I'm going to write an Anziowin/scanning interface for filePro...

[Bob Rasmussen]

On Fri, 17 Sep 2010, Fairlight wrote:

> On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 06:58:23PM -0700, Bob Rasmussen may or may not have
> proven themselves an utter git by pronouncing:
> > I can now use my iPad for sheet music. I can turn pages with a finger tap, 
> > and I can mark up the music with my finger.
> > 
> > Is that cool or what!?
> 
> Now you just need to take it the extra few steps that Nick Rhodes does.
> Get it translated into MIDI, have a sequencer program keyed to your
> keyboards with even a blank track of the right duration.  When you start
> the song with a trigger, the program should actually flip the pages -for-
> you, live as you play.
> 
> Saw Nick do this with a Mac noteook in 2000 for an entire set, live.  Very
> impressive to see along with his usual array of gear.

I can see how that would work for a solo performance, but let me assure 
you, middle school musicals are NOT that predictable! :-)

I experimented several years ago with a laptop, turned sideways to get 
portrait orientation. I actually found a USB-connected foot switch, and 
rigged it to turn pages. I found that my foot was to clumsy, and I would 
get multiple page-turns from a double-click, for instance, and would lose 
my place. I'll have to look at the PC approach again, now that I have a 
touch-enabled laptop and my own PDF viewer software.

Regards,
....Bob Rasmussen,   President,   Rasmussen Software, Inc.

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