would 
 and it then should come out your keyboard speakers, or if no speakers, 
 it'll get routed to your keyboard's line out/headphone out which you then 
 

Re: [Mac-access]: midi keyboard usage within the mac

2015-04-04 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
Yeah, aside from Garageband, I really don't know of anything that is just 
midi that could do only basic midi functions as what I use obviously, with 
ProTools is a full fledged DAW.  Plus, for what it sounds like you need, it 
would not only ouch your wallet, but would be way! and I mean escrutiatingly 
way! overkill!


Chris.

- Original Message - 
From: Devin Prater d.pra...@me.com

To: OS X  iOS Accessibility mac-access@mac-access.net
Sent: Saturday, April 04, 2015 8:12 PM
Subject: Re: [Mac-access]: midi keyboard usage within the mac


Yes, I just need to know of a program that is like Quick Windows Sequencer 
for the mac, if you’re familiar with QWS.
On Apr 4, 2015, at 6:42 PM, Christopher-Mark Gilland 
clgillan...@gmail.com wrote:


Sorry for being so detailed.  I just wanted to be sure that you 
understood. You said you wanted to use the built in sounds.  A lot of 
people don't understand that midi in and of itself won't produce sounds 
out the keyboard.


I have a real bad habbit of doing this and giving far more detail than 
necessary, guilty as charged, but I would have hated for you to have 
gotten an answer, then wonderred why just simply plugging a midi cable or 
whatever in wasn't working.


Pardon the novel-writing.  Did you get anything helpful though out of my 
message?  I hope so?


Chris.

- Original Message - From: Devin Prater d.pra...@me.com
To: OS X  iOS Accessibility mac-access@mac-access.net
Sent: Saturday, April 04, 2015 7:02 PM
Subject: Re: [Mac-access]: midi keyboard usage within the mac


Well, goodness. I didn’t mean anything that detailed. I simply want a 
program that uses pure midi, can export and import midi, and could 
optionally save the midi as mp3. I’ve heard that GarageBand on OS X 
10.10 is inaccessible in some ways, so I simply want a simple, easily 
learned and accessible editor that’ll work with midi so that I can just 
play using the keyboard. I have now, like in the last hour, gone through 
the keyboard’s array of sounds and found them a little low quality, the 
keyboard is an older model, so I may just play using the keyboard then 
export to mp3 or something then all the tracks are good and all, so that’s 
what I want to do.
On Apr 4, 2015, at 5:20 PM, Christopher-Mark Gilland 
clgillan...@gmail.com wrote:


You're talking two totally different things here.

Let's get one thing totally straight.  Midi isn't audio.  All that midi 
basically is are different numerical values for certain triggered 
events, with 1's and 0's attached to it.  Basically 0 means the event 
is off, while 1 means it is on.  Every single thing you do with the 
keyboard is associated with a midi event, as they are called.  I 
understand this isn't what you're asking, but to answer your question, 
I have to define this, so you'll understand in a second where I am 
going with this.  So what happens with midi is, these events are sent 
to your midi hardware or software controller either on the input, or on 
the output side.  Trust me with this, I am an audio engineer, so I know 
what I'm  talking about, believe me.  I've done this stuff for years. 
Not saying I'm God, and know everything, cause I definitely don't, but 
this much, I do! know.


OK, so with all of that said, let's address your question at hand... 
The short answer is, Garageband will definitely do midi.  If you don't 
plan to record, but just want to play, then Audacity or even Main Stage 
might be your best bet.  The thing however is, just know that if you 
want to get the sounds from your keyboard, it may take a little more 
work.  First of all, does your keyboard have built in speakers?  If 
not, you'll need to somehow get the keyboard going to a line source 
like the line in of your mac, or to a mixer etc.  I don't know your 
setup, so it's kind of hard for me to really determine e everything 
right up front without more info.


You're going to most likely need a midi to USB converter, because 
obviously, the mac doesn't have built in round midi in and out and 
through ports. There is a nice device called the midi Uno that would 
work with this. Basically, it's a Y cable.  One end has 3 of the male 
round plugs.  One for in, one for out, and one for through.  So, you'd 
connect that end to your keyboard, and leave the through cable dangling 
if you don't have a through port on the keyboard... it won't hurt 
anything.  The other end is a standard USB plug.  That would go into 
the USB port on your mac.  I think they're somewhere like around $50 or 
so.  Amazong should have them.  I've had mine for about 5 years now, so 
I can't tell ya if they still exist, but, I'd definitely look.


If your keyboard actually connects via USB, not the round midi plugs, 
then just use a standard plug and play USB cable, and you'll be good to 
go.


If you want to then play midi with the built in instruments, then 
you'll open up your DAW, (Digital Audio workstation,) of choice, be it 
Garageband, Audacity, whatever, and 

Re: [Mac-access]: does any one know of a way of un zipping things onthe mac?

2015-04-04 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
So, try this then.  Find the zip file in your finder, and hit command+O on 
it.  Then explore the same directory with the zip file.  Does it not on your 
end create a folder right there along with the zip file of the extracted 
content?  It definitely should.  If it doesn't, then tell us what it's doing 
instead, so we can further help you out.


Chris.

- Original Message - 
From: wui chin Leong adrianleon...@icloud.com

To: OS X  iOS Accessibility mac-access@mac-access.net
Sent: Saturday, April 04, 2015 8:22 PM
Subject: Re: [Mac-access]: does any one know of a way of un zipping things 
onthe mac?




yep it is a unzip file with Skype sounds in it
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Re: [Mac-access]: midi keyboard usage within the mac

2015-04-04 Thread Dane Trethowan
What you said wasn't too detailed, its exactly how MIDI works, even the 
manual of my Yamaha MX49 says nearly as much as you've said, enough for 
the user to know - if they could be bothered reading the Introduction to 
the user manual - that output of sound from the keyboard and MIDI I/O 
are 2 different things, as you say MIDI is a controlling interface.


