FreeHand Systems MusicPad Pro User Guide

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MusicPad Pro™+ T ablet Computer Users Guide

Software Version 4.1

FreeHand Systems, Inc.

95 First Street, Suite 200 Los Altos, CA 94022 USA 650-941-0742

www.freehandsystems.com

This product includes components and software developed by various companies and individuals. To view the list of components and software, select the Help icon from the MusicPad Manager software or MusicPad tool bar; then select About This Music Pad and Details.

MusicPad Pro™+ Tablet Computer Users Guide,

Release 4.1 Copyright © 2004-2006 by FreeHand Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Revision History: 8 March 2004: First Edition Writer: Regina Román 21 September 2004: Updated for 3.1.2 Release 30 September 2005: Updated for 4.0 Release Writer: Ann Tosello 5 December 2005: Updates completed for 4.0 Release Writer: Ted Schroeder 25 February 2006: Updates for 4.1 Release Writer: Ted Schroeder 20 September 2006: Update for 4.1.8 Release Writer: Ted Schroeder The information in this document is current as of the date listed in the revision history.

FreeHand Systems, Inc. assumes no responsibility for any inaccuracies in this document. FreeHand Systems, Inc. reserves the right to change, modify, transfer or otherwise revise this publication without notice.

Products made or sold by FreeHand Systems, Inc., including MusicPad Pro™ and MusicPad Pro™+ Tablet Computers are covered by the following patents, that are owned by or licensed to FreeHand Systems, Inc.: U.S. Patent Numbers 6,483,019; 5,728,960; 6,084,168. Additional patents pending.

YEAR 2000 NOTICE FreeHand Systems, Inc. hardware and software products are Year 2000 compliant.

NOTICES MusicPad Pro™ and MusicPad Pro™+ are the trademarks of FreeHand Systems, Inc. All other

trademarks, service marks, registered trademarks, or registered service marks are the property of their respective holders.

This Class B digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES-003. Cet appareil numérique de la classe B est conforme à la norme NMB-003 du Canada.

SOFTWARE LICENSE The terms and conditions of using MusicPad Manager software are described in the software license

contained in the acknowledgement to your purchase. By using this software, you indicate that you understand and agree to be bound by those terms and conditions.

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Chapter Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii

Audience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii

Organization of this Guide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii

Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii

Chapter 1 Getting Started. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Your Computer System’s Minimum Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

MusicPad Pro Components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Installing MusicPad Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Upgrading Your Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Setting a Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Chapter 2 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

What’s New. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Browser Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Playlist Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Improved Zoom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

More Annotation Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Changes in Landscape Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Playback Toolbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Language Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Premium Tools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

About the MusicPad Pro Tablet Computer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

About MusicPad Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Using the Menu Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Where To Do Tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Tasks Done Only from the MusicPad Pro Tablet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Tasks Done Only on Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Tasks Done Either on Your Computer or MusicPad Pro Tablet . . . . . 19

Cruising Around on Your MusicPad Pro Tablet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Turning the MusicPad Pro Tablet On and Off. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Opening and Closing a Score. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Saving a Score . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Printing a Score . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

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Using the Main Toolbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Calibrating Your Touchscreen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Setting Brightness Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Setting the MusicPad Pro Tablet Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Setting MusicPad Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Using Keyboard Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Viewing More Details. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Chapter 3 Creating Your Music Portfolio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

What are FreeHand Systems Music Files? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

How Do I Purchase Scores in FreeHand Format? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

What’s the Difference Between “Download” and “Download as Bitmap”? 32

What Usage Rights Do I Have With Purchased Files? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

How Many Times can I Download a File from the FreeHand Music Store?

What is a Usage Right?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

How Do I Manage my Usage Rights? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

I Don’t Get It. Can I See an Example? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

How Do I Convert Digital Files to FreeHand Format? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Scanning and Importing Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Printing to FreeHand (Windows Only). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Chapter 4 Managing Your Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Using the Browser Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Sorting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Searching. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Using the Playlist Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Creating a Playlist. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Opening and Closing a Playlist. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Selecting a Score on a Play List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Editing a Play List. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Deleting a Play List. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Using the File Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Creating a Folder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Moving Files from Your Computer to Your MusicPad Pro Tablet . . . 51

Moving a Score. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Deleting a Score . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Renaming a Score . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Opening a Score. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Closing a Score . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Saving a Score . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Using Explorer or Finder to Manage Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Chapter 5 Working With Your Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Turning Pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

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Using Hotspots. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

From the Toolbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

With the Page Navigation Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

With the Rehearsal Marks Navigation Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Using Teleport Pads. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Using the Foot Pedal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Turning Pages Non-Sequentially . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Recording Repeats and Cuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Playing Back the Repeats and Cuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Changing Page Orientation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Page View Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Portrait Orientation View Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Landscape Orientation View Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Sliding Pages From Right to Left with Side-by-Side Pages . . . . . . . . 69

Selecting Zoom Levels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Changing Page Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Viewing Page Dimensions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Cropping a Score . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Changing the Page Display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Changing Colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Changing the Page Arrangement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Changing Page Order. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Deleting Pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Using System Breaks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Dealing With System Breaks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Chapter 6 Using Annotations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

About the Annotation Toolbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Displaying the Annotation Toolbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Displaying the Annotation Options Toolbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Closing the Annotation Toolbar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Making Annotations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Pointer Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Pen Tool. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Paint Brush Tools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Highlighter Tool. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Text Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Notations Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Eraser Tool. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Zoom Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Hiding Annotations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Undoing Annotations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Chapter 7 Using Rehearsal Marks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Creating and Placing Rehearsal Marks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

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Undoing a Rehearsal Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Navigating to Rehearsal Marks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Moving a Rehearsal Mark. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Changing a Rehearsal Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Making A Primary Rehearsal Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Showing and Hiding Rehearsal Marks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Deleting a Rehearsal Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Using Teleport Pads To Move Around Quickly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Creating Teleport Pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Moving a Teleport Pad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Deleting a Teleport Pad. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Chapter 8 Transposing and Playing Back Scores . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Playback Toolbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Listening To a Score . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Transposing Scores . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Chapter 9 Premium Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Installing Premium Tools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Premium Annotation Colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Premium Notation Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Pitch Pipe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Using the Hide/Show Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Metronome. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Tempo Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Metronome Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Appendix A Safety and Regulatory Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Setting Up Your System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Care During Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

FCC Declaration of Conformity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Chapter 10 Networking Your MusicPad Pro Tablet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Bypassing the Available MusicPad Pro Tablet Selection List. . . . . . . . . . 111

Networking With Ethernet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Networking With USB-to-USB. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

Networking With 802.11b Wireless . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

Setting Up Your DNS Name Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Setting Up Your Proxy Server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Appendix A Asian Language Input Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Chinese Input Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Japanese Input Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

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Preface

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This guide describes Version 4.1 of the FreeHand Systems MusicPad Pro tablet and MusicPad Manager. This section describes the intended audience, the contents of this guide, and the writing conventions used throughout.

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Audience

The MusicPad Pro tablet and MusicPad Manager are very easy to use. Our products are used by musicians, conductors and teachers at all levels. We assume that you know how to read music but may not be a computer whiz. The more computer savvy among you can skip most or all of the computer setup basics. We also know that some of you won’t even bother to use the manual. But even if you can figure out most of the product on your own, this guide is here to help when you can’t.

“Audience” on page vii “Organization of this Guide” on page vii “Conventions” on page viii

Organization of this Guide

We’ve tried to present the information in useful bits so you can go straight to the section you need. There isn’t a lot of talk; we get straight to business. We know you’d rather play than read a manual.

Chapter 1

upgrade your MusicPad Pro tablet’s software, and how to set the language.

Chapter 2

a quick tutorial on how to use the basic features of the MusicPad Pro software.

Chapter 3

This includes how to shop at the FreeHand Music Store.

Chapter 4

a portfolio, including the new browser panel and the improved playlist features.

Chapter 5

options, using repeats and cuts, and system breaks. You’ll also see how to set page dimensions, crop a score, and move and delete pages.

MusicPad User’s Guide, Software Ve rsio n 4.1

– Shows how to install the MusicPad Manager on your computer, how to

– T ells what’ s new in this version of the MusicPad Pro software and provides

– T ells how to create a music portfolio to use on your MusicPad Pro tablet.

– Shows you the different ways of managing your music once you’ve loaded

– Shows the different ways to work with your music, including page turning

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Chapter 6

– Covers all the different ways to annotate your scores marking them with

highlights and notations.

Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9

– T ells how to use rehearsal marks and teleport pads. – Describes how to transpose and play back scores.

– Shows how to use the Premium Tools such as the metronome and the

audio player.

Chapter 10

– T ells how to set up a wireless network so you can network multiple pads

to the MusicPad Manager application..

Appendix A

– Describes safety features and proper use of the MusicPad Pro tablet

computer.

Appendix B

– Describes how to use the Chinese and Japanese input methods on the

MusicPad Pro.

Conventions

This book uses the following conventions:

Boldface type Highlights items you

menu items, dialog options, and icons.

Tapping versus Clicking

The word the task is done on the MusicPad Manager or the MusicPad Pro tablet. It means the same as to click. The MusicPad Pro tablet and MusicPad Manager do not use rightmouse button commands so T ap is the equivalent of tapping the MusicPad Pro tablet’s screen with finger or stylus, using the left mouse button on a Windows machine, or using a mouse click on a Macintosh.

tap, press

Tap

is used throughout this document whether

, or

select

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The Keyboard Icon

Whenever you see this icon, you can tap it to display the keyboard. In most instances where you can type something using the keyboard in MusicPad Manager, you can also use the keyboard icon to use the onscreen keyboard with the MusicPad Pro tablet alone. This document simply refers to typing or entering the specified information.

