[musictlk] A Novice Looking for Advice

[Joshua Lester]

Sean, sorry for the misspelling of your name. Blessings, Joshua Lester

On 1/12/11, Sean Whalen <smwhalenpsp at gmail.com> wrote:
> Steve,
>
> Thanks for the thoughts. I am definitely wanting to lay down separate
> tracks. I want to play my multiple guitar parts, and then use MIDI to add
> some drums and horns to the mix. It sounds like maybe Sonar is going to be
> my best bet.
>
> Take care,
>
> Sean
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: musictlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:musictlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Steve Jacobson
> Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2011 7:17 AM
> To: NFBnet Music Talk Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [musictlk] A Novice Looking for Advice
>
> Some of the answer depends upon how comfortable you feel with computers and
> whether you already own a
> computer with a screen reader.  For what you want to do, you should be able
> to get by cheaper.  I don't know why
> you would need a digital audio work station.  I am not even certain for what
> you are looking to do that you really need
> MIDI, could you explain how you see that?  The approach depends some on
> whether you are mostly going to want to
> get a live performance recorded such that you can distribute it, or whether
> you see yourself wanting to lay down
> separate tracks, edit each track, and then combine them into a recording.
> If you want to lay down separate tracks,
> you will need something that can handle that, and Dancing Dots should be
> able to help you out with that for less
> money than $3,000 I would think, but there will be a learning curve.
>
> I am not a musician, or maybe it is more accurate to say I am a would-be
> musician, but I have done some work with
> sound editing on the Windows platform with Gold wave, Sound Forge, and Adobe
> Audition, and I've had a little
> experience with an older version of CakeWalk from Dancing Dots.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Steve Jacobson
>
>
> On Mon, 10 Jan 2011 23:38:40 -0600, Sean Whalen wrote:
>
>>Good evening,
>
>>I am a musician, and am interested in doing some recording at home to get
>>some rough demos of songs I eventually plan to put on a studio produced
>>record. I play guitar, sing, and use a Yamaha ES8 for drums, keys, and
> other
>>instruments.
>
>>I am wondering if there might be anybody on this list who knows about
>>accessible home studio solutions who would be willing to help point me in
>>the right direction. I have read about Sonar and Logic, and have heard that
>>ProTools is going to have, or already has, some level of accessibility. I
>>have spoken with people at Dancing Dots, and had a Digital Audio
> Workstation
>>and Sonar recommended to me. Being that I am only interested in recording
> to
>>get down songs and ideas and share them with others, I wonder if the $3000
> I
>>would need to drop on a set up like that is necessary. I want to be able to
>>mic in vocals and an acoustic guitar, run an electric guitar line in, and
>>use the Yamaha as a MIDI interface. I am just interested in learning about
>>the different levels of functionality I might achieve at different price
>>points, with a view toward usability by a blind user.
>
>>Any assistance any of you could provide me would be greatly appreciated.
>
>>Many thanks,
>
>>Sean
>
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