On Dec 9, 2010, at 1:54 PM, John Howell wrote: >> > OK, maybe I've just produced too many concerts and shows, and had to learn to > read between the lines to anticipate the problems that MIGHT come up or WOULD > come up. > > Item: Time spent "stuffing" the iPads compared with time to stuff the > orchestra folders. They'd have to be done one at a time if there is no > networking, and if there IS networking the number of wrong things that can be > done by a non-computer expert increases. >
Hence why you have your Orchestra's librarian do it......... > Item: Marking parts before "stuffing" (or, I suppose, AFTER "stuffing"). > Added to the time it would take to mark paper parts, unless it could be done > in one swell foop through a network. (There's that networking again.) Though the flip side is making sure all the parts don't have OLD marking that need to be unerased, etc. I don't get why you seem to think networking is a problem......I guess we fear what we don't understand? I dunno. > > Item: UN-marking parts before filing them away. Might actually save time if > the marked parts are simply trashed and the unmarked parts saved. Or you can just click a button on the App to have it erase any annotations you put on the part. > > Item: Creating the .pdf files (if that's what's needed) in the first place. > Presumably has to be done one PAGE at a time (not one PART at a time) using a > scanner and computer (which are not currently required for most of the > librarian's jobs). A HUGE investment of time, using equipment that is more > expensive because it has to handle oversized scores. You don't really expect > Bärenreiter and Schott to start publishing their catalogs as .pdf files, do > you?!!!! And any 3rd party cottage industry trying to do so would run smack > up against copyright laws! True, public domain stuff would be first. I suppose if music companies embraced the technology, they could have applications that could check to see if things are licensed correctly. Assuming that most stuff is already digital (as most everything seems to have a new edition out that is computer engraved) the scanning thing is sorta a moot point. > > Final item: Networking itself. The normal, naive computer user (i.e. ME!!!) > already can't get different components to work together, communicate with > each other, and match up to work the way you need them to. Right now I have > a 1.5 Tb drive that's supposed to be backing up my computer on a regular > basis, and it isn't! I don't know why, and won't until my son-in-law comes > for the holidays and makes it well. Competing operating systems, competing > hardware, competing standards, competing proprietary schemes--you can't win > if you aren't already an expert. And I'm not. Most people are not. In fact > I suspect that a majority of the population over 40 don't even own a computer > or have a clue how to operate one. I can't speak to your networking problems. There really isn't any magic involved, just following directions. And I would question your "majority of the population over 40 don't even own a computer" statement. You pulled that out of.....where? PDF is a good format to start, it works on everything, and things display like they are supposed to display. Assuming that an Orchestra did invest in an all electronic setup, you' d have a someone handle the music and the putting it on the devices part of it. But I don't see this as a BIG TIME need. I mean, have you USED something like an iPad? It's simple._______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
