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#71
Repertoire Help / Re: Newbie in Bandhelper testi...
Last post by uro-frank - March 03, 2025, 10:55:26 AMOkay, that's a pitty... I am keyboarder AND background-singer, so I need both, lyrics and chords, and I use the lyrics to follow the song... So I think I unfortunally have to stay with Songbook, because there are implemented a lot of my preferred functions. But some other nice things in your app are not, so I have to decide, which is more important for me 
Would it be possible to get this as a future wish to allow both writings in the same field? In Songbook this is possible by using a special command for this
{sog}
| A . . . | D . . . |
{eog}
means start of grid and end of grid. [A] is the normal way of writing.
Perfect for me in your basic version of the app is the mp3-player, the sync, the personell lyric field and the implementation of jpg in lyrics. So it is very difficult to decide, which app would be the most suitable app for me 😬😅
Would it be possible to get this as a future wish to allow both writings in the same field? In Songbook this is possible by using a special command for this
{sog}
| A . . . | D . . . |
{eog}
means start of grid and end of grid. [A] is the normal way of writing.
Perfect for me in your basic version of the app is the mp3-player, the sync, the personell lyric field and the implementation of jpg in lyrics. So it is very difficult to decide, which app would be the most suitable app for me 😬😅
#72
Repertoire Help / Re: App crash. Bug? Feature? D...
Last post by arlo - March 03, 2025, 09:55:32 AMI don't see a problem when calling the Previous MIDI Preset action on a song with no MIDI presets. Please submit a help ticket so we can troubleshoot further.
#73
Repertoire Help / Re: Newbie in Bandhelper testi...
Last post by arlo - March 03, 2025, 09:34:24 AMIn your second example, you're using square brackets to embed chords in lyrics. If you do that, then all the chords need square brackets. You can't mix bracketed chords and unbracketed chords in the same field. You could write the Intro chords in the same style as the Verse chords, like:
Intro
[A] [A] [A] [A] [A] [A] [D] [E]
Or you could write the Verse chords in the same style as the Intro chords.
Personally I prefer to write all the chords like your | A . . . | A . D E | example, because that shows the timing of the chords, and put them all into the Chords field because most band members need only the chords or lyrics, not both together.
Intro
[A] [A] [A] [A] [A] [A] [D] [E]
Or you could write the Verse chords in the same style as the Intro chords.
Personally I prefer to write all the chords like your | A . . . | A . D E | example, because that shows the timing of the chords, and put them all into the Chords field because most band members need only the chords or lyrics, not both together.
#74
Repertoire Help / Re: Newbie in Bandhelper testi...
Last post by uro-frank - March 03, 2025, 12:13:50 AMHi, now I have testet different things. You can see in some Jpegs, which show this...
Picture 1 is the correct transposing possibility, you can see this in picture 2
Picture 3 with everything same but extra lyric line shows the difference in picture 4... no transposition in the first line anymore. That's confusing for me
Do I make a mistake?
Picture 1 is the correct transposing possibility, you can see this in picture 2
Picture 3 with everything same but extra lyric line shows the difference in picture 4... no transposition in the first line anymore. That's confusing for me
Do I make a mistake?
#75
Repertoire Help / App crash. Bug? Feature? Don't...
Last post by joebear - March 02, 2025, 10:44:00 AMI have a number of devices, with a number of external footswitches, that I use for different activities with different projects, all on the same overall account. As a consequence, some activities do not make use of certain App Control switch bindings.
Due to this, I have discovered that at least in some cases, sending some App Control commands will crash the app in certain circumstances.
For example, I have a footswitch emulating the SpaceBar. In some configurations, this is bound to 'Previous MIDI Command'. If one issues this command -- either by the footswitch or by the actual keyboard spacebar -- when the active song has no MIDI Presets, the app crashes.
This is true on iPad and on Mac.
Anyone else experiencing this?
Due to this, I have discovered that at least in some cases, sending some App Control commands will crash the app in certain circumstances.
For example, I have a footswitch emulating the SpaceBar. In some configurations, this is bound to 'Previous MIDI Command'. If one issues this command -- either by the footswitch or by the actual keyboard spacebar -- when the active song has no MIDI Presets, the app crashes.
