[Rwp] Ivory?

Thu Nov 26 13:43:15 EST 2015

Yeah, I know in ProTools, I had to download custom presets, but that's 
neither here nor there.

Chris.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "onlineeagle via RWP" <rwp at bluegrasspals.com>
To: "Reapers Without Peepers" <rwp at bluegrasspals.com>
Cc: "onlineeagle" <onlineeagle at googlemail.com>
Sent: Thursday, November 26, 2015 1:07 PM
Subject: Re: [Rwp] Ivory?

> I'll send this publically Christopher, since others have brought up other 
> points which I'll address in this message. currently my Ivory library is 
> on a harddrive that is only formatted for the Mac, so I'll have to copy 
> the library over to a windows appropriate drive to test with Reaper. 
> However, I've just checked in ProTools and the keysets are showing in the 
> automatable parameters list. They are not showing as numbers; they are 
> actually properly labeled. I'll go check in Reaper and report back. Also, 
> someone else on this list has just sent us something that may convert VST 
> presets into FXP files which, if it works, could also be very useful.;
>
> Ivory seem to be quite good with accessibility, mn so much as they've 
> spoken to me about the fact that they are aware of various accessibility 
> issues and are addressing them in future updates. They said that they knew 
> that parts of their standalone programme weren't particularly accessible. 
> But the plugin seems pretty accessible. Hope this helps.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On 26 Nov 2015, at 13:04, Scott Chesworth <scottchesworth at gmail.com> 
>> wrote:
>>
>> The vast majority of third party plugs I've seen showing formatted
>> values were developed using iPlug though, and I'm pretty sure Cockos
>> had something to do with iPlug development. Ah, all the pieces are
>> falling into place...
>>
>> Yeah, I'm already making the point to developers that formatted values
>> wherever possible benefit everyone, because the sighted folks get
>> useful stuff showing up on the displays of their control surfaces etc.
>>
>> Scott
>>
>>> On 11/26/15, James Teh <jamie at nvaccess.org> wrote:
>>> It's worth noting that as far as I know, formatted values are actually a
>>> Cockos extension to the VST specification; i.e. it isn't standard VST.
>>> However, I have seen some non-Cockos extensions do it. Standard or not,
>>> it's a very good idea, even for sighted users.
>>>
>>> Jamie
>>>
>>>> On 26/11/2015 10:47 PM, Scott Chesworth wrote:
>>>> Hi Dave,
>>>>
>>>> Whenever you take this for a spin in Reaper, please post back and let
>>>> us know how the Shift+P dialogue copes with changing presets. I'm
>>>> curious because I've requested this functionality from many a plugin
>>>> developer, and the few who have made it happen haven't been outputting
>>>> formatted values, so instead of seeing preset names like "The Wizards
>>>> Sleave", we just get a number between 0.0 and 1.0, then have to try
>>>> and figure out what incrament will change the preset etc. More often
>>>> than not, by the time I've done that, I could've dialed in something I
>>>> prefer from scratch anyway lol. If Ivory does this better, I'd like to
>>>> cite it as an example of a job well done when filing accessibility
>>>> requests in future.
>>>>
>>>> Cheers
>>>>
>>>> Scott
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> On 11/26/15, onlineeagle via RWP <rwp at bluegrasspals.com> wrote:
>>>>> Hi Christopher, I don't have the concert grand, but I have other Ivory
>>>>> pianos. They all use the same plugin, so my experience will be the 
>>>>> same
>>>>> as
>>>>> yours, regardless of which piano. I haven't used it on Windows with
>>>>> Reaper
>>>>> yet. I have used it with ProTools on the mac, however, I can tell you
>>>>> that
>>>>> all the piano options are available as parameters. Therefore you will 
>>>>> be
>>>>> able to do everything you need to do with the Shift P parameter window
>>>>> in
>>>>> Reaper. This even includes changing the presets. I was able to change
>>>>> presets this way in ProTools and then save the preset, so that I was 
>>>>> able
>>>>> to
>>>>> bring it up again by using the preset part of the FX window. So, good
>>>>> news
>>>>> on the Ivory front I think.
>>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 26 Nov 2015, at 09:04, Christopher-Mark Gilland
>>>>>> <clgilland07 at gmail.com>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Does anyone have any experience running Synthogy Ivory American 
>>>>>> Concert
>>>>>> D
>>>>>> on Windows with Reaper?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If so, I am very curious to know how well it worked for you.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Chris.
>>>>>>
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