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#51
Repertoire Help / Re: Resize "pause" texts & aut...
Last post by arlo - February 03, 2026, 12:53:18 PMIt would be better to use breaks instead of pauses to show set breaks. Pauses are for a brief pause between songs to make an announcement or an instrument change, but the performers remain on stage.
There is no way to auto-advance only from the last song to the break. Actually, you could try placing a song link after the last song in the set, and then use the Only Between Linked Songs option when setting up the auto-advance; I haven't tried that. That would also rely on the song being played at a fixed duration so the app knows when to auto-advance.
It would be simpler to manually advance to the next song (which in this case will be the break placeholder) before starting your break.
There is no way to auto-advance only from the last song to the break. Actually, you could try placing a song link after the last song in the set, and then use the Only Between Linked Songs option when setting up the auto-advance; I haven't tried that. That would also rely on the song being played at a fixed duration so the app knows when to auto-advance.
It would be simpler to manually advance to the next song (which in this case will be the break placeholder) before starting your break.
#52
Repertoire Help / Re: Resize "pause" texts & aut...
Last post by honeytownevents - February 03, 2026, 12:39:16 PMQuote from: arlo on February 03, 2026, 12:23:19 PMI don't see an attached photo.
Are you talking about auto-scrolling the pause details text? That's not possible.
Yep exactly what I was hoping to achieve. one of the pause features I like the most is the count down timer based on duration and how it shows a negative value for taking longer than intended for a task. using this for timing the bands breaks is a really cool accountability tactic for all of us but remembering to start it right as the last song of the set ends hasn't been as consistent as id like
#53
Repertoire Help / Re: Resize "pause" texts & aut...
Last post by arlo - February 03, 2026, 12:23:19 PMI don't see an attached photo.
Are you talking about auto-scrolling the pause details text? That's not possible. But if you use songs instead of pauses and put your pause notes into the Lyrics field, you can resize and auto-scroll that.
Are you talking about auto-scrolling the pause details text? That's not possible. But if you use songs instead of pauses and put your pause notes into the Lyrics field, you can resize and auto-scroll that.
#54
Repertoire Help / Re: Resize "pause" texts & aut...
Last post by honeytownevents - February 03, 2026, 12:20:16 PMQuote from: arlo on February 03, 2026, 09:20:32 AMNo, you can't resize the "Pause" text.
For your second question, are you asking about making BandHelper automatically step through the songs in your set list? If so, please see:
https://www.bandhelper.com/tutorials/attaching_recordings.html#auto_advance
Regarding the Pause text size, As you can see in the attached photo the text can quite difficult to read. Often its announcements and important notes for our vocalists & emcees that they previously could see in the setlist view when allowed Ipads on stage.
Regarding automation/setlist auto scroll, We only want to automate the pauses, So the information in the pause populates on our musicians lyric prompters.
I've located and successfully tested the Auto scroll feature for the songs/setlist entirely but again we do not want the songs in the list to auto scroll since we have midi program changes that send upon song selection and do not want to lyrics to auto scroll prematurely if someone needs a drink, tuning, etc. and the count in may be notably delayed behind the auto scroll cutting off the top of the lyrics/charts.
#55
Finance Help / Re: Splitting a Fee Between Ba...
Last post by arlo - February 03, 2026, 09:42:38 AMYes, the event shares must add up to the total income amount. However, you can leave the shares empty and then everyone will just see the total amount. That can be free text, so you could write something like "$400, minus $20 expenses and $20 savings".
Another option if you don't want your bandmates to think about anything other than their final earnings is to enter their shares as 90 each and your share as 130 (90 income + 20 expenses + 20 savings), then pay the expenses and savings out of your income (select only yourself in the Shared By field). And then the savings will all be attributed to you, so when you eventually spend the savings, you would need to set only yourself in the Shared By field in the Expense or Withdrawal transaction to balance that out.
I would do the first option in a band that has a stable membership with transparency about the finances and a generally equal share of income and expenses, and the second option in a band that has rotating members who don't know what the other members are earning and the leader is acting like a business owner with the band members as subcontractors.
Another option if you don't want your bandmates to think about anything other than their final earnings is to enter their shares as 90 each and your share as 130 (90 income + 20 expenses + 20 savings), then pay the expenses and savings out of your income (select only yourself in the Shared By field). And then the savings will all be attributed to you, so when you eventually spend the savings, you would need to set only yourself in the Shared By field in the Expense or Withdrawal transaction to balance that out.
I would do the first option in a band that has a stable membership with transparency about the finances and a generally equal share of income and expenses, and the second option in a band that has rotating members who don't know what the other members are earning and the leader is acting like a business owner with the band members as subcontractors.
#56
Repertoire Help / Re: Resize "pause" texts & aut...
Last post by arlo - February 03, 2026, 09:20:32 AMNo, you can't resize the "Pause" text.
For your second question, are you asking about making BandHelper automatically step through the songs in your set list? If so, please see:
https://www.bandhelper.com/tutorials/attaching_recordings.html#auto_advance
For your second question, are you asking about making BandHelper automatically step through the songs in your set list? If so, please see:
https://www.bandhelper.com/tutorials/attaching_recordings.html#auto_advance
#57
Finance Help / Re: Invoice not showing the co...
Last post by SoundOfTheCrowd - February 03, 2026, 09:18:04 AMFor invoice numbers, I'd look for the ability to customise the front part (as in SOTC for my band) and then have sequential numbers starting from a number I specify, so the first invoice could be SOTC1051 and the next one could be SOTC1052.
As for currency symbol, it's not likely that I'd use more than one, but it's possible (euros and pounds for example), but just having a default would solve the problem I think.
Thanks again
Mick.
As for currency symbol, it's not likely that I'd use more than one, but it's possible (euros and pounds for example), but just having a default would solve the problem I think.
Thanks again
Mick.
#58
Finance Help / Re: Splitting a Fee Between Ba...
Last post by SoundOfTheCrowd - February 03, 2026, 09:13:27 AMThanks Arlo
So how do I represent that in the Event? The full amount would be 400 - do I put that in the Event shares as £100 each, even though each band member only gets £90?
So how do I represent that in the Event? The full amount would be 400 - do I put that in the Event shares as £100 each, even though each band member only gets £90?
#59
Repertoire Help / Re: white border on black pdf ...
Last post by honeytownevents - February 02, 2026, 11:18:55 PMQuote from: arlo on September 21, 2020, 02:23:43 PMOn iOS, this shouldn't happen because the document viewer can't invert the document colors. On Android, if you created documents with inverted colors and then you turn off the color inverting in BandHelper and you get a white border around the black document, you can turn on Help > Utilities > PDFs are Already Inverted.
I just ran into this issue tonight myself. The document image displays the intended black background on PC and Ipad devices. but Inverts to White backround on Iphone's I've tested with the three various spare iphones that live in my lyric prompters as well and my personal Iphone 15 all of which display white backrounds on one single document image but are correct on all others.
Edit: Adding a slight contrasting fade to the parameter of the image made the backround remain black on all devices.
#60
Repertoire Help / Re: Notes question
Last post by arlo - February 02, 2026, 08:46:22 PMNo, users control their own personal sync settings.