The MusicPad Pro tablet’s keyboard has a standard QWERTY layout. To select upper case letters or to create symbols, tap the Shift key, then the alphabetic or numeric key. To close the keyboard, tap the X at the upper-right corner of the keyboard.

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This chapter describes the system requirements and components of the MusicPad Pro tablet and tells how to install the software for the MusicPad Manager. This chapter also includes information about upgrading your software.

Your MusicPad Pro software is preinstalled on your tablet along with a set of sample scores. You can go ahead and read the “Introduction” chapter if you do n’ t want to install the MusicPad Manager right now. You will need to install MusicPad Manager to use your own scores on your MusicPad though, so come back here when you’re ready.

Note:

Version 4.1 is an international only release and no tablets made for the United

States may be upgraded.

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“MusicPad Pro Components” on page 1

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“Installing MusicPad Manager” on page 2

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“Upgrading Your Software” on page 12

Your Computer System’s Minimum Requirements

MusicPad Manager software operates best when your computer system meets the following minimum requirements:

• IBM-compatible system with Pentium II or higher processor running Windows

2000, or Windows XP (including SP2)

• Macintosh G4 or higher processor running Mac OS X Version 10.2.6 (minimum),

Mac OS X Version 10.3.2 (recommended), or Mac OS X Version 10.4.2.

• 128 MB of RAM (minimum)

• 100 MB of available hard disk space

• XGA display with settings at 1024x768 pixels, 16-bit color (minimum)

• CD-ROM drive

• A USB port (USB cable provided with the MusicPad Pro tablet)

MusicPad Pro Components

The following components are standard on a MusicPad Pro Plus tablet:

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• Touch screen

• Stylus

• Power pack

• Software installation CD (including user’s guide and release notes)

• External USB flash drive (memory stick)

• Internal rechargeable battery

• 32-MB internal flash memory

The following I/O connections are standard on the MusicPad Pro Plus tablet:

• One 12VDC jack to connect to a supplied external AC to DC converter.

• Two USB ports. One is a host port to connect to your computer or peripheral

devices (such as a Flash memory device). The other is a device port for direct USB-to-USB connection between your PC or Macintosh and the MusicPad Pro tablet. The USB ports support standard plug-and-play and hot swapping, so the MusicPad Pro usually recognizes the device to which it is connected.

• One USB cable.

• One DB15 standard video port to connect the MusicPad Pro tablet to a monitor

for ease of viewing or for larger display to an audience (landscape mode only).

• One mini DIN (stereo) jack for use with an accessory foot pedal for mechanical

page turning.

• One mini DIN (stereo) jack for use with a set of headphones or (self-powered)

computer speakers for hearing audio produced by the MusicPad Pro tablet.

The following accessories are available separately for the MusicPad Pro Plus tablet:

• Foot pedal page-turner.

• USB flash drive

• Carrying case

• Music stand

• USB 802.11b Wireless network adapter

Installing MusicPad Manager

The MusicPad Manager lets you download music, manage your files, move files to and from the MusicPad, and annotate scores. This section describes how to install MusicPad Manager. To find out more about using the MusicPad and the MusicPad Manager, turn to the next chapter.

To install MusicPad Manager on a Windows System

1 Insert the FreeHand Installation CD into the CD-ROM d rive on your computer . The

installation starts up automatically. If it does not, select Start->Run... and type “d:\autorun.exe”. (d: is the drive letter of your computer’s CD-ROM.)

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2 When the installation splash screen displays, click Install/Uninstall MusicPad

Manager.

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3 When the InstallShield Welcome screen displays, click Next to begin the

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4 Read the End User License Agreement (EULA). Click Yes to accept the terms and

proceed with the installation. Click No to stop the installation and return the software to FreeHand Systems.

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5 Read the ReadMe File, which contains product information not included in this

guide. Review the contents to the ReadMe to see if anything applies to you or the versions of computer or other software you are currently using. You can print a copy to read later, or scroll through it now. Click Next when you are ready to proceed.

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6 On the customer information screen, enter your name, company name (where

applicable), and the software license key provided to you with your purchase. After you have entered an appropriate license key, the Next button becomes active. Click Next to proceed.

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7 By default, MusicPad Manager is installed under Program Files in a folder named

FreeHand Systems. To save these files to a different location, click Browse to navigate to the new location. We recommend that you use the Typical install, the default. To use the default location and default install type, click Next.

8 The Start Copying Files screen displays all the information you have. Review the

information for accuracy. Click Back to make any changes. Click Next when you are ready to proceed with the installation.

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9 The Setup Status screen lists the files as they are loaded. When the InstallShield

Wizard Complete screen displays, click Finish.

The installation of MusicPad Manager is complete. A MusicPad Manager icon has been added to your desktop. Restart your computer before using MusicPad Manager.

To install MusicPad Manager on a Macintosh System

1 Insert the FreeHand Installation CD into the CD-ROM drive on your Macintosh. A

CD icon appears on your desktop labeled 4.0.x (whe r e x is the ver sio n of the product).

2 Double-click the CD icon.

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3 Double-click the Vise Installer icon labeled MusicPad Manager Installer.

4 Read the End User License Agreement (EULA). Click Accept to accept the terms

and proceed with the installation. Click Decline to stop the installation and return the software to FreeHand Systems.

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5 Read the ReadMe File, which contains product information not included in this

6 By default, MusicPad Manager is installed under Applications in a folder named

FreeHand Systems. To save these files to a different location, click on the Install Location drop down list to navigate to the new location. You can also change the

set of installed files by clicking on the Easy Install drop down list. T o use the default installation folder, click Install.

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7 Enter the software license key provided to you with your purchase. Click OK to

proceed.

8 The main product then installs. When it is complete, you see a new installation

routine that installs the USB drivers onto your computer. You need to have Admin privileges and be willing to agree to yet another EULA from Belcarra T echnologies. Click through the dialogs to install the USB drivers. You will have to restart your Macintosh when it is done..

9 Restart your Macintosh.

Upgrading Your Software

Your MusicPad Pro tablet is shipped with the most recent version of MusicPad Manager software. T o check for software updates, go to the FreeHand Systems support page at:

http://www.freehandsystems.com/support.html

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To upgrade the software on your computer

1 Go to the FreeHand System’s support p age and download the latest software onto

your Windows PC or Macintosh.

2 Run the installer on your computer to upgrade the MusicPad Manager software.

Follow the screen prompts. When the installation is finished, upgrade the pad software on your MusicPad Pro.

To upgrade the software on your MusicPad Pro Tablet

1 Make sure that your MusicPad Pro is connected (networked) to your system by

means of an Ethernet, a USB cable, or an 802.11b Wireless adapter.

2 On the MusicPad Manager tool bar, click the Tools icon 3 Click File Manager. 4 Select the MusicPad Pro tablet you want to upgrad e from the list of table ts on your

network. If you see a picture of a computer and a pict ur e of a Mu sicPad, your computer and your MusicPad Pro are connected.

For further information about networking your computer and your MusicPad Pro tablet see Chapter 10.

5 To upgrade the pad software, on the main toolbar click the Tools icon. 6 Click Install MusicPad Upgrade. 7 Follow the onscreen prompts.

Setting a Language

Y ou can set your MusicPad Manager and your MusicPad Pro to use any of the following languages:

• English

• Simplified Chinese

• Traditional Chinese

• Japanese

• German

To do this tap on the MusicPad Pro Options... or MusicPad Manager Options... Select the correct language from the dropdown list.

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restarting your pad or restarting the MusicPad Manager application. If you do not the language change will not occur.

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What’s New

Chapter 2 Introduction

In this chapter:

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“About the MusicPad Pro Tablet Computer” on page 16

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“About MusicPad Manager” on page 17

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“Where To Do Tasks” on page 18

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“Cruising Around on Your MusicPad Pro Tablet” on page 19

In MusicPad Pro software V ersion 4.1, you’ll find several new features to make your work easier.

Browser Panel

The Browser Panel is a new way to access your music files. See “Using the Browser

Panel” on page 39 for details.

Playlist Manager

The Playlist feature has been redesigned. See “Using the Playlist Manager” on page 43 for details.

Improved Zoom

Zoom has been improved, both on the main toolbar and through the Annotations toolbar. Now you can select the size your score displays with one click. You can also enlarge one section of the score by tapping and dragging a bounding box around the area you want to enlarge. See “Zoom Tool” on page 87 for details.

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More Annotation Options

The Annotations toolbar has changed to give you even more options for marking your scores. A separate Tools Options Bar lets you set the pen width and color or font for your annotations so you don’t have to go through the step of selecting the right color and pen width each time you want to use a particular tool in a particular way.

Changes in Landscape Mode

By default, when you use Landscape Mode to view a score, the music displays enlar ged and one system at a time. This can be helpful if you have vision impairments or if you like to view your scores enlarged. You can also display the score without the system breaks too. Finally , you can place two pages side by side. See “Landscape Orientation

View Options” on page 66 for details.

Playback Toolbar

For scores purchased from the FreeHand Music Store, you can play a “bouncing ball” MIDI file and watch the notes change color while the piece is played. You can also transpose your music to a different key from this toolbar. See “Playback Toolbar” on

page 99 for details.

