Colourblindness/led colours

Hi,

new to the octatrack and liking it a lot, only trouble is that the colours of the LED are hard to decipher for me even when I have two different colours underneath each other on the tracks…

I was wondering how other red-green colourblind users do find their way…
Also, I wonder if there could be a fix by adding some kind of tint to the leds?

Cannot believe how often music gear has given me trouble with this… :confused:

thanks for posting this! I’ve felt the same way and have a hard time figuring out, which is the active track - not so much on the Octatrack, but more on the A4.

on the Octatrack, I look at the display to see which track number is highlighted.

it’d be nice if there could a firmware fix to change the color/contrast of the LEDs a bit more for each indication level.

http://www.elektronauts.com/t/a4-for-the-color-blind-chaps/820/4697

This may sound ridiculous but I have found that those cheap paper, oldskool 3D glasses work great. The Red and Cyan work better than Red and Green for some reason.

It’s a similar idea to the blacklights suggested in the other thread. By closing one eye, the Red component of the light is accentuated. So, although they don’t fix your colour-blindness, they allow you to tell the difference between Red (or Amber) and Green with certainty.

They work for me anyway. I bought 10 for a couple of quid on eBay and use them whenever I need to distinguish between Red and Green, and don’t mind looking like an idiot while I do it!

Similar situation for me. The worst piece of gear I have for this is the Notron sequencer. The similar brightness levels kill me. For the OT, I found adjusting the ambient lighting in the studio to be a bit darker helps.

The better solution (only practical in a DIY situation) is using white, yellow, purple LEDs like I did on a Sequentix P3 years ago.

I don’t play live, so I can take the time to look closely to figure out the colors.