Now this brings me to a question regarding my MX49 which I've been 
meaning to get going for the last 3 months, you know how it is, gets put 
on the list of 50,000 other things that have to be done in the next 10 
years smile, is the USB port for MIDI access the same as the MIDI I/O 
5 Pin Din ports on the machine, can I use the supplied USB cable that 
came with the synth for all MIDI controls or do I need to purchase an 
adapter.


Just to simplify things, I plan to be using this keyboard on the Mac 
with garage Band.




On 5/04/2015 9:42 AM, Christopher-Mark Gilland wrote:
Sorry for being so detailed.  I just wanted to be sure that you 
understood. You said you wanted to use the built in sounds.  A lot of 
people don't understand that midi in and of itself won't produce 
sounds out the keyboard.


I have a real bad habbit of doing this and giving far more detail than 
necessary, guilty as charged, but I would have hated for you to have 
gotten an answer, then wonderred why just simply plugging a midi cable 
or whatever in wasn't working.


Pardon the novel-writing.  Did you get anything helpful though out of 
my message?  I hope so?


Chris.

- Original Message - From: Devin Prater d.pra...@me.com
To: OS X  iOS Accessibility mac-access@mac-access.net
Sent: Saturday, April 04, 2015 7:02 PM
Subject: Re: [Mac-access]: midi keyboard usage within the mac


Well, goodness. I didn’t mean anything that detailed. I simply want a 
program that uses pure midi, can export and import midi, and could 
optionally save the midi as mp3. I’ve heard that GarageBand on OS X 
10.10 is inaccessible in some ways, so I simply want a simple, easily 
learned and accessible editor that’ll work with midi so that I can 
just play using the keyboard. I have now, like in the last hour, gone 
through the keyboard’s array of sounds and found them a little low 
quality, the keyboard is an older model, so I may just play using the 
keyboard then export to mp3 or something then all the tracks are good 
and all, so that’s what I want to do.
On Apr 4, 2015, at 5:20 PM, Christopher-Mark Gilland 
clgillan...@gmail.com wrote:


You're talking two totally different things here.

Let's get one thing totally straight.  Midi isn't audio.  All that 
midi basically is are different numerical values for certain 
triggered events, with 1's and 0's attached to it. Basically 0 means 
the event is off, while 1 means it is on. Every single thing you do 
with the keyboard is associated with a midi event, as they are 
called.  I understand this isn't what you're asking, but to answer 
your question, I have to define this, so you'll understand in a 
second where I am going with this.  So what happens with midi is, 
these events are sent to your midi hardware or software controller 
either on the input, or on the output side.  Trust me with this, I 
am an audio engineer, so I know what I'm  talking about, believe 
me.  I've done this stuff for years.  Not saying I'm God, and know 
everything, cause I definitely don't, but this much, I do! know.


OK, so with all of that said, let's address your question at 
hand...  The short answer is, Garageband will definitely do midi.  
If you don't plan to record, but just want to play, then Audacity or 
even Main Stage might be your best bet.  The thing however is, just 
know that if you want to get the sounds from your keyboard, it may 
take a little more work.  First of all, does your keyboard have 
built in speakers?  If not, you'll need to somehow get the keyboard 
going to a line source like the line in of your mac, or to a mixer 
etc.  I don't know your setup, so it's kind of hard for me to really 
determine e everything right up front without more info.


You're going to most likely need a midi to USB converter, because 
obviously, the mac doesn't have built in round midi in and out and 
through ports. There is a nice device called the midi Uno that would 
work with this. Basically, it's a Y cable.  One end has 3 of the 
male round plugs.  One for in, one for out, and one for through.  
So, you'd connect that end to your keyboard, and leave the through 
cable dangling if you don't have a through port on the keyboard... 
it won't hurt anything.  The other end is a standard USB plug.  That 
would go into the USB port on your mac.  I think they're somewhere 
like around $50 or so.  Amazong should have them.  I've had mine for 
about 5 years now, so I can't tell ya if they still exist, but, I'd 
definitely look.


If your keyboard actually connects via USB, not the round midi 
plugs, then just use a standard plug and play USB cable, and you'll 
be good 

Re: [Mac-access]: midi keyboard usage within the mac

2015-04-04 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
Oh my God!  it's so funny you'd mention that about Reaper.  I just! 
literally! just! like not even 3 minutes, literally! ago wrote the Reapers 
Without Peapers e-mail list to let them know that I tried Reaper just now on 
the Mac, and oh?... my... God!  Ab, suh, lootly? beautiful!  I honestly on 
the mac side didn't have very high hopes, however, it is simply put in one 
word:  Gorgeous!  I don't think even one single element wasn't correctly 
labeled.  Even the track strips themselves and all of the settings within 
them are totally! accessibly adjustable.  Needless to say, though I still 
intend to use ProTools primarily, and not Reaper for now, I have bought 
Reaper and now have it both on my mac, and my Windows machine and am 
incredibly impressed on both sides of the fence.  I'd highly highly 
recommend you all try it out!  There is a 60 day trial, so it's not like you 
have to buy it right now today.  Then, after that, it's only $60! 
Considerring it's a full fledged DAW, and yes, it does do midi, though I 
haven't yet worked out exactly how, in comparison to Logic X, or ProTools, 
this is an absolutely brilliant! solution.  No ILok or anything stupid like 
that either.  Just a simple key that gets e-mail to you.  You either can 
copy and paste it, or, they even attach a file to an e-mail for you which 
you can browse for, and import which automatically will unlock it for you.


I'm simply over here now salivating!

Chris.

- Original Message - 
From: Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net

To: OS X  iOS Accessibility mac-access@mac-access.net
Sent: Saturday, April 04, 2015 8:34 PM
Subject: Re: [Mac-access]: midi keyboard usage within the mac



I wonder if Reaper would be any help? I'm not up with MIDI stuff.