Language Support

Support for Asian languages (Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, and Japanese) allows Asian character annotations and file names to be entered and stored.

Premium Tools

Premium T ools, a separately purchasable item, adds new audio capabilities to your pad, including a metronome, a pitch pipe, and an audio player that can play MP3s or MIDI files. Additional colors and notations are also available to improve the look of your annotations. See Chapter 9 for details.

About the MusicPad Pro Tablet Computer

The MusicPad Pro tablet computer is a music score tablet with a touch screen display that you use to annotate, store, and display music scores during rehearsals or performances. It comes with MusicPad Manager software, which makes it easy to add or remove digital music scores to or from your MusicPad Pro tablet and to organize your digital music portfolio. The digital music must be in a FreeHand (FH) file format. Where do you find scores in FreeHand format? No problem! You can purchase music

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in FreeHand format from FreeHand Systems Digital Music Store. You can also import PDF music scores into FreeHand format, convert scores created in Sibelius® or Finale®

programs into FreeHand format, or use your scanner to create graphic files and

then convert them into FreeHand format.

The following MusicPad Pro tablet features give you the edge during rehearsal and performance:

• Add or erase rehearsal marks and notations.

• Apply notes to scores in different colors.

• Turn pages remotely (no hands!).

• Connect to your Windows PC or Macintosh using an Ethernet adapter, a USB

cable, or an 802.11b Wireless adapter.

• Use lookahead views, repeats, and cuts.

• 128-MB external flash memory in addition to 32-MB of internal flash.

• A rechargeable battery.

About MusicPad Manager

MusicPad Manager is the FreeHand Systems software you load onto your Windows PCor Macintosh computer.

Use the software to import, scan, and archive musical scores, and to move scores between your computer and your MusicPad Pro tablet. Your MusicPad Pro tablet has pad software (software different from MusicPad Manager) loaded onto it that allows you to create, edit, and play your musical scores.

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Using the Menu Bar

The menu bar is available on MusicPad Manager, but not on your MusicPad Pro tablet. Most of the items on the menu bar are also on the toolbar.

Some tasks can be reached only from the menu bar. Specifically , use the File pull-down menu to:

• Import or scan a score

• Setup, preview, and print a score

Where To Do Tasks

Y ou can do some tasks on your computer and on your MusicPad Pro tablet, while others you can do only on one or the other.

Tasks Done Only from the MusicPad Pro Tablet

Menu bar

You can do the following tasks only from your MusicPad Pro tablet:

• Use video-out.

• Turn pages using a foot-pedal.

• Use the touch screen.

• Control brightness.

• Calibrate the touch screen.

• Change the name of your MusicPad Pro tablet.

• Use audio applications (with Premium Tools installed).

Tasks Done Only on Your Computer

You can do the following tasks only from your Windows PC or Macintosh system:

• Import and scan scores .

• Move files to and from your MusicPad Pro tablet.

• Edit score information.

• Print scores.

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Tasks Done Either on Your Computer or MusicPad Pro Tablet

You can do the following tasks from both your computer system and your MusicPad Pro tablet. However, the screens may look different or the method used may vary depending on the component used.

• Calibrate your MusicPad Pro tablet from MusicPad Manager on your computer

or directly from your MusicPad Pro tablet.

• Use the menu and toolbars on MusicPad Manager to access tasks and displays.

The MusicPad Pro software has a toolbar, but no menu bar.

• The advanced preferences differ slightly between MusicPad Manager and the

MusicPad Pro tablet.

• Download purchased music.

Cruising Around on Your MusicPad Pro Tablet

Before taking off on your MusicPad Pro tablet, you need basic navigation skills. This section goes through the basics of using your MusicPad Pro tablet.

Turning the MusicPad Pro Tablet On and Off

To turn on your MusicPad Pro tablet, push (but do not hold) the button on the lower right-hand side of the tablet. Push the button again to turn off the MusicPad Pro tablet, or tap Sleep in the pop-up box to place your MusicPad in sleep mode. Sleep mode extends the battery power. Push the button again to toggle out of sleep mode.

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Push again to power off or switch to sleep mode

Push once to turn on your MusicPad Pro tablet

You also can turn off your MusicPad Pro tablet by tapping the red circle in the upperright corner of the screen with your stylus.

Tap to turn your MusicPad Pro tablet

on or off

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You can also turn off your MusicPad Pro tablet from the tool bar . On the main toolbar, tap the

File

icon; then tap

Shut Down the MusicPad

Opening and Closing a Score

A set of sample scores is provided with your MusicPad Pro tablet. Use them to learn how the system works before loading your own music portfolio.

To open a score

1 On the main toolbar tap the File icon. 2 Tap

Browse Collection...

3 A list of all the scores on your MusicPad Pro tablet displays. 4 Double-tap the name of the score you want to open.

To close an open score

1 On the main toolbar tap the File icon. 2 Tap

To close the File Browser

1 On the main toolbar tap the File icon. 2 Tap

Browse Collection...

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Saving a Score

When you make changes to a score that you want to keep, you need to save them. You

Save

can do a

which overwrites the original, or you can do a copy of the original. So, for example, you could open the original score, do a and give the copy a new name, then make whatever changes you like to the copy.

To save your changes in the original file

1 On the main toolbar tap the File icon. 2 Tap

Save

. This over-writes the file currently displayed.

To save your changes in a different file

1 Open the score you want to copy. 2 On the main toolbar tap the File icon. 3 Tap

Save

As....

4 Give the copy a new name. 5 Tap

Save

You can also do a SaveAs after you make the changes to the original, but if there is any reason you want the original to remain unchanged, it is better to do the SaveAs before you start making your changes.

SaveAs...

which makes a

SaveAs...

Printing a Score

You can print a score from MusicPad Manager on your computer. To print, connect your computer to a local or network printer.

To print a score

1 Make sure the printer is turned on and loaded with paper. 2 Open the score you want to print. 3 On the main toolbar click the File icon. 4 Click

5 On the main toolbar click the File icon. 6 Click

NOTE:

See Music store.

Print Setup

use.

You also can print an open score in a playlist.

You are not allowed to print encrypted scores purchased from FreeHand Music.

“Creating Your Music Portfolio” on page 29

. Make sure the settings are correct for the printer you want to

for more details about the FreeHand

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Using the Main Toolbar

The Main toolbar contains icons that open task menus. It is available on both the MusicPad Pro tablet and the MusicPad Manager. T o select an item on the menu, tap the icon to display the menu, then tap the menu option you want to use.

File

Edit

View

Tools

Hide Toolbar

Page Turning

File Menu

The File menu allows you to open, save, print, and other file oriented activities.

Edit Menu

The Edit menu items allow you to make changes to your score beyond annotations, such as transposing a score or deleting a sheet from your score.

View Menu

The V iew menu allows you to show and hide toolbars and change the overall view of your score. For example, you show and hide the Annotation toolbar and you switch between landscape and portrait orientation on this menu.

Tools Menu

The Tools menu contains things that don’t fit well in any of the other categories. For example, managing your files with the File Manager, selecting options and calibrating your MusicPad Pro tablet are on this menu.

Hiding the Toolbar

Use the Hide toolbar button when you want your music to fill as much of the screen as possible. To hide the toolbar tap the Hide toolbar button. To restore the toolbar, tap somehwere in the top portion of the screen.

Hiding the toolbar is particular effective when you are performing the music. This is often referred to as performance mode and gives you the largest view of your music possible on the screen.

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Calibrating Your Touchscreen

MusicPad Pro tablets are calibrated by the manufacturer and may never need adjusting. However, if you place your stylus at a specific point on your screen, but the screen behaves as if you had placed the stylus a quarter of an inch away from the actual point of contact, your tablet needs adjustment.

To calibrate your touchscreen

1 On the main toolbar tap the Tools icon. 2 Tap

1 Start a calibration from the MusicPad Manager (if you are connected to the tablet

2 Click the Tools icon. 3 Click Calibrate MusicPad T ouch Screen. 4 Select the correct MusicPad Pro tablet from the dialog.

1 Unbend a paper clip. 2 Push the paper clip into the small hole on the back of the MusicPad Pro tablet near

3 The calibration screen displays. Touch your stylus to the center of each crosshair,

Calibrate Touch Screen

by means of an Ethernet, USB cable, or 802.11b Wireless Adapter) or from your MusicPad Pro tablet.

the bottom left hand corner.

according to the onscreen instructions.

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Touch crosshair to calibrate

For accurate results, use the stylus rather than your fingertip. Be careful to touch the exact center of each crosshair. Make sure that only the stylus touches the screen, and no part of your hand, arm, or clothing. For example, dragging a shirt sleeve across the screen may be detected as a calibration point and confuse the system.

Setting Brightness Control

To change the degree of brightness for the backlighting of the scores on your MusicPad Pro tablet,

1 On the main toolbar tap the Tools icon. 2 Tap

Brightness Control

3 Tap and drag the slider bar 4 When you are satisfied with the brightness tap

will remain programmed through power cycles of the tablet.

NOTE:

Turning down the brightness of your screen can extend the battery life of the tablet..

to keep that setting. This setting

Setting the MusicPad Pro Tablet Name

To give your MusicPad Pro tablet a name or label that is meaningful to you

1 On the main toolbar tap the Tools icon. 2 Tap 3 Use the keyboard to type the name you want to use. The name m ust be one word,

MusicPad Name.

so don’t include spaces or punctuation. Use an underscore character “_” to represent a space. For example, My_MusicPad. Naming your tablet is important because you see the name in the Pad Selection Menu when you use the File Manager from MusicPad Manager.

