Has anyone here used the Music Pad Pro?
I am thinking about getting one but would like to hear from folks who have actually used one.

Hammer

Been using one for about a year, what would you like to know,

I'm also a dealer

I read everything and have way to many songs to carry around in books. I would like to know how easy it was to get it all setup and if it actually works as advertised. What did you have to do to load your lead sheets into it? Also, did you get the stand for it?

Hammer

Hammer:

I've been using the MPP for the last 2 and a half years. I would not be without it. It's a great tool. You may want to do a search on the forum for Music Pad Pro, there has been a number of discussions on it in the past. I think it's worth every penny.

Take a look at the Freehand forum at http://www.freehandsystems.com/phpBB2/ . Lots of discussion about your questions.

I have the stand. Works fine but is not quite as stable as a professional music stand. When you tap the screen to change songs etc., there is some movement of the stand.

Hammer, I'm likely the first SZ member to own a MPP+ and still think it's one of the best music investments I've made as I now have every tune I can conceive of ever doing all in one convenient place. That said, though I still take it along on gigs, I only fire it up when I get obscure song requests or tunes I've forgotten the lyrics or changes changes to. I really appreciate having nearly my complete music library which includes stacks of fakebooks, songbooks, & and charts all in one place & songs convenient to call up at a moments notice. Another MPP feature I appreciate is creating customized play/set lists.

Scott

Hammer,

BAsically you can scan or print. With the MPP it comes with a print driver that will allow you to make anything you can print to a mpp file.

I have the stand also. I think the stand is truelly necessary since the MPP is a little thick so it ends up being a little unstable on allot of regular stands.

Call me at the shop tomorrow and I can answer any questions you might have.

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The only drag about the MPP is having convert all music into .fh (freehand) format. I first scanned into PHotoshop and then save the song as a .png file. The musicpad pro comes with software that then converts the png file to .fh format.

I got the stand and find it convenient espcially if there is no music rest available, but concur with Bob that even a light tapping on the unit while on stand can cause the stand's shaft to slip and lower the MPP unit slightly.

Scott

They should give you a commission Your recommendation has most probably been responsible for a number of sales.

I was one of the first to follow Scott's lead, after Bob Hendershot. I find mine invaluable, and this was before the $300 price reduction. I carry a small clamp on my stand to stop it from slipping. They now have a swivel stand for landscape mode(horizontal). I wonder if this tends to slip, also.