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#21
Repertoire Help / Re: New iPad is missing the fi...
Last post by JerryK - June 19, 2025, 04:41:01 PMI found this, written about the Apple adaptor:
"It's so much more than just an "adapter", as written on the packaging – it's a fairly smart sound card with a built-in DAC, ADC, automatic detection of if anything is plugged into it, and even supports in-line remote control commands."
Another, looking like a 2-tailed connector (i.e. no box) still claims to have a DAC.
Is it possible that the iPad (A16) doesn't send plain old audio to the USB socket? I suppose USB doesn't include spec for audio pins, so anything connecting headphones, or in my case an audio mixer, requires a DAC.
What a pest. So I guess I have to try several and hope to get lucky. Apple don't list one here in UK, with a charge socket.
"It's so much more than just an "adapter", as written on the packaging – it's a fairly smart sound card with a built-in DAC, ADC, automatic detection of if anything is plugged into it, and even supports in-line remote control commands."
Another, looking like a 2-tailed connector (i.e. no box) still claims to have a DAC.
Is it possible that the iPad (A16) doesn't send plain old audio to the USB socket? I suppose USB doesn't include spec for audio pins, so anything connecting headphones, or in my case an audio mixer, requires a DAC.
What a pest. So I guess I have to try several and hope to get lucky. Apple don't list one here in UK, with a charge socket.
#22
Repertoire Help / Re: New iPad is missing the fi...
Last post by JerryK - June 19, 2025, 04:02:33 PMWhat's baffling me is why those adaptors with a USB socket for charging need to also have a D-to-A converter at all.
The simple USB-C to 3.5 headphone cable doesn't have one. Is it better? Doubtful.
The simple USB-C to 3.5 headphone cable doesn't have one. Is it better? Doubtful.
#23
Repertoire Help / Re: Hide all Chords Per User?
Last post by arlo - June 18, 2025, 03:24:51 PMI see the document toolbar as the place for functions related to the document viewer. I can put syncing the Hide/Show Chords settings across devices to my wish list.
#24
Repertoire Help / Re: Hold a Midi Footswitch to ...
Last post by arlo - June 18, 2025, 03:21:49 PMIf you have a foot switch that sends continuous messages when you hold a button down, then you can map those to the Scroll Document Up and Scroll Document Down app control actions, and set the By Amount setting to control the scroll speed.
If your foot switch doesn't send continuous messages, you could still use those actions, and set By Amount to a fairly large amount and then you can press the foot switch button two or three times if needed.
Another option is to add markers to your lyrics or documents, and then you can use the Next/Previous Page or Marker app control actions and those will scroll to the next or previous marker with one click.
If your foot switch doesn't send continuous messages, you could still use those actions, and set By Amount to a fairly large amount and then you can press the foot switch button two or three times if needed.
Another option is to add markers to your lyrics or documents, and then you can use the Next/Previous Page or Marker app control actions and those will scroll to the next or previous marker with one click.
#25
Repertoire Help / Hold a Midi Footswitch to cont...
Last post by Insider0203 - June 18, 2025, 10:04:25 AMIs it possible to have a MIDI footswitch scroll a document at a certain speed while holding the switch down and then stop scrolling once release?
I have a MIDI Baby 3 foot controller and it can send CC messages on a tap, release and hold. However, the hold simply sends out one command after a certain amount of time. I'm not sure if there's a way to configure it and/or bandhelper to get this behavior.
The closest I was able to get was to assign an app control action for auto scroll. Pressing and holding the MIDI baby would send a command to start scrolling, and releasing the footswitch would send the command to stop. However, this method would require that I have a duration set for all my songs.
I have a MIDI Baby 3 foot controller and it can send CC messages on a tap, release and hold. However, the hold simply sends out one command after a certain amount of time. I'm not sure if there's a way to configure it and/or bandhelper to get this behavior.
The closest I was able to get was to assign an app control action for auto scroll. Pressing and holding the MIDI baby would send a command to start scrolling, and releasing the footswitch would send the command to stop. However, this method would require that I have a duration set for all my songs.
#26
Repertoire Help / Re: Hide all Chords Per User?
Last post by Insider0203 - June 18, 2025, 09:54:18 AMOk, that's helpful but if I'm understanding you correctly, hiding/showing chords is a per device setting, not user? So if they log into another device, they'd have to toggle that setting again.
That's why I still feel like this should be more of a user setting, not device. A non-instrumentalist singer most likely wants to hide chords on all their devices.