Setting MusicPad Options

You can personalize your MusicPad Pro tablet’ s appearance. For example, you can set the color of your screen and notes. In addition, there are many Networking options, but these (and the accompanying Shopping options) are explained in Chapter 10.

To open the MusicPad Options menu

1 On the main toolbar tap the Tools icon. 2 Tap MusicPad Options... (on MusicPad Manager this is MusicPad Manager

Options...)

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Using Keyboard Shortcuts

On your computer keyboard, you can use standard menu shortcuts to move through MusicPad Manager drop-down menus. For example, use Ctrl-O to open a file, Ctrl-Z to undo an annotation, and the Page Down or Page Up keys to go to the another page in a score.

Viewing More Details

You can display addition details about your MusicPad Pro tablet.

To view dimensions and color information for the displayed sheet

1 On the main toolbar tap the Tools icon. 2 Tap

1 On the main toolbar tap the Edit icon. 2 Tap

Sheet Information

To view title, composer, copyright and instrument information for the score

View Score Info...

Model and Serial Number Information

If you call FreeHand Systems Support, you will need to provide your MusicPad Pro tablet’s serial and model numbers. When your MusicPad Pro tablet is shipped to you, a sticker on the back of it has the serial number on it. If the sticker is missing, you can find the information using the MusicPad Pro software.

To locate the model and serial number information

1 Turn on your MusicPad Pro tablet. 2 Do one of the following:

• Tap the

• Tap

button at the bottom of the splash screen when no scores are open.

About This MusicPad

on the Tools menu.

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The serial and model numbers display , along with copyright and patent information.

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As you might guess, a digital music portfolio is a lot lighter to carry around than a traditional parchment portfolio. But you may be asking, “What types of digital files do I need, and where do I get them?” In this chapter we discuss how and where to get your digital music portfolio.

In this chapter

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What are FreeHand Systems Music Files?

FreeHand Systems music files are music scores in FreeHand (.fh) format. You can start your new FreeHand music portfolio by purchasing scores in FreeHand format at the FreeHand Music Store at http://store.freehandsystems.com.

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Other ways to create files in FreeHand format include:

• Converting Sibelius scores to FreeHand format

• Converting Finale scores to FreeHand format

• Converting PDF scores to FreeHand format

• Converting scores from Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG), Graphics

Interchange Format (GIF), Portable Network Graphics (PNG), Tagged Image File Format (TIFF), Bitmap (BMP), or PCX graphic formats to FreeHand (FH) format

• Scanning printed sheet music

• Printing from any program directly to FreeHand (Windows only)

Go to http://www.freehandsystems.com/support.html for information about:

• Converting PDF scores into FreeHand format

• Converting Finale or Sibelius scores into FreeHand format

• Scanning scores into FreeHand format.

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Y ou can preview and purchase digital music scores at the online FreeHand Music Store at http://www.freehandmusic.com.

Check out the FreeHand Systems Store to preview and purchase scores in FreeHand format. The scores you buy are held in a library for you to download onto your Macintosh or Windows PC. From there, you can move them to your MusicPad Pro tablet using File Manager in the MusicPad Manager software. For more information about File Manager, see “Using the File Manager” on page 47.

You can purchase scores in a number of genres, such as:

• Broadway

• Christian

• Country

• Classical

• Gospel

• Jazz and blues

• Latin

• Pop

• Rock

• TV and movies

After you visit the FreeHand Systems Store and buy your scores, you can move the scores onto your computer, and from there, onto your MusicPad Pro tablet.

To download scores

1 Open MusicPad Manager on your Windows PC or Mac, or turn on your MusicPad

Pro tablet.

Note:

To download music on your MusicPad Pro tablet you must be properly networked.

See Chapter 10.

2 On the main toolbar tap the Tools icon.

3 Tap Purchased Music List....

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4 The Security window displays. In the User and Password fields, enter th e user

name and password you used to purchase your scores at the FreeHa nd Systems Store. Then tap OK. The Download Purchased Music window displays.

5 Select All purchased files. Then tap OK. Information about your purchased files

displays.

6 Your purchased music list start s downloading. If any error message popup boxes

display , click Yes to continue downloading the list. The Download Purchased Music window shows the progress of the download.

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7 Select the title or titles you want to download. Then tap Download or Download

as Bitmap.

8 The selected titles download to MusicPad Manager on your computer or directly to

your MusicPad Pro tablet.

9 If you downloaded the scores using MusicPad Manager, use the File Manager to

move them to your MusicPad Pro tablet. For informatio n about using File Manager , see

“Using the File Manager” on page 47

What’s the Difference Between “Download” and “Download as Bitmap”?

When you choose the Download option to download a file, you can transpose the file. In addition, the file has a MIDI file associated with it so you can play it back through your speakers.

When you choose the Download as Bitmap option to download a file, the file is in the “traditional” FreeHand format. This file has the same format as a file that you imported from a graphics image. This means that you cannot tranpose it or listen to a MIDI playback of it.

The only reason to use the Download as Bitmap option instead of the Download option is if you find that a transposable file takes too long to turn the pages on your MusicPad Pro tablet. You should experiment with this and determine whether you need the transposition capability or the performance improvement. Then choose the option that works best for you.

Note:

One way to eliminate the problem of slow page turns is to select “Show Look-ahead

Pages” available under the View->View Options menu. See

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“Using Lookahead Pages in

What Usage Rights Do I Have With Purchased Files?

How Many Times can I Download a File from the FreeHand Music Store?

After you have purchased a file you, can download it as many times as you want onto any Macintosh or PC of your choice. You can then view it on that system whenever you want. Y ou can download it either in the transposable format or in the traditional bitmap format, or both.

What is a Usage Right?

A “usage right” is the right to transfer and display a song on a MusicPad Pro tablet. When you buy a song from the FreeHand Music store, you usually get one “usage right” unless you specifically purchase more than one. When you have transfered a song to a MusicPad Pro tablet that tablet maintains the rights to display that song forever, regardless of whether you remove the song from the pad or move it around on the pad. The MusicPad Pro tablet also has the rights to display the song in either or both the transposable or traditional bitmap format.

How Do I Manage my Usage Rights?

Once you have downloaded a file onto a system (either a PC, a Macintosh or your MusicPad Pro tablet), you have the number of usage rights that you purchased (usually one). The encrypted database that holds this information is on the system you downloaded the file to. This means that if you downloaded your song onto a particular PC, the usage rights are on that PC. If you downloaded that same song to a different PC, you would not have a usage right on that PC. This means that you would not be able to transfer that song to a MusicPad Pro tablet from that second PC, but you would be able to view it on that PC.

If you download a file directly to your MusicPad Pro tablet you have immediately used the usage right that you purchased. This means that you cannot transfer that song to another MusicPad Pro tablet.

I Don’t Get It. Can I See an Example?

At the FreeHand Music store, purchase a copy of Elton Jo hn’s “Your Song.” You then download it to your PC. At this point you can open the file and view it, annotate it, transpose it, listen to the MIDI track, or do anything else to it that you can do to any FreeHand file.

You now transfer the score to your MusicPad Pro tablet using the File Manager. See Chapter 4, “Managing Y our Files” for more details. Y ou have now transfered the “usage right” to that MusicPad Pro tablet. If you attempt to transfer that same song to a different MusicPad Pro tablet, you cannot view it there.

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After playing with the score on your MusicPad Pro tablet, you find that the page turns are too slow for you, so you decide to get the file in th e traditional bitmap format. You download it from the FreeHand Music store again, but this time you select “Download as Bitmap”. Then transfer the song to your MusicPad Pro tablet.

You can now view the file as a bitmap. And, if you still have the other file on your MusicPad Pro tablet, you can use it to transpose the score.

How Do I Convert Digital Files to FreeHand Format?

Scanning and Importing Files

You can scan a printed score and save it in a graphic format, such as bitmap or JPEG, then import it into FreeHand format. Likewise, you can import Finale or Sibelius scores or PDF scores into MusicPad Manager and save them in FreeHand format.

Go to http://www.freehandsystems.com/support.html for information about:

• Converting PDF Scores into FreeHand Format

• Converting Finale or Sibelius Scores into FreeHand Format

• Scanning Scores into FreeHand Format.

Printing to FreeHand (Windows Only)

When you install MusicPad Manager on a Windows PC, a special printer is also

installed. This printer allows you to use the application to convert files to the FreeHand format.

Here is an example of how to use the printer

1 Enter a set of lyrics in text format using the NotePad application. 2 Click on the File menu.

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4 Click Preferences and if you are running Windows XP or Windows 2k select the

FreeHand HiRes Pad paper type Also check Force Printer DPI and set the

resolution to 92x92 (Many applications work correctly without all these settings, but setting them you ensures good results).

5 Click OK to remove the Preferences dialog. 6 Click Print to print the page.

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7 The FreeHan d Import Dialog pops up along with the MusicPad Manag er window .

Complete the appropriate information. The file is then impor ted into the MusicPa d Manager.

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Once you are connected to your MusicPad Pro tablet and have music loaded, Great! Now it is time to learn how to work with and organize your files.

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Using the Browser Panel

To move away from limitations of traditional file systems we have incorporated a new more flexible tool to help you access your files.

