Seriously? Tech support? For an iPad? What, is it going to get a virus? People aren't going to figure out how to touch it and get it to work right?
I mean,other than keeping it charged......there isn't a whole lot that requires "tech" support Sent from my iSomething On Dec 9, 2010, at 8:01 AM, Robert Patterson <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
