Re: And the weirdness just continues! What on earth is this window?

[Slau Halatyn]

That's the Transport window. Double-tap VO+F2 to have the VoiceOver Window 
Chooser come up in a list and you can see what windows are present. Command+1 
on the numeric keypad will open and close the Transport window.

> On Jun 10, 2022, at 9:49 PM, Christopher Gilland  
> wrote:
> 
> So, if I go to the dashboard with command+n, then command+1 to the create 
> tab, and make a new session not based off a template, I obviously get thrown 
> in the session with no tracks.
> 
> 
> Now, I create either an audio or instrument track. After I do so, rather than 
> being placed in the edit window or the mix window, preferably the ladder, I'm 
> taken to this weird screen I've never seen before where it says transport 
> cluster. If I then VO+Right arrow once, I get to transport options button. 
> That's literally speaking all on the whole entire screen. Literally! aside 
> the close, zoom and minimize buttons, that's literally speaking all that's 
> there. What's strange about this is, if I then hit command+equals, it takes 
> me to the edit window, which by the way looks just fine, and if I then hit 
> command+equals again, I'm at the mix window, then I see the track strip, the 
> track list table, and everything as I should. It's just right after I first 
> create a new track and get that very first track in the session that I see 
> this weirdness. What in the hell did I do! This is just nuts crazy!! I can't 
> remember earlier today if when I first installed PT it did this or not. I'm 
> suspicious that something I did in the edit window under the toolbar options 
> may a caused this, as I was trying to get those things according to the 
> Preflight chapter configured, but since I'm not able to see what's selected 
> and what isn't... Voiceover isn't telling me, it's really really hard for me 
> to say for sure what I've done, or even it that is rellavent.
> 
> 
> Chris.
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And the weirdness just continues! What on earth is this window?

[Christopher Gilland]

So, if I go to the dashboard with command+n, then command+1 to the 
create tab, and make a new session not based off a template, I obviously 
get thrown in the session with no tracks.



Now, I create either an audio or instrument track. After I do so, rather 
than being placed in the edit window or the mix window, preferably the 
ladder, I'm taken to this weird screen I've never seen before where it 
says transport cluster. If I then VO+Right arrow once, I get to 
transport options button. That's literally speaking all on the whole 
entire screen. Literally! aside the close, zoom and minimize buttons, 
that's literally speaking all that's there. What's strange about this 
is, if I then hit command+equals, it takes me to the edit window, which 
by the way looks just fine, and if I then hit command+equals again, I'm 
at the mix window, then I see the track strip, the track list table, and 
everything as I should. It's just right after I first create a new track 
and get that very first track in the session that I see this weirdness. 
What in the hell did I do! This is just nuts crazy!! I can't remember 
earlier today if when I first installed PT it did this or not. I'm 
suspicious that something I did in the edit window under the toolbar 
options may a caused this, as I was trying to get those things according 
to the Preflight chapter configured, but since I'm not able to see 
what's selected and what isn't... Voiceover isn't telling me, it's 
really really hard for me to say for sure what I've done, or even it 
that is rellavent.



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Re: M32 transports aren't working: how do I set this up?

[Steve Baskis]

Follow the link and follow the directions. Be sure to click on the Avid Pro 
Tools text and it will expand information that will guide you step-by-step.

https://support.native-instruments.com/hc/en-us/articles/4406832231441-How-to-Integrate-KOMPLETE-KONTROL-with-Your-DAW

Respectfully,
Steve Baskis


> On Jun 10, 2022, at 18:35, Christopher Gilland  wrote:
> 
> Right now, I've created an instrument stereo track. I've instantiated 
> Komplete Kontrol. In my browser, I went on my factory library side to 
> Alecia's Keys, then used the big auditorium preset. I then did shift+R to arm 
> the track. Up to this point, everything worked flawlessly.
> 
> 
> Now comes the problem. When I hit the record button on the actual M32 
> controler, forgive me, I don't have perfect pitch, so can't tell you the 
> note, but it's playing a very very high note through Alecia's Keys, probably 
> in the most top octave of an 88 key keyboard rather than activating the 
> record transport. So, how do I get my transport buttons and such to work?
> 
> 
> Chris.
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Re: Having some trouble setting an option

[Rory McDonald]

Oh, sorry my mistake. Been a while since I've set mine up lol.

Rory

> On Jun 11, 2022, at 11:45 AM, accessibleproto...@gmail.com wrote:
> 
> Actually, it is inside the edit window in ProTools, it is not in the top 
> menu bar. In the edit window, there is a button that says toolbar options 
> menu. Click that, and you will find all of the settings you were looking for.
> 
> Rocco Fiorentino
> www.musicbyrocco.com
> (609)922-3838
> 
>>> On Jun 10, 2022, at 6:06 PM, Rory McDonald  wrote:
>>> 
>> Hit vo m to go to the menu bar and go across to edit. It is not in the pro 
>> tools edit window but rather the menu bar at the top of the screen.
>> 
>> Rory
>> 
 On Jun 11, 2022, at 7:29 AM, Christopher Gilland  
 wrote:
 