On 5/04/2015 10:12 AM, Devin Prater wrote:
Yes, I just need to know of a program that is like Quick Windows 
Sequencer for the mac, if you’re familiar with QWS.
On Apr 4, 2015, at 6:42 PM, Christopher-Mark Gilland 
clgillan...@gmail.com wrote:


Sorry for being so detailed.  I just wanted to be sure that you 
understood. You said you wanted to use the built in sounds.  A lot of 
people don't understand that midi in and of itself won't produce sounds 
out the keyboard.


I have a real bad habbit of doing this and giving far more detail than 
necessary, guilty as charged, but I would have hated for you to have 
gotten an answer, then wonderred why just simply plugging a midi cable 
or whatever in wasn't working.


Pardon the novel-writing.  Did you get anything helpful though out of my 
message?  I hope so?


Chris.

- Original Message - From: Devin Prater d.pra...@me.com
To: OS X  iOS Accessibility mac-access@mac-access.net
Sent: Saturday, April 04, 2015 7:02 PM
Subject: Re: [Mac-access]: midi keyboard usage within the mac


Well, goodness. I didn’t mean anything that detailed. I simply want a 
program that uses pure midi, can export and import midi, and could 
optionally save the midi as mp3. I’ve heard that GarageBand on OS X 
10.10 is inaccessible in some ways, so I simply want a simple, easily 
learned and accessible editor that’ll work with midi so that I can just 
play using the keyboard. I have now, like in the last hour, gone 
through the keyboard’s array of sounds and found them a little low 
quality, the keyboard is an older model, so I may just play using the 
keyboard then export to mp3 or something then all the tracks are good 
and all, so that’s what I want to do.
On Apr 4, 2015, at 5:20 PM, Christopher-Mark Gilland 
clgillan...@gmail.com wrote:


You're talking two totally different things here.

Let's get one thing totally straight.  Midi isn't audio.  All that 
midi basically is are different numerical values for certain triggered 
events, with 1's and 0's attached to it.  Basically 0 means the event 
is off, while 1 means it is on.  Every single thing you do with the 
keyboard is associated with a midi event, as they are called.  I 
understand this isn't what you're asking, but to answer your question, 
I have to define this, so you'll understand in a second where I am 
going with this.  So what happens with midi is, these events are sent 
to your midi hardware or software controller either on the input, or 
on the output side.  Trust me with this, I am an audio engineer, so I 
know what I'm  talking about, believe me.  I've done this stuff for 
years.  Not saying I'm God, and know everything, cause I definitely 
don't, but this much, I do! know.


OK, so with all of that said, let's address your question at hand... 
The short answer is, Garageband will definitely do midi.  If you don't 
plan to record, but just want to play, then Audacity or even Main 
Stage might be your best bet.  The thing however is, just know that if 
you want to get the sounds from your keyboard, it may take a little 
more work.  First of all, does your keyboard have built in speakers? 
If not, you'll need to somehow get the keyboard going to a line source 
like the line in of your 

Re: [Mac-access]: midi keyboard usage within the mac

2015-04-04 Thread Dane Trethowan
Thanks for that and its appreciated far more than you realise, makes me 
fully appreciate why I bothered banging on about Reaper for the last 3 
years smile.




On 5/04/2015 10:58 AM, Christopher-Mark Gilland wrote:
Oh my God!  it's so funny you'd mention that about Reaper.  I just! 
literally! just! like not even 3 minutes, literally! ago wrote the 
Reapers Without Peapers e-mail list to let them know that I tried 
Reaper just now on the Mac, and oh?... my... God!  Ab, suh, lootly? 
beautiful!  I honestly on the mac side didn't have very high hopes, 
however, it is simply put in one word:  Gorgeous!  I don't think even 
one single element wasn't correctly labeled.  Even the track strips 
themselves and all of the settings within them are totally! accessibly 
adjustable. Needless to say, though I still intend to use ProTools 
primarily, and not Reaper for now, I have bought Reaper and now have 
it both on my mac, and my Windows machine and am incredibly impressed 
on both sides of the fence.  I'd highly highly recommend you all try 
it out!  There is a 60 day trial, so it's not like you have to buy it 
right now today.  Then, after that, it's only $60! Considerring it's a 
full fledged DAW, and yes, it does do midi, though I haven't yet 
worked out exactly how, in comparison to Logic X, or ProTools, this is 
an absolutely brilliant! solution.  No ILok or anything stupid like 
that either.  Just a simple key that gets e-mail to you.  You either 
can copy and paste it, or, they even attach a file to an e-mail for 
you which you can browse for, and import which automatically will 
unlock it for you.


I'm simply over here now salivating!

Chris.

- Original Message - From: Dane Trethowan 
grtd...@internode.on.net

To: OS X  iOS Accessibility mac-access@mac-access.net
Sent: Saturday, April 04, 2015 8:34 PM
Subject: Re: [Mac-access]: midi keyboard usage within the mac



I wonder if Reaper would be any help? I'm not up with MIDI stuff.



On 5/04/2015 10:12 AM, Devin Prater wrote:
Yes, I just need to know of a program that is like Quick Windows 
Sequencer for the mac, if you’re familiar with QWS.
On Apr 4, 2015, at 6:42 PM, Christopher-Mark Gilland 
clgillan...@gmail.com wrote:


Sorry for being so detailed.  I just wanted to be sure that you 
understood. You said you wanted to use the built in sounds.  A lot 
of people don't understand that midi in and of itself won't produce 
sounds out the keyboard.


I have a real bad habbit of doing this and giving far more detail 
than necessary, guilty as charged, but I would have hated for you 
to have gotten an answer, then wonderred why just simply plugging a 
midi cable or whatever in wasn't working.


Pardon the novel-writing.  Did you get anything helpful though out 
of my message?  I hope so?


