[ddots-l] Re: Accessible keyboards?

Right.  My point is, and has been, a bunch of wild-eyed or "uneyed" folks 
screaming about "fairness", "I want", 
"fabulous riches in the blind  marketplace if only you'd only do thus and such" 
are not going to get us anywhere, in fact, 
will do the obverse.  I certainly understnad impatience, and poured my share of 
bread into things that sounded just like 
what I wanted in the store, but the preponderance of what I'd like to be able 
to do with them is inaccessible...  But, I 
know that industry people by and large are interested in profit formost, and in 
maintaining a status quo with an upgrade 
in sales if possible, as desired by their stockholders.  It is only by 
capturing their interest, on a one by one human in a 
company basis, then, helping their company advocate for our interests, how to 
see that what they might do to make our 
lives easier will enhance their revenue stream by playing into the needs of 
larger demographics their companies sell to, 
that our advocate will be able to sel our position up the corporate 
decision-making ladder...  I get really impatient with the 
collective ignorance in our community with respect to how corporate decisions 
get made, and what their primary goals 
and interests are, and how to play into them for our own interests.  And, it's 
something I have to do all the time since 
1985 when I joined the Adaptive Tech Indrusty, and people started flaming me 
for selling out, and why couldn't 
companies producing Adaptive Technology sell their products for less, and on 
and on and on, with no conception of 
what it takes to run a company producing hardware or software with a annual 
revenue base of $15,000,000 with is just 
big enough to distribute in the US, Europe, South and Central America, and have 
small scale distribution in Asia and 
Africa...  They, blind end-user's, seem to have the collective delusion that 
distributors are having their business 
expenses defrayed by some mechanism in the sky, rather than from a 20% or 
smaller commission, from whence their 
income, corporate and personal taxes, and those of their employees must be 
paid.  Then, as prices descended to the 
$2,900 or lower per unit level, it became impossible for the dealer to 
distribute 3.5 hours of training per unit, which used 
to be the norm, without charging the customer, lines of exclusivity broke, and 
consequently there was no useable 
feedback mechanism to ensure that mal or non-feasant dealers were punished, and 
the only thing that mattered was 
quarterly sales performance and quota attainment...  So as prices and profit 
margins dropped, the dealer had to sell more 
and leas and less after-sales customer attention could afford to be paid.  It 
is the same in music with the proliferation of 
"Musician's Friend" "Guitar Center" and other box pushing shops which keep 
prices down within about 3 brackets, 
entry-level student models, simi-pro gear, and high-end pro/studio gear...  The 
price points on new offerings never seem 
to change once determined and prooved out by long-range performance...

Nick


On Sat, 26 Nov 2005 21:19:29 -0000, Tim Burgess wrote:

 Hi,

 I certainly can't object to lots of people trying different ways - we only
 need to get the result once, after all.  The only thing that concerns me is
 folks thinking that getting a result for their particular favourite piece of
 kit is the end game - it's not.  We want access to every bit of MIDI kit out
 there.  This is a big target in itself, but will still leave the problem of
 non-MIDI kit, soft synths (although MIDI text out could potentially affect
 these if we got it through the MMA), etc..  I'm trying to focus my efforts
 on one target that I understand at the technological level and think is
 attainable in some kind of sensible time frame and where a means exists to
 address accessibility industry-wide.  If I can make this work then we all
 win, not just the fortunate few with the resources to afford a Kurzweil (I'm
 one of the lucky ones here).

 Cheers.

 Tim
 -----Original Message-----
 From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
 Behalf Of W. Nick Dotson
 Sent: 26 November 2005 21:00
 To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
 Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Accessible keyboards?

 Yeh, I know, just seems some folks are rather thick about the fact that this
 stuff just doesn't happen over night, and they've got their nickers in a
 knot...  (grin)

 Nick


 On Sat, 26 Nov 2005 12:48:39 -0000, Tim Burgess wrote:

  That's the intention. 

  Cheers.

  Tim
  -----Original Message-----
  From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
 Behalf Of W. Nick Dotson
  Sent: 25 November 2005 23:06
  To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Accessible keyboards?

  It would appear that Tim is doing exactly that with Yamaha.

  Nick

  On Fri, 25 Nov 2005 13:32:38 -0800 (PST), Jay Thompson wrote:

   Ok so we all aggreed, that a midi channel would be  ideal.  Good!  Now
 then, will somebody take the step  in getting this idea on the table to the
 manufacturers?
   Jay

   Jay Thompson
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