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Music production advice? (self.Blind)
submitted by Mister-c2020
Often, I find myself listening to music to escape. I love the sounds of many different types of music including Electronic, Latin, Hip-Hop and Video Game Music. As a listener, I find myself wanting to compose myself but, I find myself intimated because of the amount of complexity in music production. I don’t know any music theory at all and nor do I know what music software is best to use with screen readers. My only experience with music in the past was a bit of piano and guitar. Besides the simple basics of notes and cords I don’t know any much else about music theory. I am just starting this as a hobby and I have no intentions of making this a career choice. Does anyone know of any good resources for getting started with music production and what software is best usable with screen readers. I understand I sound like an absolute beginner, so I apologize for my lack of knowledge for this all. I would like to reiterate again that I just want to do this as a hobby. All kind responses are appreciated in advance.
liamjh27 2 points 2y ago
Are you on mac or PC? You can absolutely learn to make music without theory. I play guitar and compose electronic music and know very very little, when I started I knew none.
Here’s a video I made on using Logic with voiceover. (Mac only)
https://youtu.be/EUCIFuFrn4I
As someone else has pointed out, Reaper is also accessible. As is Pro Tools on the mac. I feel like Pro Tools lends itself better to mixing than composing electronically. Reaper I think lends itself best to recording and mixing and Logic to electronic composing. Again, just my opinion. Point is there’s a fair bit of choice and communities around all three apps. Let me know if I can help point you in the right direction at all :)
Here’s a video I made on using Logic with voiceover. (Mac only)
https://youtu.be/EUCIFuFrn4I
As someone else has pointed out, Reaper is also accessible. As is Pro Tools on the mac. I feel like Pro Tools lends itself better to mixing than composing electronically. Reaper I think lends itself best to recording and mixing and Logic to electronic composing. Again, just my opinion. Point is there’s a fair bit of choice and communities around all three apps. Let me know if I can help point you in the right direction at all :)
Mister-c2020 [OP] 1 points 2y ago
Thank you soooo much! I am on both Mac/Windws do to bootcamp. I heard logic is good but, I was scared of taking that leep because of the price point. You could definitely message me privately to ask more questions if you would like. I definitely have some for you!
DrillInstructorJan 2 points 2y ago
I think you'll end up learning bits of music theory by default once you start putting stuff together. It's sort of useful. So long as you know keys, types of major and minor chords, what an inversion is and that basic stuff, you can pretty much grok most things and you can learn those in ten minutes by looking it up. I managed to become a professional musician with less although there were a couple of moments where I wish I'd gone to music school.
If you just want to record multiple tracks at once that's pretty easy but I'll let other people talk about Reaper, I've never used it.
If you just want to record multiple tracks at once that's pretty easy but I'll let other people talk about Reaper, I've never used it.
Motya105 2 points 2y ago
Reaper is a music-creation program that is accessible using screne-readers. It has a free demo that you can try. The scripts for Reaper can be found by googling ReAccess, and there’s a mailing list for blind Reaper users called Reapers Without Peepers that you can join. I don’t use it myself, but hope this helps.
eddie_the_shit 2 points 2y ago
I've been researching accessible musical instruments for my dad, whose arthritis now prohibits him from playing the guitar. Here are links to two organizations that work for increased accessibility to music for disabled folks. Both are in the UK, but still relevant worldwide, I think, at least as sources of information.
The first one is The OHMI Trust. (OHMI is an acronym in case your screen reader is butchering it.)
https://www.ohmi.org.uk
The second is Drake Music
https://www.drakemusic.org/technology/resources-links/other-accessible-music-tech
I hope this helps.
The first one is The OHMI Trust. (OHMI is an acronym in case your screen reader is butchering it.)
https://www.ohmi.org.uk
The second is Drake Music
https://www.drakemusic.org/technology/resources-links/other-accessible-music-tech
I hope this helps.
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