Chris.

- Original Message - From: Devin Prater d.pra...@me.com
To: OS X  iOS Accessibility mac-access@mac-access.net
Sent: Saturday, April 04, 2015 7:02 PM
Subject: Re: [Mac-access]: midi keyboard usage within the mac


Well, goodness. I didn’t mean anything that detailed. I simply 
want a program that uses pure midi, can export and import midi, 
and could optionally save the midi as mp3. I’ve heard that 
GarageBand on OS X 10.10 is inaccessible in some ways, so I simply 
want a simple, easily learned and accessible editor that’ll work 
with midi so that I can just play using the keyboard. I have now, 
like in the last hour, gone through the keyboard’s array of sounds 
and found them a little low quality, the keyboard is an older 
model, so I may just play using the keyboard then export to mp3 or 
something then all the tracks are good and all, so that’s what I 
want to do.
On Apr 4, 2015, at 5:20 PM, Christopher-Mark Gilland 
clgillan...@gmail.com wrote:


You're talking two totally different things here.

Let's get one thing totally straight.  Midi isn't audio.  All 
that midi basically is are different numerical values for certain 
triggered events, with 1's and 0's attached to it.  Basically 0 
means the event is off, while 1 means it is on.  Every single 
thing you do with the keyboard is associated with a midi event, 
as they are called.  I understand this isn't what you're asking, 
but to answer your question, I have to define this, so you'll 
understand in a second where I am going with this.  So what 
happens with midi is, these events are sent to your midi hardware 
or software controller either on the input, or on the output 
side.  Trust me with this, I am an audio engineer, so I know what 
I'm talking about, believe me.  I've done this stuff for years.  
Not saying I'm God, and know everything, cause I definitely 
don't, but this much, I do! know.


OK, so with all of that said, let's address your question at 
hand... The short answer is, Garageband will definitely do midi.  
If you don't plan to record, but just want to play, then Audacity 
or even Main Stage might be your best bet.  The thing however is, 
just know that if you want to get 

Re: [Mac-access]: does any one know of a way of un zipping things onthe mac?

2015-04-04 Thread Colin Matthews
Hi!
OK if you get the sounds unzipped then copy them and add them to the sounds 
folder in your home directory!
In finder hit either VO+m or Control+f3!
Then press g to go to the go menu and with either vo keys or Quicknav on arrow 
down to Library and hit enter!
In list view interact and type s o and you should end up on your sounds folder!
Use either Command+down arrow or Command+o to open that folder and paste your 
sounds in there!
Look for the message about adding sounds to Skype for further help!
Colin

On 5 Apr 2015, at 01:23, Christopher-Mark Gilland clgillan...@gmail.com wrote:

 So, try this then.  Find the zip file in your finder, and hit command+O on 
 it.  Then explore the same directory with the zip file.  Does it not on your 
 end create a folder right there along with the zip file of the extracted 
 content?  It definitely should.  If it doesn't, then tell us what it's doing 
 instead, so we can further help you out.
 
 Chris.
 
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 To: OS X  iOS Accessibility mac-access@mac-access.net
 Sent: Saturday, April 04, 2015 8:22 PM
 Subject: Re: [Mac-access]: does any one know of a way of un zipping things 
 onthe mac?
 
 
 yep it is a unzip file with Skype sounds in it
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Re: [Mac-access]: Video apps for iOS

2015-04-04 Thread George Cham
I'm using oplayer, but what I want to know how do I delete multiple files from 
the app?



George,

  Sent from my iPad

 On 4 Apr 2015, at 9:08 am, Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net wrote:
 
 I’m about to have a play with oPlayer, have some video files I want to 
 experiment with using Android so may as well use oPlayer with IOS to see if I 
 can play them.
 
 
 On 4 Apr 2015, at 8:41 am, George Cham george.c...@mac-access.net wrote:
 
 Well my issue is when I stop a video buy  double tapping on the home screen 
 how do I returned to the main screen whare all the files are displayed
 
 
 George,
 
 Sent from my iPad
 
 On 4 Apr 2015, at 8:35 am, Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net wrote:
 
 Interesting, I haven't used oPlayer for a little while but - when I did use 
 the App - I had no problems whatever with accessibility.
 
 
 
 On 4/04/2015 7:53 AM, George Cham wrote:
 I've got oplayer ,but I don't find it very accessible
 
 ,
 
 
 George,
 
 Sent from my iPad
 
 On 4 Apr 2015, at 1:46 am, Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net 
 wrote:
 
 oOplayer again should do the trick.
 
 
 
 On 3/04/2015 1:17 PM, George Cham wrote:
 Hi , just wondering if  there is a video app for iOS that will play avi 
 ,mp4 files, and is accessible with VoiceOver?
 
 
 
 George,
 
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Re: [Mac-access]: does any one know of a way of un zipping things on the mac?

2015-04-04 Thread Diane Bomare


Have you tried just opening the file? cmd-O
Have you tried cmd-m, and right arrow to file, and down arrow to open with to 
see what options are listed?
Have you tried cmd-shift-m? or cmd-M, M?
The Mac should recognize the .zip and associate that with the program that will 
open it.
Diane Bomar
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does any one know of a app that will unzip tthings to the mac?
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Re: [Mac-access]: midi keyboard usage within the mac

2015-04-04 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland

You're talking two totally different things here.

Let's get one thing totally straight.  Midi isn't audio.  All that midi 
basically is are different numerical values for certain triggered events, 
with 1's and 0's attached to it.  Basically 0 means the event is off, while 
1 means it is on.  Every single thing you do with the keyboard is associated 
with a midi event, as they are called.  I understand this isn't what you're 
asking, but to answer your question, I have to define this, so you'll 
understand in a second where I am going with this.  So what happens with 
midi is, these events are sent to your midi hardware or software controller 
either on the input, or on the output side.  Trust me with this, I am an 
audio engineer, so I know what I'm  talking about, believe me.  I've done 
this stuff for years.  Not saying I'm God, and know everything, cause I 
definitely don't, but this much, I do! know.


