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The Gig Easy iPad Mic Stand Mount Review – Attach Your iPad to an Existing Mic Stand
Sightread Ltd were kind enough to send over the The Gig Easy iPad Mic Stand & Side Mic Stand Mounts for review recently. The Gig Easy iPad Mic Stand Mount is a reassuringly secure method of attaching an iPad to a microphone stand. With its versatile angle settings and careful gripping action, your Apple tablet will become an even more useful device as a result of the flexibility provided by such a set-up. If you play a musical instrument or require an iPad to be held alongside other equipment without risk of damage, The Gig Easy iPad Mic Stand Mount is certainly up to the task and I am more than happy to entrust my new iPad with it. Read Entire Review (with Photos)
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Sightread Ltd were kind enough to send over the The Gig Easy iPad Mic Stand & Side Mic Stand Mounts for review recently. The Gig Easy iPad Mic Stand Mount is a reassuringly secure method of attaching an iPad to a microphone stand. With its versatile angle settings and careful gripping action, your Apple tablet will become an even more useful device as a result of the flexibility provided by such a set-up. If you play a musical instrument or require an iPad to be held alongside other equipment without risk of damage, The Gig Easy iPad Mic Stand Mount is certainly up to the task and I am more than happy to entrust my new iPad with it. Read Entire Review (with Photos)
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Recording Magazine / July 2011 Issue / Page 42
Review by Mike Metlay
TheGigEasy
$79 to $99; www.thegigeasy.com
I know, in an article otherwise chock-full of apps costing just a few dollars and interfaces costing $70 or less, it can be jarring to see a price tag like this on something as seemingly simple as an iPad stand. You might find yourself scratching your head and asking yourself, "What could possibly make an iPad stand worth this much money?"
I've had a chance to work with a number of iPad stands from different makers, and there are some good ones and some not-so-good ones. Some are solidly made but not as flexible as you might like them to be - perhaps they're not easy to position, or it's difficult to put the iPad in or take it out - and some are just plain cheap, dropping your iPad or letting it rattle around. And with the advent of the iPad 2, which is substantially thinner than the original, many stands just plain don't fit any more.
And then there's TheGigEasy. How does it differ from the competition? Well, where do I start...it uses four spring-loaded arms that hug the iPad tightly, making it exceptionally easy to place and remove while holding it rock-steady. It can be purchased with a variety of stand mount options, everything from a mic boom arm to a conventional Manhasset music stand to a VESA arm mount like those used for swivelling monitors. It can be turned to any position, landscape or portrait, with a solidly detented 'click' at each position and a full 360 degrees of rotation.
If you have an iPad 2, converting TheGigEasy to hold it is as simple as attaching four self-adhesive rubber bumper pads, which come free with the unit, and I’m told that a special iPad 2 version offering full access to both camera lenses will ship in July.
You wouldn't trust a thousand-dollar guitar to a cheaply-made stand, or put your best vintage tube mic on a flimsy mic boom you got in the bargain bin, would you? Well, you might...and you might curse the day you did when your precious investment ends up slipping, sagging, or just plain falling to the floor. Saving a few dollars on a cheap iPad stand is, in my opinion, a false economy. I've been living with TheGigEasy for several weeks now, using it in my studio as I play guitar through my iPad, play virtual instruments on it, and set it up for cue sheets when I do my radio show, and it's been an utter delight. I'm going to pay to keep it now that this review is over. I wouldn't trust my iPad to anything else.
