Masterdaelion,
Page turning,
Phil,
Sheet Music,
Students,
iPad,
iPad Musician,
iPhone,
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Mon, October 18, 2010 at 1:50 PM
So, you are learning to play a song on your instrument of choice and you are just getting into the flow of the piece when you have to take your hands, or at least a hand, off the instrument to turn the sheet music, interrupting your progress and throwing off your pace. If the sheets are loose leafed pages you can also end up inadvertently tipping the whole stack off your music holder and on to the floor (or is that just us?).
Even if you have 'gone digital' and loaded your sheet music or tabs onto your iPad, you still have to pause right in the middle of a phrase and turn the page by swiping or tapping the iPad screen.
Masterdaelion is an app that aims to help you solve this problem. The strap line on the website reads 'Focus on the essence of music' and the developers aim to help you do this by providing a wireless page turning function within a sheet music displaying app.
You will need:
You must have an iPad and an iPhone, each with a copy of the Masterdaelion app installed (a one-off purchase for both devices as it is Universal).
After linking the iPhone via Bluetooth to your iPad, the app uses the camera in the iPhone as a motion detector basically. As soon as something moves across the iPhone's field of view it tells Masterdaelion on your iPad to turn the page.
The iPhone simply needs to be pointed at something fairly plain, such as a wall or the floor, so that it can detect when an object enters the frame. The video below shows an early demo of the app in use, and why you might want to use it too.
We thought this was a creative use of the Bluetooth pairing and a nice way to integrate the iPhone and iPad, but we are not sure about the price at $20.99 (£12.49).
Frankly, for the functionality it provides, although unique, we think that is far too much to charge and will probably prevent a lot of people buying it, especially if they are students with limited iTunes credits.
The good news is there is a Free Lite version of Masterdaelion in the app store, so you can try it out first. If you decide you really need it, then you can go ahead and get the full version of Masterdaelion knowing what you are paying for and you have not wasted any money if you don't like it.
We want your thoughts, have you tried Masterdaelion (Lite or Full versions)? What do you think? Are there any alternatives? Let us know in the comments below.
Masterdaelion,
Page turning,
Phil,
Sheet Music,
Students,
iPad,
iPad Musician,
iPhone,
music | in
Music
Tue, March 16, 2010 at 7:47 PM 
We predict that music creation and music learning applications are going to be huge on the iPad. Combine the tactile nature of multi-touch with the larger screen of the iPad and you have a winning platform for musical types. While we wait for Apple to commit to GarageBand for the iPad (oh please uncle Steve!), Wonder Warp Software have already confirmed that it plans to bring its four star rated iPhone app to the iPad.