[RWP] SWS for Augmenting ReaAccess

Kevin Brown cursebuster at samobile.net
Thu Sep 29 18:10:54 EDT 2011


I suggest getting with Mike Calvo and system access,...They have a darn 
good programmer, maybe they would be willing to do something with SWS, 
and Reaccess...




Original message:
> I am gladly willing to do it.
> only thing is finding a suitable developement environment , compatible with
> c++ and the Reaper api since I don't currently own visual studio , and don't
> have the money to invest in it.
> any ideas for a free/reasonably priced set of c++/vb developement tools?
> best
> Roy.
> www.soundclick.com/tzackeek
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Indigo" <33indigo at charter.net>
> To: "Reapers Without Peepers" <rwp at reaaccess.com>
> Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2011 8:21 PM
> Subject: Re: [RWP] SWS for Augmenting ReaAccess


>> Okay, list members, we have Tim Payne of Still Water Studios onboard with
>> the possibility of extending ReaAccess into STS code, which is open
>> source.
>> What that means is that if things do not go well for ReaAccess from Ivan's
>> group, we can get into programming ReaAccess to suit our needs.
>> Let's take a wait and see attitude at this point, since we may be worrying
>> for nothing and Ivan will come through yet with a great new version of
>> ReaAccess.
>> Even so, Jinseng has already used SWS code to correct problems in the
>> present version of ReaAccess, so apparently we could do both, use
>> ReaAccess as developed by Ivan, plus tweak it with SWS code.
>> I'm definitely not a programmer, so which of us is volunteering to be
>> RWP's   SWS programmer in Chief?
>> Below is Tim's wonderfully kind response to my inquiry:


>> On 9/29/2011 10:57 AM, Tim Payne wrote:
>>> Hi Indigo,

>>> Of course, I will do anything I can to help your community.  Please
>>> pass my contact info on to your group.

>>> One possibility is the option of integrating ReaAccess into the SWS
>>> extension.  The SWS project is open source and I welcome any and all
>>> contributions.

>>> I look forward to hearing from you.
>>> Regards,
>>> Tim

>>> On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 8:35 AM, Indigo<33indigo at charter.net>  wrote:
>>>> Hi Tim,
>>>> I'm one among over 50 blind musicians now using Reaper, with the help of
>>>> a
>>>> sort of control panel called ReaAccess.
>>>> Unfortunately for our communicating with the author of ReaAccess, he's a
>>>> Russian speaker with no English, and it's become uncertain whether he
>>>> will
>>>> do more updates for ReaAccess, which is still buggy and incomplete.
>>>> One of the blind Reaper users has used your SWS script to correct a few
>>>> things that didn't work in ReaAccess.
>>>> I'm no programmer myself, but I love Reaper's simplicity and
>>>> friendliness,
>>>> and I would hate to see access by blind musicians to Reaper bog down at
>>>> this
>>>> point.
>>>> With Reaper, ReaAccess, and any old computer it's now possible for the
>>>> first
>>>> time for a very poor musician anywhere in the world to produce music,
>>>> and
>>>> I'd like it, if possible, to stay affordible and to work well.
>>>> If the Russian programmer can't do more to bring ReaAccess up to date
>>>> with
>>>> Reaper 4, do you think you could help with improving ReaAccess with your
>>>> SWS
>>>> scripts?
>>>> If we can find a programmer in our user's group to do the actual
>>>> programming, do you think you could maybe provide some advice when he's
>>>> stuck?
>>>> We'd appreciate help on any level at all,
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Indigo


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