Hi,
Thanks for the comments.
The monitor is a GeChic 1303, which is also a touch panel. I went for this following Neil’s recommendation. On face value it is not cheap, but when you cost up a fully specced Surface Pro, the combination of my NUC PC (in the rack) and the GeChic was cheaper and the combination was more powerful, more expansible and had more USB IO.
I wanted a user interface where the computer did not have to be close to me, but the user interface was and that I had touch control over Cantabile of needed. So this fits the bill nicely.
However it’s worth noting that if you already have an iPAD (and presumably a Windows or Android touch panel, or even a cheap, old laptop which might not be powerful enough to run audio, but could act as a user interface) then a cheaper option may be remote desk top via a Tablet APP which I have been experimenting with recently.
See this post for details of how I have accessed my NUC via a Remote Desktop App on my iPAD. I am really pleased as I didn’t really want to fork out again for a second GeChic as a backup if the main one failed. Remote desktop on iPAD is not quite as good, but certainly usable in a pinch, or as an alternative if your budget is limited and you want to do something similar and also already have a tablet.