Re: Has anyone observed this with Ivory?

2015-11-26 Thread 'onlineeagle' via Pro Tools Accessibility
Hi Christopher. I was speaking to someone from Ivory a few months back, and he recommended having the Ivory library on an external hard drive. You should be able to just copy the library files over I think. Can't help with the bounce slowness. Maybe try an online bounce. At least then it should

Re: Has anyone observed this with Ivory?

2015-11-26 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
I already did! try that, and it did absolutely no good. Are you having this issue? Are you using a 7200RPM, or greater drive, or a solid state? Chris. - Original Message - From: 'onlineeagle' via Pro Tools Accessibility To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, November

Re: Happy Thanks Giving to all!

2015-11-26 Thread Alan Macdonald
Hear hear. I've said it recently but I wouldn't have passed sound production at college and be currently making jingles for my local radio station if it wasn't for this group. We don't recognize thanksgiving in Scotland but there's always something to be thankful for. Best wishes to one and

Re: Happy Thanks Giving to all!

2015-11-26 Thread CHUCK REICHEL
Happy Thanksgiving to GOD day to you & the list also. Remember behind every great music Creation there is ultimately the CREATOR! :) And a big shout out of "thanksgiving" to all my fellow beta testers,who faithfully show up on those Avid conference calls every 2 weeks! So stop and give thanks

Re: Happy Thanks Giving to all!

2015-11-26 Thread Slau Halatyn
Thanks to all who contribute and share resources on the list. I appreciate the acknowledgement though it's unnecessary. I've always maintained and openly stated that I do what I do regarding accessibility for selfish reasons and the fact that it helps others is a fringe benefit. It occurred to

ADAT

2015-11-26 Thread TheOreoMonster
Hey, Need some more I/O and considering either a second interface or adding more I/O to the current one via ADAT. Any blind user have any experiences with and ADAT system? Pros/Cons? I am concerned about keeping the sample rates in sync as these are usually denoted via flashing lights or etc

Re: Happy Thanks Giving to all!

2015-11-26 Thread TheOreoMonster
Like a lot of great things it was started because one person had a problem to solve, but that also benefitted others. So Thanks for the overall work in access awareness that you and others on this list do. Also thanks for the sharing of knowledge we all do on a day to day basis as well. > On

Re: Happy Thanks Giving to all!

2015-11-26 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
Wow! I guess I never really thought about that, with the timeframe of things, but you're absolutely right, Slau! That is incredible! Chris. - Original Message - From: "Slau Halatyn" To: Sent: Thursday, November 26, 2015 11:35 AM

Re: ADAT

2015-11-26 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
This guy doesn't know much about ProTools, although he's dying to learn more from what I understand. There is a guy named Terry, and I think he's in Minesoda, but anyway, I know he's worked a lot with an ADat hardware machine, and is blind. He might be able to help you. tern...@sherbtel.net

Re: volosity in x band 2

2015-11-26 Thread Slau Halatyn
Hi Steve, Sorry for the delay. I didn't get around to taking a look at Xpand until just now. I don't see any way of adjusting the velocity sensitivity within the plug-in itself. Of course, there might be a control for it but I'd imagine that it wouldn't necessarily be an automatable

Re: splitting drum tracks

2015-11-26 Thread Slau Halatyn
Hi steve, You can easily do this by splitting the notes within a track. record your MIDI sequence the way you're used to doing it. When you're done, press Option-y and set the parameters within the dialog to cut the note range you want and you can paste into duplicate MIDI or instrument

Re: Has anyone observed this with Ivory?

