Another consideration for a group like an orchestra is, with everything else that can go wrong, do you really want to add network tech. support to your list of headaches when every minute of network outage during a rehearsal could cost you hundreds of dollars?
On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 10:46 AM, John Howell <[email protected]> wrote: > At 7:15 AM -0800 12/8/10, Chuck Israels wrote: > >> Dear David, >> >> I have seen no discussion of this, but one is certainly due. iPad size is >> an issue for me. I don't like a music stand right in my face, and the iPad >> does need to be closer than the 9.5 x 12.5 parts I print. I have seen a >> player here in Portland use one for reading lead sheets and, for that >> limited purpose, I think it is a handy and effective solution - no light >> problem in dark clubs and a large repertoire easily available. But that >> kind of reading is limited compared to having to take in the details in some >> ensemble parts, and I'm not yet convinced about its usefulness in that role. >> I'm eager to hear more from anyone with experience with electronic music >> stands. Someday they will work, I'm convinced of that. >> > > Oh, I'm sure they work today, they're just too darned expensive compared > with a $35 music stand!! > > This was brought up a while ago on the ChoralNet discussion, but in the > form of an advocacy rant: This is the Future and the Future is Now, and we > should have them in every classroom and they will totally do away with paper > books and music!!!!!!!!! > > Yeah, and has anyone actually noticed the "paperless office" that we were > promised, in real life?!! One of the first things I discovered when we got > our Commodore 64 back in the early '80s was that it wasn't worth much > without a printer to make paper copies! > > The actual electronic music stand can be, I believe, purchased and used > today, IF you can afford the cost, but I suspect that the bands actually > using it have it on professional loan and didn't actually put up the money > for them. The various iPad-like devices can apparently be made to work, but > they aren't designed for the job and are presently too small to be truly > useful. And whether anyone will see fit to make them large enough to be > practical, and cheap enough to be attractive, will probably be entirely > dependent on the potential market for the things, which might be a lot > smaller than we musicians picture it being. And as David said, it will take > a particular combination of size, memory, cost, and well-thought-out > functionality before most people will even consider it. And functionality > means that it has to be as easy to use as an audio cassette player in a boom > box, and not require a degree in computer science!! > > John > > > -- > John R. Howell, Assoc. Prof. of Music > Virginia Tech Department of Music > College of Liberal Arts & Human Sciences > Blacksburg, Virginia, U.S.A. 24061-0240 > Vox (540) 231-8411 Fax (540) 231-5034 > (mailto:[email protected]) > http://www.music.vt.edu/faculty/howell/howell.html > > "We never play anything the same way once." Shelly Manne's definition > of jazz musicians. > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