>>> 
>>> In the preflight section of chapter 1 on the PT Access guide, it states:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> In the toolbar menu of the edit window, the “Transport”, “midi Controls”, 
>>> and “expanded transport” settings should be checked.
>>> I remember being able to hit command+equals to switch from the mix and edit 
>>> windows. I did that and got to the edit window. But, I'm not seeing the 
>>> toolbar menu they're talking about. I see all the different clusters, but 
>>> nothing to set the extended transport, the height, etc.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Where do I go to set all these things specifically, step by step. I VOed 
>>> around the entire screen, interacting with each cluster, etc, but nothing 
>>> seems to be making sense.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> I'm holding for Sweetwater support to see if they can just Team View in and 
>>> check those options for me, but their hold time right now seems to be 
>>> really long. Figured I'd ask here in case someone here can help me more 
>>> quickly.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Chris.
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M32 transports aren't working: how do I set this up?

[Christopher Gilland]

Right now, I've created an instrument stereo track. I've instantiated 
Komplete Kontrol. In my browser, I went on my factory library side to 
Alecia's Keys, then used the big auditorium preset. I then did shift+R 
to arm the track. Up to this point, everything worked flawlessly.



Now comes the problem. When I hit the record button on the actual M32 
controler, forgive me, I don't have perfect pitch, so can't tell you the 
note, but it's playing a very very high note through Alecia's Keys, 
probably in the most top octave of an 88 key keyboard rather than 
activating the record transport. So, how do I get my transport buttons 
and such to work?



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Re: free comprehensive Pro Tools Guide for Screen Reader Users now available online

[Slau Halatyn]

Chapter 1 offers the Pre-Flight Checklist which doesn't require a 
demonstration. If people can't follow those instructions without an audio 
demonstration, I'm afraid they probably couldn't handle working with Pro Tools. 
I suppose it's sort of a litmus test :)
Mic was a Neumann U 47 into Millennia HV3D. I have 2 different Pro Tools 
systems and simply piped VoiceOver into another PT system along with vocal and 
the interface connected to the laptop. 


> On Jun 10, 2022, at 5:41 PM, Nick Gawronski  wrote:
> 
> Hi, I like these wonderful tutorials a lot.  One demo that I think is missing 
> is the demo on how to change the different mac and Pro Tools settings as all 
> of mine are correct but havving audio demos would be helpful for some users.  
> I like the quality of the audio content so was just wondering what audio 
> equipment and microphones did you use to record these and how did you go 
> about getting the voice over speech into the tutorials?  Nick Gawronski
> On 6/10/2022 3:21 PM, Juan Pablo Culasso Alonso wrote:
>> Slau, this guide is so beautiful.
>> Thank you so much.
>> Question, are you planing to make some apendix highlighting the advance 
>> automation and edit that protools ultimate has now eve protools studio has?
>> Thanks,
>> Juan
>> 
>>> On Jun 9, 2022, at 23:20, Slau Halatyn >> > wrote:
>>> 
>>> The long-awaited  "Pro Tools Guide for screen Reader Users" is finally 
>>> here! This free online resource, made possible through Berklee College of 
>>> Music features a comprehensive series of tutorials aimed specifically at 
>>> blind users of Pro Tools. It includes 250 audio demonstrations (totaling 20 
>>> hours) with detailed examples to accompany each topic. All of the session 
>>> files used throughout this series are available to download for reference 
>>> and practice.
>>> 
>>> Whether you're completely new to Pro Tools or already use it and want to 
>>> fill in the gaps, start your journey by going to:
>>> https://ptaccess.github.io 
>>> 
>>> As the process of refining Pro Tools accessibility is ongoing, this online 
>>> guide will continue to be updated regularly to reflect the most recent 
>>> improvements to the Pro Tools user interface from the perspective of a 
>>> screen reader user.
>>> 
>>> Thanks to Chi Kim for facilitating this project and to Berklee for 
>>> entrusting me with this massive undertaking. I couldn't have done it 
>>> without their support. Thanks also to Avid for making resources available 
>>> during the planning, writing and recording of this project.
>>> 
>>> Slau Halatyn
>>> 
>>> 
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Re: free comprehensive Pro Tools Guide for Screen Reader Users now available online

[Slau Halatyn]

For the most part, I did add that stuff in Chapter 19 where I cover Manual 
Write, Write On stop and the various Write, Trim and Glide to Current commands. 
Cheers!

> On Jun 10, 2022, at 4:21 PM, Juan Pablo Culasso Alonso  
> wrote:
> 
> Slau, this guide is so beautiful.
> Thank you so much.
> Question, are you planing to make some apendix highlighting the advance 
> automation and edit that protools ultimate has now eve protools studio has?
> Thanks,
> Juan
> 
>> On Jun 9, 2022, at 23:20, Slau Halatyn > > wrote:
>> 
>> The long-awaited  "Pro Tools Guide for screen Reader Users" is finally here! 
>> This free online resource, made possible through Berklee College of Music 
>> features a comprehensive series of tutorials aimed specifically at blind 
>> users of Pro Tools. It includes 250 audio demonstrations (totaling 20 hours) 
>> with detailed examples to accompany each topic. All of the session files 
>> used throughout this series are available to download for reference and 
>> practice.
>> 
>> Whether you're completely new to Pro Tools or already use it and want to 
>> fill in the gaps, start your journey by going to:
>> https://ptaccess.github.io 
>> 
>> As the process of refining Pro Tools accessibility is ongoing, this online 
>> guide will continue to be updated regularly to reflect the most recent 
>> improvements to the Pro Tools user interface from the perspective of a 
>> screen reader user.
>> 
>> Thanks to Chi Kim for facilitating this project and to Berklee for 
>> entrusting me with this massive undertaking. I couldn't have done it without 
>> their support. Thanks also to Avid for making resources available during the 
>> planning, writing and recording of this project.
>> 
>> Slau Halatyn
>> 
>> 
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Re: Downloading supplimental sessions

