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I play in a jazz big band and need a page turner to navigate through the charts on iPad, trying to move out of paper lol. Anyone have experience using one of these for this purpose please?
Of course the secondary use is for any iOS apps :).

My searching so far has yielded:
Xsonic airstep (apparently one pedal to rule them all)
Airturn BT500S-4
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Would this be foot operated?
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IK BlueBoard is another option I think

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GrantB wrote: Tue Feb 20, 2024 10:40 am Would this be foot operated?
Yes foot operated.
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no advise on a page turner, but what app are you using for charts?

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jimi wrote: Tue Feb 20, 2024 1:53 pm no advise on a page turner, but what app are you using for charts?
OnSong atm, I also have iReal Pro (highly recommended for jazz chord charts), but have used OnSong for years and its been very good.
Normally I use the auto scroll feature to scroll the song, but with big band charts, you need to navigate back to sections for repeats and endings etc.
Hence I need the pedal to cue up the tune and then walk through the pages as required.
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Boss FS-1-WL could be an option too :)
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bobiron wrote: Tue Feb 20, 2024 9:09 am I play in a jazz big band and need a page turner to navigate through the charts on iPad, trying to move out of paper lol. Anyone have experience using one of these for this purpose please?
Of course the secondary use is for any iOS apps :).

My searching so far has yielded:
Xsonic airstep (apparently one pedal to rule them all)
Airturn BT500S-4
X-VIVE
Did you get one in the end? We're starting to do a few more arrangements and I need to follow charts properly for a change . Last few new songs are 5 pages each, a blutoot turner pedal would be handy now. 😆

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Cdog wrote: Wed May 08, 2024 7:29 am
bobiron wrote: Tue Feb 20, 2024 9:09 am I play in a jazz big band and need a page turner to navigate through the charts on iPad, trying to move out of paper lol. Anyone have experience using one of these for this purpose please?
Of course the secondary use is for any iOS apps :).

My searching so far has yielded:
Xsonic airstep (apparently one pedal to rule them all)
Airturn BT500S-4
X-VIVE
Did you get one in the end? We're starting to do a few more arrangements and I need to follow charts properly for a change . Last few new songs are 5 pages each, a blutoot turner pedal would be handy now. 😆
I got the M-Vave Chocolate 4 button thing in the end, seems to work with lots of different things, although I have yet to config it for Unsong. The software seems good.
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I use Onsong and the Firefly below for every gig. Has never let me down. Had an AirTurn one before that, which did let me down!
Takes double A's or you can plug into usb which is great to have both options.

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What did you end up using?
I use songbook pro on android and may be playing April sun in Cuba and wagon wheel shortly, I’d hate to have to actually learn them when I could just sort of switch off and read the tab….
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Bg wrote: Wed Jul 17, 2024 12:15 pm What did you end up using?
I use songbook pro on android and may be playing April sun in Cuba and wagon wheel shortly, I’d hate to have to actually learn them when I could just sort of switch off and read the tab….
I hope you're taking the piss about needing a chord chart for April Sun.
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There’s one on TM at present. I was trying to understand what kind of foot pedal it was.
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Bg wrote: Wed Jul 17, 2024 12:15 pm What did you end up using?
I use songbook pro on android and may be playing April sun in Cuba and wagon wheel shortly, I’d hate to have to actually learn them when I could just sort of switch off and read the tab….
bobiron wrote: Wed May 08, 2024 7:46 am I got the M-Vave Chocolate 4 button thing in the end, seems to work with lots of different things, although I have yet to config it for Unsong. The software seems good.
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