Use the Browser Panel to manage all your FreeHand files on your computer or your MusicPad Pro tablet. The Browser Panel search capability lets you locate FreeHand files and save your searches so you can use them again later.

To open or close the Browser Panel

1 On the main toolbar tap the File icon. 2 Tap Browse Collection.

Note:

All the music on your MusicPad Pro tablet (including any USB memory devices) is shown in the Browser Panel. On your PC or Macintosh, initially only the music in the file tree starting with your Home folder is shown.

To refresh the view of the Browser Panel

1 On the main toolbar tap the File icon. 2 Tap Refresh Collection.

Any time the state of the files change in the collection, you should refresh the collection so you can see these changes. For example, after moving files in the File Manager, deleting files in the File Manager or doing a

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Refresh Collection

to see these changes in the browser. Also, anytime you move files around on your PC or Macintosh with system tools such as Windows Explorer or the Finder, or you download music from the FreeHand Music store you must refresh your collection in order to see the changes in the browser.

Sorting

Use the heading for each of the columns to sort by that column. For example, by default the list displays in ascending alphabetical order based on the title. To see the list in descending order, tap the Title bar to reverse the order. This sorting mechanism works for all of the headings, including File, Title, Composer, Instrument, Date, and Size.

Searching

You can search for a particular score or type of score with the Search tab at the bottom of the window . Set the search criteria for any of the column headings, adding and delete more criteria with the saved.

To perform a search

1 In the first drop down list, select the heading you want to search by (File, Title,

Composer, Instrument).

Note:

Searching based on the files date or size is currently unimplemented, but you

sort the list using these fields.

2 In the next drop down list, select an operator for your sear ch (contains, st arts with,

ends with, is).

3 Type your search term in the field provided.

+ and - buttons. Use the Quick Find tab for the searches you have

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5 To add another search criterion, tap 6 Tap

again to show the new set of results.

7 To keep the search for future use, tap

Save

8 Type a name for your search in the Save dialog. 9 Tap

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Tap

Clear

to clear the search criteria and restore the full list of files.

Note:

Refreshing your collection does

added may still not be seen in the

not

change the search criteria. So a file that was

Browser

if it does not meet the current search criteria.

QuickFind

The QuickFind tab lists the searches you have saved. You can run one search or combine your saved searches by selecting more than one, where applicable.

To use the QuickFind tab

1 Tap the

QuickFind

tab to display the list of saved searches.

2 Tap the box next to th e search you want to run so th at a checkmark displays there.

The search runs automatically.

To delete a saved search

1 Tap the

QuickFind

tab to display the saved search list.

2 Highlight the name of the search you want to delete. 3 Tap

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Using the Playlist Manager

The Playlist feature was redesigned for greater ease of use. Now you can create your playlists and manage them with more flexibility.

Creating a Playlist

Use a Playlist to put your scores in rehearsal or performance order. This file ordering is kept in a signle file called a specify. You can create a play list on your computer or on the MusicPad Pro tablet.

To create a playlist

1 On the main toolbar tap the File icon. 2 Tap 3 Tap

Playlist

Playlist Manager...

Playlist

. Each score is displayed in the order that you

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4 The right pane of the Playlist Manager wind ow displays all the scores in your music

library. (This is the same display as the Browser Panel described above.) Move scores to your playlist by selecting the file and tapping the lef t arrow, or by dragging and dropping the file onto the playlist.

5 To change the order of the scores in the play list, do one of the following:

• Select the score and tap the up or down arrow.

• Tap and drag the score to a new location on the list.

To remove a score from the play list, select it in the play list and t ap the right arrow (trash can). The score is only removed from your play list, not from your music library.

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7 After you add all the scores in the order you want, tap

section of the window. The Save Playlist window displays.

Type a name for your playlist

Save

in the bottom left

8 Enter a name for the play list in the bottom field. Notice that the Playlist has a .fhp

extension.

9 Tap

Save

Opening and Closing a Playlist

You can open and close your Playlists from the File menu.

To open a playlist

1 On the main toolbar tap the File icon.T 2 Tap 3 Tap 4 Tap the play list you want to open.

Playlist

Open Playlist

. The Open Playlist window displays.

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To close a playlist

1 On the main toolbar tap the File icon.T 2 Tap 3 Tap

Note:

closes. Closing a play list does not close the score that is currently open.

Playlist Close Playlist

If you open a score that is not on your open play list, your playlist automatically

Selecting a Score on a Play List

You can go directly to a score in your open play list.

To select a score in the play list

1 Tap the File menu or the File icon on the main toolbar.

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to the score that is currently open.

Editing a Play List

Editing a play list is almost like creating a play list. Using the Playlist Manager, you modify the original file and save it again with the same name.

To edit a play list

1 On the main toolbar tap the File icon. 2 Tap 3 Tap

Playlist

Playlist Manager

4 Select a playlist and tap the Edit button. 5 You have the same set of capaibilities as you have when creating a file. See

“Creating a Playlist” on page 43

6 Select

Select

Save

at the bottom of the window to keep the changes to your play list.

SaveAs

to save a copy with a different name.

Deleting a Play List

Delete a play list using either the Playlist Manager or the File Manager. Deleting a playlist only deletes the play list, the scores in the play list are not removed.

To delete a play list

1 On the main toolbar tap the File icon. 2 Tap 3 Tap

Playlist

Playlist Manager

4 Select a play list and tap on the Delete button.

1 On the main toolbar tap the Tools icon.T 2 Tap

File Manager...

3 Navigate to the play list. 4 Select the play list. 5 Tap the Trash icon.

Using the File Manager

File Manager is part of MusicPad Manager. Use File Manager to organize your scores and to move scores and play lists between your computer and your MusicPad Pro tablet.

To open File Manager

1 On the main toolbar click the Tools icon.

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2 Click

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. A selection list of all the MusicPad Pro tablets that this MusicPad Manager can find on the netw orks to which it is attached displays.This list includes a pad plugged into your co mputer with a USB cable.

3 Select the pad to which you want to connect an d tap OK. The F ile Manager dialog

opens.

Note:

If the MusicPad Pro tablet to which you want to connect to does not appear in the selection box (as is the case if it is not running Version 4.1) you can still access it through the setting you make in the Networking section of the dialog. See

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“Bypassing the A vailable MusicPad Pro T ablet Selection List” on page 111

If you have only one MusicPad Pro tablet, you might want to skip this dialog. See

MusicPad Manager Options...

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The upper pane of the File Manager window shows the files and folders on your computer, and the lower pane shows any music and folders on your MusicPad Pro tablet. Each pane has its own toolbar that you use to create folders and to copy, move, and delete music files and folders.

FreeHand scores on your computer

FreeHand scores on your MusicPad Pro tablet

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4 If no lower pane displays in the File Manager window, your computer is not

communicating with your MusicPad Pro tablet. Check your USB, Ethernet, or

802.1 1b wireless connection. For information about n etworking your computer and MusicPad Pro tablet together see Chapter 10.

Creating a Folder

Organize your music scores in MusicPad Manager by creating folders with File Manager.

To create a folder

1 With File Manager displayed, click the

in the directory level displayed in File Manager. To create a folder under another directory, open that directory.

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New Folder

icon. The new folder is created

Click the New Folder icon

2 Type a name for the new folder. 3 Click

Enter

Moving Files from Y our Computer to Your MusicPad Pro Tablet

You can move individual files or folders containing groups of scores from your music portfolio between your computer and your MusicPad Pro tablet.

To move scores to your MusicPad Pro Tablet

1 Open the 2 Select the score you want to move from your computer . T o select a group of scores,

use a mouse-click to select the first score; then hold down either the Ctrl key or Shift key to select the other scores.

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system to your MusicPad Pro tablet.

Use the arrows to move files and folders between your system and your MusicPad Pro tablet

Likewise, you can move scores from your MusicPad Pro tablet to your computer . Select any scores or folders from the bottom pane and click the up arrow. The scores or folders move to your computer.

Moving a Score

Copy and paste scores or move them to another location in File Manager or to your MusicPad Pro tablet.

To copy a score or folder

1 Open the File Manager. 2 Select the score or folder you want to copy.

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Copy

icon on the File Manager toolbar.

Cut icon

Paste icon

Copy icon

4 Navigate to the location where you want to place the copy. 5 Click the

To move a score or folder

Paste

icon.

1 Open the File Manager. 2 Select the score or folder you want to move. 3 Select the

Cut

icon on the File Manager toolbar.

4 Navigate to the location where you want to move the score. 5 Click the

Paste

icon.

Deleting a Score

Remove scores or folders from your system or your MusicPad Pro tablet.

To delete a score or folder

1 Open the File Manager. 2 Select the score or folder you want to delete. 3 Click the

Trash

icon on the File Manager toolbar. The score or folder is deleted.

Trash icon

Note:

When you delete scores, they are truly gone and cannot be recovered. No “undo” exists. When reorganizing your music library, be certain that you delete only the scores you really want to remove.

Renaming a Score

You can use File Manager on your MusicPad Pro tablet or computer to rename a score.

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To rename a score

1 Open the File Manager.

2 Using your stylus, finger or mouse, tap the file name once; then tap it slowly again. 3 Type in the new file name. 4 Tap

Opening a Score

To open a score

1 On the main toolbar tap the File icon.

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Open

to display the Open window.

3 Highlight the file you want to open. 4 Click

Closing a Score

To close a score without saving changes

1 On the main toolbar tap the File icon. 2 Tap

Saving a Score

It is important to save your annotations, rehearsal marks, and general edit sessions before opening another score or turning off your system. If you close the score without saving it, any changes you made are lost.

