He didn't say. There might be some form of discount, but, even if not, the price is reasonable when you consider that the $120 includes an editor for pretty much all of the data types all at once. Bryan -----Original Message----- From: moaccess-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:moaccess-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jes Sent: Friday, September 07, 2007 4:40 PM To: MoAccess@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [MoAccess] Motif XS Editors are Coming Awesome. I assume paypal will be accepted as a method of payment? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Damon Fibraio" <dfibraio@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <MoAccess@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, September 07, 2007 10:45 AM Subject: Re: [MoAccess] Motif XS Editors are Coming > Hey, Bryan. Did he say anything about upgraded from the es editors? If > not, > I am prepared to shell out the cash, but it would be cool if there was an > upgrade path from the es versions. > > -- > Damon Fibraio > screen names -- aol: dfibraio...msn dfibraio@xxxxxxxxxxxx skype: dfibraio > web sites: personal music site: http://www.keyboardguy.com. band: > http://www.queenoftheryche.com. Internet Radio station: > http://www.nhbradio.com > Internet radio show every Wednesday night from 8 to 11 pm eastern > > -----Original Message----- > From: moaccess-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:moaccess-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > On Behalf Of Bryan Smart > Sent: Friday, September 07, 2007 9:21 AM > To: MoAccess@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [MoAccess] Motif XS Editors are Coming > > Hi everyone. > > After a lot of work and some help from Yamaha, John Melas will be > releasing version 1.0 of his editors for the Motif XS on the 17th of > this month. This will include the voice editor, performance editor, > master editor, mix editor, mix syncronizer plug in for Sonar, and the > librarian. > > We're still working to get Yamaha to address a few small bugs in how the > XS responds to some of the SysEx commands that it receives, so a very > tiny number of features won't be available until Yamaha fixes the bugs. > However, 99% of everything works. > > Also, while the programs are fairly accessible as-is, I will be > releasing a set of Jaws scripts to improve accessibility further. I'll > explain more about this later on, but basically John has had to use some > non-standard Windows controls in order to have the program behave in the > best way possible. For example, the controls that change values can let > you type numbers, use the arrow keys, or, in some cases, actually press > keys on the XS when focused on the computer control to set things like > velocity or key values. The basic Windows controls aren't able to do > that sort of thing. His custom controls will still be controlable from > the keyboard, but they won't speak automatically because, to a screen > reader, they still seem as if they're some strange custom control. My > script package will cause the editors to speak important values > automatically, and will provide other tutorial prompts to help you find > your way around the hundreds of controls available in these editors. I > was thinking about charging a small amount for the scripts, but I've > decided to give them to the community as-is. If I charged, I'd need to > use a serial number system, and that would lock the scripts to a > particular copy of Jaws. Rather than put everyone through that, I'd ask > that, if you think the scripts are useful, that you please consider > donating about $10 to the site. > > I'll post more info about the scripts at a later point. However, I > wanted to let everyone know that you will have the editors in less than > two weeks. Pricing has not been firmly set, but will probably cost > around $120 for the complete package. > > Bryan > >