If you, like me, use your iPad as your music pad on Jazz gigs, or any gigs for that matter you will most likely need a stand to put it on.
Given that the iPad is a pretty expensive piece of kit I decided to find a secure way of placing it on a stand without the danger of it falling off and breaking during a concert. Luckily the well established manufacturer of quality music stands K&M make a perfect iPad holder. It is available from the German international music cyber-store www.thomann.de.
The stand not only securely holds the iPad (IorII) but you still have easy access to your buttons and controls and the holder swivels so that you can read landscape or portrait charts. It is mic stand mountable (in fact that is the only way to use it) which means that you can easily adjust it’s position to suit your needs, depending on which mic stand you are using.
Beware, iPad I and iPad II are different sizes, there is therefore a different holder for each model. Make sure (un-like me) that you buy the correct one! If anyone out there is in Copenhagen and needs a holder for an iPad I just let me know…. I have a spare.
I have bought a K&M Ipad holder for Ipad 2. During a gig the Ipad has fallen 2 times on the ground. The holder must have bigger clips so the Ipad cannot come out.
As it is now it is worthless for gigging.
Very sorry to hear about that. The iPad I and iPad II are different in thickness. Consequently there are two different holders for them. It sounds like you may have been using the wrong one.