[RWP] Just getting started with Reaper, many questions.

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reaper goodies? i'd like them if that's a offer to other list members
as well.
i am on dropbox, and have no idea how to do folders and add people to
them.


On 9/7/2011 12:24 PM, colin McDonald wrote:
> Hey Chris: I can speak to a couple of your questions. ReaAccess
> seems to make reaper nearly completely accessible. Since I'm not an
> original designer of ReaAccess, I really don't know what it doesn't
> make accessible within the program. There are a few casual audio
> tutorials on some basic functions within reaper as they relate to
> ReaAccess and using reaper with ReaAccess and a screen reader. We
> do have access to the routing matrix along with pretty much
> everything else. From what I have heard from other folks who use
> sonar, there is a little bit of commonality, but reaper really is
> it's own beast. I'm not sure what you mean by a generic interface
> for plug ins, but ReaAccess gives full, or nearly full, access to
> all of reapers plugins. Don't forget you can use training mode
> within reaper, which is simply the F12 key. This will allow you to
> hit any key combination and hear it's associated functions. Also,
> F4 will bring up an actions list which you can search with search
> filters to find the info or particular action you want, with it's
> associated keyboard combination...you can also add new keyboard
> shortcuts in the actions list.
> 
> Are you on drop box? I have a 3 part casual audio tutorial on some
> of the introductory stuff, as well as some other reaper goodies if
> your interested. you can use this email blulemon at telus.net to add
> me to a folder or create a new one with drop box. Otherwise, I can
> send you a sendspace link with the files.
> 
> Regards Colin ----- Original Message ----- From: Christopher
> Bartlett To: rwp at reaaccess.com Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2011
> 9:31 PM Subject: [RWP] Just getting started with Reaper, many
> questions.
> 
> 
> Hello everyone.  I am coming here starting up my recording/mixing
> hobby after a couple years out of the game.  I used Sonar, both
> with the Jsonar scripts and the Dancing Dots Cake Talking scripts.
> I am pretty familiar with many of the basic concepts behind using a
> DAW.  I was getting discouraged by the upgrade costs of that
> platform.
> 
> 
> 
> And lo!  I discovered reaper and ReAccess, and am all excited to
> dive in and learn how to use this program and accessibility
> solution.  But either I'm so rusty that the documentation is going
> over my head, or I'm not finding documentation written with
> keyboard users in mind and am having trouble getting my brain
> wrapped around the interface.
> 
> 
> 
> So, a few question to get me started.
> 
> 
> 
> I have downloaded the user guide and looked at the wiki.  Both seem
> to be written from the perspective of sighted users.  Is there any
> documentation written from our perspective, explaining work flow
> and basic interface concepts like how to move from the track view
> to other views in Reaper?  How accessible does ReAccess make
> Reaper?  Are there things we can't do?
> 
> 
> 
> The user guide mentions some sample projects, but the URL it gives
> appears to be out of date, and the samples shown on the wiki are
> either no longer there, or a project file with no media associated
> with it.  I'd love to be able to work with a full-fledged Reaper
> project as I go through the documentation, rather than having to
> create my own from scratch.  Is there a repository of such data?
> 
> 
> 
> Are there any audio tutorials done for screen reader users
> anywhere?
> 
> 
> 
> Finally, I'm coming from Sonar, a DAW I understood at least at an
> intermediate level.  What concepts translate?  What will I have to
> relearn in order to make efficient use of Reaper?
> 
> 
> 
> Do we have access to the routing matrix I've seen references to?
> 
> 
> 
> Has anyone used NVDA's audible mouse tracking to do things like
> draw automation envelopes?
> 
> 
> 
> I saw reference to a generic interface for plug-ins that one can
> use.  Does this give us the holy grail of access to any arbitrary
> plug-in?
> 
> 
> 
> Ok, you can see I'm eager.  I think that's enough questions for the
> moment.  Gods below, I can't wait to get through this move and set
> up my work station again to use this seemingly lovely software.
> 
> 
> 
> Chris Bartlett
> 
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