This is true on iPad and on Mac.
Anyone else experiencing this?
#76
Repertoire Help / Re: Newbie in Bandhelper testi...
Last post by arlo - March 01, 2025, 02:05:55 PMYou should not put the chords in square brackets unless you're embedding them within lines of lyrics. The chords will be transposable if they are on a line consisting only of chords and punctuation marks. If you think the chords should be transposing, please post a screen shot.
#77
Repertoire Help / Re: Lyrics in two columns bein...
Last post by high.car3753 - March 01, 2025, 11:41:14 AMQuote from: arlo on February 28, 2025, 04:39:03 PMI think you just need to pinch-zoom the lyrics to make them slightly larger or smaller so the columns don't break in the middle of a line. Then you can open the document toolbar (triangle icon in the top right corner) and click the aA button to save the text size.
Thanks for the hint. Didn't know that.
It worked perfectly fine. I re-scaled the text and then saved it. For some songs I just added some more line breaks if the scaling did not wrap at the correct places.
#78
Repertoire Help / Re: Newbie in Bandhelper testi...
Last post by uro-frank - March 01, 2025, 12:50:23 AMThanks for the explanation, I did the change to monospace font, but within the lyrics-field I cannot find a way, that this
| A . . . | A . D E |
| A . . . | A . D E |
Notation is transposable. If I put the chords in [A] it says
| . . . | . |
| . . . | . |
under the chords, like a lyric text.
The method of writing it into the chords field doesn't work either, since the chord progression is then always displayed separately and not in the text flow at the point where the solo should take place, for example, between two lyric lines. Is there a way to do this?
| A . . . | A . D E |
| A . . . | A . D E |
Notation is transposable. If I put the chords in [A] it says
| . . . | . |
| . . . | . |
under the chords, like a lyric text.
The method of writing it into the chords field doesn't work either, since the chord progression is then always displayed separately and not in the text flow at the point where the solo should take place, for example, between two lyric lines. Is there a way to do this?
#79
Other Help / Re: End of Amazon Appstore
Last post by arlo - February 28, 2025, 10:53:55 PMI think this only affects people using the Amazon app store instead of the Google Play store on non-Amazon devices (i.e., Kindle Fire devices can still use the Amazon store).
I don't think there are any non-Amazon devices that can't use the Google Play store, so if you have a non-Amazon device and you were using the Amazon app store, you can start using the Google Play Store instead. However, any apps you bought from Amazon, you will have to buy again from Google.
If you're in that position with Set List Maker, then instead of buying that again you could consider switching to BandHelper, which is sold through a subscription that covers all the platforms, rather than through different app stores for each platform.
I don't think there are any non-Amazon devices that can't use the Google Play store, so if you have a non-Amazon device and you were using the Amazon app store, you can start using the Google Play Store instead. However, any apps you bought from Amazon, you will have to buy again from Google.
If you're in that position with Set List Maker, then instead of buying that again you could consider switching to BandHelper, which is sold through a subscription that covers all the platforms, rather than through different app stores for each platform.
#80
Other Help / End of Amazon Appstore
Last post by Hectic - February 28, 2025, 07:54:20 PMWith the Amazon Appstore shutting down this August, there may be troubles for those of us using Android devices.
Amazon says:
"Starting August 20, 2025, any apps downloaded from the Amazon Appstore will not be guaranteed to operate on Android devices. Amazon Appstore will continue to be available elsewhere, including on Fire TV and Fire Tablet devices."
I'm looking to have a plan in place to not have a loss of data, significant down-time, or need to get a new device.
Any thoughts on how to prep for the Appstore end of service date?
Amazon says:
"Starting August 20, 2025, any apps downloaded from the Amazon Appstore will not be guaranteed to operate on Android devices. Amazon Appstore will continue to be available elsewhere, including on Fire TV and Fire Tablet devices."
I'm looking to have a plan in place to not have a loss of data, significant down-time, or need to get a new device.
Any thoughts on how to prep for the Appstore end of service date?