StaffPad Reader is a free app that allows you to view StaffPad scores, in realtime, over a Wi-Fi network. This "realtime" display of score parts allows for some great features:
- Without any additional setup, you can view any part from a StaffPad score at any time
- Multiple Readers can connect to a single StaffPad score. An entire orchestra, for example.
- The score will update with any changes, as they're made in StaffPad
- The Readers also synchronise playback:
- They show a progress bar style playhead that indicates exactly where you are in the score during playback
- The Readers offers a metronome that clicks exactly in time with each other, providing a wireless synchronised metronome for as many people as you like (even over Bluetooth headphones).
- The Reader will turn the pages in a smart way -- allowing natural "read-ahead" behaviour without interruption or scrolling.
- You can toggle a "dark mode", which is better for performing in low-light environments like concert halls or theatres
- You can make annotations which are either private, or shared with fellow Readers - or sent back to StaffPad for communication with the composer/conductor/teacher/leader.
And much more. This is a revolution in collaboration between composer and musician, and makes the process of getting music rehearsed, performed and recorded much, much easier and more streamlined.