Yes sir; do I need any additional software to test.
> On Nov 29, 2018, at 4:50 PM, Chi Kim wrote:
>
> Steve and Byron, thank you for confirming it. Just making sure I'm not
> missing a setting.
>
> Actually I don't own a touch bar, but I work with students who do.
>
> I made a program that will let you type f1-f12 and numpad keys using fn key.
>
> fn+1,2,34 ( on number row) to f1, 2, 3, 4
>
> fn+q,w,e,r to f5,6,7,8
>
> fn+a,s,d,f to f9,10,11,12
>
> fn+7,8,9 to numpad 7,8,9
>
> fn+u,i,o to numpad 4,5,6
>
> fn+j,k,l to numpad 1,2,3
>
> And so on...
>
> Anyone interested in testing it?
>
>
> Chi
>
> On 11/25/2018 1:46 AM, Steve Martin wrote:
>> Actually you may be right on that one, but you can iswitch it so that the
>> TouchBar displays the function keys by default so you don’t have to press FN
>> to get to them. That being said 1 through 4 is right above the numbers on
>> the number row so I pretty much developed muscle memory to hit those and
>> escape
>> 5 and up seem to be offset by one so if you are a touch typist the finger
>> you would normally use to hit 6 will hit 5 on the function row. Hopefully
>> that will make it slightly less annoying. Though given how much pro tools
>> rely on the NumPad I am surprised you are using the laptops keyboard with PT
>> enough.
>>
>>
>>> On Nov 24, 2018, at 11:25 PM, Chi Kim wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>>
>>> Please correct me if I' wrong. There might be a setting to change this
>>> behavior that I'm not aware of.
>>>
>>> I think you can only use fn+1,2,3,etc (on the number row) only for
>>> VoiceOver function.
>>>
>>> In other words, you can press fn+vo+2 (on the number row) to read the
>>> title of current window, but you can't press fn+2 (on the number row) to
>>> toggle slip mode in Pro Tools. You have to press fn key then find f2 key
>>> from the touch bar.
>>>
>>> Please tell me I'm wrong, because this is very annoying.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>>
>>> Chi
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 11/20/2018 5:05 PM, Steve Martin wrote:
The 15” MacBook pros only have the touch bar, however when using voiceover
you can press the FN key to use the normal number keys as Function keys.
Also VO+ the minus and plus keys will turn system volume up and down so
you don’t have to mess with the touch bar to use those either.
> On Nov 20, 2018, at 3:47 PM, Nick Gawronski
> wrote:
>
> Hi, The Digital 003 uses Firewire ports and I have not managed to locate
> an adapter that ports Firewire to USB type C plugs. Do most USB
> interfaces work well with an USB type C adapter cable and do any of the 15
> inch Mac laptops have the function keys or just the touch bars? I want to
> minimize the amount of things I have to connect to the system for editing
> but if I needed to still use the Apple keyboard with the number pad I
> could do that. Nick Gawronski
> On Tue, November 20, 2018 3:36 pm, Steve Martin wrote:
>> Personally I’d opt for the 15” pro over the 13” pro laptop. The 15” pros
>> has the advantage of quad or 6 pro processors and discrete graphics. That
>> being said, There are very few actual USB-C interfaces on the market most
>> of the USB-C interfaces are really just USB 2 interfaces with a USB-C
>> cable to connect easily to the new computers. Given that you have a 003,
>> and if pro tools is still your main DAW why not get the appropriate
>> dongles so you can continue using the 003. Otherwise I’d advise a
>> Thunderbolt interface wit along with the thunderbolt to Thunderbolt 3
>> dongle. The only company I can think of off hand that actually makes a
>> thunderbolt 3 interface is the Universal Audio Apollo. Which is a 2 in 2
>> out interface with two mic/line combo jacks for the inputs. So since
>> there is no actual USB-C interfaces and thunderbolt interfaces still
>> require a dongle with newer USB-c/Thuderbolt 3 computers I’d probably
>> hold off a little bit longer unless you really want to get rid of your
>> 003.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>> On Nov 20, 2018, at 3:20 PM, Nick Gawronski
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> Hi, I was holding off buying a new audio interface until I can get a
>>> new mac with the USB type C ports and am looking at the 13 inch with
>>> function keys and the highest ram and SSD storage. For my inputs I
>>> would like at least 4 if not more and I would like the jacks to be
>>> combo XLR and quarter inch line in jacks. I have been reading some
>>> mixed reviews on the new macs and see some good and not so good ones
>>> written. As I also own a windows system and am not going to make my
>>> mac run both accessibility on windows 10 would be great for when I want
>>> to record on my windows system in good quality. I am not into brands
>>> but good quality and if Pro Tools can run most of the interface like
>>> not using the built in