[Slau Halatyn]

It's right in the Introduction toward the end of the page.

> On Jun 10, 2022, at 4:08 PM, Christopher Gilland  
> wrote:
> 
> Where do I go to download the sessions that are often mentioned within the PT 
> Access online guide? Each chapter doesn't seem to have links to them. I 
> definitely see that I have to listen to the accompanying audio from the 
> website, which is fine, but it keeps saying refer to the xxx.ptx session 
> file. I just don't know where to get it though. For example, in chapter 3, it 
> talks about the edit modes session.
> 
> 
> Chris.
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Re: Having some trouble setting an option

[accessibleprotools]

Actually, it is inside the edit window in ProTools, it is not in the top menu bar. In the edit window, there is a button that says toolbar options menu. Click that, and you will find all of the settings you were looking for.Rocco Fiorentinowww.musicbyrocco.com(609)922-3838On Jun 10, 2022, at 6:06 PM, Rory McDonald  wrote:Hit vo m to go to the menu bar and go across to edit. It is not in the pro tools edit window but rather the menu bar at the top of the screen.RoryOn Jun 11, 2022, at 7:29 AM, Christopher Gilland  wrote:
  


  
  
In the preflight section of chapter 1 on the PT Access guide, it
  states:



  In the
toolbar menu of the edit window, the “Transport”, “midi
Controls”, and “expanded transport” settings should be checked.

I remember being able to hit command+equals to switch from the
  mix and edit windows. I did that and got to the edit window. But,
  I'm not seeing the toolbar menu they're talking about. I see all
  the different clusters, but nothing to set the extended transport,
  the height, etc.


Where do I go to set all these things specifically, step by step.
  I VOed around the entire screen, interacting with each cluster,
  etc, but nothing seems to be making sense.


I'm holding for Sweetwater support to see if they can just Team
  View in and check those options for me, but their hold time right
  now seems to be really long. Figured I'd ask here in case someone
  here can help me more quickly.


Chris.

  




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Downloading FloTools

[Christopher Gilland]

Where do I go to get the most up to date version of FloTools, and, is it 
cilicon M1 compatible?



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Re: Having some trouble setting an option

[Rory McDonald]

Hit vo m to go to the menu bar and go across to edit. It is not in the pro 
tools edit window but rather the menu bar at the top of the screen.

Rory

> On Jun 11, 2022, at 7:29 AM, Christopher Gilland  
> wrote:
> 
> 
> In the preflight section of chapter 1 on the PT Access guide, it states:
> 
> 
> 
> In the toolbar menu of the edit window, the “Transport”, “midi Controls”, and 
> “expanded transport” settings should be checked.
> I remember being able to hit command+equals to switch from the mix and edit 
> windows. I did that and got to the edit window. But, I'm not seeing the 
> toolbar menu they're talking about. I see all the different clusters, but 
> nothing to set the extended transport, the height, etc.
> 
> 
> 
> Where do I go to set all these things specifically, step by step. I VOed 
> around the entire screen, interacting with each cluster, etc, but nothing 
> seems to be making sense.
> 
> 
> 
> I'm holding for Sweetwater support to see if they can just Team View in and 
> check those options for me, but their hold time right now seems to be really 
> long. Figured I'd ask here in case someone here can help me more quickly.
> 
> 
> 
> Chris.
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Re: free comprehensive Pro Tools Guide for Screen Reader Users now available online

[Nick Gawronski]

Hi, I like these wonderful tutorials a lot.  One demo that I think is 
missing is the demo on how to change the different mac and Pro Tools 
settings as all of mine are correct but havving audio demos would be 
helpful for some users.  I like the quality of the audio content so was 
just wondering what audio equipment and microphones did you use to 
record these and how did you go about getting the voice over speech into 
the tutorials?  Nick Gawronski

On 6/10/2022 3:21 PM, Juan Pablo Culasso Alonso wrote:

Slau, this guide is so beautiful.
Thank you so much.
Question, are you planing to make some apendix highlighting the 
advance automation and edit that protools ultimate has now eve 
protools studio has?

Thanks,
Juan


On Jun 9, 2022, at 23:20, Slau Halatyn  wrote:

The long-awaited  "Pro Tools Guide for screen Reader Users" is 
finally here! This free online resource, made possible through 
Berklee College of Music features a comprehensive series of tutorials 
aimed specifically at blind users of Pro Tools. It includes 250 audio 
demonstrations (totaling 20 hours) with detailed examples to 
accompany each topic. All of the session files used throughout this 
series are available to download for reference and practice.


