ProTools has been working towards total accessibility for a few years now. I know a few people connected with the project, and the developers have been extremely helpful and responsive to the situation. Just stay tuned to future releases.
Take Care John D. Panarese Director Mac for the Blind Tel, (631) 724-4479 Email, j...@macfortheblind.com Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com APPLE CERTIFIED SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL FOR MAC OSX LION AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE MAC and iOS VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT On Jun 28, 2012, at 4:15 PM, Ray Foret Jr <rfore...@att.net> wrote: > Ah, so, are you then suggesting that perhaps Pro-Tools 11 might be an > accessible desaster for us; or, that accessibility will in fact very much > improve. If and when Sound Forge does come out for the Mac, I just might be > willing to give the demo a go. That should let me know pretty much right off > about accessibility. If accessible, it then depends on the price of Forge > verses Pro-Tools. > > > Sincerely, > The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! > > Now a very proud and happy Mac user!!! > > Skype name: > barefootedray > > On Jun 28, 2012, at 2:46 PM, Christopher-Mark Gilland wrote: > >> I agree ProTools is definitely industry standard, and is what i use every >> single day in my work flow, so before anyone says it's not accessible really >> much, allow me to completely disagree and ask if you've read the >> documentation, as if you have, you'll find there are key mappings for >> literally almost everything. >> >> We dont' have access to the midi event editer, and a few other plugins, and >> with the new version 10.2, now that they've switched from RTAS over to A A >> X, Avid has pretty well made the stocked plugins impossible to deal with, >> and from what I"m told, in PT 11, RTAS is totally going to be a thing a the >> past. My guess is this is gonna piss off may artists like myself to no end, >> as some of the older legacy plugins will become unusable. I've heard >> nothing about forward coming accessibility one way or another, good or bad, >> so I can't speak what Avid is doing to fix things, if anything. I >> personally am staying back on 10.0, as for one, I don't see that 10.2 really >> offers me anything in my work flow that I couldn't get from 10.0. 10.0 >> aparently is the last version to come with the RTAS formatted plugins. NOw, >> obviously, there are some plugins that don't work at all even with RTAS. A >> good stocked example of this is the Structure sounds. Having said this, >> there is a fair amount as well in Xpand2 that we're missing. For instance, >> we don't have access to all 6 channels of the plugin. Basically, if we did, >> we essentially could use 1 instance of the plugin, instead of 6 different >> instances, on 6 different track inserts, and could route multiple patches >> through that one instance, say on channel 1, we may have piano, 2 we may >> have say, strings, 3 maybe rhythm guitar, 4 base guitar, 5 lead guitar, and >> finally 6, drums. Basically a sighted person could literally patch all that >> through one instance, then allow that to be put either on an instrument >> track, or the output of a midi track. heck, you could even route it through >> a send, and then receive it on an auxiliary input track through a bus. >> There's a million and one different ways a doing it. Point is, because we >> only have access with Voiceover to the first of those 6 channels, we >> literally have to set muliple instances per? patch. You can imagine how >> much resources this can hog. >> >> My suggestion to anyone who wants to try P T instead of, or as well as this >> new SoundForge ordeal is to find a DVD copy of ProTools 10.0. I might even >> be willing to put it on my web site and provide a link, as it's not like >> that would be illegal. You'd still have to have your own license on an ILok >> in order for it to open and launch once installed. So, really without an >> assett on an external USB ILok, you're gonna get absolutely nowhere with >> just the 10.0 DVD. Beside, I already asked Avid, and they said that wasn't >> illegal, and that was perfectly fine, so's long as I don't provide a >> physical way to break the copy rpotection scheme, which I have absolutely >> no intention what so ever to do. >> >> If someone on list though just needs the DVD, I can get you 10.0 standard, >> or 9.0 MPowered. I got both. Just know you'll need to have an M Audio >> interface/control surface either or/both for MPowered 9 to work. >> >> Just let me know if you all need the DVD's. Again, you're on your own as >> far as getting an ILok with the license, but I don't midn at least! >> providing the two DVD's seeing taht Avid no longer has either of them on >> their web site being now the only one they have up there is 10.2. >> >> Main thing I'm saying in all this is due to the industry standard and due to >> the fact PT has come so far in accessibility, I probably will just stick >> with it for my audio/editting needs. Once you get the hang of it, ProTools >> really is not that difficult to use nor edit with. It does take a little >> getting used to, but once you do, it works very very well. >> >> Chris. >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Ray Foret Jr >> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >> Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2012 11:55 AM >> Subject: Re: Sony's Sound Forge Audio Editing Software Coming to Mac? >> >> Just took a look. The video is crap for us though. >> >> IF this is true, very interesting. I imagine there are some of us who will >> give the demo a good go as soon as possible. Back in my windows days, Sound >> Forge was the editor of which I made most use. Sure will be interesting to >> see how this stacks up against Pro-Tools. >> >> OF course, we all know that Pro-Tools is the audio industry standard; still, >> not everyone can spring for $6.99. Just imagine this. Sound Forge used >> with RX 2 plugins!! Now, that's a combination I could realy really go for!! >> >> >> Sincerely, >> The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! >> >> Now a very proud and happy Mac user!!! >> >> Skype name: >> barefootedray >> >> On Jun 28, 2012, at 10:44 AM, David Hole wrote: >> >>> Hi folks. >>> >>> Have you seen this? >>> http://www.macrumors.com/2012/06/28/sonys-sound-forge-audio-editing-software-coming-to-mac/ >>> >>> I hope for: >>> * Great accessibility with VoiceOver >>> * Buying it from the App Store >>> If this two is fullfilled, I'll hunt it ASAP :-) >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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