I can also point towards LinkeSoft Songbook. Excellent and simple app, with a companion PC app. Can be setup to sync via Dropbox. Doesn't do PDF-s, but I like it a lot.
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I'm powering two vocal pedals, effects board, tablet and fan off mic stand
Late to the party but apparently Google may be announcing a new tablet as a successor to the Nexus 7 on October 4. It may only be 7" however, but you may want to wait and see. If nothing else, it may drive down prices of things like the nexus 9 (which are already discontinued, I believe).
Thanks very much.
I was vaguely aware of the Google event on 10/4; interesting that it might include a tablet.That said, I already went ahead and got the Google Pixel C. I've owned a Nexus 7v2 for a few years (my 1st tablet), but decided I wanted a larger screen for gigging. I'm not fully up and running yet (still auditioning setlist apps), but iReal Pro looks much better on the larger screen. It remains to be seen whether I will regret getting a tablet without stylus support.
Interesting point about the Fakebook app - I'm a long time fan and use it on most gigs, importing PDFs as well as capturing charts with the tablet camera. Lately I have also used the lyrics mode for one of my bands. Yes, it is cheap and less advanced than some other apps (especially on iOS), but super stable and easy to use and exactly what I need. YMMV.
Great! I can't remember what I ran into that prompted the move to Mobilesheets. Agreed that the Fakebook app is a lot simpler to use. Also, for what it's worth, I reported bugs to the authors of both apps, and in both cases they were very responsive and fixed the bugs. (The bugs were inconveniences, not showstoppers.)
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I can get a decent 4 core 32 Gb Android tablet for less than $80 anymore. Ireal Pro, Songbook, and the others all run fine on those. It's not like we're modeling colliding galaxies on our tablets.
I agree. That said, the reason I get better devices than I need (PC, phone, and now tablet) is to get the longest lifespan possible, delaying the inevitable transition to newer hardware. I don't believe that delay saves me any money (probably costs me), but it might save me some time and hassle.
Thanks very much.
That said, I already went ahead and got the Google Pixel C. I've owned a Nexus 7v2 for a few years (my 1st tablet), but decided I wanted a larger screen for gigging. I'm not fully up and running yet (still auditioning setlist apps), but iReal Pro looks much better on the larger screen. It remains to be seen whether I will regret getting a tablet without stylus support.
Thanks for thread. I've replaced my Nexus 7 (2013) with a Galaxy S 8.4. It's slightly larger than the Nexus 7 so not sure if that'll be good enough for you but it works pretty well and I'm in the same boat of trying to plan out my set-up ahead of gigging in a few months.
I'm happy with the Pixel C. I had to get some additional cables because it has the new Type C USB connector (all my other phone/tablet cables are micro-USB of course), but apparently Type C is gonna become standard, and I will probably get one of the Pixel phones which also use Type C.
I'm sure I could have gotten by with a smaller screen, but my eyesight ain't what it used to be so 10" made life easier.
My new setup worked out great at my gig on November 5th! I mostly used iReal Pro: per my guitarist brother's guidance I downloaded the Jazz 1300 playlist from the forums, and from those songs I created a dinner set playlist of 8 standards. I also used Setlist Helper (free) to create my own cheat sheet for "Uptown Funk" -- just some text notes to guide me through the arrangement (this band never rehearses and only gigs every couple of months). I used a stand, and
Note: some of the downloaded charts were slightly different from the band's sheet music so at some point I need to sync them, but I got through the gig well enough. I still can't play jazz very well -- but of course that fault lies with me, not the technology.
The greatest advantage is that the iReal Pro charts are MUCH easier to read than the band's sheet music (which contains the chords, but isn't laid out 4 bars at a time).
P.S. Thanks to elgecko for recommending this: K&M Universal Tablet Holder-Clamp On
It's a bit complicated and not exactly intuitive, but large enough to hold my 10" tablet in its thick fake leather folding case. It worked out great at the gig - I clamped it to a mic stand.
It's a bit complicated and not exactly intuitive, but large enough to hold my 10" tablet in its thick fake leather folding case. It worked out great at the gig - I clamped it to a mic stand.
