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#120550 - 10/08/06 09:31 AM MusicPad Pro price drop at Music123
Lanny Offline
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Registered: 05/03/02
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Loc: Placitas, NM USA
http://www.music123.com/Freehand-Systems-MusicPad-ProPlus-i423075.music

Price for V4 is now $500 and V3.1 is $400.

My V4 should be arriving Tues and I will have questions about the best way to get leadsheet format music into it. I know scanning will work, but what about creating leadsheet format music directly with music notation software? Is this practical?
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#120551 - 10/08/06 09:38 AM Re: MusicPad Pro price drop at Music123
Dnj Offline
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http://www.freehandsystems.com/

BTw wasnt this thing $1000.00 a few months ago?

[This message has been edited by Dnj (edited 10-08-2006).]

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#120552 - 10/08/06 10:14 AM Re: MusicPad Pro price drop at Music123
GlennT Offline
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Registered: 12/01/02
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Loc: Medina, OH, USA
I know for sure last year it was > 900.

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#120553 - 10/08/06 02:09 PM Re: MusicPad Pro price drop at Music123
Scott Langholff Offline
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Registered: 06/09/02
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Loc: Pensacola, Florida, USA
I pretty much always saw it for $1199.

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#120554 - 10/08/06 02:14 PM Re: MusicPad Pro price drop at Music123
Scott Langholff Offline
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Registered: 06/09/02
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Loc: Pensacola, Florida, USA
It's still at $1199 direct from Freehand. Wonder what the deal is. Maybe something new coming out.

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#120555 - 10/08/06 03:21 PM Re: MusicPad Pro price drop at Music123
Scottyee Offline
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Registered: 12/01/99
Posts: 10427
Loc: San Francisco Bay Area, CA, US...
Lanny. Congratulations ! $500 for v4 is definitely a TERRIFIC deal. I've owned mine for 1-1/2 years and LOVE my Musicpad pro V4 as much as ever, and can't imagine being without one now. Having my nearly my entire fakebook music collection (thousands of songs) stored & organized in this device with the ability to call up any song (or custom playlist) in just a few seconds is invaluable. No more fakebooks, sheetmusic, or notes to drag to gigs and rehearsals. Easy to add score edits etc right on the screen. I still consider the MusicPad Pro v4 (2nd to the keyboard itself) the best musical investment I ever made, and HIGHLY recommend it, especially at $500.

Lanny, if like most music notation program, your software supports output printing, then you'll be able to export & convert it to freehand (.fh) format (via software print driver) so it can be recognized & displayed on the MusicPad Pro. In addition, Freehand support importing from PDF, and standard image formats (PNG, JPG, etc). For optimal results, cropping & sharpening is also recommended.


Scott
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#120556 - 10/08/06 04:30 PM Re: MusicPad Pro price drop at Music123
Jerry T Offline
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Registered: 09/23/05
Posts: 1002
Loc: Phila. 'burbs, Pa. USA
Wouldn't know it - I paid $1199 for mine.
Jerry

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#120557 - 10/08/06 04:37 PM Re: MusicPad Pro price drop at Music123
Lanny Offline
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Registered: 05/03/02
Posts: 82
Loc: Placitas, NM USA
Scott, Thanks for your reply. Your discussion about the MusicPad on this forum is one of the reasons I have been watching the prices for the past couple of years.

I understand that the MusicPad will import various file types. My real question is being a complete novice with music notation software, is it practical to create lead sheet format music (with large type) from these programs to export to the unit, or is scanning a more efficient operation.

I am also curious about the editing capabilities once imported into the MusicPad. Is it easy to add or change notes, add or change chord symbols, etc.

I am certain much of this will become more clear when I actually have the thing in hand, but your thoughts in the meantime are very much appreciated.

Lanny
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#120558 - 10/09/06 02:55 AM Re: MusicPad Pro price drop at Music123
UkTexan Offline
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Registered: 08/23/04
Posts: 68
Loc: Chelmsford, Essex, UK
Lanny,
Thank you for the info on price drop of Music Pad Pro at Music 123. I live in UK but have ordered one from USA. I know the power input will be 120v instead of 240v (UK). However I recently lived in USA for a some years and have many items that I use via a step up transformer. The price for the Music Pad Pro in UK is approx $1700. Way out of my price bracket but I have just ordered and it comes to $535.95 including shipping (it was free inside USA). I will have to pay 17.5 per cent UK tax (VAT) on that but it still comes out a winner. My hubby didn't realise it but he has just bought my Christmas present.
Hope you enjoy your new toy too.
Cheers
Carol Palfrey
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#120559 - 10/10/06 04:16 AM Re: MusicPad Pro price drop at Music123
MikeUK Offline
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Registered: 10/04/05
Posts: 9
Loc: UK
What about your warranty? Will you be covered in the UK if anything goes wrong with the unit?

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