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MusicPad Pro™+ Tablet 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

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  • Page 1 MusicPad Pro™+ Tablet Computer Users Guide Software Version 4.1 FreeHand Systems, Inc. 95 First Street, Suite 200 Los Altos, CA 94022 650-941-0742 www.freehandsystems.com...
  • Page 2 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.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Contents • • • • • • Chapter Preface ............vii Audience .
  • Page 4 Creating Your Music Portfolio........29 What are FreeHand Systems Music Files? ......29 How Do I Purchase Scores in FreeHand Format? .
  • Page 5 Using Hotspots......... . . 58 From the Toolbar .
  • Page 6 Undoing a Rehearsal Mark ........93 Navigating to Rehearsal Marks....... 93 Moving a Rehearsal Mark.

  • Page 7: Preface

    Preface • • • • • • 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. •...

  • Page 8: Conventions

    Chapter 6 – Covers all the different ways to annotate your scores marking them with highlights and notations. Chapter 7 – Tells how to use rehearsal marks and teleport pads. Chapter 8 – Describes how to transpose and play back scores. Chapter 9 –...

  • Page 9: Chapter 1 Getting Started

    Chapter 1 Getting Started • • • • • • 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.

  • Page 10: Installing Musicpad Manager

    Manager, turn to the next chapter. To install MusicPad Manager on a Windows System Insert the FreeHand Installation CD into the CD-ROM drive 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.) •...
  • Page 11 When the installation splash screen displays, click Install/Uninstall MusicPad Manager. • • • MusicPad User’s Guide, Software Version 4.1 • • •...
  • Page 12 When the InstallShield Welcome screen displays, click Next to begin the installation. • • • Chapter 1: Getting Started • • •...
  • Page 13 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. • • • MusicPad User’s Guide, Software Version 4.1 •...
  • Page 14 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.
  • Page 15 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. •...
  • Page 16 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.
  • Page 17 Restart your computer before using MusicPad Manager. To install MusicPad Manager on a Macintosh System Insert the FreeHand Installation CD into the CD-ROM drive on your Macintosh. A CD icon appears on your desktop labeled 4.0.x (where x is the version of the product).
  • Page 18 Double-click the Vise Installer icon labeled MusicPad Manager Installer. 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. • •...
  • Page 19 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.

  • Page 20: Upgrading Your Software

    Macintosh when it is done.. Restart your Macintosh. Upgrading Your Software Your MusicPad Pro tablet is shipped with the most recent version of MusicPad Manager software. To check for software updates, go to the FreeHand Systems support page at: http://www.freehandsystems.com/support.html •...

  • Page 21: Setting A Language

    To upgrade the software on your computer Go to the FreeHand System’s support page and download the latest software onto your Windows PC or Macintosh. 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.
  • Page 22 Be sure to tap on the OK button on the main options menu before IMPORTANT: restarting your pad or restarting the MusicPad Manager application. If you do not the language change will not occur. • • • Chapter 1: Getting Started •...

  • Page 23: Introduction

    Chapter 2 Introduction • • • • • • In this chapter: • “What’s New” on page 15 • “About the MusicPad Pro Tablet Computer” on page 16 • “About MusicPad Manager” on page 17 • “Where To Do Tasks” on page 18 •...

  • Page 24: More Annotation Options

    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 •...

  • Page 25: About Musicpad Manager

    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.

  • Page 26: Using The Menu Bar

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

  • Page 27: Tasks Done Either On Your Computer Or Musicpad Pro Tablet

    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. •...
  • Page 28 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 upper- right corner of the screen with your stylus. Tap to turn your MusicPad Pro tablet on or off...

  • Page 29: Opening And Closing A Score

    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.

  • Page 30: Saving A Score

    Print Click NOTE: You also can print an open score in a playlist. NOTE: You are not allowed to print encrypted scores purchased from FreeHand Music. “Creating Your Music Portfolio” on page 29 for more details about the FreeHand Music store.

  • Page 31: Using The Main Toolbar

    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. To select an item on the menu, tap the icon to display the menu, then tap the menu option you want to use. Hide Toolbar Edit View File...

  • Page 32: Calibrating Your Touchscreen

    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.

  • Page 33: Setting Brightness Control

    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.

  • Page 34: Using Keyboard Shortcuts

    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.
  • Page 35 The serial and model numbers display, along with copyright and patent information. • • • MusicPad User’s Guide Software Version 4.1 • • •...
  • Page 36 • • • Chapter 2: Introduction • • •...

  • Page 37: Chapter 3 Creating Your Music Portfolio

    “How Do I Convert Digital Files to FreeHand Format?” on page 34 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.

