The Focusrite Clarett range is nice, and while the control software is inaccessible the iOS app seemed to work well when I last tried it. You will need to have the computer running the software on the same wifi connection as your iOS device to pair and control the Clarett from the device. The pair process itself isn’t accessible as it in voles clicking the accept button in a pop up in the control software that alerts you to an iOS device wanting to pair to it. However, Focusrite support is great about Remoting into your system to pair the device but to also set up and save presets for the Clarett control software for you. Loading the presets are accessible as well. Another high end option if the Apogee Element range. The element range makes the Apogee sound more affordable by forgoing any buttons or knobs on the interface itself. Its all controlled from software. There is both the control software for your Mac as well as an iOS version, in addition to a physical hardware Control Remote that connects to your computer via USB. The Mac version of the software isn’t very accessible (with any luck that could be changing soon) but the iOS version is quite accessible. You can even install it now and play around with demo versions of any of the 3 interfaces in the element range. Also pairing the device to the Mac is accessible unlike the Focusrite system. Also should you keep using logic, Apogee and Apple has had a long working relationship and as such the preamp gain and some other controls are available from the logic channel strip. However I have not played with those yet to see how ell they work access wise. The Zoom L12 is a great option if you want something more like a mixer.The software is mostly just the driver installation as all routing is handled on the mixer itself. There are plenty of one button one function controls on this device which is unusual for a digital mixer but it makes it a breeze to use once you learn the layout. This unit is nice if you are ever working with a client as it makes it extremely easy to have a mix for you that has the DAW output and voiceover and one for that thats just the DAW output. (You can set that up on the others but this definitely is the easiest.). The Behringer U-Phoria series is very inexpensive, very feature packed for their price, and Core Audio compliant (this means no drivers or software to install) and plenty of buttons and knobs on the interface to make up for the lack of software. The Scarlet range by Focusrite is a contender to the Behringer u-Phoria series but you will pay more for less features and as someone who has compared the mic preamps/converters between the two units it s splitting hairs if that’s what you are gonna compare them on. Other worthy contenders would be the Audiofuse by Arturia or the Quantum by Presonus. Both do not have any mixer software to contend with and plenty of knobs or buttons to make up for it. Also the PreS`onus is one that allows you to control it from a control surface. They do rely on a control software of some kind but once set up once you will probably not need to go in there again. And also depending on what set up you are looking for you may not need to get in there at all.
Regarding DAW’s. I think logic is a better DAW for songwriting and composers. It’s work flow definitely is geared towards that. Not saying you can’t compose in ProTools or that one can’t mix in Logic (I have done both in both DAW’s over the years) but composition is logic strength and the wealth of instruments, sounds, loops and etc it provides is more than sufficient to get you started. Fine editing in logic is a bit more cumbersome from the keyboard than it is in other DAW’s especially if you stay on the track header/tracklist like most of us Blind DAW users are used to. But if you get into the track contents area it reveals alittle more. Also multi track recording can be a bit annoying in logic but you are mostly composing and recording a track at a time this shouldn’t be an issue much. Logic has the best and most complete implementation of the MCU protocol for control surfaces I have read in a few places so using Logic with a control surface may be able to combat some of the issues with multi track recording. This is something I plan to look into more in the future. Also as you learn the program a little rethinking of the KeyMap may make is a bit more user friendly. ProTools on the other hand lack some of the flexibility of Something like logic or even Reaper since you can’t modify the keymap, and it’s support of third party control surfaces are limited so for fullest control you will have to spend money on an avid surface. That being said it works the best out of the box, as in you install it, and open it and can start using it. You still get a nice selection of instruments and sounds and its multi tracking and editing capabilities are the industry standard for a reason. Reaper is the sleeper on the Mac everyone always forgets about. You will want to install Osara (the access plug in for Reaper) but its every bit as capable in the composition department as Logic and was capable as pro tools in the multi tracking and editing. In my opinion more so since you can create custom macros a to speed up task and workflows. However reaper doesn’t come with much in the way of instruments, and no loops or etc . so you will probably need something like Komplete Control for the instruments and sounds more on Reaper than you would the other two DAWs. Reaper does have some really nice audio plug ins though. If you have any more specific questions about the above please feel free to reach out. > On Jun 27, 2018, at 12:43 AM, Benjamin Blatter <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hello all > > I’m a musician, composer and teacher. I got myself a mac a few months ago. I > bought Caketalk from Dancing dots a few years ago, only to find out that it > didn’t quiete work on my computer. Now I’d like to give music production on > the mac a try. > So, my first question here is about getting a fully accessible audio > interface. What are you using ? I’d like to have a really professional > device, 8 to 16 channels with digital capabilities. And the interface should > be really accessible, including software mixer. For the last couple years I > have an RME Fireface UC. I rely on premade presets from a sighted person. For > my mac audio interface I’d like to have something I can manage myself, if > this is possible at all. I don’t mind buying extra hardware like a midi > controller for this to happen. > And I actually have a secondth question : I just did a little experimenting > with Logic Pro so far. And I was able to record a small test track with the > integrated instruments this program offers in about 30 minutes of first use. > This was pretty amazing. But aside that I’m totally new and aks myself wheter > I should start using logic pro or pro tools for my work. I got here because > someone on the Dancing Dots list suggested me posting my audio interface > question on this list. > Which DAW is more accessible out of the box ? Because I never had really > good experience with jaws scripts using sonar I’m hoping that both programs > could be used without any scripts which just work in a certain system > configuration and so on. > I hope I don’t sound too pesimistic and frustrated, alltough I admit that I > was just that when I found out my purchase of Caketalking was for nothing > after much fiddling arround at the end. But I’m willing to start anew on the > mac. I like this OS so far very much. > I’ve got a Macbook Pro 2015. And if things are working out fine and I need > more power in order to do my things I’m considering to buy a mac pro, if > there will be a new one eventually that is ... > > So, thanks for your help and kind regards > Ben > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
