Problem with a dedicated device is cost. Nothing "dedicated" is ever cheap. A music stand with a display in it would be over a thousand easy. That MusicReader thing did just that (the hardware thing) and they pretty much seem to be getting killed on the price/features compared to the iPad.
And you don't need to buy a Manhassett for every iPad.....you could use the fore mentioned Klip thing and use a microphone stand. And it isn't like a Manhassett stand is super expensive...... The individual annotations is an interesting idea. I would think that any BIG publisher whom embraced tech would have some sort of Application that would allow them to reign in the copies (so there is no piracy) and storing annotations would be fairly easy to do within the Application I would think. A lot of the Apps already for the iPad allow you to store your Annotations.... On Dec 9, 2010, at 1:50 PM, Robert Patterson wrote: > Okay, but in the long term I think a dedicated device is more likely to hit > the correct mix of function and cost than a general-purpose device like > iPad. For every iPad you have to buy a Manhassett. If your device were built > into a paper music stand, you'd be a few tens of dollars per unit to the > good off the bat. > > Another issue is preserving an individual's annotations for the long haul. > It's quite possible that the same individual will play (e.g.) 2nd horn in > the same orchestra for decades. During that time, s/he will see the same > copy of the parts come around again and again, and his/her markings will be > there. Some of the big orchestras even have their own copies of rental parts > (stored with the publisher). How likely is it that a niche product like this > will provide decades of stability so that that player sees his same > annotations over and over again for the long haul? I'm not saying it isn't > possible or even that it is a mission critical feature. But it is certainly > a benefit of the current paper-based system. _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