OK, so with all of that said, let's address your question at hand...  The 
short answer is, Garageband will definitely do midi.  If you don't plan to 
record, but just want to play, then Audacity or even Main Stage might be 
your best bet.  The thing however is, just know that if you want to get the 
sounds from your keyboard, it may take a little more work.  First of all, 
does your keyboard have built in speakers?  If not, you'll need to somehow 
get the keyboard going to a line source like the line in of your mac, or to 
a mixer etc.  I don't know your setup, so it's kind of hard for me to really 
determine e everything right up front without more info.


You're going to most likely need a midi to USB converter, because obviously, 
the mac doesn't have built in round midi in and out and through ports. 
There is a nice device called the midi Uno that would work with this. 
Basically, it's a Y cable.  One end has 3 of the male round plugs.  One for 
in, one for out, and one for through.  So, you'd connect that end to your 
keyboard, and leave the through cable dangling if you don't have a through 
port on the keyboard... it won't hurt anything.  The other end is a standard 
USB plug.  That would go into the USB port on your mac.  I think they're 
somewhere like around $50 or so.  Amazong should have them.  I've had mine 
for about 5 years now, so I can't tell ya if they still exist, but, I'd 
definitely look.


If your keyboard actually connects via USB, not the round midi plugs, then 
just use a standard plug and play USB cable, and you'll be good to go.


If you want to then play midi with the built in instruments, then you'll 
open up your DAW, (Digital Audio workstation,) of choice, be it Garageband, 
Audacity, whatever, and you'll want to set your midi output to your keyboard 
midi controller.  So, if you're using an Uno, or some sort of midi to USB 
converter, it should, provided you have the drivers properly installed, show 
up in your output list.  You'd just pick it, and boom, you're done.  Now 
you'll play the midi file just like you normally would and it then should 
come out your keyboard speakers, or if no speakers, it'll get routed to your 
keyboard's line out/headphone out which you then have fed back into a line 
in source of some type.


If you wanna record using the sounds in the keyboard, this gets a little 
more complecated.  Basically, keeping it general, and elementary, you'd 
need, even if there are! built in speakers, to connect a stereo patch cable 
to the line out, preferred, or if you don't have one, the headphone jack of 
the keyboard, and the other end into a channel on your interface/mixer, or 
if you don't have one, then directly to your line in on the mac.  Fire up 
your DAW of choice.  Open the midi file, or record it like normal, then in 
your project, create a stereo audio track for your final master mix, arm it 
for recording if needed, then making sure none of your midi tracks are 
armed, so you don't accidentally record over them, hit record in the 
software of your choice, and then basically allow the midi to play through 
your keyboard, and get routed out the keyboard to the line in of your 
mixer/interface/line in jack on the mac, therefore capturing that audio and 
recording it to the stereo audio track you just created.  Then, once done, 
delete all the midi tracks from the project, leaving only the one audio 
track, and then mix/bounce/render, however the DAW calls it, it down to 
either a wave file, or an mp3.  Preferably a wave file, so that it won't be 
compressed or with any artifacts.  You can later go back and encode that 
wave to an mp3 file, if it be needed.


I do offer tech support on this type thing, so if you need help, give me a 
call on Monday, and I can definitely help you with this.  My rates are $15 
an hour, or $25 flat rate for unlimited tech support during business hours 
for one whole month.  I take PayPal, and I also can over the phone process 
Visa and Mastercards if it be a last resort.  I prefer PayPal though as the 
other way can 

Re: [Mac-access]: does any one know of a way of un zipping things onthe mac?

2015-04-04 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
It should automatically do this.  Just hit command+O on the zip file, and it 
will extract to it's own folder within the same folder as the .zip file.


Now, this said, there are! yes, apps to do this that are really really good. 
I personally love The Unarchiver.  As far as I know, yes, it is indeed in 
the mac app store, and is free the last I looked.  What I love about this 
app is a few things.  Firstly, I love that you can actually configure it to 
ask you each time you command+O on a file, where you want it to extract. 
So, say you didn't want it going into the same directory as the actual zip 
file.  No problem!  OSX natively won't let you do this.  The other thing 
about it I love is it supports unzipping of password protected zip files, as 
well as other formats like tarballs, tar.gz's, tar.bz2's, RAR's, 7z's, etc.


Pardon my language, but it's a damn! nice utility!

Chris.

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To: OS X  iOS Accessibility mac-access@mac-access.net
Sent: Saturday, April 04, 2015 6:04 PM
Subject: [Mac-access]: does any one know of a way of un zipping things onthe 
mac?




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Re: [Mac-access]: does any one know of a way of un zipping things onthe mac?

2015-04-04 Thread wui chin Leong
cool i will look for that.
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[Mac-access]: does any one know how i can add custom sounds to Skype?

2015-04-04 Thread Adrian Leong
does any one know of a way i can add custom sounds to skype
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[Mac-access]: midi keyboard usage within the mac

2015-04-04 Thread Devin Prater
Hi all. I mac a lovely midi keyboard… Well it will be when I find the midi 
-to-usb cable… Its a Yamaha keyboard with its own built-in instruments. I 
really would rather use its instruments instead of the garageband ones, and 
would rather have a program that simply makes midi files, like QWS on Windows. 
Are there any apps that can do that for the Mac?
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Re: [Mac-access]: EZmp3Player help

2015-04-04 Thread Glenn / Lenny
When I looked at it, it was 4.5 stars, that is why I got it.
Glenn

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From: Diane Bomare bomon...@earthlink.net
To: OS X  iOS Accessibility mac-access@mac-access.net
Sent: Saturday, April 04, 2015 2:07 PM
Subject: Re: [Mac-access]: EZmp3Player help


Did you read the reviews? 42% 3 stars and below. Lots of people having the 
same issue. No solutions described. Did you notice when the app was last 
updated? There is lots of criticism of no tech support.