Whether you're completely new to Pro Tools or already use it and want 
to fill in the gaps, start your journey by going to:

https://ptaccess.github.io

As the process of refining Pro Tools accessibility is ongoing, this 
online guide will continue to be updated regularly to reflect the 
most recent improvements to the Pro Tools user interface from the 
perspective of a screen reader user.


Thanks to Chi Kim for facilitating this project and to Berklee for 
entrusting me with this massive undertaking. I couldn't have done it 
without their support. Thanks also to Avid for making resources 
available during the planning, writing and recording of this project.


Slau Halatyn



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Re: free comprehensive Pro Tools Guide for Screen Reader Users now available online

[Juan Pablo Culasso Alonso]

Slau, this guide is so beautiful.
Thank you so much.
Question, are you planing to make some apendix highlighting the advance 
automation and edit that protools ultimate has now eve protools studio has?
Thanks,
Juan

> On Jun 9, 2022, at 23:20, Slau Halatyn  wrote:
> 
> The long-awaited  "Pro Tools Guide for screen Reader Users" is finally here! 
> This free online resource, made possible through Berklee College of Music 
> features a comprehensive series of tutorials aimed specifically at blind 
> users of Pro Tools. It includes 250 audio demonstrations (totaling 20 hours) 
> with detailed examples to accompany each topic. All of the session files used 
> throughout this series are available to download for reference and practice.
> 
> Whether you're completely new to Pro Tools or already use it and want to fill 
> in the gaps, start your journey by going to:
> https://ptaccess.github.io 
> 
> As the process of refining Pro Tools accessibility is ongoing, this online 
> guide will continue to be updated regularly to reflect the most recent 
> improvements to the Pro Tools user interface from the perspective of a screen 
> reader user.
> 
> Thanks to Chi Kim for facilitating this project and to Berklee for entrusting 
> me with this massive undertaking. I couldn't have done it without their 
> support. Thanks also to Avid for making resources available during the 
> planning, writing and recording of this project.
> 
> Slau Halatyn
> 
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Downloading supplimental sessions

[Christopher Gilland]

Where do I go to download the sessions that are often mentioned within 
the PT Access online guide? Each chapter doesn't seem to have links to 
them. I definitely see that I have to listen to the accompanying audio 
from the website, which is fine, but it keeps saying refer to the 
xxx.ptx session file. I just don't know where to get it though. For 
example, in chapter 3, it talks about the edit modes session.



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Having some trouble setting an option

[Christopher Gilland]

In the preflight section of chapter 1 on the PT Access guide, it states:


 * In the toolbar menu of the edit window, the “Transport”, “midi
   Controls”, and “expanded transport” settings should be checked.

I remember being able to hit command+equals to switch from the mix and 
edit windows. I did that and got to the edit window. But, I'm not seeing 
the toolbar menu they're talking about. I see all the different 
clusters, but nothing to set the extended transport, the height, etc.



Where do I go to set all these things specifically, step by step. I VOed 
around the entire screen, interacting with each cluster, etc, but 
nothing seems to be making sense.



I'm holding for Sweetwater support to see if they can just Team View in 
and check those options for me, but their hold time right now seems to 
be really long. Figured I'd ask here in case someone here can help me 
more quickly.



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Re: Back after a huge huge hiatus.

[Kathryn Zodrow]

Hi Chris. Welcome back to the ProTools list again! I don’t know you that well, 
but I remember listening to a podcast you did Wayback in 2013 called A Look at 
ProTools. This is when I was first learning how to use the software again with 
Mac OS X and voiceover and it was helpful. Wow, it sounds like you’ve done a 
lot since the pandemic happened and I’m glad you could get back into audio 
production. I haven’t used logic much, but I’ve heard it’s accessible with 
Voiceover. Is it as accessible as ProTools? I would like to learn this software 
as well once I upgrade to a newer Mac.
I briefly started looking at the new ProTools guide last night and so far it’s 
great. Very straightforward.
Katie

