At 12:54 PM 7/3/2015, you wrote:
That's strange about Voice Over or any screen reader for that fact, I have never even given it much thought. I keep it at a low volume and if anything clients are always blown away and extremely respectful over the fact that I'm blind and running a small studio.
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Sent: Friday, July 03, 2015 2:58 AM
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Subject: Re: How have you modified your studio for accessibility?
Hey Andy,
I feel your pain, not a fan of having VoiceOver chattering away with
clients in the room (unless they're the type to believe I'm some sort
of wizard for "coping", then every little helps to maintain the
illusion lol). The solution here that seems to work well enough has
been to use a control surface to cut down on the amount of chatter,
and keep a set of earbuds at hand for those times when I need feedback
from VoiceOver. Yeah, I know it's ridiculous to be sticking VO in your
ears when you're working on audio. I usually go with just the one ear
and the worst sealing earbuds I can find so they don't isolate much.
Guessing it'll be quite a different experience for you though if
you've got usable vision.
On the control surface front, all I'll add is that there's a world of
difference between a Nano Kontrol and something like a Mackie MCU.
Although the capabilities are similar, the Nano Kontrol feels like
working on a fiddly plastic thingy. It's handy when you need to be
uber portable of course, but nothing like a console. If you've already
used the C24, then I guess you're already aware that there's more out
there control surface wise. I'm not a fan of the surface integration
in some DAWs, but think that Pro Tools pretty much nails it. If DAW
Controller on your iPad doesn't work out for any reason, I'd guess
it'd be time and money well spent for you to pick up a used MCU or
similar and spend some time with it. Or, a buddy of mine who has some
rapidly declining but still usable vision has just switched to using
an X32 because the accompanying iOS and Android apps are killer. Might
not be appropriate for you if you've already got better I/O, but for
him it works out well because he does a lot of live stuff and couldn't
see what the band were signaling for anymore. This way he can potter
about on stage talking to them during sound check and set up their
monitor mixes from the iPad. He throws up a couple of extra mics at
strategic unobtrusive points on stage that feed to him instead of
front of house so that they can ask for tweaks during the show if
necessary. The musos seem to like it, feedback has been really good.
Digging the vintage guitar tones I heard from a quick poke at the
first site on your list. Good luck man.
Scott
On 7/2/15, Velcro Lewis <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Mac-
>
> I have a Korg Nano Kontroller and I think it works fine when I have the
> patience for it. I mix using the console sometimes and prefer the sliding
> by hand. The Korg surface is very touchy and unlike the Avid C24 that I
> have used it doesn't follow the automation which I prefer. VoiceOver on the
>
> other is very distracting especially if I have a client in row control room
>
> with me.
>
> I've been using Pro Tools since '98 and I guess I'm just used to it.
> I think I'll need some hands-on training with VoiceOver and ProTools in
> order to get comfortable.
> In the meantime I'm gonna be an old grump and stick to what I've got.
>
>
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