Re: Interest in accessibility being added to music making hardware
Of course we hope for accessibility and have complete right to do it all the time, but usually big companies just don't get it or simply don't give remote crap about the issue, because we are such a small bunch from their standpoint, that there is not enough reason to bother and that's where the sadness of it all is buried. Same goes for both hard- and software parts of the music making world. Nowadays there's a new kind of hybrid pain in the dark hole: such companies as Arturia or Behringer hide some, as they say: "non-performance settings" from the user behind some awful software solution, which is definitely not accessible. So while it's possible with some ocr-ing around and cursing loudly to perform firmware updates, it's definitely almost not possible to change those hidden settings without messing something up using those solutions. This last thing I don't really understand: why bother developing some strange software instead of just implementing some kind of alternative boot place or a small menu for changing those settings.
So yeah - anyway, good luck in trying to convince Akai to make their newer line of MPC's accessible, but personally I wouldn't hold my breath on it. Obviously I'm in no way trying to be overly pessimistic or bring down somebody's hopes, it's just experience, that produces these thoughts.
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