Hey all. This is a message I got from another list. Don't know much about it but if it can help blind musicians i figured I should pass it along wherever I haven't seen it. Thanks bb
-Original message- Hello there, Over the years that I have been a silent part of this great growing vibrant community, I have seen people with signatures that identify them as musicians. The art of creating music with the computer has been gaining a lot of popularity recently, and we have seen excellent virtual instruments enter the market. Best Service's XSample Chamber Orchestra, Galaxy Steinway, Vintage D, Synthogy Ivory, Grand Piano, EastWest Quantum Leap Storm Drums, EastWest Quantum Leap Voices of Passion, EastWest Quantum Leap Orchestra gold, silver, and platinum, Gariton Personal Orchestra and Miroslav Philharmonik are just a few of them. However, the big news is, none of these are actually accessible, rendering the blind unable to use these wonderful sounds. Now, as we all know, music amongst the blind has been picking up these last few years and we see a lot of blind musicians climbing the ladder of musical success, from all over the world. Since music is moving towards electronic composition, hence giving composers better recording, and getting the job done in a fraction of the real price, this puts the blind at a serious disadvantage. People won't order any music to be composed because they need to pay for performers, studio hours, and searching for players who fit their needs. There is one thing all these instruments have in common though: they all use a voice sample player, called Kontakt Player. A voice sample player is the software that loads the samples recorded in high-quality studios by great performers, and allows you to use them. So, this player's interface is what we actually see. To put it in the simplest terms, by making Kontakt Player accessible, ninety per cent (if not all) of these instruments will be accessible by the blind. Therefore, I invite you to please sign this petition, so it could be shown to the Kontakt Player support, and maybe spur them to action. So far, my emails have met non-committal shrugs. The link is: http://www.petitiononline.com/kontakt/petition.html Thank you, and please spread the word to whoever you think might care. Best, Parham To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [email protected]
