Jeff Tillinghast

  For many of us, the summer season is a time to step back and plan the next year’s programs, explore new literature, techniques or ideas, or just catch up on the reading we didn’t do during the rest of the year. We also may not see our ensembles much (if at all) for the […]

 (Maestoso: Handwriting-based music theory software. Screengrab from “Maestoso Prototype,” Laura Barreto, 1:15)   It seems like the last 12 months have seen great growth in the field of pen and touch computing, both for the computing industry in general and music technology in specific. The release of the first iPad in 2010 promised to launch widespread […]

Last time I wrote about StaffPad, a new Windows 8 notation program that works on pen input to allow users to handwrite a score into the computer. While StaffPad is a very exciting product, it’s not the first viable handwriting notation program, and more people are interested in mobile device solutions than ones which require […]

Over the history of computer notation programs, the methods for getting music into the machine have stayed largely the same: use the computer keyboard and mouse, play notes live on a MIDI keyboard, or combine these methods using a program's favorite shortcuts. Anyone who spends enough time in notation software will eventually develop some fluency […]

  Using mobile devices to record audio and video offers some great advantages over using a camera alone: editing can be done on device, the built-in networking makes it easy to move or publish the files, and having a large screen makes it easy to review footage on the scene. The built-in camera and microphone […]

 (Screenshot: Apollo MIDI over Bluetooth, itunes.apple.com)   While the iPad continues to make progress in enabling powerful music and audio software, there are two recent hardware and accessory developments that are of particular note to professional musicians. As always, Chris Russell (@choirguy_) has done a great job of catching both the developments in Bluetooth MIDI […]