My Staffpad tips #1

[DCPImages]

Good insights. Note entry can be tempramental in StaffPad.

[glennroberts]

You can also put the eraser in the tool bar and set it up to double tap on your pencil (iPad & Apple Pencil users) to erase. Not a fan of the pressure erase.

[AcousticBruce]

The mark left from the pencil when tapping outside (so that handwriting could be recognized) is driving me nuts. Is there any way around this?

[georgedovel]

Thanks for this - I picked up some hints that I'll apply in what is now my second attempt to make peace with StaffPad. My handwriting is terrible and my ability to draw is nonexistent, so that's not helping for sure. Sometimes I can't read my own handwritten paper scores, so I have a lot of sympathy for StaffPad! (Yes, I get the irony ha.)

One change I wish they would consider would be a more forgiving "preliminary guess" mode in which the engine gives its best guess when faced with ambiguity but at least produces *something* rather than staring back at you blankly. For instance, it's faster to adjust one note that got rendered at the wrong pitch than to be forced to delete everything in the measure and start over. As in, if it can't tell whether the note head is supposed to be on a line or in a space, at least put something there so I can quickly slide the note up and down. Maybe render it in a special color that indicates a threshold of uncertainty. Similarly, if there's something that is vaguely close to a vertical line with a blob above it or below it, there's a 99% chance that it's supposed to be a stemmed note. Just give me a note and let me adjust if needed.

Or maybe a "learning" mode where it highlights which part of an input string it can't process so I get some idea of how to improve my technique. Is it beaming, note head size, angles, etc.? What am I doing wrong?

That said, I'm sure the recognition process is a lot more complicated than I appreciate, so maybe it's near peak proficiency already.

I like the app and the concept a lot (the audio playback even with the stock sounds is shockingly good), but I hope either the app gets more forgiving or my clumsy hand gets more accurate. I'll keep at it...

Cheers -

[JCF]

helpful. didn't realize that erasing is done by rubbing and not stabbing. thanks

[jaimechacon]

How do i transpose my score?the key can be changed but it doesnt transose the notes.

[petermcmurray]

Thank you. The dot was annoying me but I find keeping the pencil steady on the glass is awkward so enlarging helps. 3 finger trick?? One issue I have not found an answer to is I missed a note in bar 3 and did not notice until a page or 2 later - how on earth do you insert a note because it means every bar from then on has to be shunted. Inserting a measure if easy a single note not so

[downpatmusic]

Geez handwriting those dynamics like the small p took you 10 attempts and you are an experienced Staffpad user! Though I am liking handwriting recognition for the fun factor, as a newbie I am finding the 2 hand, left hand on computer keyboard and write hand on mouse-trackpad, to be the fastest 2 hand method to get the job done for notation input.

[thebentleycobb.music]

So… how do apply simple repeats along with different endings? I’m lost on this.

[GeorgesGondard]

Hello what is Your pad, are 8 Go enough ? Thank You

[vikaihkum]

Hello…great video.I just want to ask whether all the articulations functions with StaffPad stock sounds.Like portamento on the strings.I am having difficulty with that..just a new user.help would be highly appreciated.Thanks

[robinorbitamusic]

I have a tip for the readers. Don't write 'p' because it's very hard for staffpad to recognize it. Write "mf" instead then drag it downward to make it 'p' or any other dynamic symbol. "mf" or "f" are the easiest symbol staffpad can recognize. I hope this will make your production even more productive.

[KitCatStudio]

hey guys i picked up the app and trying to write drum parts, does anyone know how to write a flam ?

[michaelelliott]

I'm having the same problems with mine. It must take practice or I need to recalibrate it.

[batjargalenkhbaatar]

1:26 I’m so annoyed with the writing recognition of this app.

[clarenceoveur]

Hello, thanks for the video! This looks so bad. Almost everything you write needs at least 3 to 5 tries to get the correct notation. And also many corrections after the fact. This is far from usable, at least not for serious work. It would drive me insane! LOL They need to add more input methods like MIDI ASAP.