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> SuperCollider would probably work quite well for somebody visually
> impaired. Just make the font sizes big enough to see comfortably. It's
> great for real-time and sounds great. Yeah, bit of a learning curve,
> though, especially if you don't already have some oop experience.
>
> On Thursday, August 9, 2001, at 08:53 PM, Michal Seta wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Well, I'm no expert on visually impaired but if you're a coder you will
>> probably find Csound and SuperCollider usefuls (www.csounds.com,
>> www.audiosynth.com).
>>
>> For Csound you basically use your fav text editor and in SuperCollider
>> you
>> can set the font size to your liking.  Both quite a steep learning
>> curve.
>>
>> Csound is quite lousy in real-time (but that may change in the future
>> on a
>> Mac according to the earlier post from Dr. R. Boulanger but the Direct
>> Csound on PC is apparently good).  SuperCollider also understnds MIDI
>> so if
>> you have a MIDI guitar or a MIDI pickup ( I use the Roland GR-50 with a
>> MIDI
>> pickup - can't recall the model, though) you can very nicely use your
>> guitar
>> and your skill as means of control.
>>
>> Then, you can convert your PII into a Linux Box and there are a few more
>> options with similar (dis)advantages
>> (http://www.bright.net/~dlphilp/linuxsound/).  According to a recent
>> study
>> done by Karl MacMillan and friends Linux seems to pretty much lead in
>> terms
>> of audio latencies (alongside with MacOS X).
>>
>> cheers
>>
>> ./MiS
>>
>> on 8/8/01 7:41 PM, tim kugel at guitardo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>>
>>> Hello,
>>> first, sorry for previous pedantic attempts to add commentary - I was
>>> pissed
>>>
>>> I am asking a general question here - I'm a visually disabled person
>>> (low
>>> vision).   I am getting interested in going beyond synths and need
>>> info about
>>> coding type of music work.  I want advice from anyone willing
>>> regarding the
>>> visual interface for the different systems and programs around.  How
>>> large,
>>> simple-looking, what is the manual like, (like font size used, size of
>>> diagrams) what kind of contrast is used in the software, is it
>>> changeable,
>>> etc.
>>>
>>> I generally have problems with large documents because of eye strain,
>>> and .pdf
>>> is not a great tool because I seem to need to move the page back and
>>> forth as
>>> well as magnify it - a doubly slow process.  18 pt. font is what I
>>> need.
>>>
>>> I am aware of a dozen or more softwares (I mean the music software
>>> now),  but
>>> because this list is about all I can handle reading, I am probably
>>> unaware of
>>> some.  I have had some programming experience (15 years ago though).
>>> I have
>>> seen Kyma demonstrated at my house and have a trial version of
>>> max/msp.  I am
>>> able to see but only a few words at a time and with my right eye very
>>> close to
>>> the monitor.  The max/msp manuals are long - 371 pages in tutorials
>>> alone.
>>>
>>> I am not planning to throw away all my other equipment and use only a
>>> laptop,
>>> though I'd like to be able to work while I travel - I have always
>>> played
>>> guitar and want to include that as a controller and acoustic source
>>> still - I
>>> like microsound and experimental 20th century music more than
>>> dance/"techno"
>>> music in general (but have no grudge against dance-related stuff -
>>> love it!) -
>>> so maybe that gives you an idea of what might be suitable.
>>>
>>> I like the Nord editor, and can use it.   I've also tried software
>>> synths for
>>> the Mac a little (Propellerheads and NI) and own a P2 but prefer the
>>> Macs. My
>>> eyes are not as bad as some folks with this affliction - and if you
>>> feel, for
>>> example, that a particular hardware tool has a great visual interface
>>> (like
>>> the su700?) please mention it, even if in usage it is kind of non
>>> microsound
>>> typically.
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance for those who choose to help me, and reply off line
>>> if
>>> appropriate.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Tim
>>>
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