Why just read books and listen to mp3s on an e-book reader? Now you can use a mobile reading device for sheet music.
The device is the
MusicPad Pro which is a dedicated tablet PC which is 13.3" x 9.9" x 1.8" (just over 4 lbs) and with:
12.1" TFT LCD back-lit, color display
1024 x 768 resolution
64MB Flash memory, 128MB RAM
64MB Flash memory module
Audio & Video out
2 USB ports (1 host, 1 device)
Built-in jack for foot pedal
Some of the things the seller claims that this device will allow you to do:
Store your entire music library
Download nearly 50,000 digital music scores already formatted for the MusicPad Pro Plus from
www.sunhawk.com
Scan your music library into a computer and then convert
Annotate with zoom in and zoom out feature feature while writing
Add or erase rehearsal marks and notations
Personal on screen color notes
Use an extensive library of notation symbols
Text annotation via a virtual keyboard
The California State University Long Beach Symphony Orchestra
played a concert using this device. You can tell how this is still cutting edge technology by the fact that they boast the trial was "successful" and it was an event done once. If we were talking about a mature technology, there would be no need to even mention success, and the talk would be about the numbers of symphony orchestras already using it for every concert. But first things first.
"The concert, on April 28, 2006 was the first where all the musicians of a symphony orchestra performed using this new technology...The implementation of the product in a full symphonic concert environment is a part of FreeHands product marketing plan and helps confirm the validity of the concept of digital sheet music."
Via
WorshipLeader.