The Clarinet BBoard

The Clarinet BBoard The C4 standard

New Topic | Go to Top | Go to Topic | Search | Help/Rules | Smileys/Notes | Log In

Previous Message | Next Message

Re: Transition to Electronic Music Readers

Author: SecondTry
Date: 2022-04-24 00:22

kdk wrote:

> I'll ask a really embarrassingly) dumb question for my own
> information, because I have no experience with Apple-based
> notepads - do IPads have onboard storage (disk space, either
> physical disks or solid state)? Or do they rely on cloud
> storage?

Hi Karl:

There appear to be many good videos on Youtube that can prime the novice, but I particularly liked this one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nA3gZZNCdvM

I found the presenter's knowledge only surpassed by his affable affect.

>
> If by memory you mean RAM for running the software, you'll know
> if there's enough quickly - the pages will load too slowly for
> page turns to do-able.

It appears that even the Apple Ipad generation 9, the least recent model that Apple still makes available on their website, has more than enough horsepower to store 1000s of music files, load even the largest files within acceptable time frames, and turn pages no slower than the paper kind.

I'm more concerned that after spending the money for one of these devices that I'll find other purposes for it, either within or outside of music, and wished I had purchased a higher end model, even if more money. Two accessories I would consider, both compatible with the "9," are a stylus and a foot pedal for page turning.

Sigh, obsolescence is an absolute state in technology that only differs in one device versus another in how long it sets in, and how much it costs to provide that added "longevity."

The ubiquity of mechanisms to convert paper to PDF I'm comfortable with. I was wondering if people have favorite applications that, for example, shrink files or enhance resolution, etc.

The link provided talks about how the Forscore application can eliminate white space around a page to allow the music to be its maximize size for the tablet that it is displaying that music on.

Thanks for your thoughts, and thanks for yours--and real world experiences Fuzzy.