[RWP] What's the current state of n I kontact accessibility with hsc and ahk?

[Calvin Botha]

Couldn't have said it better myself Steve!!

On 4/30/13, Steve Spamer <steve at vipaudioaccess.com> wrote:
> Hi Trahern.  Without going too deep with my explanation, the big issue with
> Kontakt is basically what Calvin said.  Further accessibility can be
> gained,
> but the time, effort, investment, skill level does not match what would be
> gained by that amount of input.  What I mean is I currently have more
> accessibility with a set I have here, plus I could add more, like the
> parameters of each instrument, so you can tweek it etc, but the task in
> doing this is not an attractive project, as the support you would get from
> a
> finished result would be at best minimal.
>
> I said to Calvin that I think the best way to go is to support specific
> libraries that work with Kontakt, as they have their own controls etc and
> there's much more choice available to the user, meaning 1 library may be
> very dificult to make accessible, but another would be much easier.  Also,
> developers IMO are much more up for having their libraries made accessible
> and are willing to promote such things, which in turn creates a more open
> forum on accessibility.
>
> The bottom line with all of this is pretty clear to all.  For every piece
> of
> music related software made accessible, I bet less than 2 % of
> blind/visually impaired musicians will support it for whatever reason.
> Most
> want stuff free and a lot cannot get it licenced for obvious reasons.  The
> only insentive to do this is firstly for personal reasons and access...and
> secondly for the few who show support to such projects.  Cheers Steve.
>
> Visit:
> www.vipaudioaccess.com
> for audio access solutions, articles, demos, to showcase your music and  to
> basically get involved!
> -----Original Message-----
> From: RWP [mailto:rwp-bounces at reaaccess.com] On Behalf Of trahern culver
> Sent: 30 April 2013 08:43
> To: Reapers Without Peepers
> Subject: Re: [RWP] What's the current state of n I kontact accessibility
> with hsc and ahk?
>
> So how much access to kontact do steavs scrips give the user? Kind regards
> trahern
>
> On 30/04/2013, at 6:48 AM, Calvin Botha <djdarkness.botha at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hay trahern. TO understand the current state of Kontakt accessibility,
>> you must realise that every library for kontakt has a different
>> interface with kontakt acting as a frontend for the library. It's not
>> static like spectrosonics products or like most of the vsts found in
>> Sonar or Reaper. As you know kontakt is bitmapped, with tons of
>> interface elements that change as one interacts with them.
>>
>> So far Steve from VIP Audio access has done some amazing work with
>> regards to Kontakt accessibility. You can check out his latest hsc set
>> for kontakt and reaper here:
>>
>>
> http://www.vipaudioaccess.com/free-hsc-set-kontakt-basic-operation/#comment-
> 444
>>
>> Steve has also taken on the mamith task of making some libraries for
>> kontakt accessible. The first 2 he has just finished are from orange
>> tree samples. Absilutely amazing sounding guitar libraries. Check it
>> out from the link below:
>>
>> http://www.vipaudioaccess.com/pricing-and-ordering/
>>
>> Their are several demmos of these libraries up so far. I myself am
>> seriously keen on purchasing these.
>>
>> Hope this helps.
>>
>> On 4/30/13, trahern culver <sound.warrior20 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Hey all what's the current state of native instruments kontact
>>> accessabilitie with hsc and ahk? Is the latest version fully accessable?
>>> Your help with this question would be most welcome kind regards trahern
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