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From: Jeffrey Goldberg on 8 Apr 2010 20:49 Steve Hix wrote: > In article <826d8oFv39U4(a)mid.individual.net>, Conor <conor(a)gmx.co.uk> > wrote: > >> On 08/04/2010 15:48, erilar wrote: >>> This just came up on a harp list I belong to and I thought this was a >>> good place to throw it into. >>> >>> Harpists and other musicians often carry pretty heavy gig books around, >>> and the thought of being able to use an iPad for a self-lighting >>> replacement just came up on that list. >> >> Nope. Too small, won't sit on a standard music stand > > Third-party opportunity, and an easy one at that. I could even imagine a third party bluetooth device that allows you to change pages with your toes. >> and its too faffy to change a page mid-piece. Unless your toes are too faffy. -j -- Jeffrey Goldberg http://goldmark.org/jeff/ I rarely read HTML or poorly quoting posts Reply-To address is valid
From: Gerry on 8 Apr 2010 20:54 In article <827bt3Fk3cU1(a)mid.individual.net>, Jeffrey Goldberg <nobody(a)goldmark.org> wrote: > Steve Hix wrote: > > In article <826d8oFv39U4(a)mid.individual.net>, Conor <conor(a)gmx.co.uk> > > wrote: > > > >> On 08/04/2010 15:48, erilar wrote: > >>> This just came up on a harp list I belong to and I thought this was a > >>> good place to throw it into. > >>> > >>> Harpists and other musicians often carry pretty heavy gig books around, > >>> and the thought of being able to use an iPad for a self-lighting > >>> replacement just came up on that list. > >> > >> Nope. Too small, won't sit on a standard music stand > > > > Third-party opportunity, and an easy one at that. > > I could even imagine a third party bluetooth device that allows you to > change pages with your toes. There are already programs that can track eye movement, so maybe looking at the last measure on a page would make the app turn the page for you. No toes needed.
From: Wes Groleau on 8 Apr 2010 21:11 On 04-08-2010 14:51, Conor wrote: > On 08/04/2010 18:45, Wes Groleau wrote: >> On 04-08-2010 12:06, Conor wrote: >>> On 08/04/2010 15:48, erilar wrote: >>>> This just came up on a harp list I belong to and I thought this was a >>>> good place to throw it into. >>>> >>>> Harpists and other musicians often carry pretty heavy gig books around, >>>> and the thought of being able to use an iPad for a self-lighting >>>> replacement just came up on that list. >>> >>> Nope. Too small, won't sit on a standard music stand and its too faffy >>> to change a page mid-piece. >> >> 1024 x 768 is too small? Even if the sheets can be reformatted? >> > The resolution isn't the issue, the size of the display is, especially > when viewed over 2ft away. As a brass musician, you're looking at nearly > arms length. Oh, OK. Been a long time since I played in that context. I'm used to seeing a couple singers with guitars lately. >> What is a standard music stand? I've only seen and used two kinds. >> They are VERY different, but either one can hold an iPad. > > This is the type I used to use because it folded down very small. > Virtually everyone in the bands and orchestras I played in used similar > ones because of the portability. > http://images.esellerpro.com/2225/I/311/1/lrgmusic-stand-2.jpg That's one of the two. But in bands, I used the much bulkier kind. > I know two musicians who use MacBooks for their lead sheets. >> (But I don't know what software they use to display them.) >> > What the hell is a lead sheet? One of the pages in their "gig book" to use your term. >> I can imagine audio analysis software that listens to the music >> and guesses where in the song you are--with touch controls on >> screen to override in case the software screws up. >> > You've never played as part of a 40 piece brass band or a full sized 100 > piece orchestra. Concert Band, Marching Band, 16-20 member stage band, etc. Trumpet, French horn, tuba, baritone, trombone, bass trombone, baritone sax, bass clarinet, keyboard But that was a LONG time ago. Still, I spent ten years in sonar (audio signal processing) and thirty in software, and I can still imagine it. Software can track a few of the strongest frequencies over time. If the conductor (or someone) "trains" it during rehearsal, it could control the scrolling of music. Similar to karaoke thingies that sequence the lyrics to the accompaniment. (But _those_ probably use lyrics stored in the music file itself.) -- Wes Groleau "A miracle is a violation of the laws of nature, and as a firm and unalterable experience has established these laws, the proof against a miracle, from the very nature of the fact, is as entire as could possibly be imagined." -- David Hume, age 37 "There's no such thing of that, 'cause I never heard of it." -- Becky Groleau, age 4
From: Wes Groleau on 8 Apr 2010 21:15 On 04-08-2010 18:14, Steve Hix wrote: > A adapter to fit the stand should be simple. I'd like a lyre that I could clip my iPad into when I play in a marching band. :-) But these days, that would be too close to read! -- Wes Groleau A UNIX signature isn't a return address, it's the ASCII equivalent of a black velvet clown painting. It's a rectangle of carets surrounding a quote from a literary giant of weeniedom like Heinlein or Dr. Who. -- Chris Maeda Ha, ha, Dr. ..... Who's Chris Maeda? -- Wes Groleau
From: Wes Groleau on 8 Apr 2010 21:17
On 04-08-2010 19:24, erilar wrote: >> I know two musicians who use MacBooks for their lead sheets. >>> (But I don't know what software they use to display them.) > Mine would do that, but it wouldn't fit on a music stand. The > keyboard would rather unbalance it anything I could balance it on and > still have it a decent distance away. And there's still the > page-turning for anything but a lead sheet(I'm guessing that's what you > fake from). One of these guys plays keyboard and flute, so he sets the Macbook right on the back part of the keyboard. The other is guitar and vocals, and he sets his on a tall stool. -- Wes Groleau It seems a pity that psychology should have destroyed all our knowledge of human nature. -- G. K. Chesterton |