nnspok Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 Hi Folks- Have a question for you, hopefully this is the right section to post it in. I've been looking at getting an iPad in order to have a less stressful and more professional way of having charts with me for certain gigs. Ideally, would love to be doing all my gigs chart free, but have been getting more last minute swing type functions in lately where memorising 3 hours worth of material in the given time just won't happen for me. This along with some other possible cruise work on the table has led me to think it might be worth dishing out to get one... My main concern is turning up to a gig with all my charts on the iPad and having the iPad not work or stop working in the middle of a gig. So am wondering if anyone in the basschat community uses an iPad for gigs, and more specifically, has anything ever gone wrong with it when you needed it to work? Any comments are much appreciated! All the best, -Noah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EBS_freak Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 Never had a problem. Have used it for charts, control FOH PA mix, monitor mixes, everything. Never let me down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goblin Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 I'm on my third iPad and they're brilliant. Get a full sized one though, that's why I'm on my third. Went for a mini after my iPad 2 to discover it's too small. I've got a clamp for mine which lets it go on a music stand, and it's great for my charts and such. The only gripe I've had is turning pages every now and again, sometimes it's not as co-operative as I'd like. Set it up with AirTurn and it'll be fantastic though. There are plenty of apps around too such as iRealPro, Songbook, MusicNotes Viewer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geek99 Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 The screens do seem to get tired after a couple of years (possibly just an iPad 1 issue) but ours has been pretty much fine, partner uses it all day for all sorts of things and it never misses a beat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xgsjx Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 If there's pro bassists using them live for amp modelling & effects, it shows that the reliability is pretty good. I had 1 issue after upgrading to ios7 where the iPad would restart randomly, but that was rectified with an update. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wateroftyne Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 Pro audio companies use them to mix FOH. They're solid. :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassist_lewis Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 Been using one on every other gig for almost a year now, never had a problem. Just make sure you set a long 'auto-lock' time, it's fairly terrifying when your reading off a chart and it decides to lock upM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xzodar Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 Been using mine for the last couple of years with no issues. An AirTurn Bluetooth page turner makes it even better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muzz Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 I've had mine for three years, and I've used it for one thing or another every single day (and I mean Every Single Day), and it's never let me down. Musically, I practice with it, use it for charts live (got one of them stand gripper things) and now I'm going to be using it for signal processing live, too (the Jamup Ampeg sim is very very good). So yeah, I'd say go for it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinyd Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 If you have a smartphone you could also keep the charts on that as well so you at least have a backup. A lot harder to read, but probably better than nothing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
molan Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 Two members of my band use them all the time and have never had problems Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davehux Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 I use the OnSong app on mine - it keeps the backlight on and stops it going into lock Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6v6 Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 I got my wife an ipad mini and it just stopped working after a week, replacement seems OK so far, so hopefully just an isolated occurrence! Computers do go wrong, so I'd have some sort of backup strategy (even if it is squinting at your phone) just in case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil625sxc Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 used an Ipad 2 for around 2 years now for reading charts from Ireal Pro and Forscore apps on average 3-4 times a week, and no problems at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nnspok Posted April 9, 2014 Author Share Posted April 9, 2014 This is just the kind of feedback I was looking for. Good to hear some many of you are using them. Handy little things aren't they... Big thank you to all who have commented. Cheers for the advice and seems like it might be time to dish out on one before my student discount runs out:) All the best -N Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xgsjx Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 This thread might be of interest to you... http://basschat.co.uk/topic/230948-ios-for-the-gigging-bassist/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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