[ddots-l] Re: Accessible keyboards?
- From: "W. Nick Dotson" <nickdotson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2005 15:59:27 -0600
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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