[ddots-l] Re: Mackie mixers
- From: "Randy" <clifford@xxxxxxxx>
- To: <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2006 22:17:15 -0500
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
>
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