Interest in accessibility being added to music making hardware
What prompted me to make this post was my curiosity of how many blind people in general would enjoy accessibility being added to standalone music making hardware, not just software. I know there is a lot of synth guys on here. But I'm talking about general production devices. Like Akai's MPC Live 2.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1gSjkOBBW8
For those who aren't as familiar with these devices, I advise you guys to go look up the history of the MPC and generally what they do.
I have purchased an MPC 1000 (2003), because of the lack of a touchscreen and a pure button based workflow , which would allow me, to a degree, memorize the machine's menus. I did this because I wanted a more hands on approach to productions that using Reaper with my Keylab mk2 wouldn't provide, because its not possible to map the keyboard to do all the things I wanted. Also because of the lack of distractions that one faces with a computer and smartphone. I also think the portability of the hardware is appealing, the battery and speaker would be fantastic for spontaneous jam sessions, beat making almost anywhere you want, etc.
I was thinking about writing an email To Akai explaining my desire for a voiceover-like accessibility feature added to the Live 2, but I wanted to ask here first to get other's thoughts.
What's nice about all the flagship MPCs is they all run on more or less the same software, with some differences to accommodate for the extra buttons on its bigger brothers, The MPC X is the bad boy of the bunch, go look it up if you want to know more about it. I think that one would be out of reach for most of us ($2000), but I feel like a lot of you guys here would enjoy the Live, its small but still super flexible. I already have some ideas on how the TTS feature could be implemented and how it would work with the touchscreen and mixing, etc. If people on here feel the same as me It'd be awesome if I can gather a bunch of thoughts from people and send a massive email to Akai, its worth a shot to me!
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