Re: What can blind and visually impaired loopers do?

[Matthias Grob <matilists@gmail.com>]

this subject touches me
I am fascinated by the man-machine interfaces for a long time
and we have been discussing the shoe gazing appearence of most loopers

So I have been thinking about a pedal which can be operated without 
looking (be it that the musician looks at the public or at the instrument 
or at the equipment he operates or he closes his eyes or he is blind…)
for a start its probably enough to extend an existing pedal with 
outstanding bits that can be felt with the foot for orientation

sure, its helpful to see the loop time and multiple counting and such, but 
I do not think its essential
the Echoloop plugin sends its state by MIDI so you could verify it with a 
braille display?

or the feedback could happen with little electro magnets around the pedal 
that hit the feet or so?

On 28 Jul 2012, at 5:16 AM, Tyler wrote:

> Hello! Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe that my friend Lizzie and 
> I are the only blind 
> loopers. I like the sound of live looping, but I don't really do it. I'm 
> on this list because I loop 
> in the studio all the time, and you know what Kim said, and what Violet 
> says, about the list. But I like 
> live looping, and would like to try it. I have this feeling that a loop 
> pedal is very visual, and there are a 
> lot of visual cues. A JAWS screen reader may be able to understand 
> Ableton and Mobius. So, 
> what do you think of blind live looping? Anything that may not be 
> visual? While you come up with an answer, 
> we blind loopers, or "bloopers," will keep studio looping.
> Tyler Z
>