[RWP] practical differences between faders and rotary pots forblind users

[Chris Belle]

HI Rusty?

That name sounds very familiar to me 'grin'.

I agree, I like the knobs on my mackie onyx 1640i mixer, with the faders I kind of have to feel the notches on the sides of the sliders and see how they line up with the lights or put a finger down and see how far up I am, but with knobs, which have a raised demarkation,
I can tell how they're rotated.

Also, knobs don't have a big empty slot just waiting to collect dust.

But I do think the faders especially long ones are good for continuous 
movement,
when doing long fades and such because it easier to do a linear movement, and your not limited to the amount of movement you can get from a knob without wrapping.

I also like the fact that knobs have ot can have a set point which you can feel.


  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Rusty Perez 
  To: rwp at reaaccess.com ; ddots-l at freelists.org 
  Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2014 11:58 AM
  Subject: [RWP] practical differences between faders and rotary pots forblind users


  Hi folks,
  this just occurred to me.
  First off, I'm a blind user. I have used hardware mixers and equipment
  for many years and I like the feel of a fader or three under my
  fingers.
  but, it just occurred to me while shopping for a very small format
  mixer, that maybe there are some advantages  of using rotary pots for
  blind folks. to get an idea of the settings more quickly on a mixer
  with rotary pots, AS LONG AS THEY ARE  marked with a tactile arrow.
  The only way, as i see it, to judge the level of individual  faders is
  by using the slot underneeth the fader, but  pots can be judged right
  on top by the familiar clock face method.
  by contrasst the faders can give us an overall "graphical"
  representation of settings relative to one another, more quickly.

  any thoughts on these theoretical musings?

  I'll still likely decide on a small format mixer with rotary pots for
  my live looping setup.


  rusty

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