Trying to figure out a good way to view music at my Kronos
Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2016 12:08 am
I love my Kronos, and for the most part love the stand I have for it. But, even after a few years I haven't found a good, not to even think of great, solution for viewing music while playing my Kronos.
The stand I have is a two-tier stand. The bottom tier hold the kronos, the top I use for a shelf holding my studio monitors, mixer, and a few things. The top tier does not tilt (yeah, it could have, but didn't make sure it had that option when I bought it), and is too high to just place some kind of holder on it. I've though off clamping some kind of holder to it, but haven't seen anything that does that.
I HAD been thinking sheet music and music book, but I'd be happy with a large enough display or tablet. Whichever, it would have to be a touch screen so I can change pages without having to go find a laptop keyboard hanging around somewhere. Tablets seem to small for my old eyes, except for possibly the ipad pro, but that's pretty pricey. I've been thinking of just a monitor connected to my laptop, but I'd have to have a reasonable way of changing pages while playing and monitor cables tend to be large and difficult to wrangle ... I haven't checked yet, but a wireless connection between laptop and monitor would be ideal.
Finally, I need to replace my laptop soon. Its many years old so large, underpowered, and the two USB ports (yeah, its a cost-reduced model that I bought after being layed off) are starting to have problems (its a windows machine and the mouse driver keeps uninstalling and installing ... I think pretty soon it won't recognize the mouse or other USB devices) ... Anyone have recommendations...? This time around I don't have to skimp on budget, but I also still need to keep the cost "reasonable".
The stand I have is a two-tier stand. The bottom tier hold the kronos, the top I use for a shelf holding my studio monitors, mixer, and a few things. The top tier does not tilt (yeah, it could have, but didn't make sure it had that option when I bought it), and is too high to just place some kind of holder on it. I've though off clamping some kind of holder to it, but haven't seen anything that does that.
I HAD been thinking sheet music and music book, but I'd be happy with a large enough display or tablet. Whichever, it would have to be a touch screen so I can change pages without having to go find a laptop keyboard hanging around somewhere. Tablets seem to small for my old eyes, except for possibly the ipad pro, but that's pretty pricey. I've been thinking of just a monitor connected to my laptop, but I'd have to have a reasonable way of changing pages while playing and monitor cables tend to be large and difficult to wrangle ... I haven't checked yet, but a wireless connection between laptop and monitor would be ideal.
Finally, I need to replace my laptop soon. Its many years old so large, underpowered, and the two USB ports (yeah, its a cost-reduced model that I bought after being layed off) are starting to have problems (its a windows machine and the mouse driver keeps uninstalling and installing ... I think pretty soon it won't recognize the mouse or other USB devices) ... Anyone have recommendations...? This time around I don't have to skimp on budget, but I also still need to keep the cost "reasonable".