  • Page 38: How Do I Purchase Scores In Freehand Format

    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 Open MusicPad Manager on your Windows PC or Mac, or turn on your MusicPad Pro tablet.
  • Page 39 The Security window displays. In the User and Password fields, enter the user name and password you used to purchase your scores at the FreeHand Systems Store. Then tap OK. The Download Purchased Music window displays. Select All purchased files. Then tap OK. Information about your purchased files displays.

  • Page 40: What's The Difference Between "Download" And "Download As Bitmap

    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.

  • Page 41: What Usage Rights Do I Have With Purchased Files

    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.

  • Page 42: How Do I Convert Digital Files To Freehand 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.
  • Page 43 Click Print... and select the FreeHand printer. • • • MusicPad User’s Guide, Software Version 4.1 • • •...
  • Page 44 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).
  • Page 45 The FreeHand Import Dialog pops up along with the MusicPad Manager window. Complete the appropriate information. The file is then imported into the MusicPad Manager. • • • MusicPad User’s Guide, Software Version 4.1 • • •...
  • Page 46 Annotate and save the file as usual. • • • Chapter 3: Creating Your Music Portfolio • • •...

  • Page 47: Chapter 4 Managing Your Files

    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.

  • Page 48: Sorting

    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.
  • Page 49 Search To add another search criterion, tap Search again to show the new set of results. Save To keep the search for future use, tap Type a name for your search in the Save dialog. • • • MusicPad User’s Guide Software Version 4.1 •...
  • Page 50 To restore the full list of files Tap Clear to clear the search criteria and restore the full list of files. Note: Refreshing your collection does not change the search criteria. So a file that was added may still not be seen in the Browser if it does not meet the current search criteria. QuickFind The QuickFind tab lists the searches you have saved.

  • Page 51: Using The Playlist Manager

    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 Playlist.
  • Page 52 The right pane of the Playlist Manager window 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 left arrow, or by dragging and dropping the file onto the playlist.

  • Page 53: Opening And Closing A Playlist

    Save After you add all the scores in the order you want, tap in the bottom left section of the window. The Save Playlist window displays. Type a name for your playlist Enter a name for the play list in the bottom field. Notice that the Playlist has a .fhp extension.

  • Page 54: Selecting A Score On A Play List

    To close a playlist On the main toolbar tap the File icon.T Playlist Close Playlist Note: If you open a score that is not on your open play list, your playlist automatically closes. Closing a play list does not close the score that is currently open. Selecting a Score on a Play List You can go directly to a score in your open play list.

  • Page 55: Editing A Play List

    Tap the score you want to open from the list of names. A checkmark displays next 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.
  • Page 56 File Manager. A selection list of all the MusicPad Pro tablets that this Click MusicPad Manager can find on the networks to which it is attached displays.This list includes a pad plugged into your computer with a USB cable. Select the pad to which you want to connect and tap OK. The File Manager dialog opens.
  • Page 57 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...

  • Page 58: Creating A Folder

    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 802.11b wireless connection. For information about networking 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.

  • Page 59: Moving Files From Your Computer To Your Musicpad Pro Tablet

    Click the New Folder icon Type a name for the new folder. Enter Click Moving Files from Your 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 File Manager Open the...

  • Page 60: Moving A Score

    Select the down arrow between the two panes to move your score from your 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.

  • Page 61: Deleting A Score

    Copy Click the icon on the File Manager toolbar. Copy icon Cut icon Paste icon Navigate to the location where you want to place the copy. Paste Click the icon. To move a score or folder Open the File Manager. Select the score or folder you want to move.

  • Page 62: Opening A Score

    To rename a score Open the File Manager. Using your stylus, finger or mouse, tap the file name once; then tap it slowly again. Type in the new file name. Opening a Score To open a score On the main toolbar tap the File icon. •...

  • Page 63: Closing A Score

    Open to display the Open window. Highlight the file you want to open. Open Click to display the score. Closing a Score To close a score without saving changes On the main toolbar tap the File icon. Close 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.

  • Page 64: 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.

  • Page 65: Chapter 5 Working With Your Music

    Chapter 5 Working With Your Music • • • • • • You 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.

  • Page 66: Using Hotspots

    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. Hotspots are available when the Browser Panel is open and at all levels of zoom.

  • Page 67: From The Toolbar

    From the Toolbar Turn pages using the arrows on the toolbar. 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.

  • Page 68: With The Rehearsal Marks Navigation Bar

    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 On the main toolbar tap the View icon.

  • Page 69: Using Teleport Pads

    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 Tap on the teleport pad (the green box). For more information about teleport pad, Chapter 7, “Using Rehearsal Marks”...

