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stumped · 02-09-2018, 03:53 AM

Hmm, the sample I tried , on my fire hd10 tablet - said no audio
and I could not get the screen to zoom either - in the onboard kindle app
all I had in that sample was a single page of music

maybe I need to try more samples
or maybe the ipad is just a better device for this kind of thing ?

i agree with you re Abersold stuff, I have a lot in the inconvenient book format, though I did find a mega-(600MB) zip download that has lots of scanned pages for pretty much every jazz standard, from multiple sources.

I have yet to find a tablet renderer and indexing system for music PDFs that I really like though.
I use calibre companion for epubs but that is not good for separating epub ( books to read) from pdf ( music to play)

the free google play store PDF reader seems to be best at rapidly scrolling through large books - the rather primitiive pdf handling in bookarui or Moon+ reader is slow and unintelligent,
for now, I am putting music PDF sheets & books into my dropbox and ticking make available offline while I experiment with different tablet readers. and that way I can at least impose a folder structure.
I have a Kindle paperwhilte also but I think that is a non starter for music - it is just too small to be useful & I dont think it does audio at all.

PS the books + CD versions come with a crippled version of Amazing Slowdowner, crippled to work with only the specific supplied backing tracks CD
I own the full version of that software also, on PC, but for android I'd have to buy a separate version and I get fed-up of re-buying the same tools for each new device.
if it were a couple of £s then OK but it was £10+ for amazing slowdowner android the last time I looked

same with Guitar pro- I just paid them £35 to upgrade my PC guitar pro 6 to guitar pro 7 but they want another £5 for something that will work on kindle tablets. It gets silly- buy GP5- pay to upgrade to GP6, pay again to upgrade to GP7 - pay again for android, and doubtless if I bought an ipad that would be another pay again... at least ripping your own backing tracks CDs to mp3 still works and is almost legal

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stumped Wizard Posts: 3,305 Karma: 10259306 Join Date: May 2016 Device: kobo forma, Kobo Libra, Huawei media Tab, fire HD10, PW3 HDX8.9,	Hmm, the sample I tried , on my fire hd10 tablet - said no audio and I could not get the screen to zoom either - in the onboard kindle app all I had in that sample was a single page of music maybe I need to try more samples or maybe the ipad is just a better device for this kind of thing ? i agree with you re Abersold stuff, I have a lot in the inconvenient book format, though I did find a mega-(600MB) zip download that has lots of scanned pages for pretty much every jazz standard, from multiple sources. I have yet to find a tablet renderer and indexing system for music PDFs that I really like though. I use calibre companion for epubs but that is not good for separating epub ( books to read) from pdf ( music to play) the free google play store PDF reader seems to be best at rapidly scrolling through large books - the rather primitiive pdf handling in bookarui or Moon+ reader is slow and unintelligent, for now, I am putting music PDF sheets & books into my dropbox and ticking make available offline while I experiment with different tablet readers. and that way I can at least impose a folder structure. I have a Kindle paperwhilte also but I think that is a non starter for music - it is just too small to be useful & I dont think it does audio at all. PS the books + CD versions come with a crippled version of Amazing Slowdowner, crippled to work with only the specific supplied backing tracks CD I own the full version of that software also, on PC, but for android I'd have to buy a separate version and I get fed-up of re-buying the same tools for each new device. if it were a couple of £s then OK but it was £10+ for amazing slowdowner android the last time I looked same with Guitar pro- I just paid them £35 to upgrade my PC guitar pro 6 to guitar pro 7 but they want another £5 for something that will work on kindle tablets. It gets silly- buy GP5- pay to upgrade to GP6, pay again to upgrade to GP7 - pay again for android, and doubtless if I bought an ipad that would be another pay again... at least ripping your own backing tracks CDs to mp3 still works and is almost legal Last edited by stumped; 02-09-2018 at 04:01 AM.