This was really an excellent idea.

#harp

@paulk does this work with more than one page, too? How do you turn pages?
@andijah I simply swipe the screen right to left. I could also get a bluetooth page turner, connect that to the deivce and use that with a foot but I'm fine with the swipe.
@paulk interesting. Recently @tewe and I talked about tablets and sheet music and my take was that the remarkable is probably not the best solution.
Very interesting to see you working with it!

@andijah I looked at my ancient ipad (9") and that's just too small. I looked at 12"android tablets and they're either poorly made or VERY costly. This 10.5" remarkable 2 runs forever on a charge and is very clear. I was always looking for the right folder (Ordner) with the right printer sheet music. Now I tap the right folder on the screen, tap the PDF and I'm good to go.
You may have seen the extra thingy on the case: that's a small LED light for evening playing. It's perfect.

@tewe

@paulk I'm happy with my large samsung tablet, but yes, it was expensive.
Thanks for sharing your experiences!
@tewe

@paulk
@andijah

Nice to see it's working!

So you don't have an extra App to view sheet music?
Can you install Android Apps on this device? As I have a well maintained database for alle the music I play in different orchestras I really like to use this also on a new device. The App I use is MobileSheets.

@tewe A reMarkable doesn't have applications like Android or IOS; it's running its own Linux version. It's not an Android device. I just put PDFs on it which display natively.

@andijah

@andijah @tewe @paulk the problem with the remarkable is the software and the price. You can get the actual eInk tablet they use and rebrand from the original vendor slightly less expensive, but a comprison of tablets for musician use still noted a problem of available software.

The "gold" solution is, very unfortunately, a non-Air iPad (the Air one has only 2/3 of the max brightness and works only if you’re using it inside ever) and forScore. Very expensive, even if you get it refurbished (which is totally less bad because Apple won’t see money from that).

The eInk devices meanwhile are directing their development into the wrong direction, such as colours and animations, instead of bringing an affordable platform and good reading software that does not use animations, as well as the OS. They are also very book-focusses. No music reflow, not even meaningful cropping and all.

The smartphonish-tablet devices have the upside of having a camera which you can use to quickly snap photos of music to the crop and add to your library in a cinch. (Not the best, or even third-best, way to do that, but it works in the field.)

Their downside is the displays illuminating your face while using. You’ll also want to make sure the display brightness slider can go all the way down (which Androids are notoriously bad at), and you’ll get spied on to a lesser or larger extent of course. (Unsure how the alternate ROM scene is for Android tablets, probably not so good.)

I only have some minimum experience with this so far.

@mirabilos @andijah @tewe @paulk if forscore isn't free (idk if it is or not), then apple still sees money from that
@tewe @paulk @wyatt @andijah that’s admittedly true (if it isn’t gratis is the better word), but at least only, what, 7$50 one-time per family using it only. Yes, amortises, which is also bad, those leeching off others’ work to make stuff running on their platform promoting it… but I’d still rather it goes to them than Google, who spy more.
@mirabilos one can download mobilesheets directly from the developer without having to go through the G**gle store, by the way. @tewe @paulk @wyatt
@mirabilos @tewe @paulk @andijah i thought apple was working on glasses with a built-in camera so i don't know if i'd go that far
they're both horrible and neither should see a dime
@wyatt @tewe @andijah @paulk ugh. (But Google already brought those to market.)
@wyatt @tewe @andijah @paulk someone crossing my path wearing one of those would be a legitimate case for physical violence… for those who can do so, anyway, I’m not the type for that.
@mirabilos @andijah @tewe @paulk only somewhat relevant, but android stuff has settings in the "developer menu" for changing the duration of animations, if you set them to 0, most of them are effectively disabled.

@mirabilos I understand what you're saying. This is why I got a second hand remarkable. It does exactly what I need.
What's a problem for one is a moot point for the other (aka me).

@andijah @tewe