Sent from my iPhone

> On Jun 10, 2022, at 7:24 AM, Slau Halatyn  wrote:
> 
> This was launched literally this morning:
> 
> The  "Pro Tools Guide for screen Reader Users" is a free online resource made 
> possible through the Berklee College of Music and features a comprehensive 
> series of tutorials aimed specifically at blind users of Avid's Pro Tools 
> digital audio workstation software. It includes 250 audio demonstrations 
> (totaling 20 hours) with detailed examples to accompany each topic. All of 
> the Pro Tools session files used throughout this series are available to 
> download for reference and practice. As the process of refining Pro Tools 
> accessibility is ongoing, this online guide will continue to be updated 
> regularly to reflect the most recent improvements to the Pro Tools user 
> interface from the perspective of a screen reader user. Whether you're new to 
> Pro Tools or already use it with adaptive technology and want to expand your 
> knowledge, start your journey by visiting:
> https://ptaccess.github.io
> 
> 
>> On Jun 10, 2022, at 8:37 AM, Christopher Gilland  
>> wrote:
>> 
>> Hey guys, I'm sure a lot of you remember me, and if nothing else, probably 
>> know me from the Komplete Kontrol Access list, and also the VO Logic users 
>> group.
>> 
>> 
>> I won't bore you all with much intro since most of you already do know me, 
>> but I do wanna catch all of you, especially people like Kevin, Slau, and a 
>> few others heavily in the PT ecosystem up with where I'm now at with things.
>> 
>> 
>> So, it's kind of a long story, but the very condensed jist of it is, in 
>> November of 2020, right after the pandemic hit, due to me being high risk as 
>> far as health is concerned, I was made to stay at home and hardly at all get 
>> out in public. Given that I wasn't working, this gave me a huge huge amount 
>> of time on my hands to really take on learning more about audio production 
>> than the time before I was able to commit.. I pretty well thought I knew 
>> what I was doing when it came to audio mixing, editing, producing, etc, but 
>> boy was I in for a rude awakening! I'm very humbly saying this.
>> 
>> 
>> I decided, for some reason clear beyond me to give Reaper another try. I'd 
>> struggled with it tremendously before, just getting all the ins and outs, no 
>> pun intended, down pat. For whatever bizarre reason still to this day 
>> unknown to me, this time, it clicked. Everything just totally fell into 
>> place and made sense.
>> 
>> 
>> The problem was, and I'll get to PT, I promise. Just stick with me... 
>> virtual instruments. I had been using Xpand2 inside ProTools, along with 
>> Ivory, and maybe a few more things. In Reaper, I didn't have native access, 
>> again, no pun intended, to those luxuries, and therefore had to invest in 
>> something else. I'd heard a lot of very good things about Native 
>> Instruments/Komplete Kontrol, and so I went ahead and took the plunge and 
>> got an M32 controller since I already had a full sized 88 key controller I 
>> could use for actually playing. I also got a 2TB external hard drive, as I 
>> knew I'd probably need it eventually.
>> 
>> 
>> Now fast forward to April of 2021. At that time, I still had that same Mac  
>> mini that Kevin Reeves tought me ProTools on back in 2012. That thing was 
>> still chugalugging along. It however by then was very old. We're talking 8GB 
>> ram, I5 mid 2012 and only running Mojave. I didn't even have Catalina on it, 
>> as it ran too slow, barely ran Mojave efficiently. Plus, a lot of my virtual 
>> instruments were bottle necking out tremendously!
>> 
>> 
>> Given that I had gotten the full 1300 dollar stemulous check that month, I 
>> put it forth to get an Orbit Reader 40, which wound up being an absolute 
>> disaster, but I won't go there. The point is, I was refunded that full 
>> amount from Orbit research. I then decided, you know, if I wanna get serious 
>> with audio, that mac really! needs to be upgraded, case closed, what better 
>> time to do it than now while I have the 1300 and can.
>> 
>> 
>> So, I made the plunge, and got a rose gold 2020 M1 cilicon 13 inch macbook 
>> air with 8GB ram, 512 internal SSD, and 8 core processor running, at that 
>> time, Big Sur. We'll simply 

Re: Numeric keypad absolutely 100 percent required?

[Slau Halatyn]

You can create a marker by pressing FN+Return which emulates the Enter key.

> On Jun 10, 2022, at 9:34 AM, Dammie Onafeko  wrote:
> 
> Hey Chris! It’s possible to use ProTools without a num pad keyboard. You just 
> won’t be able to do some things like creating a marker. If you can devise 
> other ways of getting to a point in the session or fast forwarding without 
> relying on using number 2 on num pad keyboard, it is doable with your laptop 
> keyboard. 
> 
> Best,
> 
> Dammie
> 
> On Fri, Jun 10, 2022 at 8:44 AM Christopher Gilland  > wrote:
> I absolutely understand completely that my experience would be way way 
> better with a full sized keyboard using a numpad, and that this would be 
> hugely hugely preferred and advised. So let me get that out of the way.
> 
> 
> That said however, is it even remotely possible to navigate and 
> effectively use ProTools without a numpad? I know I'd have to learn the 
> commands, and that they'd be a bit different, and I know about flo 
> numpad, although I really would rather just use native commands if 
> possible, but I'm just curious how many things already are mapped to 
> things on my regular keyboard? Right now, I'm not in a position due to 
> living arrangements where I easily can hook up a full sized keyboard. 
> That may change, but for the time being, I don't have an easy way to do it.
> 
> 
> This is literally speaking the only thing holding me back right now from 
> trying PT again. If you all can assure me that we can work around that, 
> all be it, maybe not the most efficiently, I get that, if we can do it 
> though, then I'll go ahead and call Sweetwater, and see what I can do to 
> reinstate my license. Otherwise, I may have to hold off, but yeah, this 
> is literally the only thing now holding me back.
> 
> 
> Chris.
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Re: Back after a huge huge hiatus.

