You do know that it is pretty much a dead end product right? There are a lot of 
rumors floating around that they are going to actually stop making the hardware 
and just go software only with support for Android/iOs/Mac/PC

I'm not sure I'd scan all my stuff TIFF. They are generally larger than PDF. 
Not sure why yours are coming out smaller than PDF, perhaps compressed TIFFs?

I have scanned several books and sheet music to PDF. I think you can do it 
within something like Acrobat, but I've been using a sheetfeeder to scan the 
pages at 300 dpi, and then having Acrobat put them all together and straighten 
the pages, etc. I can also keyword tag them, OCR them, etc. Works great. I have 
about 20 books I've scanned and have a ton of stuff that was scanned that is 
public domain (flute/clarinet/oboe books). Maybe 600 megs in size. Maybe. It's 
hard to tell because I have eBooks in there, and some article scans......about 
1600 things in iBooks.

On my Xmas list is one of the Bluetooth pedals for iPad pageturning.......


On Dec 10, 2010, at 5:53 PM, Patrick Sheehan wrote:

> I have owned a MusicPad Pro for a couple years now and it is a true
> lifesaver.  Being a pianist and a pit musical director, it makes page
> turning a breeze.  If you use .tiff files, it takes up less memory and the
> resolution of the image is a lot clearer than a PDF.  I have used it for
> instrumental (non-piano) performances and again, with the foot pedal, it is
> fantastic.  I am STILL in the process of scanning all of my music on paper
> and then pitching it or giving it away, because I am so attached to the
> MusicPad.  I've seen iPads, of course, and think they are fantastic, but the
> screen size would definitely get in the way.  I do think they should come
> down in price though, for the orchestra-networking reasons and
> "affordabilities".  I'm sure violinists would appreciate it also.
> 

NOT Sent from my iSomething



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