2015-11-26 Thread 'onlineeagle' via Pro Tools Accessibility
OK Christopher, I imported a 90 second midi file into ProTools and had it play with the Ivory italian grand. An offline bounce took about 20 to 30 seconds. Sent from my iPhone > On 26 Nov 2015, at 12:04, Christopher-Mark Gilland > wrote: > > I already did! try that,

Re: ADAT

2015-11-26 Thread TheOreoMonster
For clarification, Not referring to a hardware ADAT tape machine. This is referring to ADAT I/O you can add to existing interface that has an ADAT connector on it. A lot of interfaces has an ADAT connector that allows you to add up to 8 additional channels of IO over the ADAT Port. > On Nov

Re: ADAT

2015-11-26 Thread Slau Halatyn
Yeah, the sample rate being set by external buttons can certainly be an issue. I once had a problem during a remote session at a venue where a DigiMax interface with ADAT output was the clock master and I had inadvertently hit the sample rate button which jumped it from 48K to 32K. Little did I

Re: ADAT

2015-11-26 Thread TheOreoMonster
That there was my main concern. Given my difficulty with recognizing pitches i was concerned i may not catch sync issues as quickly as others. However, If the DAW will pop up a error message then I imagine i should be Alright then . > On Nov 26, 2015, at 1:15 PM, Slau Halatyn

Re: Has anyone observed this with Ivory?

2015-11-26 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
OK, so almost the entire duration of the song in realtime. Maybe there is something here I am forgetting to understand here, but why is it that Ivory in general slows things down so much. Slau, I know you made mention it would be slower, but I'm not exactly understanding the reasonning.

Re: ADAT

2015-11-26 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
Oh, OK. I'm sorry. My bad. LOL! Chris. - Original Message - From: "TheOreoMonster" To: Sent: Thursday, November 26, 2015 1:08 PM Subject: Re: ADAT For clarification, Not referring to a hardware ADAT tape machine. This is

Re: Has anyone observed this with Ivory?

2015-11-26 Thread Brian Howerton
Chris, Ivory definitely is a plugin that takes a lot of resources. Remember these are sampled pianos. Hope that helps some, ivory is a huge library as you know. Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 26, 2015, at 1:41 PM, Christopher-Mark Gilland > wrote: > > OK, so almost the

Re: Has anyone observed this with Ivory?

2015-11-26 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
Did you find even offline exporting with Sonar, that it pretty much bounced in realtime of the song? If so, then I think all is ok. I guess I was just under the impression that the bouncing process would be the safe speed regardless if I was using Ivory, or not. Anyway, thanks. Chris.

Re: Has anyone observed this with Ivory?

2015-11-26 Thread Brian Howerton
Yes, it's going to take a bit. Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 26, 2015, at 2:08 PM, Christopher-Mark Gilland > wrote: > > Did you find even offline exporting with Sonar, that it pretty much bounced > in realtime of the song? If so, then I think all is ok. I guess I was

Re: Has anyone observed this with Ivory?

2015-11-26 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
Happy thanks giving to you guys, BTW. OK, so probably updating that 5400RPM drive, if all I'm trying to do, is fix Ivory's bouncing speed, is probably going to be a useless attempt of investment based on what I'm hearing you say. It's just seeming like if I'm hearing you, Slau, and the other

Re: Has anyone observed this with Ivory?

2015-11-26 Thread Brian Howerton
Yes, enjoy ivory, it's great. Happy thanksgiving. Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 26, 2015, at 2:16 PM, Christopher-Mark Gilland > wrote: > > Happy thanks giving to you guys, BTW. > > OK, so probably updating that 5400RPM drive, if all I'm trying to do, is fix > Ivory's

Re: Has anyone observed this with Ivory?

2015-11-26 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
Same to you guys, brother! Have a good one! Chris. - Original Message - From: Brian Howerton To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, November 26, 2015 2:19 PM Subject: Re: Has anyone observed this with Ivory? Yes, enjoy ivory, it's great. Happy thanksgiving.

Re: Has anyone observed this with Ivory?

2015-11-26 Thread Slau Halatyn
Hi Chris, As Brian mentioned, Ivory is intensive on CPU processing. The plug-in is streaming potentially many dozens of large audio files at any given second not to mention any further internal processing like resonance, ambience, etc. Unlike algorithms that process very efficiently, real-time

Re: Has anyone observed this with Ivory?

2015-11-26 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
I guess when you say the track commit feature, I've never heard of that, or at least if I have, never in that termanology. Can you try explaining that process? Maybe what I'm doing isn't the right way of bouncing to start with. Basically, I'm simply just making sure no tracks are armed, then

Re: Has anyone observed this with Ivory?

