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StaffPad Reader

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StaffPad Reader is a groundbreaking synchronised digital music stand for StaffPad scores. Share your score with one tap across a local Wi-Fi network, see changes in real-time, enjoy automatic page turns, a sync'd click track, an easy-to-read dark mode and make intuitive personal annotations using your finger or an Apple Pencil. StaffPad Reader is the most advanced way to view, rehearse and perform music scores. NO MORE PRINTING =============== Devices running StaffPad and StaffPad Reader on the same WiFi network can share the same score effortlessly between them, using StaffPad's ScoreSync feature. No difficult file management, no web links, passwords or accounts. Just open the Reader... and that's it! Press ScoreSync in StaffPad, and the score magically appears on all the connected Readers. Once you're done, deactivate ScoreSync in StaffPad, and the piece just disappears... no more file clutter! This removes the expensive, time consuming hassle of formatting, printing and distributing paper scores. For musicians, it simplifies the process of getting the music in the first place down to one step: opening the app. CHANGES? NO PROBLEM! =================== Need to make a change, fix a few notes or try out some new ideas? No worries - the Reader stays in total sync with StaffPad. Make changes on the fly, and the score instantly updates on all the connected Readers. IN PERFECT SYNC ============= Not only does the Reader synchronise the score content amongst devices, it also synchronises everyone in time as well. Press play in StaffPad, and all the Readers will play at exactly the same time. Connect headphones, turn on the metronome, and you've got an entire orchestra playing exactly where they need to be. PAGE TURNS MADE SIMPLE ==================== During playback, the Reader can smartly turn the pages for you. As you approach the bottom line of the first screen of music, it'll neatly "peek" the upcoming measures over the top. This gives you a seamless, effortless reading experience without awkward scrolling, swiping or foot stomping. However, if you want to swipe, scroll or stomp ... you can do that too, with built in support for bluetooth page turns, and intuitive manual page turn controls. PERSONAL ANNOTATIONS ==================== If you have an Apple Pencil, just start drawing on the score to annotate, like you would with paper. If you don't, just enable the markup layer first and then use your finger to annotate. The red pen and yellow highlighter are private annotations just for you. The grey pen will send those markings across all the Readers, and back to StaffPad - perfect for section leaders to mark up the score for everyone in one go. Your annotations are saved securely, and retrieved next time you see that same score. OPEN STAFFPAD SCORES ==================== The Reader is designed to live sync scores from StaffPad itself. But, it can still open StaffPad format (.stf) scores that have been sent to you. Simply use the import feature found on the main screen. GET PRO FOR MORE FEATURES ======================= All the above functionality is free. But, you can unlock even more features and functionality with the Reader Pro upgrade in-app purchase. This enables: - Score playback via the StaffPad Core Library. This gives you 60 instruments and the ability to play back scores that have been opened from StaffPad. Three listen modes help you perfect your performance: rehearse with the virtual orchestra, preview the whole score, or hear just your part in isolation. - Reader ScoreSync. This puts you in control you control of playback and sync, without requiring StaffPad - perfect for when you need to perform flawlessly, but don't need to edit the music itself.
What’s New
- This updates the Reader to stay in line with the recently released 1.5.7 version of StaffPad, and includes changes for rendering dynamics above the staff, plus displaying the new time Staff in the conductor score. - The click track now stays steady without volume emphasis on the downbeat. It can still be differentiated by a slight pitch difference
Version 1.5.7
Version History

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5 Ratings
  • Dathomerian554, 12.10.2022
    Not Perfect
    I love StaffPad, but this app is still in the development phase. I haven’t actually tried syncing with other devices because I mainly use this app to watch music that I wrote in a more “readable” format (or to play along with individual parts). The problem is, I haven’t been able to get the automatic page turning to work for a while. It worked on and off when I first got the app about a year ago, but it hasn’t worked ever since. I emailed the developers, and they responded saying they would address the issue, but it hasn’t changed as of yet. Another thing I have found with this app (as well as StaffPad) is that when playing directly from the iPad speakers, it is unusually quiet (even with all of the audio settings set to full). It’s fine in headphones, but not the device speakers. Not sure why you can’t or haven’t made it louder, but that’s just a little annoying. I can see the potential that this app could have, but it isn’t there yet. Show more
  • NCCoder, 03.01.2022
    Annotations are a syncing mess
    I know this is a free app, but it has a lot of potential with a lot of issues.. let me get straight to the list of issues: 1. Public annotation syncing (the grey annotation) only sometimes syncs back to Staffpad.. this is horrible. I’ve tested this several times, and i think you need to put a little more QA into this. The idea here is to ensure that things get synced, and there’s no way to really do that if it only half of the time works. 2. There’s an import function to import a Staffpad file, but no way to really save the annotations back to the main file.. you are stuck relying on this ScoreSync stuff, which only works (point #1). 3. If I’m in ScoreSync mode, i do not have a play button… Why is there a Play button that only works in import mode? I get that this is a feature, but this idea to have some central playback device is really limiting… can we not find a way to bypass this? S e.g. a menu option? 4. I strongly dislike this app’s reliance on a sync between devices… this seriously needs to be standalone - especially with the Import function and annotations… a performer is sometimes the composer, and therefore there needs to be a way to publically add annotations via the reader.. …but to be honest, a lot of what I’m looking for would simply be solved by adding a Page view to Staffpad…. This reader app is not really that useful for most, and I think the use case here is best solved in other simpler ways. Show more
  • Maxonsax, 26.10.2021
    Don’t waste your money
    I was really looking forward to using this app but it just does’t recognize my handwriting. I am using a brand new iPad pro 2021 with Apple Pencil 2. I have no problem using the handwriting feature in Notion for iPad. Staffpad also doesn’t feature a page view which is a major drawback. I definitely wasted almost $100 bucks. Show more
  • Music.com 2020, 05.06.2021
    Excelente App
    Apple debe calificar esta app como #1 en música. Es excelente para grupos musicales. No tengo palabras para decir lo increíble que esta la app. No hay mejor app que esta en combinación con Staffpad. 5 estrellas para sus creadores. Show more
  • Macy ._., 02.05.2021
    you won't respond!
    i'm a teenager and never one to write bad reviews, but customer service won't respond to my emails and the actual staffpad app won't let me review it (it says that i can't review something i don't own, but the whole issue is that i do own it.) staffpad won't work for me. i've done the interactive tutorial, deleted things, pressed every button in the app, but it won't let me write on the actual staff. the tracker on my apple pen won't even show up. i don't understand why, and i tried writing to you but i've gotten no answer. please, please respond and help me with this. i honestly believe it's a good app, i just want it to work for me. i was really looking forward to it. thank you :) Show more

Information

  • Category
  • Age Rating
    4+
  • Price
    Free
  • Size
    133.7 MB
  • Provider
    StaffPad Ltd.
Languages
English, France, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian Bokmål, Portuguese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Simplified Chinese
Copyright
© 2004-2024 StaffPad Ltd. All rights reserved.