[Slau Halatyn]

This was launched literally this morning:

The  "Pro Tools Guide for screen Reader Users" is a free online resource made 
possible through the Berklee College of Music and features a comprehensive 
series of tutorials aimed specifically at blind users of Avid's Pro Tools 
digital audio workstation software. It includes 250 audio demonstrations 
(totaling 20 hours) with detailed examples to accompany each topic. All of the 
Pro Tools session files used throughout this series are available to download 
for reference and practice. As the process of refining Pro Tools accessibility 
is ongoing, this online guide will continue to be updated regularly to reflect 
the most recent improvements to the Pro Tools user interface from the 
perspective of a screen reader user. Whether you're new to Pro Tools or already 
use it with adaptive technology and want to expand your knowledge, start your 
journey by visiting:
https://ptaccess.github.io


> On Jun 10, 2022, at 8:37 AM, Christopher Gilland  
> wrote:
> 
> Hey guys, I'm sure a lot of you remember me, and if nothing else, probably 
> know me from the Komplete Kontrol Access list, and also the VO Logic users 
> group.
> 
> 
> I won't bore you all with much intro since most of you already do know me, 
> but I do wanna catch all of you, especially people like Kevin, Slau, and a 
> few others heavily in the PT ecosystem up with where I'm now at with things.
> 
> 
> So, it's kind of a long story, but the very condensed jist of it is, in 
> November of 2020, right after the pandemic hit, due to me being high risk as 
> far as health is concerned, I was made to stay at home and hardly at all get 
> out in public. Given that I wasn't working, this gave me a huge huge amount 
> of time on my hands to really take on learning more about audio production 
> than the time before I was able to commit.. I pretty well thought I knew what 
> I was doing when it came to audio mixing, editing, producing, etc, but boy 
> was I in for a rude awakening! I'm very humbly saying this.
> 
> 
> I decided, for some reason clear beyond me to give Reaper another try. I'd 
> struggled with it tremendously before, just getting all the ins and outs, no 
> pun intended, down pat. For whatever bizarre reason still to this day unknown 
> to me, this time, it clicked. Everything just totally fell into place and 
> made sense.
> 
> 
> The problem was, and I'll get to PT, I promise. Just stick with me... virtual 
> instruments. I had been using Xpand2 inside ProTools, along with Ivory, and 
> maybe a few more things. In Reaper, I didn't have native access, again, no 
> pun intended, to those luxuries, and therefore had to invest in something 
> else. I'd heard a lot of very good things about Native Instruments/Komplete 
> Kontrol, and so I went ahead and took the plunge and got an M32 controller 
> since I already had a full sized 88 key controller I could use for actually 
> playing. I also got a 2TB external hard drive, as I knew I'd probably need it 
> eventually.
> 
> 
> Now fast forward to April of 2021. At that time, I still had that same Mac  
> mini that Kevin Reeves tought me ProTools on back in 2012. That thing was 
> still chugalugging along. It however by then was very old. We're talking 8GB 
> ram, I5 mid 2012 and only running Mojave. I didn't even have Catalina on it, 
> as it ran too slow, barely ran Mojave efficiently. Plus, a lot of my virtual 
> instruments were bottle necking out tremendously!
> 
> 
> Given that I had gotten the full 1300 dollar stemulous check that month, I 
> put it forth to get an Orbit Reader 40, which wound up being an absolute 
> disaster, but I won't go there. The point is, I was refunded that full amount 
> from Orbit research. I then decided, you know, if I wanna get serious with 
> audio, that mac really! needs to be upgraded, case closed, what better time 
> to do it than now while I have the 1300 and can.
> 
> 
> So, I made the plunge, and got a rose gold 2020 M1 cilicon 13 inch macbook 
> air with 8GB ram, 512 internal SSD, and 8 core processor running, at that 
> time, Big Sur. We'll simply say, I will never! look back! This system is 
> incredible, and fast as a bullet!
> 
> 
> Once I got the new system, I decided to see if it would be a better 
> experience than before running Logic. Boy was it ever! It has now become for 
> the time being my primary DAW. So much so, I even stopped the monthly 
> payments to Avid for ProTools. I now strongly regret doing that, but I should 
> be able I hope to deal with that, and resubscribe to the monthly license.
> 
> 
> I have admittedly forgotten a lot about using ProTools, but I know that I'll 
> pick it back up incredibly quickly. I'm a very fast learner usually, and I'm 
> sure it'll come back to me once I get back into it. I'd really though like to 
> give it another try now that I have an up to date system.
> 
> 
> So yeah, that's where we're at, and I'm very happy to be back on the list, 
> and did miss all 

Re: Numeric keypad absolutely 100 percent required?

[Dammie Onafeko]

Hey Chris! It’s possible to use ProTools without a num pad keyboard. You
just won’t be able to do some things like creating a marker. If you can
devise other ways of getting to a point in the session or fast forwarding
without relying on using number 2 on num pad keyboard, it is doable with
your laptop keyboard.

