While the Clef Music Note Stand, designed by Sungho Lee, describes a portable computer concept with music note stand functionality, the MusicPad Pro is a real product consisting of a digital sheet music system, or digital music stand.

In the case of Clef, a talented industrial designer was inspired by his music passion, while with the MusicPad things are opposite – the digital device was created by musicians with passion for technology, who thought in developing a portable compact unit capable to store thousands of music pages.




When using the MusicPad digital music stand, you can turn the pages with music scores with a simple touch of a finger or using the optional foot pedal. Enabling the turn-ahead feature you can see what’s the next page while you’re still playing one. Also, you can make adjustments to scores with rehearsal marks or other tools, and you won’t loose any fragment of your work.
In addition, the Music manager software helps you in downloading and importing from composition software such as Sibelius, Finale, Encore or Cakewalk, and even from scanned scores.
The device measures 330 x 250 x 45 mm at almost 2 Kg and features a 12.1-inch 1024 x 768-pixel low- glare touch-sensitive display with TFT LCD technology and backlight, so you’ll be able to play your scores in low light conditions as well as bright environments.




Thousands of pages can be stored and managed in the 32MB Flash memory and 64MB RAM, and the device comes also with 512MB Flash memory module. Other cool characteristics include a rechargeable battery, video out, audio out, AC power, 2 USB ports, foot pedal jack, 100,000 digital music scores download option from SightReadMusic.co.uk, support for converted scanned music library, the possibility to make color notes with handwriting, key pasages zooming, notation symbols library, text annotation via virtual keyboard, half-page turn option for look-ahead viewing, 2-page display in landscape mode, remote page turning, MISI player, file browser, quick search function, and expandable playlist.




The digital music stand comes with several useful accessories such as the Deluxe MusicPad Pro Carrying Bag with rugged handle, carrying strap, large padded interior pocket, enough space for notebook computers, 3 zippered pockets on the exterior, and 1 Velcro pocket for business cards and markers. It is made of durable 1000 denier nylon with water- and abrasion resistance and has rugged plastic hardware.

The foot pedal with MPP adapter/extension connects to the MusicPad Pro and lets you forward pages, while the 15' MPP Adapter/Extension Cable connects to it to device providing up to 15 feet range.

MusicPad Pro was developed by Freehand Systems & SightRead is used by various famous musicians such as Sting, The Dead and Michael Nesmith, and is available at prices around $800.

(Thanks for the tip, David!)