tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18734173.post6354373977619157912..comments2024-03-23T14:36:56.227-04:00Comments on The Collaborative Piano Blog: On Being a Paperless PianistChris Foleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05248396106719265480noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18734173.post-24692527348083298422010-09-14T06:02:27.043-04:002010-09-14T06:02:27.043-04:00Hugh - check your Gmail?Hugh - check your Gmail?Totohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05643427505422178454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18734173.post-62691982633991373792010-09-12T23:23:59.087-04:002010-09-12T23:23:59.087-04:00LOL - Kathy Chi was the one who got me to go to Ba...LOL - Kathy Chi was the one who got me to go to Banff that year! And yes, I think I've gotten complimented on having a "mile-wide grin" many times in my life :DHugh Sunghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00304107939137071579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18734173.post-67257797199400695282010-09-11T07:43:54.515-04:002010-09-11T07:43:54.515-04:00Twelve computers! I should have known. I suppose t...Twelve computers! I should have known. I suppose this means you could afford an assistant to manually scan all the scores that weren't already in digital form. ;-)<br /><br />Yes, I suppose this is the only safe way to go - with multiple redundancy. Maybe I should sniff around for some government funding...<br /><br />Yes, I was in Banff - possibly it was 1986. I do vaguely remember a young Oriental man with a mile-wide grin... Kathy Chi was also there.Totohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05643427505422178454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18734173.post-89401320468971236262010-09-10T11:30:23.372-04:002010-09-10T11:30:23.372-04:00@Toto
1) The great thing about digital sheet music...@Toto<br />1) The great thing about digital sheet music is that it's very easy to make multiple backup copies in a variety of formats. I own about 12 computers and have my library copied to about 10 of them - if one of my machines breaks down, it's really no hassle to just pick up another one and keep going. I also use external hard drives and USB thumb drives (my entire library can fit in a 16 GB thumb drive). When I go on tour, I typically email the program to myself, so that in a worst case scenario I can just download the scores and borrow another computer to read them. Having been completely paperless for almost 10 years, I actually get paranoid with paper scores - too easy to mangle, lose, or misplace for me!<br /><br />2) Yup! Worked with Marek Jablonski and Claude Frank that summer in Banff - what an amazing time! Were you there?Hugh Sunghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00304107939137071579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18734173.post-26910939709139393212010-09-10T09:00:13.825-04:002010-09-10T09:00:13.825-04:00Hugh, thanks for your reply. (Thanks also for the ...Hugh, thanks for your reply. (Thanks also for the candor in your profile, which discloses your association with AirTurn. ;-) If I might be allowed two followup questions....<br /><br />1) Do you keep hardcopy backups with you in case of crash?<br /><br />2) Off-topic: did you ever study one summer in Banff during the late-80's?Totohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05643427505422178454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18734173.post-61324966747741243872010-09-10T08:09:25.966-04:002010-09-10T08:09:25.966-04:00Hi Toto - great question! One of MusicReader'...Hi Toto - great question! One of MusicReader's strengths is its page turning speed. It pre-caches the page images so that page turns are instantaneous, faster than any PDF reader or image document program I've ever worked with. The only hesitation occurs when you first open a file in MusicReader, as the pages are being pre-loaded into the memory buffer, but afterwards performance is consistently zippy.Hugh Sunghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00304107939137071579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18734173.post-61350112105726070662010-09-09T18:47:50.825-04:002010-09-09T18:47:50.825-04:00I am almost ready to embrace the AirTurn/MusicRead...I am almost ready to embrace the AirTurn/MusicReader concept myself - it's just a question of about a thousand dollars in hardware investment (that I don't have - sob!).<br /><br />Two years ago, I had a chance to use a Freehand MusicPad Pro for two weeks, and was frustrated beyond belief that it was large, clunky, heavy, generally unwieldy, with a faulty charging design, and finally based on ten- or fifteen-year-old Mac technology which couldn't be updated. In addition, tech support was completely unhelpful and accusatory. If only they had been smart and seen fit to adapt to newer CPU and screen designs...<br /><br />I wish to direct a question to Hugh. Have you ever had any hesitation in your MusicReader software, whether in page "drawing" or in page switching? I ask because in typical Adobe Reader use, I usually expect to get a hesitation somewhere when scrolling down by pages, even if the document is completely resident in memory.Totohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05643427505422178454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18734173.post-66886759115968241472010-04-28T09:52:54.497-04:002010-04-28T09:52:54.497-04:00Fabulous! I've just been using Preview on my m...Fabulous! I've just been using Preview on my mac to view PDF files, but it doesn't turn the pages for you automatically. Lately, I've been using my Ipad, which has a few great sheet music readers, but again, none that will turn pages for you (without flicking your finger across the screen). I'd love to see something like this for the iPad, or other tablet devices, which would be much easier to set up on the piano than a big laptop. (Hint: Maybe you could even do away with the pedal if you could find a way for the program to listen to you play and determine where you were in the music and turn for you when you get to a certain spot).Music Teacherhttp://www.musicteachershelper.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18734173.post-89973181334232970002010-04-28T07:06:20.089-04:002010-04-28T07:06:20.089-04:00I recently purchased a Lenovo X200 Tablet PC with ...I recently purchased a Lenovo X200 Tablet PC with Windows 7 and I have to say, it's the best tablet pc I've worked with in my 8 years of being a paperless pianist. It features a dual touchscreen and digitizer pen, and a matte wide angle display that performs brilliantly under concert lighting. I used it in a recent TV broadcast taping in Korea under bright spotlights and had no trouble reading the music clearly. It's also one of the quietest computers I've ever used - even at high capacity, you can barely hear any fan noise.<br /><br />I'll try to post a video review of the Lenovo in an upcoming episode of our podcast. You can find us in iTunes listed as "AirTurn's Tips and Tricks for Modern Musicians"Hugh Sunghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00304107939137071579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18734173.post-49523992514938779672010-04-27T15:23:20.895-04:002010-04-27T15:23:20.895-04:00My work as a page-turner is being threatened! I s...My work as a page-turner is being threatened! I shall be obsolete to my brothers! Already Jamie said I wasn't required as he used this gadget for Constantinople. <br /><br />Yeek!Liz Parkerhttp://LIZPR.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18734173.post-61194965711247262192010-04-27T12:06:31.465-04:002010-04-27T12:06:31.465-04:00Can anyone recommend a tablet style computer for t...Can anyone recommend a tablet style computer for this purpose? I don't think a laptop would work for me because much of the time I'm using uprights.<br /><br />Thanks!Tracyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04678634129450446423noreply@blogger.com