ReaProducer | Accessible Audio and Midi Production with Reaper DAW and OSARA

Another slice of Audio Pizza is served up with the wonderful Cara Quinn joining us. her day time jobs include being an iOS developer, Model, and Musician, but what struck us most about Cara was her kindness and passion for making a difference in the world. We discuss the general topic of coding in Apple’s Xcode and more specifically her work with LookTell. We also talk about some of the well known email lists Cara owns such as Macvisionaries and viphone.

@ModelCara on Twitter LookTell MacVisionaries VIPhone  

Welcome to Audio Pizza, and our first roundtable. Shaun and Garth are joined by The Dark Kayaker, someone who knows what he’s talking about, this is actually a nice change. We jump into Apple’s recent MacBook Pro event and discuss the implications of the new touch bar enabled Macs, the new TV app and Apple’s new Accessibility website. http://www.apple.com/accessibility/  

It’s time again to meet with the folk from Project Starfish. You can listen to prior episodes I’ve done with them if you’re not familiar with them. We catch up about some of what has happened since last we spoke and introduce a new promotion they have running with Blind Fold Games to introduce the Blindfold Racer Championship 2016. Please visit blindfold games.org for more information. Get yourself signed up as soon as possible as the championship starts on October 1. 

This episode looks at how to record with the Mac app Amadeus Pro. I take a detailed look at the recording dialog and cover
* How to pause and resume recording
* How to adjust recording levels
* how to accessibly meter the recording level to ensure the best possible recording
* How to drop and name markers during recording for easy access when editing
* How to listen or monitor what is being recorded
Enjoy!

iBlindTech - Accessible Workflows

This episode is a look at the iOS App PCalc. It is a wonderfully accessible, powerful and efficient calculator for your iOS device that not only presents a full featured app but also an interface in your notification centre and on the Apple Watch. The app store description of the full version is below, however a free lite version is also available. Try the free version from which you can update just the specific components you need, or grab the full version of the app.

PCalc is the powerful choice for scientists, engineers, students, programmers, or indeed anybody looking for a feature rich calculator. It includes an optional RPN mode and multi-line display, a choice of button layouts, an extensive set of unit conversions and constants, a paper tape, multiple undo and redo, engineering and scientific notation, as well as support for hexadecimal, octal, and binary calculations. Includes an Apple Watch app, so you can calculate on your wrist!

The developer James Thomson has done a fantastic job with the usability of the app and has also recently brought it to the Apple TV.

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Tripmode is a Mac app that allows you to control the data that your Mac uses whilst it’s connected to a mobile hotspot, or for that matter, any specific WiFi network. This episode takes a quick look at the app and discusses some of the benefits it will afford you.

Thanks go to Allison Sheridan of the Nosillacast Mac Podcast for highlighting the app, and bringing to my attention. Hope you enjoy the episode, and the app.

LetterPad is a free and accessible iOS word game that offers an Apple Watch app.

LetterPad gives you 9 letters. Your task? Find the hidden words relating to the puzzle topic! * Work your way through over 200 puzzles * Create and share your own puzzles to stump your friends * New community made puzzles added regularly * Apple Watch support lets you play right on your wrist!

Click here to learn more and download the app.