To save your score

1 On the main toolbar tap the File icon. 2 Tap

Save

Open

to display the score.

Save

. The score is saved.

is greyed out, the file has already been saved.

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To save a copy of the score with a different name

1 On the main toolbar tap the File icon. 2 Tap

Save As...

3 In the Save As... window, type the new file name. 4 Tap

Save

Using Explorer or Finder to Manage Files

Just as you can use Explorer on a Windows PC or Finder on a Macintosh to move, copy , or delete files or folders, you can use Finder or Explorer with FreeHand files, too. Locate the directory containing the scores on your system to use those tools.

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Y ou have your scores in your digital music portfolio, and you can view all of them on your MusicPad Pro tablet. This chapter describes how to turn pages and how to make some scores a little bit easier to read—a little more musician-friendly. You might want to change the background color to make the score clearer and more readable. Or maybe you want to eliminate excess white space so that the score on the page is as large as possible.

In this chapter

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Turning Pages

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There are six different ways to turn pages with the MusicPad Pro tablet and MusicPad Manager: Hotspots, the Toolbar, Page Navigation Bar, Rehearsal Marks Navigation Bar , T eleport Pads, and the Foot Pedal. You can use the basic screen tap, described in Chapter 1, with most of these methods.

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Using Hotspots

Built-in hotspots in your scores let you page backward or forward in either MusicPad Manager or the MusicPad Pro tablet. Tap or click the left side of the score to go backwards. Tap or click the right side to go forward.

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Tap or click

on this area to page backward

Tap or click

on this area to page forward

From the Toolbar

Turn pages using the arrows on the to olbar. The

Go to Page

menu in the middle drops down to let you select a specific page. The arrows take you to the next or previous page. The outer arrows take you to the first or last page.

When you are using a play list the arrows display in yellow when tapping them will take you to a different score in the playlist. See “Using the Playlist Manager” on page 43 for details.

When you are using Lookahead pages, the page numbers in the

Go to Page

menu show the page groupings. See “Using Lookahead Pages in Portrait Orientation” on page 64 for details.

When you are using two side-by-side pages the page numbers in the

Go to Page

menu show groupings of two pages. See “Side-by-Side Pages in Landscape Orientation” on

page 68 for details.

With the Page Navigation Bar

You can display a page thumbnail for each page in the score at the bottom of the window. In this way, you can jump quickly from one page to another.

To use the page navigation bar

1 On the main toolbar tap the View icon. 2 Tap the Show Page Navigation Bar in the View menu. The page navigation bar

displays a page thumbnail fo r every p age of the sco re at the bottom o f the window.

3 Click a page number to move to that page.

If your score contains rehearsal marks, the page thumbnail representing the pages that contain the rehearsal marks shows a yellow label.

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With the Rehearsal Marks Navigation Bar

The Rehearsal Marks navigation bar displays a quick tab of rehearsal marks at the bottom of your score. Notice that this toolbar displays only those pages containing rehearsal marks.

To use the rehearsal mark navigation bar

1 On the main toolbar tap the View icon. 2 Tap Show Rehearsal Mark Navigation Bar in the View menu. The Rehearsal

Mark navigation bar displays at the bottom of the window.

3 Tap the quick tab containing the rehearsal mark you want to jump to. For more

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Using Teleport Pads

If you have a teleport pad in your music you can tap it to be transported to the page associated with its destination.

To use the teleport pad

1 Tap on the teleport pad (the green box). For more information about teleport pad,

see

Chapter 7, “Using Rehearsal Marks” on page 97

Using the Foot Pedal

The foot pedal page turner is an optional piece of equipment you can use to turn pages on your MusicPad Pro tablet.

To use the foot pedal

1 Locate the cable that was shipped with the foot pedal page turner.

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2 Connect one end of the cable to the foot pedal and the other end to the Fo ot Pedal

jack on the bottom of your MusicPad Pro tablet. The MusicPad Pro tab let recognizes that the foot pedal is connected.

3 Press the foot pedal to turn pages forward.

Turning Pages Non-Sequentially

Many pieces of music contain repeated sections, and when you reach a repeat you don’t want to page forward. Also, in some performances you may choose to skip parts of the music (known as a cut). You use “repeats and cuts” to turn pages in these situations.

Recording Repeats and Cuts

The Recording Repeats and Cuts dialog allows you select the order in which you want to turn the pages. Y ou can enter the pages as numbers or as ranges of numbers separated by commas. You can have the dialog enter the current page into your list, and you can have the dialog record as you step through the music.

Example of Using Record Repeats and Cuts Using the Navigation Recorder

1 On the main toolbar tap the Tools icon. 2 Tap Record Repeats and Cuts. The repeats and cut s dialog box displays.

3 Tap the Record Navigations checkbox.

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checkbox enters the current page into the list..

4 Navigate through the score in the order you want the pages to turn. 5 When you are done navigating, check to see that the pages are correct. 6 If they are not correct, use the Edit functionality to correct the mistakes. 7 Tap OK to close the dialog. 8 On the main toolbar tap the File icon. 9 Tap Save to save your repeats and cuts.

Note:

Repeats and Cuts recordings are specific to the page orientation and the page view options. When lookahead pages are enabled or the system is in landscape orientation, the recording is different.

Playing Back the Repeats and Cuts

To turn on Repeats and Cuts Playback

1 On the main toolbar tap the Tools icon. 2 Tap Play Repeats and Cuts. 3 Turn pages normally. Notice that the page navigation buttons in the main toolbar

turn blue to indicate that you are playing back the pages in the order you recorded them.

Changing Page Orientation

By default your MusicPad Pro tablet displays in Portrait mode (height larger than width). Changing the orientation on the MusicPad Pro tablet rotates the screen image 90 degrees so that its width is larger than its height.

In MusicPad Manager, the default is also for the window to display in Portrait mode. Changing the orientation on MusicPad Manager changes only the shape of the window so that its width is larger than its height. It does not rotate the image.

To change from portrait to landscape orientation

1 On the main toolbar tap the View icon. 2 Tap View Options.

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3 Tap Switch to Landscape Orientation.

To change from landscape to portrait orientation

1 On the main toolbar tap the View icon. 2 Tap View Options. 3 Tap Switch to Portrait Orientation.

Page View Options

Portrait Orientation View Options

Using Lookahead Pages in Portrait Orientation

For easy transitions from page to page in your score while performing, you can set the score to display lookahead pages. These pages display the bottom of the page you are on, along with the top of the next page of the score. When you tap to the next page, the new page displays on the top, and the page from which you are still performing displays on the bottom.

The arrows on the toolbar change to black and gray when lookahead paging is turned on.

Indicates bottom of page 1 plus the beginning of page 2

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To use lookahead pages

1 On the main toolbar tap the View icon. 2 Tap View Options. 3 Tap Show Look-Ahead Pages. 4 The lookahead line does not display if you are on page 1 of a score. Tap to turn a

page.

Note:

The foot pedal is fully operational with lookahead paging.

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Preventing Enlargement of Undersized Scores In Portrait Orient ation

In portrait orientation, if a score is smaller than 598 pixels wide or 798 pixels high on lower-resolution pads or 766 pixels wide or 1022 pixels high on the higher-resolution pad, the MusicPad Pro software expands the score to fill the available viewing space. When the original score is quite small, enlarging it can make the music difficult to read. You can tell the software not to enlarge your score.

To specify that the software not enlarge your score

1 Open a score. 2 On the main toolbar tap the View icon. 3 Tap View Options. 4 Tap Don’t Enlarge Score. 5 Tap Save on the File menu to keep your changes. When you open the score again,

it will not be enlarged.

Landscape Orientation View Options

There are many ways to use the MusicPad Pro tablet in landscape orientation. You can set the software to enlarge the score so that individual music systems are displayed. Another reason to use landscape orientation is to fit musicon the screen that is wider than it is high. Some organ music is printed this way . Finally, you can set the software to show two pages side-by-side.

Single Page Views in Landscape Orientation

To Display a Single Page in Landscape Orientation

1 Place the system into Landscape orientation. 2 On the main toolbar tap the View icon. 3 Tap View Options.

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4 Ensure that both the Don’t Enlarge Score and Don’t Break Sheets options are

checked. If either is not, tap it

To Display an Enlarged Single System in Landscape Orientation

1 Place the system into Landscape orientation. 2 On the main toolbar tap the View icon. 3 Tap View Options.

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4 Ensure that both the Don’t Enlarge Score and Don’t Break Sheets options in the

View menu under View Options are unchecked. If either is checked, tap on it

Side-by-Side Pages in Landscape Orientation

To display two pages side-by-side

1 Place the system into Landscape orientation. 2 On the main toolbar tap the View icon. 3 Tap View Options. 4 Ensure that 2 Side-by-Side Pages is checked. If it is not, tap on it.

Page Turning in Side-by-Side Mode

By default, a score set up in side-by-side mode turns forward two pages when you turn the page. Y ou can alter this behavior to turn a single page at a time in either of two ways.

Lookahead Pages with Side-by-Side Pages

When you use the 2 Side-by-Side Pages in Landscape orientation, lookahead pages alternate between displaying the furthest page on the right and then displaying the furthest page on the left. For example, if pages 1 and 2 are displayed and you tap to go to the next page, page 3 is displayed on the left while page 2 remains on the right. A red line is drawn down the center of the page to let you know you have a lookahead view on the screen. When you tap to go to the next page, page 3 remains on the left and page 4 is displayed on the right. In this case the red line is removed to let you know that the

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pages are in the “normal” order. The toolbar also shows you which pages are displayed, and, when open, the Page Navigation Bar outlines the pages in red when displaying lookahead pages.

