[RWP] Groove Boxes, was Original Music

Tue Jun 25 09:36:22 EDT 2013

I think that's right, the simple way Reaper works is like a groove box 
in many ways.
Yesterday, I found a groove box VST plug called CereDrum.
Do you know that one?
It's free, has a sequencer, 4 drum kits to choose among; plus a bass 
synthesizer.
I haven't had an opportunity to try it yet, but I might get lucky and 
find it to be in text.
Actually, my Casio XW-G1 keyboard is exactly like running a groove box; 
very much like the old Roland MC-505 and MC-307 I had previously; but 
easier than they were.
There is a 16 pad VST sample player called Poise; that was written by a 
long time MPC user, that does most of what the Akai MPC does.
You can drag/drop or paste samples, loops, anything onto its 16 virtual 
pads, and assign the pads to keyboard keys, hardware pads, whatever.
Unfortunately, its screen graphics are not labeled; otherwise it would 
be easy to run.

CereDrum doesn't play samples; unless you can maybe substitute your own 
samples for its onboard drum kits, but I'll post a link to CereDrum if 
it's accessible.
Indi

On 6/24/2013 1:30 PM, Stephan Merk wrote:
> No, I can use a 6x lens and I can see the cursor position. Amazing is that
> the cursor has fixed positions so you can count by pressing the cursor keys.
> If you go left, you will reach the top left of the screen and keep this
> position. The same while walking with Cursor right to bottom right. So it
> gives me the real feel of a real hardware device but with much more power
> and benefits.
>
> I connected Akai on this because if the display of the MPC could be mirrored
> as a text window on the computer, it would be accessible because most
> elements are text-based. The software itself which you can alternatively use
> is full graphical, with NVDA you have no access.
>
> I think that this workflow in general is useful for those who know the old
> hardware sequencers without any overdozed interfaces.
>
>
> Viele Grüße
>
> --
> Stephan Merk, www.merkst.de
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: RWP [mailto:rwp-bounces at reaaccess.com] On Behalf Of Indigo
> Sent: Monday, June 24, 2013 6:11 PM
> To: Reapers Without Peepers
> Subject: Re: [RWP] Original Music
>
> Stephan, have you used the MPC without sight?
>
> Those are very interesting to me, especially now that they finally got
> 24 bit samples, but I haven't met any blind users of the Akai MPC.
>
> I have wanted to buy the Native Instruments Maschine, but think it may be
> not so easy to run without being able to constantly look at the screen.
> I know for certain that some selections in Maschine must be made from the
> screen, such as browsing to samples to load them I don't think I could even
> get samples loaded onto pads.
> How much do you need to do in the Akai MPC that would be easier with sight,
> or is it also impossible without seeing?
> Thanks,
> Indi.
>
> On 6/24/2013 10:27 AM, Stephan Merk wrote:
>> Brian,
>>
>>
>>
>> this is helpful as well, because I forgot the fact about the scripts
>> which are available. ;-) That means in general that some guys made
>> thoughts about making it accessible. This I think does the ReaAccess
>> project as well, but AFAIK the scripts for Sonar are not for free, so
>> they have a commercial touch or in other words, the functionality is more
> expected.
>>
>>
>>
>> As I have seen and my hope is, that I can use Reaper as a MIDI
>> sequencer for my new VST instruments. If this works as I expect, it is
>> enough for me. I’d never played around with audio mixing and syncing
>> audio tracks with MIDI and so on. I like the workflow of my MPC, that’s it
> like I know from the 80ies.
>> ;)
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Viele Grüße
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>> Stephan Merk, www.merkst.de
>>
>>
>>
>> From: RWP [mailto:rwp-bounces at reaaccess.com] On Behalf Of Brian Casey
>> Sent: Monday, June 24, 2013 3:21 PM
>> To: Reapers Without Peepers
>> Subject: Re: [RWP] Original Music
>>
>>
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>>
>>
>> That is hard to say,  because I rely on sonar to make my living in my
>> studio, it is the daw that I know best by far, and I also use the
>> CakeTalking scripts, so I don't have the most balanced opinion on the
>> matter.
>>
>>
>>
>> Others have opinions on which is better and why, but really I am just
>> used to sonar and the plug-ins that come with it, and I don't have
>> time to fully
>>
>> investigate reaper and I don't have the time to find out if I can do
>> all the same things as quickly with reaper.
>>
>>
>>
>> Sorry, that's not very helpful but I don't want to go telling someone
>> sonar is better or worse when I don't know reaper fully,
>>
>>
>>
>> I do think sonar might have better synths that come with the producer
>> version, but access to those depends on using CakeTalking, jSonar
>> scripts or some other HSC sets.
>>
>>
>>
>> HTH
>>
>> Brian.
>>
>> From: Stephan Merk <mailto:dl7fos at hotmail.com>
>>
>> Sent: Monday, June 24, 2013 2:13 PM
>>
>> To: 'Reapers Without Peepers' <mailto:rwp at reaaccess.com>
>>
>> Subject: Re: [RWP] Original Music
>>
>>
>>
>> Hi Brian,
>>
>>
>>
>> what do you think is on Sonar better? I read sometimes that blind
>> people using Sonar but I didn’t tried it out, too expensive for my
>> needs. ;) However, Sonar is Cakewaalk and they purchased the Voyetra
>> Sequencing products which I was using 20 years ago… ;)
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Viele Grüße
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>> Stephan Merk, www.merkst.de
>>
>>
>>
>> From: RWP [ <mailto:rwp-bounces at reaaccess.com>
>> mailto:rwp-bounces at reaaccess.com] On Behalf Of Brian Casey
>> Sent: Monday, June 24, 2013 2:18 PM
>> To: Reapers Without Peepers
>> Subject: Re: [RWP] Original Music
>>
>>
>>
>> I've posted these tracks on the midi mag list before, but heres my
>> sound cloud with some original material I finished recently,, 95% of
>> the instrumentation etc is me, and I did all the mixing also. Its all
>> done in sonar though because I'm still afraid of reaper!
>>
>>
>>
>> http://www.soundcloud.com/briancaseymusic
>>
>>
>>
>> I appreciate any listens greatly,
>>
>>
>>
>> Brian.
>>
>>
>>
>> From: Jim Snowbarger <mailto:Snowman at SnowmanRadio.com>
>>
>> Sent: Sunday, June 23, 2013 5:47 AM
>>
>> To: Reapers Without Peepers <mailto:rwp at reaaccess.com>
>>
>> Subject: [RWP] Original Music
>>
>>
>>
>> Hey, let's each one of us who can, contribute a link to a recording of
>> a song that we actually wrote ourselves, and primarily, and hopefully
>> entirely, performed.  One track per person.  Pick a track that really
>> says you, and throw it in the pot.  Let's find out who we are musically.
>>
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