WHAT IS SONGBOOK+?
SongBook+ is the fit-for-stage app for musicians.
SongBook+ allows you to manage your songs with lyrics and/or sheet music, playbacks, MIDI files, videos and to always have them at hand when performing.
Additionaly SongBook+ controls your MIDI capable devices automatically to match the current song.
SongBook+ does not include any lyrics or other files!
It is intended to display or replay your own files.
SongBook+ can be downloaded for free, but is limited to 15 songs in the free version.
The free version can be updated to the fullversion on demand with an in-app purchase.
Here is a list with the most important features:
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Available on iPad and iPhone
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Manage songs with great search and sort options
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View lyrics or sheet music (PDF, TXT, PNG, JPG, JPEG, TIF, TIFF, GIF, LRC, ChordPro)
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Play playbacks (MP3, WAV, AIFF, M4A)
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Multitrack audio player (5 stereo audio files) with separate audio outputs
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Multichannel audio routing to separate audio outputs (with external hardware)
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Mixer with 10 bands equalizer and separate volume for the 5 audio files, global and per song
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Play MIDI files (with external sound generation)
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Play karaoke videos (MOV, MP4, MPV, 3GP, M4V)
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Loop function for audio, midi and video files
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Use in portrait or landscape mode (landscape mode only on iPad)
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Insert notes/chords/symbols/sheet music/images/shapes
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Highlight/underline/strike out text passages
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Hand write/paint in the document
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Insert custom, configurable buttons into the document
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Full page turns or smooth scrolling
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Auto page turns or scrolling
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Record song positions with your finger
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Import and display lyrics of Midi/MP3 files
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Control using foot pedal (see here for supported pedals)
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Wirelessly connect SongBooks for a synchronous song selection
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Select the next song while a song is playing
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Create playlists
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Music log for billing with GEMA/SUIZA/…
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Take a photo of lyrics/sheet music and convert them into PDF files
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Night mode with inverted colors
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Optical and/or acoustic metronome
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Connect an external monitor with a possible rotation of 90/180/270 degrees
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Separate into multiple books, e.g. one book per volume
Exceptional MIDI options:
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Access the according registration via keyboard when opening the song
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Open a song on the iPad via MIDI remote control
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Send individually configurable MIDI commands when opening/starting/stopping the song
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Insert any buttons for MIDI commands into the lyrics/sheet music
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Remotely browse via MIDI
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Play MIDI files via MIDI-Out on the keyboard/MIDI player/expander
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Integrated MIDI monitor