Leedy Diane Bomar
Sent from my iPhone

On Apr 3, 2015, at 21:46, Glenn / Lenny glenner...@cableone.net wrote:

Hi,
I found an IOS app that promises to be truly easy, but I'm getting stuck.
The pro version is only 2 dollars.
It appears that one can transfer music to their IOS device via a web page,
which is one of your internal IP Addresses, with a colon  and four more
digits.  It also appears that you can select to play by folder, which is how
I like to play my music.
When I go to the IP Address it offers, the page shows the EZmp3Player page,
but with my screenreader, I cannot find a way to upload from my computer to
the iPhone.
I am using JFW, and I have tried it with I.E., and FireFox.
TIA for any ideas.
Glenn

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Re: [Mac-access]: putting music folders on iPhone 4

2015-04-04 Thread Diane Bomare

I find that reading the reviews is important, because, sometimes they point out 
workarounds, you can find out if any problems you are having are mainstream 
issues.

But, the last date that an app was updated, tells a whole lot. I saw an app on 
the app store, recently, that cost $19.95, but had not been updated since 2011!
Diane Bomar
Sent from my iPhone

On Apr 2, 2015, at 21:12, Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net wrote:

I use several Apps that have had bad ratings or reviews, 1 Password is amongst 
those and I wouldn't be without that particular App.


 On 3/04/2015 2:05 PM, Glenn / Lenny wrote:
 I sometimes wonder if what may give an app a bad rating is from it having
 not enough eye candy for the sighted, and as a result, perhaps it works
 better for us.
 Glenn
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 From: Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net
 To: OS X  iOS Accessibility mac-access@mac-access.net
 Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2015 7:29 PM
 Subject: Re: [Mac-access]: putting music folders on iPhone 4
 
 
 Course! I use it all the time, I never go on a rating though that’s probably
 hypercritical of me as I should rate Apps myself I guess.
 
 Another IOS user told me about it so I heard about oOplayer through word of
 mouth.
 
 
 On 3 Apr 2015, at 10:28 am, Glenn / Lenny glenner...@cableone.net wrote:
 
 I looked for ooplayer and I found it, but it has zero stars.
 Have you tried it?
 Thanks.
 Glenn
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 From: Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net
 To: OS X  iOS Accessibility mac-access@mac-access.net
 Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2015 11:30 PM
 Subject: Re: [Mac-access]: putting music folders on iPhone 4
 
 
 oOplayer doesn't touch your content that is to say it plays your content
 no matter where you put it, so long as you can find it with oOplayer
 then you can play it, a bit like say opening Windows Explorer and
 selecting files or folders for playing, another tool you might like to
 look at is File Browser.
 
 
 
 On 1/04/2015 3:25 PM, Glenn / Lenny wrote:
 I was just looking at ooplayer, after you suggested that, and the only
 thing
 that concerns me is whether or not it keeps the music in their folders
 and
 allows me to play a folder.
 The media Connect which I also looked up after you suggested it, looks
 like
 it is for streaming only.
 Glenn
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 From: Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net
 To: OS X  iOS Accessibility mac-access@mac-access.net
 Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2015 11:20 PM
 Subject: Re: [Mac-access]: putting music folders on iPhone 4
 
 
 You can do it in several di
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Re: [Mac-access]: EZmp3Player help

2015-04-04 Thread Diane Bomare
It hasn't been updated since November, 2013.

Leedy Diane Bomar
Sent from my iPhone

On Apr 4, 2015, at 13:48, Glenn / Lenny glenner...@cableone.net wrote:

   When I looked at it, it was 4.5 stars, that is why I got it.
Glenn

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To: OS X  iOS Accessibility mac-access@mac-access.net
Sent: Saturday, April 04, 2015 2:07 PM
Subject: Re: [Mac-access]: EZmp3Player help


Did you read the reviews? 42% 3 stars and below. Lots of people having the 
same issue. No solutions described. Did you notice when the app was last 
updated? There is lots of criticism of no tech support.

Leedy Diane Bomar
Sent from my iPhone

On Apr 3, 2015, at 21:46, Glenn / Lenny glenner...@cableone.net wrote:

Hi,
I found an IOS app that promises to be truly easy, but I'm getting stuck.
The pro version is only 2 dollars.
It appears that one can transfer music to their IOS device via a web page,
which is one of your internal IP Addresses, with a colon  and four more
digits.  It also appears that you can select to play by folder, which is how
I like to play my music.
When I go to the IP Address it offers, the page shows the EZmp3Player page,
but with my screenreader, I cannot find a way to upload from my computer to
the iPhone.
I am using JFW, and I have tried it with I.E., and FireFox.
TIA for any ideas.
Glenn

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[Mac-access]: does any one know of a way of un zipping things on the mac?

2015-04-04 Thread Adrian Leong
does any one know of a app that will unzip tthings to the mac?
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Re: [Mac-access]: midi keyboard usage within the mac

2015-04-04 Thread Devin Prater
Well, goodness. I didn’t mean anything that detailed. I simply want a program 
that uses pure midi, can export and import midi, and could optionally save the 
midi as mp3. I’ve heard that GarageBand on OS X 10.10 is inaccessible in some 
ways, so I simply want a simple, easily learned and accessible editor that’ll 
work with midi so that I can just play using the keyboard. I have now, like in 
the last hour, gone through the keyboard’s array of sounds and found them a 
little low quality, the keyboard is an older model, so I may just play using 
the keyboard then export to mp3 or something then all the tracks are good and 
all, so that’s what I want to do.
 On Apr 4, 2015, at 5:20 PM, Christopher-Mark Gilland clgillan...@gmail.com 
 wrote:
 
 You're talking two totally different things here.
 
