ForScore vs mobile sheets

General discussion about Gig Performer
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Advantages of one over the other?
ForScore seems to work on Mac but I never managed to connect it to windows.
Can’t connect mobile sheets to windows either.
In other words iPad Pro seems to not connect with windows.
Smaller iPads might connect to Mac computers but large iPad pros don’t get enough power even when connecting via a power hub on the Mac.

How are users connecting iPads to use forScore or mobile sheets on windows computers?
Macs are easier to connect to iPads but how does one get around the power requirement of large ipads?
I am looking for a cabled connection.

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Maybe this can help: [blog] How to set up MobileSheets on a PC with Gig Performer

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Thank you for that link.
Anything about forScore?
The issue is not so much about setting them up. ForScore works fine with small low power requirement iPads.
But iPad Pro does not connect even with powered hub. And with windows not at all.
That article talks only about mobile sheets which would be fine but does it address the high power requirement of large iPads?
How is the iPad getting the midi driver to connect to windows? In Mac we just use the audio midi setup and connection works only for iPads with Low power requirement.

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I know that @dhj used ForScore but switched to MobileSheets.

I don’t know about the iPad, I never used it.
This is for Android: MobileSheets on an Android device connected via USB to Windows 11 computer

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You can use RTP MIDI for that:

https://www.tobias-erichsen.de/software/rtpmidi.html

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Did you give OnSong a shot on your iPad? It is very powerful. I run GP on a Surface Pro 9. I have Bome Network installed on both my iPad Pro and my Surface. I have an Ethernet adapter pugged into the iPad and run the other end of the cable into a powered hub. Program change and every midi command you can think of are sent from the iPad using OnSong. I tried wireless but it wasn’t reliable and was subject to outside networks interference. Cable works well.

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I use Mobile Sheets on my iPad Pro, using the tablet as an extended monitor, with Sidecar. Works great.

I tried it with networked MIDI, but it was a fail for me. My Mac kept losing the connection, requiring manual re-connects. I got tired of messing with Audio MIDI Studio.

A Bome connection might fix it, but I have yet to try it. Sounds promising. Note that I lose touch control with Sidecar, and the Apple Pencil isn’t practical for my use case.

The main thing I like about Mobile Sheets is that you can be very deliberate about page selections using pitch bend messages.

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Mike implemented that feature specifically for us. It’s incredibly useful

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