![]() ![]() If you really want to explore touch screen entry in Finale, the Surface Pro 3 is a much better bet – more on that to come. ![]() (If you’re using Finale 2014, make sure you have 2014d so you can select the large tool palettes in Finale’s preferences.) That said, if your expectation is to have full-blown touch screen access to Finale via your iPad you will likely be disappointed: to me the benefit is simply in additional screen space. The touch screen interface works beautifully with the tool palettes. In the example below, I moved my Finale palettes off the MacBook Air, and assembled them on my iPhone. What’s more, Duet Display works with any iDevice, so you can use your iPhone, too. While $15.99 seems a bit expensive as iOS apps go, it’s still the cheapest way to add on-screen real estate, and is worth considering for anyone who travels with a Mac laptop and an iPad. While I typically use the MacBook mouse to control whatever is seen on the iPad, the iPad’s touch screen is a viable option for the larger controls (and I have rather large fingers). While obviously I can’t run Logic on the iPad, running it on the MacBook Air and displaying it on the iPad with the Duet Display app (as seen above) works quite well. I have an 11-inch MacBook Air that I travel with, and I often have to use Logic and Finale at the same time, which is not practical on such a small screen. Naturally, I wanted to try it out with Finale. Last week I enjoyed a fine post on Philip Rothman’s Sibelius blog about the Duet Display app, which allows you to use an iPad as an additional screen for your Mac.
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