[gui-talk] Fwd: Multi Track recording With amadeus Pro For The Mac
Steve Pattison
srp at internode.on.net
Sat May 23 05:29:52 UTC 2009
From: Dane Trethowan grtdane at internode.on.net
To: PC Discussion List pc-audio at pc-audio.org
At last! a fully accessible audio multi track recording and editing
solution is here. A guide has been put together to give people a bit
of a hand with the concepts in Amadeus Pro and with the author's
permission I'm quoting it here so list members can get some idea of
the power at your fingertips with this software, I should also point
out that - having used Amadeus Pro for the best part of 2 years - I've
found performance, speed and stability to be far better than anything
I've ever used under Windows but... well... one thing at a time,
here's the guide.
Multitrack Recording with Amadeus Pro
Special thanks to Martin Hairer for making significant enhancements
favorable to VoiceOVer users.
To take advantage of these enhancements download the latest version
of Amadeus Pro Which can be obtained from http://www.hairersoft.com/Downloads/AmadeusPro.zip
Changes are always being made so it is important to keep up with the
latest versions.
When Amadeus pro is opened the following items are visible to the
Voiceover cursor. Moving from left to right they are: Close button,
minimize button, zoom button, The words untitled which will be
replaced by the name of the project or file when it is saved, tool
bar button, tool bar which can be interacted with to reveal a
variety of buttons as well as the clock which provides the elapsed
time when playing or recording a track or file, a scroll area which
when interacted with reveals the track table,, a horizontal scroll
bar, , A group of numbers depicting the sampling rate being
recorded, A check box to loop the playback,And a horizontal zoom
slider.
Editing with Amadeus Pro
Before editing with Amadeus Pro some important concepts need to be
understood. Amadeus Pro makes use of two cursors. They are the
playback head and the insertion pointer. Both cursors will follow
each other when moving through a file with the left and right
arrows. However when playing a file if the right or left arrow is
being used to move through the file only the playback head is being
moved and the insertion pointer remains at the place where the file
started.
An example of this behavior would be this. Press spacebar to start
playing the file and press spacebar again to stop at the point where
the selection should start. Note: the insertion pointer is still at
the beginning of the file and the playback head is where the file
was stopped. To start selecting audio a mark needs to be placed at
the beginning of the selection. To do this the insertion pointer
needs to be brought to the place where the selection starts. Press
Command-Y to move the insertion pointer to the playback head. Press
Command-Shift-m to place a mark at the beginning of the selection.
Press spacebar to continue playing the file up to the point where
the selection should end. If a large portion of audio needs to be
selected the right arrow will move quickly through the file while it
is playing. Press spacebar at the point where the selection should
end. Remember, the insertion pointer has not come along for the ride
and must be brought to the place where the selection ends. Press
Command-Y to do this. Press Command-Shift-M to place a mark at the
end of the selection. Now that the selected audio has been defined
Press Command-left arrow to extend the selection from the end marker
to the previous marker which was placed at the beginning of the
selected area. The audio is now selected. To hear the selected
audio press the spacebar. If this portion of audio is meant to be
deleted press the letter e to hear what the file will sound like
once the selection is gone. This is extremely helpful for editing
music. To expand the selection to the left press the letter a. To
contract it press the letter s. To expand the selection to the right
press the letter f. To contract it press the letter d.
To delete press the backspace key. Once audio is selected effects
can be applied such as equalization, compression or anything else
that is available.
Recording a Track
To start recording a single track press command-r. To record
additional tracks press command-option-r.
To pause recording press SpaceBar.
To stop recording press Enter
To play from the beginning of the file press Tab.
To stop playback and move back to the beginning of the file press
Tab while the file is playing.
When the file is stopped press Option-home to move to the beginning
and Option-End to move to the end of the file.
To play the active track press Shift-Spacebar. The active track is
the one that is selected or highlighted.
To gain access to the track table interact with the scroll area
located to the right of the tool bar.
When the track table is open the following items are visible. From
left to right they are a disclosure triangle which can be expanded
or collapsed by pressing Voiceover-SpaceBar. This is strictly for
visual use and allows the track to be seen or not seen on the
screen. This has no effect on how VoiceOver perceives the
information on the screen.
Next is an edit area which by default is empty. This is where the
name of the track can be written.
Following the edit area is the word "Volume" and a horizontal slider
that defaults to %100. This can be manipulated by using the up and
down arrows.
Next is a check box with the label play. This allows a track to
either play or when unchecked be muted.
After that is the word "playback" followed by a popup menu. refer to
the manual for a detailed explanation on its function.
To change the active track do the following. Interact with the
scroll area which is the track table by Pressing Voiceover-Shift-
down-arrow. Use Voiceover keys left and right arrow to find the edit
area with the track names. Use Voiceover-up and down arrow to move
through the names of the tracks until the desired track is found.
Press the escape key to make this the active track. Pressing the
letter "N" will also cycle through the tracks however nothing is
spoken so it is not possible to know which track is active until
shift-spacebar is pressed to play the active track.
Although importing files in to a project is not yet a feature in
Amadeus Pro.
it is possible to copy and paste audio from multiple files to
create a multitrack project.
1. Press Command-O to open the file dialog. This is the standard
dialog seen in most OS 10 applications and should be familiar to
VoiceOver users.
2. when the desired folder is located select multiple files by
doing the following. Interact with the file list by pressing
VoiceOver-Shift-Down-Arrow. Move the VoiceOVer cursor to the first
file. Turn off cursor tracking by pressing VoiceOVer-Shift-F3. The
first file will now be selected. Move the Voiceover cursor to each
desired file and when it's name is heard press command-spacebar to
highlight the file. Do this until all files for the project are
selected. To hear how many items are selected along with there file
names press VoiceOVer keys-F6.
Note: the VoiceOVer keys MUST be held down during the file selection
process.
ONce all files have been selected Press the enter key. Each file
will open in a separate window within Amadeus Pro.
To paste the audio from a file in to Amadeus Pro ad a new track
press Voiceover-m to activate the Menu bar. Press the right arrow
until the menu item "Sound" is spoken. Press the Down arrow until
the menu item Ad mono track is heard. If a stereo track is needed
that choice is below ad mono track.
Press enter on either ad mono or stereo track. This will ad a new
track to the project. The menu will close and the new track will be
added. Press Voiceover-m to activate the menu-bar. press the letter
"W" and the word window will be spoken. This highlights the window
menu. Press Down arrow until the first file that should be added to
the project is heard. Press enter to open the window. Press Control-
a to select all of the audio in the file. Press Command-` (Command-
Axcent) to return to the project window and press Command-V to paste
the audio in to the new track.
Use the VoiceOVer cursor to find the scroll area located next to the
tool bar and Interact with it by pressing VoiceOver-Shift-Dow-
narrow. Once the track table is open Use VoiceOVer-Right-arrow to
fine the edit area and give the new track a name. Do this for all
files that are to be added to the project.
John W Hess
wysiwygtechnologies at gmail.com
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Regards Steve
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