On 4/7/2015 6:08 PM, Darcy James Argue wrote: > On Apr 7, 2015, at 4:35 PM, David H. Bailey <dhbaile...@comcast.net> > wrote: > >> I don't see any reason for anybody to run out and buy a >> SurfacePro3 simply to run this software -- once you buy the >> SurfacePro3, install Finale or Sibelius and use that since they run >> just fine on the SurfacePro3. But if you want software which >> actually allows pen entry and you prefer writing the original >> thoughts down with a pen, this is a wonderful app. > > Hi David, > > Of course any serious user would not be giving up Finale or Sibelius. > But having the pen-entry front end on a tablet is, for me, the > exciting part. I know I could also just do the note entry directly > into Finale on a Surface Pro, but realistically that also requires a > keyboard, a numberpad, and a MIDI keyboard, whereas StaffPad requires > none of those things. >
That's why I'm excited about it, too, and why I made the plunge (easy since I already had the SurfacePro3 so getting into StaffPad is only a small expense.) The web-site for StaffPad suggests buying at least a Surface with an i5 processor and 256GB of storage because that comes with 8GB of RAM. I had already bought my i5 with 128GB of storage so I'm not about to go out and buy a new one. Even though my model comes with only 4GB of RAM, my initial experiments with StaffPad seem to indicate that my hardware will be adequate. Of course I haven't gotten into a full romantic orchestra score of great length so I have no idea how it will work should I attempt such a work. One thing I have found is that the pen-strokes are not quite as freewheeling as I might like, but the pinch-to-zoom feature works so we can enlarge the staff we're entering notes on for greater accuracy. I hope that someday soon I can be as proficient as the people in the tutorial videos with their pen strokes. Watching and re-watching those videos is very helpful! -- David H. Bailey dhbai...@davidbaileymusicstudio.com http://www.davidbaileymusicstudio.com -- David H. Bailey dhbai...@davidbaileymusicstudio.com http://www.davidbaileymusicstudio.com _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: finale-unsubscr...@shsu.edu
