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#31
MIDI Help / Re: Selecting a song does not ...
Last post by coder400 - September 20, 2026, 09:03:55 PMAnyway, I tired the following:
"To select specific songs with a MIDI device
Most app control actions aren't tied to specific songs, but you can map MIDI messages to specific songs. Then if you have a MIDI device that makes it easy to send arbitrary messages, you can use these messages to navigate directly to the desired songs.
Find out whether your MIDI device can send Song Select messages or Program Change messages. Song Select messages were designed for exactly this purpose, but are limited to 128 songs, and are less commonly used.
Navigate to Settings > App Control, scroll down in the Actions list and click Song Number.
Click either MIDI System Messages or MIDI Program Messages, then select Song Select or Program Change. (These are the only options for each message type.)
Navigate to Settings > Audio & MIDI and turn on Assign Song Select Numbers or Assign Incoming Programs. You will need this to enter song values in the next step.
Navigate to Songs and click a song title to edit it. You'll see either a MIDI Song Number field or a MIDI Program Change field, with accompanying Bank MSB and LSB fields. Enter unique values between 0 and 127 into these fields.
Program your MIDI device to send the values you entered for each song.
Navigate to a show or smart list that contains the songs you want to select. Then send the messages you programmed from your MIDI device."
But still nothing gets sent, or logged in the activity log. I am still missing something.
"To select specific songs with a MIDI device
Most app control actions aren't tied to specific songs, but you can map MIDI messages to specific songs. Then if you have a MIDI device that makes it easy to send arbitrary messages, you can use these messages to navigate directly to the desired songs.
Find out whether your MIDI device can send Song Select messages or Program Change messages. Song Select messages were designed for exactly this purpose, but are limited to 128 songs, and are less commonly used.
Navigate to Settings > App Control, scroll down in the Actions list and click Song Number.
Click either MIDI System Messages or MIDI Program Messages, then select Song Select or Program Change. (These are the only options for each message type.)
Navigate to Settings > Audio & MIDI and turn on Assign Song Select Numbers or Assign Incoming Programs. You will need this to enter song values in the next step.
Navigate to Songs and click a song title to edit it. You'll see either a MIDI Song Number field or a MIDI Program Change field, with accompanying Bank MSB and LSB fields. Enter unique values between 0 and 127 into these fields.
Program your MIDI device to send the values you entered for each song.
Navigate to a show or smart list that contains the songs you want to select. Then send the messages you programmed from your MIDI device."
But still nothing gets sent, or logged in the activity log. I am still missing something.
#32
MIDI Help / Re: Selecting a song does not ...
Last post by coder400 - September 20, 2026, 09:01:12 PMHi, apologies. I am super confused. Is there no Bandhelper forum, or are these apps essentially the same?
#33
MIDI Help / Re: Selecting a song does not ...
Last post by coder400 - September 20, 2026, 08:59:07 PMSorry, just realized I was in the wrong app section. I should be in Bandhelper thread.
#34
Repertoire Help / Re: Problem with Chords Not ap...
Last post by bherman - September 20, 2026, 01:21:32 PMThanks for replying, Arlo. I didn't change the setting, but you were right it was set to documents on top. Only thing is now, it shows a blue transparent "page" image that wasnt there before. I cannot find where to delete that (document background or something?
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) #35
Repertoire Help / Re: Maybe a wishlist item?
Last post by arlo - September 20, 2026, 10:47:12 AMDo you use song title colors? Changing the background to a color would make some colored song titles difficult to read.
How about adding a large Title field to your layout?
How about adding a large Title field to your layout?
#36
Repertoire Help / Re: Problem with Chords Not ap...
Last post by arlo - September 20, 2026, 10:44:56 AMIt sounds like you changed the Layering setting in your layout to Document Viewer On Top and it should be Song List On Top.
If that's not it, please submit a help ticket so you can share your settings.
If that's not it, please submit a help ticket so you can share your settings.
#37
MIDI Help / Re: Selecting a song does not ...
Last post by arlo - September 20, 2026, 10:42:58 AMSee "To trigger functions automatically when starting or finishing a song" on this page:
http://www.setlistmaker.com/tutorials/app_control.html
http://www.setlistmaker.com/tutorials/app_control.html
#38
Repertoire Help / Maybe a wishlist item?
Last post by Zionplayer - September 20, 2026, 08:59:04 AMI am using BandHelper where an iPad is 'mirrored' to a 24" TV on stage with us. Leader can pick any next/upcoming song he wants and immediately communicate it to the band on the TV screen. Very cool BTW and band loves it... no more yelling around.
Would like an option to be able to change the selected song Highlight color from the current light gray to something very obvious in stage lighting, like an orange or green? I currently get the Highlight bar on left side, would like for the whole song 'box' to highlight as well.
Or maybe outline the box in a color? Anything to make it visually stand out in a glance.
Would like an option to be able to change the selected song Highlight color from the current light gray to something very obvious in stage lighting, like an orange or green? I currently get the Highlight bar on left side, would like for the whole song 'box' to highlight as well.
Or maybe outline the box in a color? Anything to make it visually stand out in a glance.
#39
MIDI Help / Selecting a song does not send...
Last post by coder400 - September 20, 2026, 12:10:54 AMHello,
I cannot figure out what I am doing wrong. I have the app on my android connected to WIDI Master and receiving [F8] clock instructions as expected (as viewed from the Activity log).
I can go into the app's MIDI Preset area and click on the preset and it sends the data, changes the bank on the device, and logs the event. So, connection to the device and the preset configured to work correctly is all good.
My problem is when i try to use if from the app while switching songs. I have the preset added to a song and I thought that by swiping to that song OR clicking on the title of the song from within a Set List would cause the MIDI data to be sent. Is that not the case? What step have I missed?
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I cannot figure out what I am doing wrong. I have the app on my android connected to WIDI Master and receiving [F8] clock instructions as expected (as viewed from the Activity log).
I can go into the app's MIDI Preset area and click on the preset and it sends the data, changes the bank on the device, and logs the event. So, connection to the device and the preset configured to work correctly is all good.
My problem is when i try to use if from the app while switching songs. I have the preset added to a song and I thought that by swiping to that song OR clicking on the title of the song from within a Set List would cause the MIDI data to be sent. Is that not the case? What step have I missed?
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#40
Repertoire Help / Problem with Chords Not appear...
Last post by bherman - September 19, 2026, 09:15:58 AMi have been using the same layout for several months with one of my band projects, for original songs I have entered chords for a number of the songs. Suddenly now, the chords do not show up at all in the layout. I have not changed any settings or fields within the layout (it is a slightly modified version of the "More Buttons" layout), I have an important show coming up later this week and am at a loss for how to restore this function. Any suggestions?
Quick edit - I deleted and added the document field back in, I can get the chords to show now, but only after I tap the doc field. How do I set it so that they are always visible, and not require "tapping" the field for the chords to show?
Quick edit - I deleted and added the document field back in, I can get the chords to show now, but only after I tap the doc field. How do I set it so that they are always visible, and not require "tapping" the field for the chords to show?