[hellfiremusic]

Just thought I'd mention that USB foot pedals also work when it comes to page turning - bluetooth mice etc may also be a cheap alternative to the bluetooth foot pedal!

[Volkhard]

Any recommendation for the Galaxy Tab 10.1 in regard to pageturning? Tried and true solutions please. Less expensive is more desireable

[François]

Any recommendation for the Galaxy Tab 10.1 in regard to pageturning? Tried and true solutions please. Less expensive is more desireable

I found theses two references with a little search on Internet :
Pageflip Cicada : http://www.thomann.de/gb/pageflip_cicada.htm
Airturn : http://www.thomann.de/gb/airturn_bt_105.htm

Notice that it's a Bluetooth connexion, not usb.
And its works also with iPads...

[bumblebee]

there is a related thread here (mainly on bluetooth pedals):
http://zubersoft.com/mobilesheets/forum/...php?tid=54

[Nosmo King]

Any recommendation for the Galaxy Tab 10.1 in regard to pageturning? Tried and true solutions please. Less expensive is more desireable

I found this:

http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/10/d...computing/

video with instructions on how to build your own USB foot pedal from an old USB keyboard. I suspect that a frugal minded musician might be able to get something like this to work. If I get ambitious enough, I might try it myself.

[GraemeJ]

Although a lot of MS users have gone the Bluetooth route, it seemed to me that it merely introduced another potential problem that could screw up a gig (and you will see plenty of posts where something like that has happened, tablet not responding immediately, going to sleep, etc.).

For most users, the pedals are not going to be very far from the tablet (like from music stand to floor) and any sort of wireless link seemed a bit overkill for that.

Instead, I bought one of these - eBay item number: 231133519434. It's cheap enough and has proved to work very well (I'm still working on a practical use for the third pedal).

[jeffn1]

Was it pretty much "plug and play"?

Although a lot of MS users have gone the Bluetooth route, it seemed to me that it merely introduced another potential problem that could screw up a gig (and you will see plenty of posts where something like that has happened, tablet not responding immediately, going to sleep, etc.).

For most users, the pedals are not going to be very far from the tablet (like from music stand to floor) and any sort of wireless link seemed a bit overkill for that.

Instead, I bought one of these - eBay item number: 231133519434. It's cheap enough and has proved to work very well (I'm still working on a practical use for the third pedal).

[Nosmo King]

I found this one from the US ebay for $26 shipped on a slow boat from China for free.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/USB-3-Triple-Act...0927559891

There are multiple examples of what looks like the same product, all at much different prices. This was the cheapest.

It looks like you need to program the pedals using your Windows PC, but then it will work on the tablet. I did plug a standard usb keyboard into my tablet and was able to navigate through music on MS using the arrow keys without difficulty.

While I'm pretty frugal, I'm not sure I can do much better than this price, so I think I'm going to buy one.

[GraemeJ]

jeffn1: You get a small program with it, to run on your PC. This enables you to assign whatever key combination you require to each pedal.

Nosmo King: That's the same one as I bought (and I gave in my link above). I don't really think you could do much better in terms of cost, unless you're into a bit of DIY and prepared to hack an old mouse around.

[marais]

Hello,
I'm on a Samsung 12.2" SM-P900 Android 5.02

Using the Cicadia Page Flip FIREFLY pedal (the one that has a mini USB port) 
(I own three).



Bluetooth connection works fine.

But if I connect the pedal via a USB cable it does not show up.
I've tried downloading multiple drives and still nothing.

The same pedal with a USB adaptor works perfectly on my Ipad.

I'm using this =



Any thoughts what I may or may not do to get the USB connection to work as it does on the IPad?

[mdavej]

Other SM-P900 users seem to have the same issues with USB devices. You should probably stick with BT unless you want to load a custom ROM.
https://zubersoft.com/mobilesheets/forum...age-2.html

[marais]

Thanks.

The problem is my second Firefly pedal sometimes goes NUUUUTZ with Bluetooth.

This means it just starts turning pages backwards all by itself.

A recording session in December finished with photocopies impossible to continue otherwise.

Yes I have a good Firefly pedal.

But this story which of course is not a problem via USB - plus that rarely on stage - my pedal will « grab » a neighbor’s Bluetooth.

We had a very well known orchestra here in Paris that had to… therefore abandon all tablets and pedals for a performance because of this.

Hence my cable obsession and why I abandoned Airturn and Cicadia Butterfly which had no hard wiring.

[mdavej]

Honestly, I'd get a different pedal or use the tablet that works with the one you've got. I've played hundreds of gigs and rehearsals with several musicians using pedals and never had any issues over BT. I can't use the Firefly type pedal because the action is inconsistent and the pedals have a mushy feel. The cheap Cube Turner pedal works great and I can feel the buttons through my shoes, so I don't have to look to put my foot on the pedal. Airturn was nothing but problems.

I've loaded custom ROMs on phones/tablets before, and it's complicated and scary if you you don't know what you're doing.

[itsme]

If you have a Firefly that works fine and one doing strange things you might check the firmware version.
This thread https://www.zubersoft.com/mobilesheets/f...-4189.html states that certain firmware versions are buggy.