Best,

Dammie

On Fri, Jun 10, 2022 at 8:44 AM Christopher Gilland 
wrote:

> I absolutely understand completely that my experience would be way way
> better with a full sized keyboard using a numpad, and that this would be
> hugely hugely preferred and advised. So let me get that out of the way.
>
>
> That said however, is it even remotely possible to navigate and
> effectively use ProTools without a numpad? I know I'd have to learn the
> commands, and that they'd be a bit different, and I know about flo
> numpad, although I really would rather just use native commands if
> possible, but I'm just curious how many things already are mapped to
> things on my regular keyboard? Right now, I'm not in a position due to
> living arrangements where I easily can hook up a full sized keyboard.
> That may change, but for the time being, I don't have an easy way to do it.
>
>
> This is literally speaking the only thing holding me back right now from
> trying PT again. If you all can assure me that we can work around that,
> all be it, maybe not the most efficiently, I get that, if we can do it
> though, then I'll go ahead and call Sweetwater, and see what I can do to
> reinstate my license. Otherwise, I may have to hold off, but yeah, this
> is literally the only thing now holding me back.
>
>
> Chris.
>
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Re: Numeric keypad absolutely 100 percent required?

[Steve Baskis]

Chris, like I explained on Twitter, I would use the extended keyboard. If you 
have an already learned, Pro Tools now has the capability to program keyboard 
shortcuts and I believe it is covered in the new comprehensive guide that was 
just released today. Explore those things and flow tools and you will be able 
to accomplish what you want most likely.

Respectfully,
Steve Baskis

> On Jun 10, 2022, at 06:44, Christopher Gilland  wrote:
> 
> I absolutely understand completely that my experience would be way way 
> better with a full sized keyboard using a numpad, and that this would be 
> hugely hugely preferred and advised. So let me get that out of the way.
> 
> 
> That said however, is it even remotely possible to navigate and effectively 
> use ProTools without a numpad? I know I'd have to learn the commands, and 
> that they'd be a bit different, and I know about flo numpad, although I 
> really would rather just use native commands if possible, but I'm just 
> curious how many things already are mapped to things on my regular keyboard? 
> Right now, I'm not in a position due to living arrangements where I easily 
> can hook up a full sized keyboard. That may change, but for the time being, I 
> don't have an easy way to do it.
> 
> 
> This is literally speaking the only thing holding me back right now from 
> trying PT again. If you all can assure me that we can work around that, all 
> be it, maybe not the most efficiently, I get that, if we can do it though, 
> then I'll go ahead and call Sweetwater, and see what I can do to reinstate my 
> license. Otherwise, I may have to hold off, but yeah, this is literally the 
> only thing now holding me back.
> 
> 
> Chris.
> 
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Re: Numeric keypad absolutely 100 percent required?

[Ignasi Cambra]

Yes, you can perfectly use PT with Chi's Virtual Extended Keyboard which ships 
with Flo Tools. It's very comfortable once you get used to it.

IC

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> On 10 Jun 2022, at 14:44, Christopher Gilland  wrote:
> 
> I absolutely understand completely that my experience would be way way 
> better with a full sized keyboard using a numpad, and that this would be 
> hugely hugely preferred and advised. So let me get that out of the way.
> 
> 
> That said however, is it even remotely possible to navigate and effectively 
> use ProTools without a numpad? I know I'd have to learn the commands, and 
> that they'd be a bit different, and I know about flo numpad, although I 
> really would rather just use native commands if possible, but I'm just 
> curious how many things already are mapped to things on my regular keyboard? 
> Right now, I'm not in a position due to living arrangements where I easily 
> can hook up a full sized keyboard. That may change, but for the time being, I 
> don't have an easy way to do it.
> 
> 
> This is literally speaking the only thing holding me back right now from 
> trying PT again. If you all can assure me that we can work around that, all 
> be it, maybe not the most efficiently, I get that, if we can do it though, 
> then I'll go ahead and call Sweetwater, and see what I can do to reinstate my 
> license. Otherwise, I may have to hold off, but yeah, this is literally the 
> only thing now holding me back.
> 
> 
> Chris.
> 
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Numeric keypad absolutely 100 percent required?

[Christopher Gilland]

I absolutely understand completely that my experience would be way way 
better with a full sized keyboard using a numpad, and that this would be 
hugely hugely preferred and advised. So let me get that out of the way.



That said however, is it even remotely possible to navigate and 
effectively use ProTools without a numpad? I know I'd have to learn the 
commands, and that they'd be a bit different, and I know about flo 
numpad, although I really would rather just use native commands if 
possible, but I'm just curious how many things already are mapped to 
things on my regular keyboard? Right now, I'm not in a position due to 
living arrangements where I easily can hook up a full sized keyboard. 
That may change, but for the time being, I don't have an easy way to do it.



This is literally speaking the only thing holding me back right now from 
trying PT again. If you all can assure me that we can work around that, 
all be it, maybe not the most efficiently, I get that, if we can do it 
though, then I'll go ahead and call Sweetwater, and see what I can do to 
reinstate my license. Otherwise, I may have to hold off, but yeah, this 
is literally the only thing now holding me back.



Chris.

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Back after a huge huge hiatus.

[Christopher Gilland]

Hey guys, I'm sure a lot of you remember me, and if nothing else, 
probably know me from the Komplete Kontrol Access list, and also the VO 
Logic users group.



I won't bore you all with much intro since most of you already do know 
me, but I do wanna catch all of you, especially people like Kevin, Slau, 
and a few others heavily in the PT ecosystem up with where I'm now at 
with things.



