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Re: What can blind and visually impaired loopers do?



Not ready for that yet. Never associated Wii devices with looping.
Tyler Z
On Sat, 28 Jul 2012 13:51:34 -0500, Ricky Graham wrote:


>Perhaps you could use a WiiRemote as a method of controlling any
>looping audio interface or VST/AU. This could be achieved in Pure Data
>or Max/MSP. The WiiRemote could provide tactile feedback through the
>vibration function, perhaps providing tactile cues for loop points. I
>could perhaps build one for you to try in Max for Live/Ableton.
>
>Ricky
>
>On Sat, Jul 28, 2012 at 11:25 AM, William Walker <billwalker@baymoon.com> 
>wrote:
>>The  guy Per is mentioning is Jean Philippe Rykiel
>>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Philippe_Rykiel the great french 
>>pianist
>>and composer. he was trying to find a new Repeater or a new solution for 
>>his
>>Repeater which was great unit for him because it was so big and had large
>>tactile buttons and sliders.  Someone was trying to convince him that 
>>some
>>kind of large pad surface controller with a software looper, might be a
>>solution. Not sure how that turned out for him, he didn't stick around 
>>that
>>long. , I followed up with Jean for a while, I even arranged for Bernard
>>Wagner to go meet with him and help him get his new tech together but I'm
>>not sure that ever transpired. A great guy and wonderful musician. He has
>>played with and produced many of the top west african musicians in the
>>world. Any of the current hardware pedal loopers I believe would offer 
>>you
>>enough tactile feel that you could get around, it all depends on how
>>advanced you want to go. per's solution is very good as long as you have
>>someone to help you get your templates and commands  together.
>>Bill