To Enable Lookahead Pages with Side-by-Side Pages

1 On the main toolbar tap the View icon. 2 Tap on View Options. 3 Ensure the Show Look-Ahead Pages item is checked. If it is not, tap it.

Sliding Pages From Right to Left with Side-by-Side Pages

T o move through the pages of a score as if they were sliding across the screen from right to left use Landscape orientation and with the shows pages 1 & 2, then pages 2 & 3, then pages 3 & 4, and so on.

To enable slide pages left with side-by-side pages

1 On the main toolbar tap the View icon. 2 Tap View Options. 3 Ensure the Slide Pages Left item is checked. If it is not, tap it.

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Selecting Zoom Levels

In addition to the Zoom tool available in the Annotation Bar (see “Zoom Tool” on

page 87) you can select a Zoom level to work with for your whole score. The meaning

of the Zoom Level is not completely intuitive, especially in MusicPad Manager. The zoom percentages are the percentage of the size of the piece on a MusicPad Pro tablet when the toolbars are not displayed. So 100% may not actually display without scrollbars in MusicPad Manager or on the MusicPad Pro tablet if you have Toolbars displayed or have a window size that is not larger than 1024x768. The reason for doing this is so that you can accurately annotate your music without having errors in the location annotations due rounding errors when the score is resized.

If you select Fit on either the MusicPad Pro tablet or in MusicPad Manager, your score fits in your current window without scrollbars.

To change the zoom level

1 Tap the Zoom level selection menu. 2 Tap the Zoom level you want.

Changing Page Dimensions

This section covers viewing the page size dimensions (in pixels) for your type of MusicPad Pro tablet and how to crop a score to maximize the available scren space.

Viewing Page Dimensions

From an open score, you can check the pixel size on a sheet in the score. Knowing the dimensions helps you decide whether cropping is necessary. There are two types of MusicPad Pro tablets, one with an LCD that displays at 600 x 800 pixels and another with an LCD that displays at 768 x 1024. You can tell them apart because the higher-

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resolution MusicPad Pro tablet has an audio-out jack. For the lower-resolution MusicPad Pro tablet if the page size is more than 598 pixels wide or 798 pixels high, crop the score to prevent the page from being compressed to fit the dimensions of the MusicPad Pro tablet’s display screen. For the higher resolution MusicPad Pro tablet crop if the size is more than 766 pixels wide or 1022 pixels high.

To view the page dimensions

1 Open the score. 2 On the main toolbar tap the Tools icon. 3 Tap Sheet Information. 4 The sheet information displays, showing the score dimensions. Notice that the

dimensions are within the suggested range of 766 pixels wide and 1022 pixels high.

Cropping a Score

If your score has excess white space along the margins, you can crop it to eliminate the white space.

To crop a score

1 Open the score. 2 On the main toolbar tap the Edit icon.

3 Tap Cropping... . A bounding box displays around the page along with the Edit

Cropping pop-up.

4 Use your stylus or mouse to tap and drag the edges of the bounding box to d efine

the cropping rectangle you want.

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5 In the Edit Cropping pop-up, select OK to crop a single sheet, or Apply to All

Sheets to crop every page in this score using the same rectangle.

White space eliminated

6 On the main toolbar tap the File icon.

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7 Tap Save to keep your changes.

Changing the Page Display

This section contains information about how to change the of colors your scores.

Changing Colors

When you display a score on the MusicPad Pro tablet or in MusicPad Manager, by default the background color of your score is ivory and the foreground color is black. You can change the background and foreground colors.

To change background or foreground colors

1 On the main toolbar tap the Tools icon. 2 Tap MusicPad Options... (called MusicPad Manager Options... when using

MusicPad Manager). The Options window displays.

3 Select the Background or Foreground button. A color window displays.

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4 Select a basic color and select OK. Y ou can also create a custom color by se lecting

a basic color and adjusting the hue, saturation, and other settings to create a custom color. Select Add to Custom Colors to save the custom color then tap OK.

If you are using a Macintosh, use the circular color picker to choose a color or create a custom color.

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To change the color on your MusicPad Pro tablet, choose a stan dard color or create a custom color

5 The MusicPad Manager Options button displays again. No tice how the background

or foreground color displays on the sample staf f lines.

6 Select OK to apply the color to the score. 7 To reset score colors to the default, select MusicPad Options on the T ools menu,

then tap Reset.

Changing the Page Arrangement

You can change the page arrangement in your score and delete unwanted pages on traditional FreeHand scores. You cannot do this on non-bitmap scores purchased from the FreeHand Music store

WARNING

make a copy of your original score and change the page arrangement in the copy.

There is no “undo” button to return the sheets to their original order. For safety

Changing Page Order

You can organize sheets of music differently from the way they are displayed in the score. For example, you might want to play the musical passages in any order other than that in which they were written. You can arrange the sheets of a score in any order you choose.

To re-arrange pages in your score

1 Open your score and go to the sheet in your score you want to change. 2 On the main toolbar tap the Edit icon.

3 Tap Move Sheet.... The Move Current Sheet window displays.

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4 Use the spinner to locate the page number. Tap OK at the bottom of the window. 5 Repeat Step 4, r eplacing other pages in your sco re until you have the arrangement

you want.

Deleting Pages

You can remove unwanted pages in your score.

WARNING

your original score and delete sheets in the copy.

There is no “undo” button to retrieve deleted sheets. For safety make a copy of

To delete pages in your score

1 Open your score and go to the sheet want to delete. 2 On the main toolbar tap the Edit icon. 3 Tap Delete Sheet. 4 Tap Yes to confirm the deletion in the pop-up window that displays.

Using System Breaks

A musical should not be separated, such as the bass and treble clefs in a piano score. Normally the MusicPad Manager software recognizes where musical systems break when you import a score. However, you may need to alter or add system breaks:

• If you use a poor image of a score during the conversion process, the system

breaks may not be obvious and the MusicPad Manager software may not detect them.

• Using, landscape orientation in enlargement mode can move system breaks to

inconvenient places in your score.

• You may prefer to display the score to with three systems, instead of the more

commonly used two or four systems per page.

You can redefine system breaks to create a score display that works best for you.

system

is a set of music written from left to right that is played together and

Note:

Systems breaks are only used in landscape mode when

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Don’t Break Sheets

is not

Dealing With System Breaks

Correct system breaks depend in part on the amount of white space between the musical systems. If there is a large amount of white space, breaks can be defined easily . If there is a little white space, or if the score has guitar chords, a string of musical notes, and a vocal track, breaks may not be clear to the software.

To add, delete, or move a system break:

1 Open the score. 2 On the main toolbar tap the Edit icon.

3 Tap Systems.... Dashed red lines appear at the top and bottom of the score and

for each recognized system break.

4 To move a system break, tap the line and drag it to a new location. 5 To add a new system break, tap where you want the system break to appear. 6 To delete a system break, t ap the line you want to delete. A bou nding box displays

around it. Then tap the Delete button in the Edit Systems dialog.

7 To move a system break, tap and drag the line you want to move. 8 Then tap OK in the Edit Systems dialog to finish. 9 On the main toolbar tap the File icon. 10 Tap Save.

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Just like jotting down changes on a printed score, you can mark up your digital score by adding musical notes, placing reminders in the margins, or highlighting sections.

In this chapter

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“Making Annotations” on page 81

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“Hiding Annotations” on page 88

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“Undoing Annotations” on page 88

About the Annotation Toolbar

The Annotation Toolbar along with the accompanying Annotation Options Toolbar, provide a wide selection of tools to suit whatever types of changes you need to make on a score.

Things to Remember

• Save your annotations or they will be lost when you open another score or turn off

your MusicPad Pro tablet.

• Printing annotations is WYSIWYG; if the annotations are visible in the score, they

are visible when you print the score. If the annotations are hidden, they will not print.

• Undo of any annotation is limited to the current page. You cannot undo any mark

or action after you move to another page.

• Heavy use of annotations can slow down page turning and file loading.

• If you use the “Fit” zoom level instead of one of the percentages your annotations

might not show up exactly where you expect them when displaying the score in performance mode (with no toolbars displayed) on your MusicPad Pro tablet.

Displaying the Annotation Toolbar

You must display the Annotation Toolbar to make or change annotations.

To display the annotation toolbar

1 On the main toolbar tap the View icon.

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2 Tap

Annotation Toolbar.

The toolbar displays at the bottom of the score.

Pointer

Whiteout

No Staff Lines

Pen

with Staff Lines

Highlighter

Whiteout

Text

Rehearsal

Notation

Marks

Teleport

Pad

Erase

Zoom

Displaying the Annotation Options Toolbar

Many of the tools on the Annotation Toolbar have options that you set using the Annotation Options T oolbar . Some of the tools have even more options available if you purchased the Premium Tools. See Chapter 9, “Premium Tools” for details.