 Let's get one thing totally straight.  Midi isn't audio.  All that midi 
 basically is are different numerical values for certain triggered events, 
 with 1's and 0's attached to it.  Basically 0 means the event is off, while 1 
 means it is on.  Every single thing you do with the keyboard is associated 
 with a midi event, as they are called.  I understand this isn't what you're 
 asking, but to answer your question, I have to define this, so you'll 
 understand in a second where I am going with this.  So what happens with midi 
 is, these events are sent to your midi hardware or software controller either 
 on the input, or on the output side.  Trust me with this, I am an audio 
 engineer, so I know what I'm  talking about, believe me.  I've done this 
 stuff for years.  Not saying I'm God, and know everything, cause I definitely 
 don't, but this much, I do! know.
 
 OK, so with all of that said, let's address your question at hand...  The 
 short answer is, Garageband will definitely do midi.  If you don't plan to 
 record, but just want to play, then Audacity or even Main Stage might be your 
 best bet.  The thing however is, just know that if you want to get the sounds 
 from your keyboard, it may take a little more work.  First of all, does your 
 keyboard have built in speakers?  If not, you'll need to somehow get the 
 keyboard going to a line source like the line in of your mac, or to a mixer 
 etc.  I don't know your setup, so it's kind of hard for me to really 
 determine e everything right up front without more info.
 
 You're going to most likely need a midi to USB converter, because obviously, 
 the mac doesn't have built in round midi in and out and through ports. There 
 is a nice device called the midi Uno that would work with this. Basically, 
 it's a Y cable.  One end has 3 of the male round plugs.  One for in, one for 
 out, and one for through.  So, you'd connect that end to your keyboard, and 
 leave the through cable dangling if you don't have a through port on the 
 keyboard... it won't hurt anything.  The other end is a standard USB plug.  
 That would go into the USB port on your mac.  I think they're somewhere like 
 around $50 or so.  Amazong should have them.  I've had mine for about 5 years 
 now, so I can't tell ya if they still exist, but, I'd definitely look.
 
 If your keyboard actually connects via USB, not the round midi plugs, then 
 just use a standard plug and play USB cable, and you'll be good to go.
 
 If you want to then play midi with the built in instruments, then you'll open 
 up your DAW, (Digital Audio workstation,) of choice, be it Garageband, 
 Audacity, whatever, and you'll want to set your midi output to your keyboard 
 midi controller.  So, if you're using an Uno, or some sort of midi to USB 
 converter, it should, provided you have the drivers properly installed, show 
 up in your output list.  You'd just pick it, and boom, you're done.  Now 
 you'll play the midi file just like you normally would and it then should 
 come out your keyboard speakers, or if no speakers, it'll get routed to your 
 keyboard's line out/headphone out which you then have fed back into a line in 
 source of some type.
 
 If you wanna record using the sounds in the keyboard, this gets a little more 
 complecated.  Basically, keeping it general, and elementary, you'd need, even 
 if there are! built in speakers, to connect a stereo patch cable to the line 
 out, preferred, or if you don't have one, the headphone jack of the keyboard, 
 and the other end into a channel on your interface/mixer, or if you don't 
 have one, then directly to your line in on the mac.  Fire up your DAW of 
 choice.  Open the midi file, or record it like normal, then in your project, 
 create a stereo audio track for your final master mix, arm it for recording 
 if needed, then making sure none of your midi tracks are armed, so you don't 
 accidentally record over them, hit record in the software of your choice, and 
 then basically allow the midi to play through your keyboard, and get routed 
 out the keyboard to the line in of your mixer/interface/line in jack on the 
 mac, therefore capturing that audio and 

[Mac-access]: How do you all use Amazon?

2015-04-04 Thread Diane Bomare
Please write to me privately, especially if the moderators believe this 
discussion is off topic. My address is at the bottom if this message.
I am collecting information about how VoiceOver users, either on IOS or OSX, 
use Amazon.  This is not a money making, or officially endorsed, endeavor.

On IOS, do you use the app or the web site, or both?
What influences your prefenrece?
What are your opinions about the accessibility/usability of the app and/or web 
site?
Has it gotten better or worse, over the years? Please explain.
How often do you shop with Amazon? daily? weekly? several times a week? several 
times a month? ...
If never, and you live in a country that has Amazon, does accessibility 
influence your decision not to shop with them?
What suggestions do you have for improvement of their app or web site?
Do you use subscribe  Save and does it still work for You?

Would you be interested in participating in a formal survey on this issue?

II am experiencing problems using certain aspects of the app and web site with 
VoiceOver. These specific problems are not occurring on Firefox, running on 
that other OS that shall not be named.

Thanks for your feedback,
Diane Bomar
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Re: [Mac-access]: does any one know of a way of un zipping things onthe mac?

2015-04-04 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
Awesome, let me know how you turn out.  Oh wait, we're not cooking you, that 
sounds like we are.  LOL!  Just kidding.  Sorry, I couldn't resist. 
Seriously though, Hahaha, let me know if you need any further assistance.


Chris.

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To: OS X  iOS Accessibility mac-access@mac-access.net
Sent: Saturday, April 04, 2015 6:59 PM
Subject: Re: [Mac-access]: does any one know of a way of un zipping things 
onthe mac?




cool i will look for that.
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Re: [Mac-access]: does any one know of a way of un zipping things onthe mac?

2015-04-04 Thread wui chin Leong
i need help unzipping Skype sounds
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Re: [Mac-access]: does any one know how i can add custom sounds toSkype?

