Hello,
Are there any accessable beatmakers which can also have game-like components for learning lessons and all? I'm not even sure this goes here, but I'd like to find one and play with it. I had garage band on my phone many moons ago but never used it/saw it was accessable with VoiceOver or not. What do you guys use, as people who are blind/visually impaired, to make your own beats?
By Ashleigh Piccinino, 26 January, 2024
Forum
iOS and iPadOS Gaming
Comments
Big fan of Ableton Note
Hi. I definitely recommend Ableton Note for beat-making, and inspiration. It's very accessible on iOS, and I was one of the testers that aided in it's accessibility progress.
Obviously therefore I'm biased where that's concerned, so I'll be transparent up-front and admit it, but I do think it's really great, and has a lot of features.
I made a video about how to use *some* of it's features and sounds, but it's become even more accessible since I made that video.
The sliders now speak properly for example, and the quantize menu is easier to navigate, so if you do end up watching this, please do take that into consideration.
https://youtu.be/x6M_AKPQ3cY
Thank you, so how about posting a game link?
Thank you, and it's okay to be ... just a little bias at this point. can you please provide a game link?
GarageBand is accessible
I know you're looking for games in particular, but just in case you want to check it out...
Wow, $5 for Able Note?
Hello,
That's worth it, $5 for Able Note. No, I didn't know where to put the post, but my friend has something on her Android tablet called Beatmaker, or that's what she says anyway. However, there are a lot of adds, and although I can't afford Able Note right now, I'll give it a try when I can/sounds interesting. I'm fairly musically enclined, so this is good.
Ashleigh Piccinino
re: Big fan of Ableton Note
I totally agree here. Ableton note is fantastic. All though there are times when I just wanna do something on the go, just with my phone but don't have my midi keyboards with me. Is their any midi keyboards for IOS that's small enough you'd recommend? Or some way to use without anything but the phone? I don't wanna feel like I have to be tied down to my studio just to use the thing hehehe. Never the less, I love this app so much! BTW, can't wait till Ableton 12 comes out if it isn't already. If it's as good as every sighted producer claims to be, Honestly think this may vary well replace logic. What. I've seen sighted producers jump ship from logic to Ableton. All though I'm sure that daw will still have a special place in my hart. Anyways, Ableton note. That's all.
You absolutely have to have a MIDI keyboard?
Hello Mr. Candler and others,
You absolutely positlvely have to have a MIDI--yes, I know what that means--keyboard to use this app? I wonder if we could move all discussion about it to the proper forum--might not work here well in the one for games/might not even be a game at all, right? Since I didn't know what slot to put itt in, sorry about that but don't want any of you all getting kicked off here due to my mistake. Mr. Candler, please e-mail me off list at apiccinino@outlook.com or ashleighpiccinino2005@gmail.com to discuss this further. or, you can find me on WhatsApp, but I think I already know ...
Ashleigh Piccinino
P.S. For those of you who don't know, I think MIDI stood for Musical Information Digital Interface or something like that--it's been a moment since my computer class in college, so ... After recording your stuff--well, capturing it, anyway, I hear the person on the Youtube channel swipe over something called to Export file or something like that? then, couldn't you send it--if it's in MP3 to someone else? This could make a specific job of mine go very far! Of course, not listing what that job is but dealing with music for a small project. I guess sighted users of Ableton Note can play, too?