[ddots-l] Training Opportunities in Use of Technology for Blind Musicians from Dancing Dots [cross-posted]
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- Date: Wed, 13 May 2009 21:45:39 -0400
Note: Please forward as appropriate. If you would like to organize such
small-group training courses in your part of the world, please call
610-783-6692 and choose Option 1. We can explore the possibilities and
tailor an arrangement that fits your needs. We also offer remote training
using technology to connect our desktop to yours.
...
There's still time to attend our June training sessions in Minneapolis. In
cooperation with Handy Tech North America, we can offer both our audio
production and our accessible music notation courses simultaneously on June
11 and 12 at their spacious and comfortable facilities.
Save the date and include our October trainings in your budgeting plans now.
In cooperation with the California School for the Blind, we will offer 4
days of training from October 6TH through the 9TH, 2009.
Here's a list of the course titles, dates and locations with a link to the
related online registration form. More detail follows the list. If you
have difficulty following the individual links, just go to
www.DancingDots.com and follow the link for "Training".
June 11 and 12, 2009, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Accessible Audio Production: Track, Mix and Master with SONAR
http://handytech.us/sonar.html
June 11 and 12, 2009, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Producing Accessible Music Materials with GOODFEEL
http://handytech.us/prod_braille_reg.html
Fremont, California
Dancing Dots Presents 2, Two-day Courses in Use of Accessible Music
Technology
1. Accessible Audio Production: Track, Mix and Master with SONAR Tuesday,
October 6, and Wednesday, October 7, 2009 - 8:30 AM to 4:00 PM.
2. Producing Accessible Music Materials with GOODFEEL Software from Dancing
Dots Thursday, October 8, and Friday, October 9, 2009 - 8:30 AM to 4:00 PM.
http://www.dancingdots.com/main/training_reg.htm
Overview of Accessible Audio Production: Track, Mix and Master with SONAR
Learn to use the SONAR digital audio workstation software that converts a
Windows-based PC into a multi-track, high-end recording studio complete with
high-tech audio effects such as reverb, compression and equalization. SONAR
lets you record electronic instrumental sounds onto individual tracks using
a MIDI musical keyboard. using a microphone, you can record acoustic sounds
such as someone singing or playing a real violin onto audio tracks. SONAR
ships with a number of so-called soft synthes. These are digital software
instruments that can be triggered by the musical keyboard. Record, revise,
mix and master your creation and export it to one of a variety of audio
formats such as .wav, Windows Media or mp3.
CakeTalking for SONAR from Dancing Dots is a JAWS-based access method for
SONAR that allows blind audio producers to operate SONAR independently using
a blend of verbal and sound cues. CakeTalking installs a number of detailed
tutorial documents containing hundreds of pages of valuable information
written primarily for the user of JAWS for Windows and also features
extensive online help.
Overview of
Producing Accessible Music Materials with GOODFEEL
Many vision teachers and music educators who serve blind students are unsure
how to help them to participate fully in school music programs and classes.
In this two-day course, they will learn how to prepare accessible music
notation quickly and at the local level. Sighted, people who can read print
music but who do not necessarily know anything about literary or music
braille can use the suite of software from Dancing Dots called GOODFEEL to
enter, revise and automatically transcribe print music into the equivalent
braille score. An audio playback option is available as an aid to braille
music reading and for those students who cannot read braille but can learn
their part by listening to the notation being played back in tempo.
Participants will learn the basics of braille music. In an hour or so, you
will learn to read and perform simple rhythmic patterns and melodies notated
in braille: hardcopy for blind readers, printed braille font for sighted.
With the release of GOODFEEL 3.0 in late 2005, Dancing Dots introduced the
first version of their braille music software that has been integrated with
an established music editor software called Lime. Consequently, for blind
participants, much of this course will focus on using Lime to read and write
music.
Blind participants will use Lime with the JAWS for Windows screen reader.
They will hear musical tones accompanied by verbal descriptions of notes and
other score elements. This information is reinforced by reading the
equivalent braille music notation on an electronic braille display connected
to the PC.
Regards,
Bill
Bill McCann
Founder and President of Dancing Dots since 1992
www.DancingDots.com
Tel: [001] 610-783-6692
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