To display the Annotations Options Toolbar

1 On the main toolbar tap the View icon. 2 Tap

3 As you tap the icon for each tool, the available options display in the row above

4 Once you set an option you like, you can save it as your own style. T ap the

5 To retrieve a saved option tap on the drop-down menu and then select the saved

Annotation Options Toolbar to display that toolbar and the Annotations Toolbar

at the bottom of the score.

tool. When a tool has no options, the Annotations Options Toolbar displays the words “No Options For This Tool”.

to open a Save dialog. Type a name for your style then tap

option.

button

Another way to display the options toolbar

1 Tap the options drop-down list. 2 Tap Show Annotations Options.

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Closing the Annotation Toolbar

When you finish making annotations and save your changes, close the Annotation Toolbar to exit from annotations mode. If the toolbar is left open, you could unintentionally add markings to your score.

To close the annotations toolbar

1 On the main toolbar tap the View icon. 2 Tap

1 Tap the options drop down list. 2 Select Hide Annotations Options.

Annotation Toolbar

also closes.

Another way to close the annotations toolbar

to deselect it. If open, the Annotation Options Toolbar

Expert Tip:

icon on the main toolbar to hide all the toolbars and enter Performance Mode. When you want to make another annotation, just tap on the top of the screen to leave Performance Mode.

During rehearsal a good way to quickly exit annotation mode is use the

Making Annotations

This section describes how to use each of the tools on the Annotation Toolbar with the exception of Rehearsal Marks and Teleport Pads. These two topics are covered separately in Chapter 7, “Using Rehearsal Ma rks”.

Pointer Tool

The Pointer tool is the arrow icon at the far left side of the Annotations Toolbar. Use it to select and move annotations.

To use the Pointer Tool

1 Tap the Arrow icon. 2 Tap an annotation to move and drag it to the place you want to place it.

Pen Tool

U-T u rn

Five different pen line widths are available:

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The wide line is about the same size as a highlighter. The medium line contrasts well and is easy to control. The fine line is best for handwriting and making curved marks. Just as a regular pen, the pens on the annotation toolbar are opaque and overwrite

anything underneath. If you want to see through the notation, use a highlighter instead. (See “Highlighter Tool” on page 84.)

To use the pen tool

1 Tap the

Pen

icon on the Annotations Toolbar.

2 If you also have the Annotation Options Toolbar displayed, you can select a Line

Width (1, 2, 4, 6, and 12 points) and Color (a separate dialog displays a color selector).

3 Mark your score.

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Paint Brush Tools

T wo paint brush tools “erase” areas by covering them with the background color . If you change the background color anything covered up remains covered up. One paint brush tool leaves the staff lines uncovered and the other covers up everything.

Note:

These tools are do not function if you are using a transposable score downloaded from the FreeHand Music store. The funcationality is there on a bitmapped encrypted score.

Leaving the Staff Lines

When you need to cover unwanted marks but leave the staff lines untouched, use the right paint brush icon, the one that shows the staff lines. It erases the notes, but leaves the staff lines untouched. However, it does erase the notes!

To use the tool

1 Select the paint brush icon that shows the sta ff lines from the An notation Toolbar.

A pen displays in place of the cursor.

2 Drag the pen over the mark you want to erase.

Before

After

Using the Background Pen

Y ou can use the background pen to eliminate marks that you do not want on your score. The background pen is commonly used to remove marks that were added when you scanned the score. It also can be used to remove three-hole punch marks that may have been scanned with your score or to cover anything that you want with the same color as the background.

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To use the tool

1 Select the left

on the score in place of the cursor.

paintbrush

icon that shows staff lines erased. A pen icon displays

2 Drag the pen over the marks you want to erase.

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Highlighter Tool

Use the Highlighter tool like a regular highlighter pen to highlight items in different colors. See Chapter 9, “Premium Tools” for additional features.

To use the highlighter tool

1 Tap the 2 If the Annotation Options T oolba r is also displayed, you’ll see choices for color . T ap

the Color button to display a separate color selection dialog.

3 Tap and drag across a section of the scor e to highlight it.

yellow pen

icon on the Annotations Toolbar to use the Highlighter tool.

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Text Tool

The Text tool is available in both MusicPad Manager and on the MusicPad Pro tablet but you use it slightly differently on each platform . On MusicPad Manager, you can use the computer keyboard to enter the text you want to display in your score. On the MusicPad Pro tablet, tap the the text.

To use the text tool

keyboard

icon to display the onscreen keyboard, then type

1 Tap the

Text

icon on the Annotations Toolbar to use the Text tool.

2 If the Annotation Options T oolbar is also displayed, you’ll see the choices you have

for the font size (Point Size), color (a separate color selection dialog displays), and font style (normal, bold, italic, or underline and combinations).

3 Tap the location on the score where you want the text annotation to display. 4 Use the keyboard (onscreen or computer) to type the text you want displayed. 5 When you are finished, hit

annotation box.

Enter

or tap another annotation tool to close the text

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Notations Tool

The Notations Tool displays a palette that gives you a wide array of choices for making musical changes to a score. See Chapter 9, “Premium Tools” for additional features.

To use the notations tool

1 Select the 2 In the Notations palette, select the notation and its

the upper right of the palette.

3 To increase or decrease the

vertically between the left and right sides of the dialog.

Note

icon from the Annotation Toolbar.

size

of the notation, use the slider that displays

color

. The notation displays in

4 T o place the notation on your score, tap the screen where you want the mark to go.

To drag the notation into place, tap the screen and then, without lifting the stylus, move the notation to the new location.

5 To close the Notations palette, tap Done.

Eraser Tool

You erase annotations from your score with the Eraser tool.

To erase an annotation

1 Select the

eraser icon on the score.

2 Drag the eraser across the annotation you want to remove. When removing

annotations:

• The eraser removes annotations one at a time.

Eraser

icon on the Annotations Toolbar. The cursor now looks like an

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• The same number of eraser strokes are required to remove the annotation as

were needed to create it.

• One-stroke annotations (such as circles) are removed with one stroke of the

eraser.

Before

After

Zoom Tool

Sometimes it is easier to make a more accurate notation on a score if you enlarge that portion of the score. Use the zoom feature to zoom-in on a portion of the score. Once the zoom feature is turned on, it remains on until you turn it off, even if you open a new score.

To zoom in on a portion of the score

1 Tap the 2 Use the cursor to draw a box around the area you want to enlarge. When you

release the mouse button, the area in the box will display in the full size of the window.

3 To change the zoom magnification, do one of the following:

• Use the drop down list on the main toolbar.

• Click in the window to increase the size.

• Use Alt + Click in the window to decrease the size.

• Tap a location on the screen to increase zoom by one level.

4 The zoom pull down on the menu in the toolbar works in conjunction with the Zo om

tool. You can select a zoom level from the menu as well as by using the tool.

Zoom

icon on the Annotation Toolbar.

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an even multiple of the score size (e.g. 300%) so that there are no rounding errors when you reset the score to 100%..

Hiding Annotations

You can toggle annotations to display or hide them. When you hide annotations, they are not removed or erased – they just don’t display. If you save and close your score while annotations are hidden, the score saves this setting. Annotations remain hidden until you deselect the option from the menu.

To hide annotations

1 On the main toolbar tap the View icon. 2 Tap View Options. 3 Select

Note:

Annotations will not print when hidden.

To unhide annotations

1 On the main toolbar tap the View icon. 2 Tap View Options. 3 Deselect

When you want to be very accurate with you r annotati ons, it is best to choo se

Hide Annotations

Undoing Annotations

Wrong annotation? Just undo the anno tation to restore your score. Remember you can only use Undo on the current page. Undo does not work if you move to another page, then return to a previous page to undo an annotation.

To undo an annotation

1 On the main toolbar tap the Edit icon.

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Undo

3 Keep selecting Undo until your annotation is erased. It will erase the marks one

stroke at a time.

Note:

You also can undo erase and rehearsal marks, as well as pen, highlighter, and

musical note notations.

Expert Tip:

Use control-Z to undo on the MusicPad Manager.

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Your MusicPad Pro tablet allows you to add rehearsal marks and teleport pads at convenient intervals throughout the pages, indicating specific musical passages for both conductors and musicians. You can add, edit, and move these marks on your score, making it easy to navigate quickly during rehearsals and performances.

In this chapter

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Creating and Placing Rehearsal Marks

Y our MusicPad Pro tablet has three types of rehearsal marks: letters, numbers, and custom text. You can use rehearsal marks of different types in the same score, or you can mix rehearsal mark types. For example:

• Use letters for rehearsal marks and numbers for measure numbers.

• Use numbers and letters as primary and secondary place markers.

• Mark the same score for two different concerts or conductors.

1 On the main toolbar tap the View icon. 2 Tap Annotation Toolbar.

3 Tap the Rehearsal Mark icon to open the Add Rehearsal Marks dialog.

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4 T ap the radio button for the typ e of mark you want to use, either Letters, Numbers,

or Custom Text.

Tap the keyboard to enter additional identifying text

5 If you selected Custom T ext, typ e the label you want to use (up to four characters).

On the MusicPad Pro tablet, tap the keyboard icon next to the field to display the onscreen keyboard. For Letters and Numbers, the Rehearsal Marks begi n at A or 1 and move consecutively upward, unless you select a different letter or number from the drop-down list.

6 Move the cursor to the location where you want to place th e Rehearsal Mar k then

tap to display the mark.

7 T o place other reh earsal marks, follow steps 3 to 5. Use the direction arrows on the

toolbar to move from page to page.

8 When finished, tap Done in the Add Rehearsal Marks dialog. 9 On the main toolbar tap the File icon. 10 Tap Save to save the file and keep your changes.

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