A satisfied musician who has used GigBook since 2010
The updated version is bodacious. So many aps promise but fail to deliver. This product delivers 110%. Even before the update it was better than other apps I tried-Far out MusicReader, Four Score and others. The instructions are easy, clean and concise. This product is OUTSTANDING. Customer service is amazing- I've never experienced better. They return emails practically immediately. EXCELLENT!
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Progress at last!
After many years of inactivity, they’re finally updating this excellent app again to make it more workable and reliable in the modern age. Thank you!!
Reliable
Easy to use. Great customer service.
Love it! Reliable app for organizing my sheet music library
I’ve been using this app for several years now, and depend on it for all my sheet music needs. I have over 9600 charts loaded on my iPad Pro 12.9" (and a slightly smaller subset on my old iPad Air 2).
I have used this app for organizing my jazz library (so I can easily find charts for audience requests on the fly), the binders for the horn sections in multiple RnB/funk bands, a few hymnals for use with a church choir, and the books for pit orchestra gigs. Pairing it with an AirTurn Bluetooth pedal has made it even easier to use on the gig (ie I can keep playing without having to flip pages by hand). I used to lug multiple real books and binders around to gigs, plus a heavy music stand. Now I pack an iPad, an AirTurn pedal, and a mic stand with a MagConnect attachment instead of 50+lbs of paper and extra hardware, thus freeing up precious packing space and saving wear & tear on my arms!
I love the ability to create binders, set lists, etc. and to mark up individual sheets on the fly, as well as to connect to Dropbox or to transfer in recent scans from other programs. The ability to load in a PDF of an entire book and then index the individual charts within it has proven very valuable to me. I haven't had a chance to test out all of the newer features, but I'm looking forward to it!
Up until recently, I had some issues with indexing and metronome tempo inconsistencies, but over the last month, the development team has been very responsive, putting in considerable effort to make the app better, and even emailed me back to acknowledge the bugs and assure me they would be dealt with quickly. The latest update (as of this review) addressed all of them.
Only caveats: understand that your sheet music will only appear as good as the PDFs you load into it, and that these files take up space. The 9600+ charts on my 64GB iPad Pro require 4.22GB. My old iPad Air 2 has only 16GB of total space to begin with, so I had to trim back my library on that device due to space limitations. This is not the fault of the app; if you plan on keeping a massive library, recognize that you’ll have to make room for it. Also, understand that it takes time to load your charts and index everything to create a searchable database; it took me many hours to get all these charts loaded and indexed. The same would be true of pretty much any program, I suspect.
I have used this app for organizing my jazz library (so I can easily find charts for audience requests on the fly), the binders for the horn sections in multiple RnB/funk bands, a few hymnals for use with a church choir, and the books for pit orchestra gigs. Pairing it with an AirTurn Bluetooth pedal has made it even easier to use on the gig (ie I can keep playing without having to flip pages by hand). I used to lug multiple real books and binders around to gigs, plus a heavy music stand. Now I pack an iPad, an AirTurn pedal, and a mic stand with a MagConnect attachment instead of 50+lbs of paper and extra hardware, thus freeing up precious packing space and saving wear & tear on my arms!
I love the ability to create binders, set lists, etc. and to mark up individual sheets on the fly, as well as to connect to Dropbox or to transfer in recent scans from other programs. The ability to load in a PDF of an entire book and then index the individual charts within it has proven very valuable to me. I haven't had a chance to test out all of the newer features, but I'm looking forward to it!
Up until recently, I had some issues with indexing and metronome tempo inconsistencies, but over the last month, the development team has been very responsive, putting in considerable effort to make the app better, and even emailed me back to acknowledge the bugs and assure me they would be dealt with quickly. The latest update (as of this review) addressed all of them.
Only caveats: understand that your sheet music will only appear as good as the PDFs you load into it, and that these files take up space. The 9600+ charts on my 64GB iPad Pro require 4.22GB. My old iPad Air 2 has only 16GB of total space to begin with, so I had to trim back my library on that device due to space limitations. This is not the fault of the app; if you plan on keeping a massive library, recognize that you’ll have to make room for it. Also, understand that it takes time to load your charts and index everything to create a searchable database; it took me many hours to get all these charts loaded and indexed. The same would be true of pretty much any program, I suspect.
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Dropbox Assist
Love this app! This is the reason I bought my 1st iPad. Had to get rid of all those lyrics binders. Very timely help on fixing my access to Dropbox. We are good to go!
