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by musicale 59 days ago
Maybe I should try to do more work on the iPad "Pro" (the OLED display is terrific, the Magic keyboard/trackpad aren't bad at all, and it can even work with a 4K external display and USB mouse/keyboard) but it's my go-to device for creative apps (forScore, Korg Gadget, Procreate, ...), comics, and iOS games.
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For Score is OK except when a half page scroll puts the line I want to read above the screen.

I use arrow keys for now with the keyboard case. Tapping the screen was not to my liking and $$$ gestures are beyond my skill level. I scrunch too much trying to read notes.

Rarely, I just read the pdf's directly for a non-paged experience.

Notes seem big enough in 13" portrait mode. No scrolling.

iPad is also a great PDF device.

Be thankful for great vision.

I often have to process scans of PD scores. The paper they replace weighs hundreds of pounds.

Oh I see - poor quality scans (or scans of manuscripts for that matter) are a lot harder to deal with than digital scores which are native PDFs already.

Though I'm still impressed by people who can sight read off a tiny smartphone screen.

PDF is amazing for replacing many pounds of paper.