[RWP] ReaAccess.com needs a webmaster

Sat Feb 4 10:05:36 EST 2012

Hi Scott,
I'll begin gathering and arranging the access tips I've collected; 
rewrite where required, and I think; intersperce with links to Cockos 
Wikki; where I have found enough info that applies to our needs to be 
useful.
I can also host some mp3's from videos that I think have useful clues.
Obviously, somebody who really knows Reaper from one end to the other 
needs to do a podcast.
All we have now, to my knowledge, is a couple of very long rambling, 
very pleasant, but mostly social, Skipe podcasts with a little bits of 
useful tips here and there.
Jinseng and I cooperated for a while on particular actions in ReaAccess, 
and I saved his responses to my questions, but my own level of 
understanding ran out, so I couldn't word specific questions from that 
point on.
Jinseng is a very cooperative guy, and really knows the subject, but 
rewording frum Russian style English presents a problem, of course.
We can't depend on any one person, but need to assemble a guide on our 
own, from what screenreader users have found to work.
Patrick Perdue's guide to fine audio editing is a prime example of what 
I hope we will get, once we have a place to host a sort of Wikki style 
guide.
Each of us seem to use Reaper for our own particular needs; Patrick for 
audio editing, Colin records his band each week, I'm trying to get 
Reaper to be the loop machine
As soon as the host site is in place, I'll post the bits and pieces I 
have, each under a title according to its action, and hopefully, in 
time,  each action will get fleshed out by experienced users.
Actually, we could also open a Cockos forum thread on using Reaper with 
screenreaders.
I sort of like the forum style, because users post what works for them, 
but other users counter that it doesn't work when they try it, and it 
goes back and forth until the cause for it not working universally gets 
sorted out.
It's very tedious sometimes to sift through forum style posts, to save 
the actual working tips, but a Cockos forum 's a good style to work out 
problems interactivally.
Also, more than once, I've seen experienced users who mainly frequent 
other Cockos forum threads become fired up on a thread and contribute 
their expertise.
Many on the Cockos forums are programmers, so we just might attract an 
alternativve to Ivan.
I can open a thread on the Cockos forums now, post  the bits and pieces 
I have there, and see what happens.
The Cockos threads seem to survive forever; I've often found tips in 
threads that were years old, so even keeping a thread on Reaper With 
Screenreaders open in hopes of getting occasional contributions would 
make it worth doing.
Indigo L

On 2/3/2012 11:01 AM, Scott Chesworth wrote:
> With you all the way Indigo. There's no reason that what we've got to
> work with from Ivan and the new developments can't all be in one
> place, in fact considering not everyone will own hardware when their
> getting started, this approach probably makes the most sense to ease
> people into Reaper.
>
> Patrick's editing post is golden, succinct and well put. It's exactly
> the sort of thing that could be up there now and be gradually fleshed
> out as developments happen. On other projects, I've found it easier to
> summon the motivation to put guides and stuff together when I know
> they're going to be linked to perminantly, guess the email list
> approach isn't 100% my thing. Hopefully there'll be others that feel
> the same way and we can have multiple contributors when the site gets
> off the ground.
>
> Scott
>
>
> On 2/3/12, indigo<33indigo at charter.net>  wrote:
>> I hope you find someone who can handle the webmaster job
>> Reaper with reaAccess does deserve a website of its own.
>> .I think we have real breakthroughs in access from the Behringer
>> BCF2000, using Klinke's VST that configures the BCF2000 to control
>> Reaper, and Tim Burgess's Mackie Display Reader, which speaks the
>> display of the BCF2000.
>> These eventually should  give more access, even if Ivan's ReaAccess
>> Version 2 never arrives.
>> I have been gathering bits and pieces of info on running Reaper from
>> screenreaders, as you suggest, like the excellent instructions on audio
>> editing that Patrick Perdue just posted, and eventually hope to get a
>> guide together.
>> Reaper seems to be settling in as a viable alternative daw.
>> I only wish that we could get more bits and pieces of instructions from
>> skilled users, so we can  offer a coherent user's guide to beginners.
>>
>> Indigo L
>>
>>
>>    On 2/2/2012 8:08 PM, Scott Chesworth wrote:
>>> Hey folks,
>>>
>>> I've chased a few leads, waited patiently for results that haven't
>>> come, twiddled my thumbs for a while and come to the conclusion that
>>> waiting for ReaAccess 2.0 before making any changes to our .com site
>>> makes no sense. If 2.0 ever materialises with an English translation,
>>> then of course it would be welcome there, but in the meantime, we need
>>> some sort of web presence. The address of the site makes sense no
>>> matter what method we use to gain access to Reaper, right?
>>>
>>> This is essentially a call to arms to see whether there's anyone who
>>> fancies being a webmaster. I'm in the middle of an album release,
>>> planning a tour, and studying hard, so there aren't enough hours in
>>> the day to keep up with the traffic on MidiMag to stay on top of new
>>> developments and run a site. If you've already got skills, I'll shoot
>>> over a few login details and you're in business. Alternatively, if
>>> you're familiar with a particular environment, I can hand over the
>>> server with your CMS of choice preinstalled and ready to go. Nobody is
>>> expecting a rival to the huge source of info that is the Cockos forum
>>> or any such miracle here, but it would be great to have even something
>>> as simple as a regularly updated blog so that people can stay current
>>> without needing to wade through email lists. That work in progress
>>> manual from an accessibility standpoint that I know a few people are
>>> contributing bits too would be valuable to have online too. When
>>> you're getting started with something as huge as Reaper, any correct
>>> info is surely good info, even if it's not totally finished and
>>> refined.
>>>
>>> If you've got ideas and are willing to take on a task, let's be hearing
>>> ya!
>>>
>>> Scott
>>>
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