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#31

Repertoire Help / Re: Song Layouts Question

Last post by arlo - July 29, 2026, 09:33:52 AM

The apps now only create one layout by default, because many users disliked the clutter of getting a full set of layouts automatically. If you want to try some other standard layouts, you can go to Repertoire > Layouts and click the add button to add them.

You can change the bottom toolbar fields by editing the layout's buttons and fields, clicking the field you want to change and selecting a different field name from the popup.

I haven't seen much public sharing of layouts. I guess this is because custom layouts are pretty individualized and it's just as easy to customize your own than to look for someone else's to import.

#32

Repertoire Help / Song Layouts Question

Last post by sbattisti - July 28, 2026, 05:05:38 PM

Hi all, newbie here. Trying to figure out song layouts. I was watching this video, and it lists a bunch of different default layouts. But my app only has "More Buttons". I tried the instructions in this video to "rename standard layouts" and "load default layouts", but I don't have a "load" option in my settings.

Also, when editing the "More Buttons" layout, is there a way to change the already-present elements like the "Title +1" in the bottom right? Everything seems slightly grayed out, and I can't select any of those elements.

Finally, is there somewhere that intrepid users have already created layouts for other people to import? I didn't see anywhere obvious in the forums.

Thanks!

#33

MIDI Help / Re: Send MIDI clock to other d...

Last post by arlo - July 26, 2026, 01:22:58 PM

After clicking the Tempo button to start the tempo, you can look at the MIDI button in the top toolbar to see if it's blinking; that indicates that BandHelper is sending the MIDI beat clock messages. You can also click that button and look at the Activity Log to see if there are outgoing beat clock messages.

#34

MIDI Help / Send MIDI clock to other devic...

Last post by LoloCamino - July 26, 2026, 08:27:03 AM

Hi there,

I just want to send the tempo (BEAT clock) from BandHelper to other devices: my app SynthOne (on the IPad) and my Headrush looper (connected to the IPad thourgh a USB/MIDI interface myoXC).
Indeed, when I'm using an Arpeggiator, I want it to be synchronized with the tempo.

So I Read The F.... Manual. ;-)
In section "To send beat clock (tempo) messages",
1. I turned on the "Send MIDI beat clock" option: OK
2. Edit a song and enter a tempo value: OK
3. Save the song to reload the Songs list, or navigate to a set list or smart list, and tap the Tempo button (I succeeded to add the tempo button) for a song: the tempo is playing on the Ipad/BandHelper: I don't want that. But my main issue is still the same: the tempo in SynthOne and the looperboad does not change.

How can I fix that?

Thanks for your support.

Lolo

#35

Repertoire Help / Re: Help with Auto-Scrolling

Last post by arlo - July 25, 2026, 02:10:08 PM

The automatic calculation divides the song duration by the lyrics length plus an extra half-page at the start for the intro and a half-page at the end for an outro.

#36

Repertoire Help / Re: Help with Auto-Scrolling

Last post by sbattisti - July 25, 2026, 12:45:18 PM

Thank you! Just curious, how does the auto-scroll perform the automatic calculation if there isn't an auto-scroll pre-roll or auto-scroll duration?

Does it just guess at a percentage of the total duration before starting?

#37

Repertoire Help / Re: Help with Auto-Scrolling

Last post by arlo - July 25, 2026, 08:23:44 AM

I have a song with a 3-minute duration, but the lyrics don't start until about 35 seconds in. I set the "auto-scroll pre-roll" setting to 35 seconds. But on the mobile app, when I tap the document to "start the song," it defaults to 30 seconds.

Did you set the auto-scroll duration, too? If you want to override the automatic auto-scroll calculation, you'll have to set the auto-scroll duration. More info is here:

https://www.bandhelper.com/tutorials/autoscrolling.html

if multiple people are using the app, and one person "starts the song," does it start for everyone?

If you want to share an action like starting auto-scroll on multiple devices, you can use Live Sharing:

https://www.bandhelper.com/tutorials/live_sharing.html

#38

Repertoire Help / Help with Auto-Scrolling

Last post by sbattisti - July 24, 2026, 11:52:32 AM

Hi all, brand new user of BandHelper. Trying to get some stuff set up for my band so I can encourage them to use this! Right now I'm trying to figure out the auto-scroll.

I have a song with a 3-minute duration, but the lyrics don't start until about 35 seconds in. I set the "auto-scroll pre-roll" setting to 35 seconds. But on the mobile app, when I tap the document to "start the song," it defaults to 30 seconds.

Am I setting something incorrectly? Is this setting not what controls how long before the lyrics start scrolling.

Also, I haven't gotten around to other bandmates yet, but if multiple people are using the app, and one person "starts the song," does it start for everyone?

Thanks!

#39

Repertoire Help / Re: Feature Request: multiple ...

Last post by WilburrUK - July 24, 2026, 11:03:23 AM

Appreciate it. Cheers!

#40

Repertoire Help / Re: Feature Request: multiple ...

Last post by arlo - July 24, 2026, 09:07:18 AM

Okay, I'll look into options for supporting that.