Simple Keyboard Control

For Yamaha keyboards and Korg keyboards of the PA series, SongBook+ has a built-in function "Simple Keyboard Control", which allows you to easily connect the keyboard with SongBook+ with minimal configuration.

Depending on the model, you can then select a song in SongBook+, and the keyboard will automatically set the registration that matches the song, or conversely, when selecting a registration on the keyboard, the corresponding song will open automatically.

In the MIDI settings of SongBook+, you will find a section "Simple Keyboard Control" with various control options to choose from.

KORG SongBook Entries (Code)

With this control method, the entries from the internal SongBook of the keyboard are linked with the entries in SongBook+.

The entries in the internal SongBook of the keyboard must be numbered, and the numbers must be entered in the "Code" field of the song in SongBook+.

The control then works in both directions.

More information can be found here: https://baumsoftware.freshdesk.com/de/support/solutions/articles/17000011084

Yamaha Genos + PSR-SX-900/700 (Linking)

With this control method, songs in SongBook+ can be easily linked with registrations from newer Yamaha keyboards with the push of a button.

You open the song in SongBook+ and the registration on the keyboard and call the function "Link song now" in SongBook.

The control works in both directions.

More information can be found here: https://baumsoftware.freshdesk.com/de/support/solutions/articles/17000062439

Yamaha Tyros + PRS-SX-975/775 (Code)

For this control method for older Yamaha keyboards, the keyboard can be controlled via the numerical position of the alphabetically sorted registration bank files.

Here, too, you enter a number in the Code field. In this case, it's the numerical position of the registration within the folder in the keyboard's file system. The first registration bank file corresponds to number 1, the second to number 2, and so on.

More information can be found here: https://baumsoftware.freshdesk.com/de/support/solutions/articles/17000011009

Simple Keyboard Control also with Button Press instead of Only When Opening the Song

From version 6.4, it is now also possible to send these commands not just fixed when opening the song but also only when starting the song or on button press.

To enable this, there are two changes:

1. In the MIDI settings for Simple Keyboard Control, you can now choose whether the commands to control the keyboard should be automatically sent when opening the song, when starting the song, or not automatically at all.

2. If you select Disabled, you must manage when the commands get sent yourself. For this purpose, there are new actions for sending these commands to insert into Actions on Opening, Actions on Starting, as actions in function buttons, or even in MIDI macros. With these actions, you can also select, if necessary, which MIDI output (A/B/C/D/E) the commands should be sent to.

This way, if needed, it's also possible to control several different keyboards simultaneously with the simple keyboard control (with the same code and/or the same link), such as a Yamaha Tyros, a Yamaha Genos, and a Korg PA keyboard.

For these actions, the code or link from the current song is always used. You cannot enter a code or link in the action itself.

If you want to send the commands with the foot pedal or gesture control, this is also possible with the help of a MIDI macro.