So, it's kind of a long story, but the very condensed jist of it is, in 
November of 2020, right after the pandemic hit, due to me being high 
risk as far as health is concerned, I was made to stay at home and 
hardly at all get out in public. Given that I wasn't working, this gave 
me a huge huge amount of time on my hands to really take on learning 
more about audio production than the time before I was able to commit.. 
I pretty well thought I knew what I was doing when it came to audio 
mixing, editing, producing, etc, but boy was I in for a rude awakening! 
I'm very humbly saying this.



I decided, for some reason clear beyond me to give Reaper another try. 
I'd struggled with it tremendously before, just getting all the ins and 
outs, no pun intended, down pat. For whatever bizarre reason still to 
this day unknown to me, this time, it clicked. Everything just totally 
fell into place and made sense.



The problem was, and I'll get to PT, I promise. Just stick with me... 
virtual instruments. I had been using Xpand2 inside ProTools, along with 
Ivory, and maybe a few more things. In Reaper, I didn't have native 
access, again, no pun intended, to those luxuries, and therefore had to 
invest in something else. I'd heard a lot of very good things about 
Native Instruments/Komplete Kontrol, and so I went ahead and took the 
plunge and got an M32 controller since I already had a full sized 88 key 
controller I could use for actually playing. I also got a 2TB external 
hard drive, as I knew I'd probably need it eventually.



Now fast forward to April of 2021. At that time, I still had that same 
Mac  mini that Kevin Reeves tought me ProTools on back in 2012. That 
thing was still chugalugging along. It however by then was very old. 
We're talking 8GB ram, I5 mid 2012 and only running Mojave. I didn't 
even have Catalina on it, as it ran too slow, barely ran Mojave 
efficiently. Plus, a lot of my virtual instruments were bottle necking 
out tremendously!



Given that I had gotten the full 1300 dollar stemulous check that month, 
I put it forth to get an Orbit Reader 40, which wound up being an 
absolute disaster, but I won't go there. The point is, I was refunded 
that full amount from Orbit research. I then decided, you know, if I 
wanna get serious with audio, that mac really! needs to be upgraded, 
case closed, what better time to do it than now while I have the 1300 
and can.



So, I made the plunge, and got a rose gold 2020 M1 cilicon 13 inch 
macbook air with 8GB ram, 512 internal SSD, and 8 core processor 
running, at that time, Big Sur. We'll simply say, I will never! look 
back! This system is incredible, and fast as a bullet!



Once I got the new system, I decided to see if it would be a better 
experience than before running Logic. Boy was it ever! It has now become 
for the time being my primary DAW. So much so, I even stopped the 
monthly payments to Avid for ProTools. I now strongly regret doing that, 
but I should be able I hope to deal with that, and resubscribe to the 
monthly license.



I have admittedly forgotten a lot about using ProTools, but I know that 
I'll pick it back up incredibly quickly. I'm a very fast learner 
usually, and I'm sure it'll come back to me once I get back into it. I'd 
really though like to give it another try now that I have an up to date 
system.



So yeah, that's where we're at, and I'm very happy to be back on the 
list, and did miss all of you.



Chris.

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Re: free comprehensive Pro Tools Guide for Screen Reader Users now available online

[Slau Halatyn]

Hi Katie,

Indeed, accessibility on all fronts has come such a long way. I'm glad to 
finally be able to share it and will continue to contribute as things develop.

Best,
Slau


> On Jun 10, 2022, at 1:14 AM, Kathryn Zodrow  wrote:
> 
> Hi Slau. Thanks for the great news about this ProTools guide for screen 
> reader users. Wow, that is awesome! I didn’t know you and Berklee College of 
> Music had been working on this project for a long time. I’ll have to check it 
> out. :-) I know Berklee has come a long way with accessibility and assisting 
> blind students since I graduated in 2004. I’m very thankful I was one of the 
> blind students that encouraged them to start making things accessible for 
> them like music tech and braille music reading when I was there. I think I 
> had  used ProTools version 5  with Mac OS 9 with outSpoken back then, and 
> accessibility has expanded so much since that time.
> Katie
> 
> 
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>> On Jun 9, 2022, at 9:21 PM, Slau Halatyn  wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> The long-awaited  "Pro Tools Guide for screen Reader Users" is finally here! 
>> This free online resource, made possible through Berklee College of Music 
>> features a comprehensive series of tutorials aimed specifically at blind 
>> users of Pro Tools. It includes 250 audio demonstrations (totaling 20 hours) 
>> with detailed examples to accompany each topic. All of the session files 
>> used throughout this series are available to download for reference and 
>> practice.
>> 
>> Whether you're completely new to Pro Tools or already use it and want to 
>> fill in the gaps, start your journey by going to:
>> https://ptaccess.github.io 
>> 
>> As the process of refining Pro Tools accessibility is ongoing, this online 
>> guide will continue to be updated regularly to reflect the most recent 
>> improvements to the Pro Tools user interface from the perspective of a 
>> screen reader user.
>> 
>> Thanks to Chi Kim for facilitating this project and to Berklee for 
>> entrusting me with this massive undertaking. I couldn't have done it without 
>> their support. Thanks also to Avid for making resources available during the 
>> planning, writing and recording of this project.
>> 
>> Slau Halatyn
>> 
>> 
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