2015-11-26 Thread Brian Howerton
Chris, This is a new feature in pro tools 12.3. I have read a little about this, but not enough to elaborate. Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 26, 2015, at 2:35 PM, Christopher-Mark Gilland > wrote: > > I guess when you say the track commit feature, I've never heard of

Re: Has anyone observed this with Ivory?

2015-11-26 Thread Slau Halatyn
Hi Chris, Select the instrument track with Ivory on it and either choose Commit from the Tracks menu or simply press Option-Shift-c. You'll be presented with a dialog. Everything in there is pretty self-explanatory. Once you've "committed" an instrument track, the resulting track is an audio

RE: Happy Thanks Giving to all!

2015-11-26 Thread Poppa Bear
Right back at you Chris and I second all you said to the group, especially Slau. From: ptaccess@googlegroups.com [mailto:ptaccess@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Christopher-Mark Gilland Sent: Thursday, November 26, 2015 6:23 AM To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com Subject: Happy Thanks Giving to

Re: Has anyone observed this with Ivory?

2015-11-26 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
It's still taking even with Committing quite a while to convert the Ivory track to an audio track, but like you said, that probably is just due to the samples being so huge, and, again, in all fairness, I'm using a 5400RPM drive, so really, I guess I'm kind a lucky it's even working as well as

RE: Waves gold club in inquiry

2015-11-26 Thread Poppa Bear
You should be able to access everything with Voice Over. What is the Gold Bundle going for now a days? Does it come with the L2 maximizer? -Original Message- From: ptaccess@googlegroups.com [mailto:ptaccess@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Chris Harrington Sent: Thursday, November 26,

Re: Happy Thanks Giving to all!

2015-11-26 Thread Katie Zodrow
Hi, I just wanted to second what Chris said and wish everyone on the PT list a happy Thanksgiving! Thanks Slau, Sean, and other users for answering my questions about control surfaces. I emailed Rick some of the replies I got about using the Avid S3 surface last night. I’ll let you guys know

Re: splitting drum tracks

2015-11-26 Thread Steve Sparrow
Hey Slau thanks for this. i’ll go through this, and i’m sure this will be fine. Steve > On 27 Nov 2015, at 3:56 am, Slau Halatyn wrote: > > Hi steve, > > You can easily do this by splitting the notes within a track. record your > MIDI sequence the way you're used to

Waves gold club in inquiry

2015-11-26 Thread Chris Harrington
Good evening all, First of all, happy Thanksgiving to everyone wherever you might be. Waves is having a Black Friday sale on their plug-ins, and I was debating on whether or not to purchase the gold bundle. I was wondering how this is as far as VoiceOver accessibility goes, before I make the

Re: Waves gold club in inquiry

2015-11-26 Thread Chris Harrington
It's usually going for 799, it's on sale for 199. It does come with the maximizer is well. Chris Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 26, 2015, at 8:41 PM, Poppa Bear wrote: > > You should be able to access everything with Voice Over. What is the Gold > Bundle going for now a

Re: splitting drum tracks

2015-11-26 Thread Steve Sparrow
Hey Slau. just sussed this out. It work’s brilliantly man. Nice and smooth. Thank you. By the way, what do you use for recording drums from a midi keyboard. X band is ok, but i’d like some other choices that are accessible with voice over. I believe addictive drums was accessible once, If so

Re: splitting drum tracks

2015-11-26 Thread Slau Halatyn
Hi steve, Glad it worked out. I don't do much drum sequencing as I mostly record drummers playing their kits. That said, I've been using Strike on occasion as a placeholder. If you want some better sounds, the Slate drums are nice but you'll absolutely need a control surface to access

RE: Waves gold club in inquiry

2015-11-26 Thread Poppa Bear
That's a killer price. Have fun with it. -Original Message- From: ptaccess@googlegroups.com [mailto:ptaccess@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Chris Harrington Sent: Thursday, November 26, 2015 5:07 PM To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Waves gold club in inquiry It's usually