[ddots-l] Re: Accessible keyboards?
- From: "W. Nick Dotson" <nickdotson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2005 09:19:39 -0600
Because if you're using a sequencer for a whole night's gig, you're probably
going to go with a rack-mount or laptop computer rather than having to werstle
with the sequencers in the hardware... With the facilities of a multi-port
rack mount midi system, you can control everything from effects processors, to
lights,
and a click-track for the pieces. Seems like, on this list, the preponderance
of computer knowledgeable personel in the band is going to be a blind guy out
of necessity, and the blind guy is going to be running the group to get out
from under the transportation bug-a-boo...
Nick
On Fri, 25 Nov 2005 03:19:50 -0800 (PST), omar binno wrote:
Good idea. My question is though, if we need a
computer for a device like this; how can such a device
be used on stage for those of us who use our synths a
lot in live performances?
--- Mike C <m_dsmusic@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I agree with what you are saying Nick, if a keyboard
> were to be made
> accessible, it should be done through a midi channel
> of some sort, where the
> computer would output the speech from the unit. It
> would be silly to have
> speech ouput from a unit itself as you wouldn't want
> to have some device
> talking through a PA system while doing a gig.
> furthermore if an accessible
> medium were to be implimented I'm sure that folks on
> the list who own older
> modules such as the Yamaha EMU90, or Korg Triton
> wouldn't want to give up
> those units just to purchase an accessible unit
> worth thousands of dollars.
> Again my opinion is that the accessible part would
> have to be implimented
> through a midi channel, and have output spoken on
> the computer, or braille
> display itself.
>
> I know myself that I love my Fantom XR, and I
> wouldn't trade it for anything
> at this point in time.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "W. Nick Dotson" <nickdotson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, November 24, 2005 11:37 AM
> Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Accessible keyboards?
>
>
> >I certainly think you're on the right page. Seems
> to me that having
> >manufacturer's get behind a subset of the MIDI
> standard, to allow their
> >devices to send
> > data in a manner analagous to the way that some of
> the Kurzweil's do, Dave
> > Scrimenti (spelling?) and his brother used, might
> be the direction. The
> > less
> > well-thought out less well articulated the
> request, the sillier will be
> > the results. This is the kind of thing that it
> would be good to have
> > someone get behind
> > and present to manufacturer's meetings at N.A.M.
> or similar industry-wide
> > conferences. I would think, for instance, getting
> the CakeWalk folks,
> > perhaps
> > because of Jerry knowing them, the ProTools folks,
> to present a combined
> > proposal to hardware manufacturer's, with say
> Jerry, the JSonar, and
> > Dancing
> > Dots putting together the "wish list" and
> suggested means by which this
> > could be accomplished, which would then be
> endorsed by the software folks
> > previously mentioned. I would say, for instance,
> allow the end-user of a
> > device tp press a button, maybe with a
> standardized shape or symbol on it,
> > which
> > would envoke the data transfer process on a
> specific channel, so that
> > commencement of the control process could be done
> by a blind device owner
> > independently...
> >
> > Nick
> >
> > On Wed, 23 Nov 2005 22:27:22 -0700, Sean A.
> Cummins wrote:
> >
> > WHOA! GANG! Please stop and think about what you
> are asking for!
> >
> >
> >
> > I am all for asking companies to help, but let's
> not corner ourselves into
> > only one answer.
> >
> >
> >
> > True accessibility is opening the doors to many
> options and not just one.
> > I
> > don't know about the rest of you, but I own many
> different types of
> > Microphones and many different types of guitars
> and other instruments
> > RIGHT?! So why would I want to have only one
> keyboard company making an
> > accessible keyboard. OH, I know, we can write all
> of them, but we'll be
> > lucky if one even gives such a small market a
> second thought. Rather, we
> > need to approach an individual or individuals that
> can get us access to
> > all
> > of the MIDI devices that are all ready passing
> data free from one to the
> > other.
> >
> >
> >
> > I had been pioneering a MIDI music system for the
> blind way back in the
> > early eighties, and the best thing to have ever
> happen to the industry was
> > the development of the MIDI interface. This
> happens to be one of the only
> > industries that sat down and worked out a standard
> by which all computer
> > based instrument could exchange data and control
> one another. This data
> > flow is our key to accessibility! We just need to
> find the person and or
> > persons that would continue to bring all of the
> concepts together.
> >
> >
> >
> > I would even venture to say that a foundation like
> the Microsoft
> > Foundation
> > would underwrite the development of the technology
> if one were to organize
> > and manage just such a project.
> >
> >
> >
> > Data is the key to freedom and not necessarily
> hardware.
> >
> >
> >
> > Give a man a fish. and he eats for a day!
> >
> > Teach a man to fish. and he eats for a lifetime!
> >
> >
> >
> > In my opinion, this is just what Dancing Dots has
> done for us all ready!
> > I
> > propose that someone take up the cause of finding
> Dancing Dots the
> > underwriters for their and our benefit!
> >
> >
> >
> > God bless you all this Thanksgiving!
> >
> >
> >
> > Sean A. Cummins
> >
> >
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