2015-04-04 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
I'd need to check, as I know with the Windows version, you definitely can, 
but I can't recall if the option is also there on the Mac version.  I seem 
to remember that it was.  Basically, it's going to be in one of two places, 
if it's there.  Actually, no, excuse me.  One of three places.  Go into 
Skype preferences, obviously with Command+Comma.  In here, go up and 
interact with the toolbar to get to your tabs.  We want to look first at the 
sounds tab.  See in there if there is a way to select and browse to a wave 
file on your system of your choice for each event.  If not, then let's go 
back up to the toolbar, and have a gander in the notifications tab.  If not 
there either, then the only other place would be in the toolbar, go to the 
Advanced tab.  If it's not there, then I'm sorry to say, you're most likely 
then out of luck, short of *maybe!* manually editting a PList preference 
file... Oh!  Joy!... Not?


Chris.

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Sent: Saturday, April 04, 2015 7:00 PM
Subject: [Mac-access]: does any one know how i can add custom sounds 
toSkype?




does any one know of a way i can add custom sounds to skype
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Re: [Mac-access]: midi keyboard usage within the mac

2015-04-04 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
Sorry for being so detailed.  I just wanted to be sure that you understood. 
You said you wanted to use the built in sounds.  A lot of people don't 
understand that midi in and of itself won't produce sounds out the keyboard.


I have a real bad habbit of doing this and giving far more detail than 
necessary, guilty as charged, but I would have hated for you to have gotten 
an answer, then wonderred why just simply plugging a midi cable or whatever 
in wasn't working.


Pardon the novel-writing.  Did you get anything helpful though out of my 
message?  I hope so?


Chris.

- Original Message - 
From: Devin Prater d.pra...@me.com

To: OS X  iOS Accessibility mac-access@mac-access.net
Sent: Saturday, April 04, 2015 7:02 PM
Subject: Re: [Mac-access]: midi keyboard usage within the mac


Well, goodness. I didn’t mean anything that detailed. I simply want a 
program that uses pure midi, can export and import midi, and could 
optionally save the midi as mp3. I’ve heard that GarageBand on OS X 10.10 
is inaccessible in some ways, so I simply want a simple, easily learned 
and accessible editor that’ll work with midi so that I can just play using 
the keyboard. I have now, like in the last hour, gone through the keyboard’s 
array of sounds and found them a little low quality, the keyboard is an 
older model, so I may just play using the keyboard then export to mp3 or 
something then all the tracks are good and all, so that’s what I want to 
do.
On Apr 4, 2015, at 5:20 PM, Christopher-Mark Gilland 
clgillan...@gmail.com wrote:


You're talking two totally different things here.

Let's get one thing totally straight.  Midi isn't audio.  All that midi 
basically is are different numerical values for certain triggered events, 
with 1's and 0's attached to it.  Basically 0 means the event is off, 
while 1 means it is on.  Every single thing you do with the keyboard is 
associated with a midi event, as they are called.  I understand this 
isn't what you're asking, but to answer your question, I have to define 
this, so you'll understand in a second where I am going with this.  So 
what happens with midi is, these events are sent to your midi hardware or 
software controller either on the input, or on the output side.  Trust me 
with this, I am an audio engineer, so I know what I'm  talking about, 
believe me.  I've done this stuff for years.  Not saying I'm God, and 
know everything, cause I definitely don't, but this much, I do! know.


OK, so with all of that said, let's address your question at hand...  The 
short answer is, Garageband will definitely do midi.  If you don't plan 
to record, but just want to play, then Audacity or even Main Stage might 
be your best bet.  The thing however is, just know that if you want to 
get the sounds from your keyboard, it may take a little more work.  First 
of all, does your keyboard have built in speakers?  If not, you'll need 
to somehow get the keyboard going to a line source like the line in of 
your mac, or to a mixer etc.  I don't know your setup, so it's kind of 
hard for me to really determine e everything right up front without more 
info.


You're going to most likely need a midi to USB converter, because 
obviously, the mac doesn't have built in round midi in and out and 
through ports. There is a nice device called the midi Uno that would work 
with this. Basically, it's a Y cable.  One end has 3 of the male round 
plugs.  One for in, one for out, and one for through.  So, you'd connect 
that end to your keyboard, and leave the through cable dangling if you 
don't have a through port on the keyboard... it won't hurt anything.  The 
other end is a standard USB plug.  That would go into the USB port on 
your mac.  I think they're somewhere like around $50 or so.  Amazong 
should have them.  I've had mine for about 5 years now, so I can't tell 
ya if they still exist, but, I'd definitely look.


If your keyboard actually connects via USB, not the round midi plugs, 
then just use a standard plug and play USB cable, and you'll be good to 
go.


If you want to then play midi with the built in instruments, then you'll 
open up your DAW, (Digital Audio workstation,) of choice, be it 
Garageband, Audacity, whatever, and you'll want to set your midi output 
to your keyboard midi controller.  So, if you're using an Uno, or some 
sort of midi to USB converter, it should, provided you have the drivers 
properly installed, show up in your output list.  You'd just pick it, and 
boom, you're done.  Now you'll play the midi file just like you normally 
would and it then should come out your keyboard speakers, or if no 
speakers, it'll get routed to your keyboard's line out/headphone out 
which you then have fed back into a line in source of some type.


If you wanna record using the sounds in the keyboard, this gets a little 
more complecated.  Basically, keeping it general, and elementary, you'd 
need, even if there are! built in speakers, to connect a stereo patch 
cable 

Re: [Mac-access]: does any one know of a way of un zipping things onthe mac?

2015-04-04 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
What do you mean?  Is this basically like a zip file which has various 
sounds you need to unzip to use within Skype?  Sorry, I just don't totally 
get your dilimma.  Nevertheless, The Unarchiver should be able to do it no 
problem.  Realize though that if it's simply just a .zip file, OSX already 
can do this.


Chris.

- Original Message - 
From: wui chin Leong adrianleon...@icloud.com

To: OS X  iOS Accessibility mac-access@mac-access.net
Sent: Saturday, April 04, 2015 7:48 PM
Subject: Re: [Mac-access]: does any one know of a way of un zipping things 
onthe mac?




i need help unzipping Skype sounds
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