FreeHand System's MusicPad Pro Could Drive Market
mary | 15 March, 2007 07:34
From Billboard Magazine 2/17- The Publisher's Place - by Susan Butler
The comparison isn't just hype. The company's device appears to be the only portable touchscreen unit that musicians, composers and students can display and work with digital sheet music.
MusicPad Pro is a computerized device with a portable stand so it can be set up like sheet music sitting on a music stand. It's about 13 inches long and 10 inches wide. By inserting a memory stick containing the digitized sheets, the music appears on the screen. The user can either work with the titles from freehandmusic.com or the user's own music scanned into software and transferred to the device, which also works with a wireless network.
With a tap or a slide of the finger, the professional musician or composer can make a vareity of changes to the music on the screen. For example, just a few taps can change the key for the entire score, shifting every note within seconds.
MusicPad Pro academic pricing is available from CCV Software.