Thanks, Doug, four thoughts on the tuner problem. I thought about the sensors, too. I have an old Boss tuner with the two lights. I cn't figure our how to get the sensors and get them functionable. Thanks again, randy ----- Original Message ----- From: "seattleguitarman" <seattleguitarman@xxxxxxxxx> To: <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, March 06, 2006 2:07 PM Subject: [ddots-l] Mackie mixers > Hi Folks, > > I was out of town and just returned to catch up on > postings about Mackie mixers. A really good book that > covers many of them including all the ones mentioned > in the posts is: > > Mackie Compact Mixers by Rudy Trubitt. > > It is good at not only explaining the workings of > Mackie mixers but also mixers in general. > Additionally, I've written to him at his web site and > he wrote back thanking my for compliments about his > book and said I should write back if I had questions. > > His web site is at: > > http://www.trubitt.com/ > > Also, Mackie is located just North of where I live in > Seattle. One woman who is a key player in web > accessibility lives here in Seattle and her husband > works there. If folks aren't getting accessible pdfs > from them I could pass along requests through her. > [She is out on maternity leave at the moment so that > might take a month or two.] > > As a sighted user I can see that one major > inaccessible aspect of their mixers is in the line > level set up instruction. It has you set a few > buttons and watch for the LED lights to be at a > certain level. > > This too touches upon that other person's post about > tuners with their visual cue for being in tune. > > Perhaps the workaround for each of these is some > sensor that would sit atop the desired led light and > then audibly chime to indicate that it has been > reached. > > My Korg guitar tuner has not only a needle meter but > also a two red triangle lights to indicate sharp or > flat. Other tuners I've used have multi-color > schemes. > > If the manufacturer can send a signal to a light when > a note is sharp, flat, or on pitch (or too high in the > case of a peak meter) then that same signal could be > routed to something else. I'd imagine the best > solution for the tuner would be an earphone output > jack so that the tone wouldn't interfere with tuning. > > Doug Hayman > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- > ** [mailto:ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] > ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: > ** ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > ** and in the Subject line type > ** unsubscribe > ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the > ** immediately-following link:- > ** [mailto:ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] > ** or send a message, to > ** ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq > ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq