At Computers Plus

At Computers Plus

At Computers Plus

Music notation and the way it is distributed has not changed much over the last few centuries. Paper and ink have always been the traditional method of producing sheet music for use by musicians all over the world, but now modern technology presents a way to get rid of mountains of paper-based sheet music and store an entire library of titles in the space of a medium-sized book with a product known as the MusicPad Pro Plus from Freehand Systems. While the MusicPad looks like a tablet PC it has one purpose in life, to digitally store and display digitized sheet music for performing musicians.

What is the MusicPad Pro Plus?

The MusicPad Pro and MusicPad Pro Plus are about the size of a tablet PC, but are dedicated solely to storing, editing, and managing sheet music files. Sheet music is imported into the MusicPad through a normal desktop or laptop computer using a variety of file formats. Music can be scanned or imported directly from all of the major music notation software programs such as Sibelius and Finale. The bright, easy to read, touch sensitive LCD panel presents music one page at a time and music can be enlarged to meet the needs of the reader. Pages are turned by tapping the screen or through the use of a foot pedal.