zephonic Posted June 16, 2016 Share Posted June 16, 2016 http://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2016/6/16/11952302/kindle-sheet-music-gvido [video:youtube]209Y6cspMAA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElmerJFudd Posted June 16, 2016 Share Posted June 16, 2016 I'm down with an eInk reader of its significantly less expensive than an iMac Pro since it's not going to have the same capabilities or developer support. Pages have to turn fast with quick updating, clear as paper and backlight for gigging so I don't need to bring a lamp any longer. Wireless/blue tooth page turning would be cool... And it's got to have librarian software and read standard file types like pdf and jpeg. Big storage too, should hold everything I ever bought in hardcopy. Asking too much? Yamaha CP88, Roland VR-700, Crumar Mojo, rebuilt 1910 Chickering 5'2", Fender Rhodes MKI 88k, Casio PX-560 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zephonic Posted June 16, 2016 Author Share Posted June 16, 2016 No, for the money I think what you ask is reasonable. But I'm not manufacturing the darn thing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElmerJFudd Posted June 16, 2016 Share Posted June 16, 2016 I love how big the paper is... my eyeballs suck the last few years since turning 40. Got myself some bifocals now - transitionals no line. I squint on a regular or mini sized iPad for anything more than a lead sheet. The iPad pro is bigger, but I don't know I need all that functionality or want to carry something that expensive around in my cable bag - which is where I still throw my real paper chart book. Being able to markup and save score is cool. I don't mind the hand page turn, been doing that for years and have a method - but if popular, I know the GVIDO 2 will have the wireless foot switch. Dangit! Ha ha, but if price is reasonable I'd consider this. Yamaha CP88, Roland VR-700, Crumar Mojo, rebuilt 1910 Chickering 5'2", Fender Rhodes MKI 88k, Casio PX-560 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aronnelson Posted June 16, 2016 Share Posted June 16, 2016 I didn't know that e-ink can fail after a while. My friend bought the large Kindle for sheet music and it can barely display anything now. Was surprised at that. The iPad 1 is still going. Korg Kronos, Casio PX-5S, Roland RD-88, Korg Kross, JP8000, MS2000, Sequential Pro One, Micromoog, Yamaha VL1, author of unrealBook for iPad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElmerJFudd Posted June 16, 2016 Share Posted June 16, 2016 Reading on LCD vs e-Ink displays: effects on fatigue and visual strain. Abstract PURPOSE: Most recently light and mobile reading devices with high display resolutions have become popular and they may open new possibilities for reading applications in education, business and the private sector. The ability to adapt font size may also open new reading opportunities for people with impaired or low vision. Based on their display technology two major groups of reading devices can be distinguished. One type, predominantly found in dedicated e-book readers, uses electronic paper also known as e-Ink. Other devices, mostly multifunction tablet-PCs, are equipped with backlit LCD displays. While it has long been accepted that reading on electronic displays is slow and associated with visual fatigue, this new generation is explicitly promoted for reading. Since research has shown that, compared to reading on electronic displays, reading on paper is faster and requires fewer fixations per line, one would expect differential effects when comparing reading behaviour on e-Ink and LCD. In the present study we therefore compared experimentally how these two display types are suited for reading over an extended period of time. METHODS: Participants read for several hours on either e-Ink or LCD, and different measures of reading behaviour and visual strain were regularly recorded. These dependent measures included subjective (visual) fatigue, a letter search task, reading speed, oculomotor behaviour and the pupillary light reflex. RESULTS: Results suggested that reading on the two display types is very similar in terms of both subjective and objective measures. CONCLUSIONS: It is not the technology itself, but rather the image quality that seems crucial for reading. Compared to the visual display units used in the previous few decades, these more recent electronic displays allow for good and comfortable reading, even for extended periods of time. Yamaha CP88, Roland VR-700, Crumar Mojo, rebuilt 1910 Chickering 5'2", Fender Rhodes MKI 88k, Casio PX-560 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElmerJFudd Posted June 16, 2016 Share Posted June 16, 2016 However, the typical issues with eInk, google tells me... Slow refresh rate which is a deal breaker for quick page turning music. Ghost or shadow of previous page when changing, which is crap for music. LOL left over notes! Pressing on the screens is a no no, hence them using "dual screens"? And lastly, although the screens do wear out from continued use for about a 4.5 year period (which is too short unless this thing is very cheap and recyclable). However, your battery is likely to flake out before the screen. But The Verge article also suggests an expensive price since single 13.3" eInk readers cost around $800? That's pretty awful if that equates to $1600. We'll have to wait until we actually see one in the wild. Yamaha CP88, Roland VR-700, Crumar Mojo, rebuilt 1910 Chickering 5'2", Fender Rhodes MKI 88k, Casio PX-560 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synthoid Posted June 16, 2016 Share Posted June 16, 2016 I didn't know that e-ink can fail after a while. My friend bought the large Kindle for sheet music and it can barely display anything now. Was surprised at that. Kindle is definitely the low end of tablet hardware. When an eel hits your eye like a big pizza pie, that's a Moray. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aronnelson Posted June 16, 2016 Share Posted June 16, 2016 It was the top of the line expensive kindle. Not the cheap ones. It was over $400. Is that low end? Korg Kronos, Casio PX-5S, Roland RD-88, Korg Kross, JP8000, MS2000, Sequential Pro One, Micromoog, Yamaha VL1, author of unrealBook for iPad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synthoid Posted June 16, 2016 Share Posted June 16, 2016 Must be an old one. I haven't seen any of the new ones cost more than $230. Most of the ratings I've seen are mediocre. When an eel hits your eye like a big pizza pie, that's a Moray. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickzjamm Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 Got the iPad Pro for the same price & it works flawlessly. You don't know you're in the dark until you're in the light. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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