  • Page 70: Turning Pages Non-Sequentially

    Connect one end of the cable to the foot pedal and the other end to the Foot Pedal jack on the bottom of your MusicPad Pro tablet. The MusicPad Pro tablet recognizes that the foot pedal is connected. 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.

  • Page 71: Playing Back The Repeats And Cuts

    Navigate through the score in the order you want the pages to turn. When you are done navigating, check to see that the pages are correct. If they are not correct, use the Edit functionality to correct the mistakes. Tap OK to close the dialog. On the main toolbar tap the File icon.

  • Page 72: Page View Options

    Tap Switch to Landscape Orientation. To change from landscape to portrait orientation On the main toolbar tap the View icon. Tap View Options. 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.
  • Page 73 To use lookahead pages On the main toolbar tap the View icon. Tap View Options. Tap Show Look-Ahead Pages. 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. •...

  • Page 74: Landscape Orientation View Options

    Preventing Enlargement of Undersized Scores In Portrait Orientation 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.
  • Page 75 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 Place the system into Landscape orientation. On the main toolbar tap the View icon. Tap View Options.
  • Page 76 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 Place the system into Landscape orientation. On the main toolbar tap the View icon.

  • Page 77: Sliding Pages From Right To Left With Side-By-Side

    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 On the main toolbar tap the View icon. Tap on View Options.

  • Page 78: Selecting Zoom Levels

    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.

  • Page 79: Cropping A Score

    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.
  • Page 80 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 On the main toolbar tap the File icon. • •...

  • Page 81: Changing The Page Display

    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.
  • Page 82 Select a basic color and select OK. You can also create a custom color by selecting 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.

  • Page 83: Changing The Page Arrangement

    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 There is no “undo” button to return the sheets to their original order. For safety make a copy of your original score and change the page arrangement in the copy.

  • Page 84: Deleting Pages

    Use the spinner to locate the page number. Tap OK at the bottom of the window. Repeat Step 4, replacing other pages in your score until you have the arrangement you want. Deleting Pages You can remove unwanted pages in your score. WARNING There is no “undo”...

  • Page 85: Dealing With System Breaks

    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.
  • Page 86 • • • Chapter 5: Working With Your Music • • •...

  • Page 87: Chapter 6 Using Annotations

    Chapter 6 Using Annotations • • • • • • 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 •...

  • Page 88: Displaying The Annotation Options Toolbar

    Annotation Toolbar. The toolbar displays at the bottom of the score. Pointer Highlighter Rehearsal Whiteout Marks Erase No Staff Lines Text Whiteout Teleport Zoom Notation with Staff Lines Displaying the Annotation Options Toolbar Many of the tools on the Annotation Toolbar have options that you set using the Annotation Options Toolbar.

  • Page 89: Closing The Annotation Toolbar

    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 On the main toolbar tap the View icon.
  • Page 90 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.

  • Page 91: Paint Brush Tools

    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.

  • Page 92: Highlighter Tool

    To use the tool paintbrush Select the left icon that shows staff lines erased. A pen icon displays on the score in place of the cursor. Drag the pen over the marks you want to erase. After Before Highlighter Tool Use the Highlighter tool like a regular highlighter pen to highlight items in different colors.

  • Page 93: Text Tool

    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 keyboard icon to display the onscreen keyboard, then type the text.

  • Page 94: Notations Tool

    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 Note Select the icon from the Annotation Toolbar. color In the Notations palette, select the notation and its .

  • Page 95: Zoom Tool

    • 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. After Before Zoom Tool Sometimes it is easier to make a more accurate notation on a score if you enlarge that portion of the score.

  • Page 96: Hiding Annotations

    Expert Tip: When you want to be very accurate with your annotations, it is best to choose 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.
  • Page 97 Undo 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. •...
  • Page 98 • • • Chapter 6: Using Annotations • • •...

  • Page 99: Chapter 7 Using Rehearsal Marks

    Chapter 7 Using Rehearsal Marks • • • • • • 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.
  • Page 100 Tap the radio button for the type of mark you want to use, either Letters, Numbers, or Custom Text. Tap the keyboard to enter additional identifying text If you selected Custom Text, type 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.

  • Page 101: Undoing A Rehearsal Mark

    Undoing a Rehearsal Mark Undo a rehearsal mark directly after creating it by using the Undo feature.. To undo a rehearsal mark • On the main toolbar tap the Edit icon. • Tap Undo. Note: Undo works only on the current page. Once you turn a page, you cannot go back and use Undo.

