Hey,
About 4 years ago (yes), I've received an mpk mini 3 25-keys midi keyboard for christmas.
At that time I was motivated to learn DAW but had windows and reaper learning curve was too steep for me to deal with.
Now that I have a mac I thought I'll actually give it a try with GarageBand.
Ironically I ended up installing reaper with osara on my mac as well as I prefer the pixel audio selection thing, more precise than audacity/tenacity or any other audio editing software (none) that I've ever tried.
The broader question is that akai offer a software to edit the actual key mapping of each key for their hardware. This software has a -10/10 accessibility rating on both windows and mac with any ocr I've tried. I know that daw like GarageBand and reaper offer us the possibility at least to a certain extent to modify/remap what which key does on the midi keyboard. But I'd rather prefer to have it modified within the keyboard firmware so it sends the proper midi signal to the daw soft....
I know that native instrument has a $600-700 accessible keyboard that is self-voiced or has other accessibility capabilities. I am not a pro daw user / nor do I intend to be one, I don't want to invest such a big amount for just a keyboard.
Are there some DIY or other midi keyboard whose software to customize things is actually accessible with screen readers?
Thanks!
By TheBllindGuy07, 4 March, 2024
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Apple Hardware and Compatible Accessories
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That’s an interesting…
That’s an interesting question! I am an experienced musician, and have used both hardware and software for many years.
Are you a trained musician? To be more specific, how do you enter notes when playing/using the keyboard?
This is relevant because the way you enter notes/midi into the software application could Give some information on which midi keyboard that could suit you.
Just a hobbyist
I am a musician yes. 0 experience with making music with DAW softwares though. I have always been curious to try. I actually messed up a lot with musescore3 at that time on windows with both that same midi keyboard from akai and the other input method on the keyboard implemented with musescore. I have more experience with audio editing with audacity in the past.
complete control should do it.
Yes you're going to have to spend a couple hundred but the accessibility is there.
I'm not really a musician though but have messed around with it a little bit.
here's the 32 key keyboard: https://www.native-instruments.com/en/products/komplete/keyboards/komplete-kontrol-m32/
It is in the UK but if you're not there, I'm sure you can find the version in your country. Oh and it's only £101 I believe so it's very cheep,, I'm not sure how the keys feel, they're compact so there's that to think about.