[RWP] step by step help

[Jim Snowbarger]

Yeah?  Ok,  what do you want, a chocolate bar?  I'll send you one.

Seriously, that would be a great project for somebody who wanted one, who 
understood the program, and who could write properly formed, and 
unequivocally understandable sentences in English.  What this program needs 
is a good, blind-friendly manual.  Reading about how ecstasy is just a few 
quick, convenient mouse clicks, and a couple of swipey drags away gets on my 
nerves, as usual.
But, first we need to get some more of the functionality exposed so we can 
get to it.

One exercise that might be instructive, and useful later, would be if 
somebody could get that manual in editable form, and go through it section 
by section, striking out the clicky draggy stuff, and replacing it with a 
how to from a blind perspective.  Of course, most of the sections would be 
punctuated by a special note ***not accessible***.

But, then, you would have a manual you could actually use.  And, that 
document would then be a guide to the things that need work.

In lieu of a comprehensive treatment of the program, a short, simplistic 
tutorial that addressed the basics would still probably be a  good thing 
that would satisfy 90% of the idle inquiries, the people who want to have a 
play, but who are not good at poking around and figuring things out on their 
own.  it wouldn't have to be the ultimate manual to still be useful, and 
might save a bit of list chatter.

How do I create atrack.
How do I record on it.
How do I change the volume of each track, or the pan.
How do I delete a track.  Or punch in in the middle of it.
How do I pick an input or output for  the track, or patch an effect into it.
Very basic things like that.

So, if you are pretty knowledgeable on the program, guhHead and spend a 
couple hours addressing the basics, and I'll send you a cookie.  Or, are you 
holding out for the chocolate?
<grin>
Ok,  it you're holding out for chocolate,  I reserve the rights to approve 
the spelling.  <big grin>





----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Derek Lane" <derek at pdaudio.net>
To: "Reapers Without Peepers" <rwp at reaaccess.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 2010 2:25 PM
Subject: Re: [RWP] step by step help


> Easy there.
> In all fairness, the manual was designed for those with site, so tells you 
> how to do everything in mouse clicks.
> The few keyboard shortcuts it gives ave been changed as a result of 
> reaaccess to make things more logical.
> So while it is great for telling someone how effects work, and what each 
> one does, its kind of useless when it comes to telling you how to say... 
> add them in the first place?
> I'd put something together, but to do an audio version of the manual, I 
> honestly couldn't justify putting that much time and supporting the 
> tutorial with updates and the like unless I had some sort of insentive to 
> do so.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "clarence griffin" <goldfingas at gmail.com>
> To: "Reapers Without Peepers" <rwp at reaaccess.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 2010 1:33 PM
> Subject: Re: [RWP] step by step help
>
>
>> Jesus! talk about hand holding? There is a manual that is one of the 
>> bigest I have ever seen in my life. I am sure that the person who wrote 
>> that manual took lots of time that more than likely could have been 
>> better spent on a vacation in the tripics or something with hot chicks 
>> bringing him cold drinks. The fact that you want answers to all these 
>> questions from us and they can just as eaaily be found in this manual has 
>> got to be an insult to the poor guy. Give that a try first then, if you 
>> can't find your answers there, I am sure that one of us can help you. Did 
>> you even look at the manual first? Just wondering...
>>
>> GF
>> On Aug 2, 2010, at 8:13 PM, Kenneth Suratt wrote:
>>
>>> 1. how to set up a track to record from a midi input.
>>> 2. how to add instruments to my midi files.
>>> 3. where can i find the banks of tones.
>>> 4. how to mix the different tracks.
>>> 5. how to save my mix in a two track for playing on a regular player.
>>> 6. how to find the metronome.
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