fleubis wrote:
I see Phillip Sears as gone digital, as have I--seems the only sensible thing to do when when one's got over 10,000 scores on a hard drive, and I get a lot of shelf space back.
I think he has been digital for some time ... I have looked at his set up with envy for some time, but with different pianos on which to play and trying to find a universal "one size fits all" solution, I have dithered and dithered over what to get - consequently I am not yet digital. Most of my scores are on 1 terabyte external hard drives and I worry that a notebook (which I think Phillip uses), may not have sufficient power or processing capacity to cope with these, or may be too slow, or worse still, may corrupt the whole EHD, (something I have experienced more than once already). I don't want to have to back up all my external hard drives repeatedly either, so I am still puzzling over the optimum solution, though I completely agree, that digital is the sensible way to go.
I think Phillip has a device for turning the pages, but I am not sure what it is - I believe you can get a foot switch, but I don't think he has that. I'd be interested to know what the options are, what others are using and any general advice about easy set ups. In particular, how have people adapted a digital display for upright pianos - this is my biggest hurdle at the moment.
regards,
tobyjj