Also, visually speaking, the toolbar would seem to be a song setting since it appears on top of individual song and things like annotations, font size, markers etc are all song specific for that user. The hide chords and Chords/roman numeral buttons seem to be the only buttons in the toolbar that affect other songs. So I think the confusion is understandable and putting the setting to hide chords for all songs along with the other default settings is a good idea.
Either way, I'm nitpicking at the moment and just giving you something to think about. Amazing app nonetheless and thanks for the response.
That's why I still feel like this should be more of a user setting, not device. A non-instrumentalist singer most likely wants to hide chords on all their devices.
Also, visually speaking, the toolbar would seem to be a song setting since it appears on top of individual song and things like annotations, font size, markers etc are all song specific for that user. The hide chords and Chords/roman numeral buttons seem to be the only buttons in the toolbar that affect other songs. So I think the confusion is understandable and putting the setting to hide chords for all songs along with the other default settings is a good idea.
Either way, I'm nitpicking at the moment and just giving you something to think about. Amazing app nonetheless and thanks for the response.
#27
Repertoire Help / Re: Hide all Chords Per User?
Last post by arlo - June 18, 2025, 09:08:27 AMSong settings are set on the song edit pages.
Layout settings are set on the layout edit pages.
Device settings are set on the Settings pages or the document toolbar and do not have a sync icon next to them.
User settings are set on the Settings pages and have a sync icon next to them.
Project settings are set on the project edit pages of the website. Also the contact info in the Stage Plots module is saved at the project level.
Account settings are set on the admin pages of the website.
If you want to frequently hide and show the bracketed chords, you can map the Show/Hide Bracketed Chords app control action to a screen gesture or a foot switch button.
Layout settings are set on the layout edit pages.
Device settings are set on the Settings pages or the document toolbar and do not have a sync icon next to them.
User settings are set on the Settings pages and have a sync icon next to them.
Project settings are set on the project edit pages of the website. Also the contact info in the Stage Plots module is saved at the project level.
Account settings are set on the admin pages of the website.
If you want to frequently hide and show the bracketed chords, you can map the Show/Hide Bracketed Chords app control action to a screen gesture or a foot switch button.
#28
Repertoire Help / Re: New iPad is missing the fi...
Last post by arlo - June 18, 2025, 09:01:57 AMI've heard of this problem with USB-C to audio adapters before, but I don't know if the problem is specific to adapters with a power jack or also affects off-brand adapters with just an audio jack. To be safe, I would either buy adapters made by Apple or adapters that are listed as "Apple MFi Certified."
#29
Repertoire Help / Re: New iPad is missing the fi...
Last post by JerryK - June 18, 2025, 07:51:44 AMQuote from: Ahiru on June 17, 2025, 06:49:25 AMIf you don't mind, please publish whatever insights you might find on this... I find the first tic of count-offs in backing tracks often squelched (still there, but as if a few initial audio frames are dropped), though even true on older iPads. I've just learned to expect & tolerate it, but would be nice if there was a fix (other than adding silence padding to the start of all backing tracks, which works, but not going to do ;-)
My new iPad A16 is not directly responsible for this and possibly not at all, except that the now-discontinued 3.5mm socket required use of an adaptor - one that can also charge the iPad.
I think the adaptor - which in this case is not just a USB-C to 3.5mm 'cable' but also includes a USB-C socket for simultaneous charging - is probably converting USB Digital to Audio and trying to be clever by switching off the power to that D-to-A converter (in the adaptor) when there is no audio to convert. I wish it wouldn't.
Then, when some digital audio arrives, the adaptor switches on the D-to-A converter, but slowly, over more than 0.5 seconds at a guess, so that we don't hear a click. Of course, that's also hiding my wanted 1st click of the count-in.
This is largely guesswork but seems likely.
Another, similar adaptor but with Lightning connectors, from the same manufacturer, does not have this problem on my older iPads.
A cable-only adaptor works fine too but of course I can't also charge the iPad.
#30
Repertoire Help / Re: Hide all Chords Per User?
Last post by Insider0203 - June 18, 2025, 07:02:30 AMQuote from: arlo on June 17, 2025, 04:10:16 PMThe chords would be hidden for all songs.
Thanks! Didn't know that.
That brings up a comment; it's sometimes difficult to tell what's a per-song setting, what's a per-user setting, what's a device setting and what's an account setting.
Personally, for hiding chords, I'd think that this setting should go with the user default settings, where they pick the default document, lyric size and etc. Then they could override that on a per-song basis with the documents toolbar.