  • Page 102: Moving A Rehearsal Mark

    Moving a Rehearsal Mark To move a rehearsal mark, first open the Annotation Toolbar, then select the Rehearsal Mark you want and drag it to a new location on the current page. You cannot move a Rehearsal Mark to another page. Changing a Rehearsal Mark You can change the text that labels your rehearsal mark.

  • Page 103: Showing And Hiding Rehearsal Marks

    The selected rehearsal mark becomes the primary rehearsal mark for the page, a solid black bounding box displays and the color changes to orange to differentiate it from the other rehearsal marks, which are yellow with a dashed border. Showing and Hiding Rehearsal Marks You can toggle between showing and hiding rehearsal marks.
  • Page 104 Tap the rehearsal mark you want to delete. A dashed box appears around the rehearsal mark, indicating that it is active. On the main toolbar tap the Edit icon. Tap Delete Current Rehearsal Mark to remove the mark. Note: If you didn’t intend to delete it and need to restore that rehearsal mark, select Undo from the Edit menu.

  • Page 105: Using Teleport Pads To Move Around Quickly

    Using Teleport Pads To Move Around Quickly Teleport pads act as shortcuts to specific locations in the score. When you tap on a teleport pad, the shortcut jumps to the page or rehearsal mark you selected when you created the teleport pad. Note: Teleport Pads do not display when the Repeats and Cuts feature is turned on.

  • Page 106: Moving A Teleport Pad

    Close the Annotations Toolbar to activate the Teleport Pad. Note: The Rehearsal Mark radio button in this dialog is unavailable (grayed-out) when the current score contains no rehearsal marks. Moving a Teleport Pad If you want to move a teleport pad, select it and drag it on the page. If you just created the teleport pad and the Add Teleport Pads popup dialog is still displayed, close the dialog before you drag the teleport pad.

  • Page 107: Chapter 8 Transposing And Playing Back Scores

    Transposing and Playing Back Scores • • • • • • With the full version of a score purchased from the FreeHand Music store, you can transpose and play back a MIDI version of the score that shows the notes as they are being played.
  • Page 108 When you are playing back a piece, the notes that are being played are highlighted so it’s easy to follow along. highlighted notes To start a score playing Open the Playback Toolbar. Tap the Play icon. To pause a score that is playing Tap the Pause icon.

  • Page 109: Transposing Scores

    To change the tempo back to what it’s “supposed” to be Tap the Programmed Tempo icon. Note: Playback is only available for scores downloaded from the FreeHand Music store with the Download button not the Download as Bitmap button. Also, playback is not available for any scores downloaded from the FreeHand Music store using any release prior to Version 4.1.
  • Page 110 Select the transposition option. This option is based on the transposition type. • Change to the following key displays a drop down list of keys. • By Interval displays a drop down list of intervals. • For a transposing instrument displays a drop down list of instruments. •...

  • Page 111: Chapter 9 Premium Tools

    “Metronome” on page 106 Installing Premium Tools Before you can install the premium tools you must purchase a key from FreeHand Systems. Premium tools must be installed on your MusicPad Pro tablet and on any computers you run MusicPad Manager on. The key is 5 fields of 5 alphanumeric characters.

  • Page 112: Premium Annotation Colors

    Premium Annotation Colors The premium annotation colors great increase the number of choices you have in the Annotation Options Toolbar for colors for the Pen, Highlighter, and Text tools. It also provides a much larger number of notations in the Notations tool. The colors available for the Pen, Highlighter and Text Tools are all expanded from a few choices to a full color selection.
  • Page 113 To use the features Click the tab to display the selections. Size the item you selected with the slider in the Notations window. Drag and place the notation on your score. Save your work. • • • MusicPad User’s Guide Software Version 4.1 •...

  • Page 114: Pitch Pipe

    Pitch Pipe The Pitch Pipe plays specific individual notes. Make sure your MusicPad Pro tablet is connected to a set of speakers so you hear the tones. To use the pitch pipe On the main toolbar tap the Tools icon. Tap Start Pitchpipe.

  • Page 115: Tempo Settings

    Tap Start Metronome Select the tempo setting and options you want. Tap Toggle On/Off to start and stop the metronome. Tap Quit to close the Metronome tool. Tempo Settings Set the basic tempo you want the metronome to operate at with the tempo slider. In an old-fashioned mechanical metronome, this would be the only adjustment you could make, but this metronome allows you more flexibility.

  • Page 116: Metronome Options

    If you have a piece in 6/8 time and you are counting it 2 beats to the measure. Set the Time Signature to 2/4 and the Note Value to the quarter note. You will hear two beats with a different click on the first beat. Some odd time signatures, like 5/4, cannot be represented with this metronome.

