[Electronics-Talk] Using Garage Band on the IPhone

[Brett Boyer]

Hey! Well I have a 6s and I don't know how different the versions are. I
doubt they would be different though.
For instruments, if you do a 3 finger swipe the pages will change and the
instruments should speak. I think there are 10 pages.
The sample and piano and keyboard, drums, audio input, plugged-in guitar,
strings, bass, guitar, world...
As far as the spreadsheet type thing for the loops I haven't figured that
out yet either. There doesn't seem to be a way to hear the column and row
without executing it at the same time. Plus there are switeches at the top
of the columns to sustain or cut-off.
I have a feeling that if I had a computer keyboard it might be easier to
maneuver around.
Because Garage Band on the mac is so accessible I'm sure there are keyboard
shortcuts that would help accomplish tasks instead of trying to use
gestures.
I also know that the play area and the controls area is hard for VoiceOver
to keep up with.
Again I have just been playing around and exploring too.
Maybe we can compare some notes.
I haven't seen a lot of podcasts or video demos of blind people using garage
band with the phone, plenty of them for the mac itself.
 Don't know how much help I am but it's a learning process I guess.
bb
  
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Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] Using Garage Band on the IPhone

HI Brett,

Thanks for the encouragement. Do you know which version of Garage Band you
are running? I'm using whichever version was installed on the IPhone 7. I
find that many of the UI elements are silent as I nnavigate over them, so I
have no idea what I am touching. Also, the spreadsheet-like UI on the Live
loops tab doesn't make much sense to me. A sighted friend showed me the page
where one can select an instrument to play live, but the instrumenty names
don't speak as I move over them.

Thanks again,
--Doug

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Sent: Saturday, August 19, 2017 12:01 AM
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Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] Using Garage Band on the IPhone

Hi. I have just rediscovered Garage Band. I've been playing around with it
for a few weeks.
There are quite a few things you can do with just the IPhone and voice over.
Create new projects, Play keyboards, guitar, strings, bass, drums, and all
the instrumets live. Record and playback. Create song sections and how long
they are. Use built-in loops.
So, there are quite a few things you can do. Finite editing, I'm not too
sure about. Although I was able to import a sample from an mp3 I created,
play it like a keyboard, and trim the sample so it fit the beat.



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