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#315213 - 02/04/11 12:11 PM
Re: Just Bought a Music Pad Pro
[Re: Tony Hughes]
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Registered: 04/25/05
Posts: 14245
Loc: NW Florida
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The iPad solution is looking better and better from what Dennis has been saying about UnRealbook. I guess, for me, having all the OTHER things that the iPad can do (on the road surfing, iTunes library, music apps like tuners, audio analyzers, even VSTi-type apps) trumps the slightly larger display of the MPP, and no doubt most of that's good features that haven't made it to UnRealbook are likely to be rolled into it as time goes on.
However, I'm going to hang back for a little while, until the iPad2 is shipping and the 'gotchas' discovered. In the meantime, I'm working on finding as many .pdf fakebooks as I can.
Perhaps, as these things get more powerful, a standardized code for music scanning and note recognition can be implemented on them, so that, instead of a static page, we get the ability to have the music displayed in any key if transposition is needed? I know at the moment, all you need to do is transpose the arranger and play in the book key. But it helps to have a TRUE transposition feature, just to keep facile playing in a variety of keys...
Heady times, that's for sure..!
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#315233 - 02/04/11 01:40 PM
Re: Just Bought a Music Pad Pro
[Re: Diki]
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Registered: 01/31/06
Posts: 3354
Loc: The World
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BTW, just out of curiosity, Dennis...
What's the BEST feature from the MPP that hasn't made it to the iPad yet?
And is the developer working on it? Nothing Diki!! And I even had the pro package for the MPP, as well as the MP3 player addition. Yes it had a 12" screen, but the resolution was so poor, it NEEDED it!!! Plus it had sluggish response to taps, and was always, well, just generally "glitchy" without necessarily actually crashing. The Dell XT2 Tablet was a step up from the MPP, and the iPad is a step up from the Dell. Aron has Unrealbook going along nicely One feature I am appreciating is the fact you can have all your fake-books loaded on if you wish, and you are able to "bookmark" whatever tunes you want to use. So when one of these is used in a gig show list or wherever, UB immediately loads up that song only, not the whole fakebook...pretty neat. You can have as many bookmarked songs in any order from as many fake-books as you want. In regard to iPad 2, well at this stage I have no real need for more storage than the 32gig I already have. I have only used approx 5 and that includes about 200 mp3's... That, and the only hardware changes will be a SD slot, and an additional camera on the back!! There will be NO USB port, even a mini, and still no Flash support either. So for me, I won't be upgrading mine, but for those who do NOT have one yet, waiting for the 2 will be the way to go, especially as it is so close. In any event there will be LOTS of cheap iPads for sale Dennis
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#315275 - 02/04/11 09:23 PM
Re: Just Bought a Music Pad Pro
[Re: Tony Hughes]
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Senior Member
Registered: 01/31/06
Posts: 3354
Loc: The World
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Larry, those ones from China LOOK okay, but when you get into them they are not all that good...Cheap for sure, but for example they have lousy battery tech. Most of them give a max of around 2 hours on battery, and thats in power saving mode... Plus NONE of them have the new hardware that the coming brand new Android system needs, they are all Android 2.X and the new version of Android (the super duper version supposedly to match iOS 4.2), requires a different hardware platform. Ergo none of the existing tablets will run the new version of Android. This is another reason why a LOT of old hardware tech Android tablets are going really cheaply. No-one yet, even Motorola, have got anything to match the Apple battery tech, 10 hours+ from a full charge..Proven. I have done it on mine 10 hours, 36 minutes and some secs!! I don't really know why other makers cannot get similar battery life, it surely cannot be all that difficult if Apple can do it. Maybe it's because the iPad is designed totally by Apple, with all Apple components, rather than cobbled together with bits from many different sources If any of the competing tablets get their displays and battery life worked out, look out Apple!!! Dennis PS: Larry thanks for supporting/agreeing with me that I was not trying any sort of "peeing contest" here. Jst trying to help folks out with info I have discovered
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