  • Page 117: Appendix A Safety And Regulatory Information

    Safety and Regulatory Information • • • • • • Your FreeHand Systems MusicPad Pro tablet is designed and tested to meet the latest standards for safety of information technology equipment. However, to ensure safe use of this product, it is important that the safety instructions marked on the product and in the documentation are followed.

  • Page 118: Fcc Declaration Of Conformity

    → The system does not operate properly when the operating instructions are followed. → The system was dropped or the case damaged. FCC Declaration of Conformity Responsible Partys: FreeHand Systems Inc. 95 First Street., Suite 200 Los Altos, CA 94022 Tel 650-941-0742 Fax 650-941-0207 Product: MusicPad Pro+™...

  • Page 119: Chapter 10 Networking Your Musicpad Pro Tablet

    Chapter 10 Networking Your MusicPad Pro Tablet • • • • • • With the standard software you can use an Ethernet adapter to network your MusicPad Pro tablet. The USB-to-USB connection is also a point-to-point network although, at this time, there is no way to configure IP addresses or use DHCP to set an IP address.

  • Page 120: Networking With Ethernet

    Tap OK to leave the MusicPad Manager options dialog. On the main toolbar tap the Tools icon. Tap File Manager..Tap Use IP address from Networking Options. The File Manager dialog opens with the specified tablet. To always connect to the same MusicPad Pro tablet the same way: On the main toolbar tap the Tools icon.
  • Page 121 • D-Link DSB-650 • D-Link DSB-650TX • D-Link DSB-650TX-PNA • ELCON Systemtechnik Goldpfeil P-LAN • Elecom LD-USB/TX • Elecom LD-USBL/TX • Elsa Microlink USB2Ethernet • GIGABYTE GN-BR402W • Hawking UF100 • HP HN210E • I/O DATA USB ETTX • Kingston KNU101TX •...
  • Page 122 Tap MusicPad Options... Tap the Networking button. Select the Ethernet tab. The wireless network configuration dialog box displays. Tap the Specify an IP Address radio button Set the IP Address, Net Mask, and Default Gateway addresses by tapping on the spinners. Tap OK to close the Ethernet Options dialog.

  • Page 123: Networking With Usb-To-Usb

    Currently there is no way to do the routing necessary to make networking functions such as “Downloading sheet music to the pad directly from the FreeHand Music store” work using a USB-to-USB connection. Because of this the USB-to-USB is completely plug and play, but only the MusicPad Manager’s File Manager can be used for network...
  • Page 124 Select the Wireless tab. The wireless network configuration dialog box displays. • • • Chapter 10: Networking Your MusicPad Pro Tablet • • •...

  • Page 125: Setting Up Your Dns Name Service

    It is probably best to have the IP address be obtained automatically. The exception may be if you are using Ad-hoc Mode. If other systems in the ad-hoc network specify an IP address you should also specify an IP address, a netmask and a default gateway appropriate for that ad-hoc network.
  • Page 126 Select the DNS tab. The DNS server configuration dialog box displays. Find out the IP addresses of up to three DNS servers that are available on your network. You can usually find this information from your Network Administrator. If you don’t have a Network Administrator, you can look for these addresses on your Windows PC.

  • Page 127: Setting Up Your Proxy Server

    If your environment is set up this way, you will need to set the MusicPad Pro tablet’s options the same way so you will be able to download music directly to your MusicPad Pro tablet from the FreeHand Music store. To configure a proxy server: On the main toolbar tap the Tools icon.
  • Page 128 • • • Chapter 10: Networking Your MusicPad Pro Tablet • • •...

  • Page 129: Appendix A Asian Language Input Methods

    Appendix A Asian Language Input Methods • • • • • • Release 4.1 allows the setting of Asian languages for both output and input. You can enter Asian symbols using standard open source input methods. For more information on Asian text input methods please see http://www.geocities.com/fontboard/cjk/input.html.
  • Page 130 Conversion to kana is done automatically as you progress through the romaji input. To convert kana to kanji you just tap on the space bar. If a conversion is done incorrectly there are editing capabilities that allow you to select the kana you wish to convert and offer you different kanji symbols.

  • Page 131: Index

    Index • • • • • • download purchase calibrate touchscreen FreeHand Systems change FreeHand Files foreground colors FreeHand Systems Store page arrangement download scores rehearsal marks close playlist hide score rehearsal marks converting scores about copy keyboard shortcuts scores...
  • Page 132 score change open background colors playlist change page arrangement close copy page crop change dimensions delete pagenavigation bar dimensions playlist page dimensions create prevent enlargement delete print edit rename open and close save select a score score, select in a playlist prevent score enlargement scores print...

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