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  • SongBook+ User Guide
    • What is SongBook+
    • Getting Started
    • Settings
    • Inserting Files into SongBook+
      • SongBook+ on iPad and iPhone
      • SongBook+ on the Mac
    • Insert Unused Files into the Song List
    • Using the Song List
    • Editing Song Details
    • Display and Scroll PDF Documents
    • Select Next Song Without Leaving the Current Song
    • Using Colored Tags
    • Using the Metronome
    • Use Night Colors
    • Record Automatic Page Turning
    • Record Finger Pointer in "Karaoke Style"
    • Annotation Function
      • Insert Annotations
      • Deleting Annotations
      • Change Annotations
      • Copy Annotations
      • Frequently Save Used Annotations
      • Reusing Saved Annotations
      • Functional Button Annotations
      • Function Annotations for MIDI Controllers
    • Playlists
      • Select Existing Playlist
      • Insert New Playlist
      • Rename or Delete Playlists
      • Edit Playlist Content
      • Live Playlists
      • Sharing Playlists (Exporting)
    • Share (Export) Songs or Files
    • Importing Lyrics and Chords
      • From MP3 Files
      • From MIDI Files
      • From LRC Files
      • From ChordPro Files
    • Transposing Chords
    • Scanning Song Lyrics on Paper with Built-in Camera
    • Using MIDI Features
      • Connect iPad with MIDI
      • Playing MIDI Files
      • Open Song Remotely via MIDI
      • Responding to Other MIDI Commands
      • MIDI Commands When Opening Songs
      • MIDI Commands When Starting Songs
      • MIDI Commands When Stopping Songs
      • MIDI Commands When Closing Songs
      • MIDI Commands When Playing Songs
      • Send MIDI Commands at the Push of a Button
      • MIDI Controller with Slider
      • MIDI Macros
      • Simple Keyboard Control
      • Controlling Other Keyboards
    • Remotely Controlling SongBook+ (Foot Pedals, Gestures, Face, MIDI)
      • Foot Pedals That Simulate an External Keyboard
      • MIDI Foot Pedals
      • Control with Gestures
      • Control with Face
    • Connecting Multiple iPads with SongBook+
    • Separate Books
    • Backing Up and Restoring Your Data
      • Backing up data
      • Restore Data
    • Completely Close SongBook+ or Other Apps
    • Separate Audio Outputs with External Hardware
    • Multi-tenancy with Subdirectories
    • Playing "Jingles"
    • Position Marker and Loop Function
    • Ableton Link Support
    • Full Version and In-App Purchases
    • Supported File Formats
    • Contact Information
    • Attributions
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  1. SongBook+ User Guide
  2. Using MIDI Features

Playing MIDI Files

PreviousConnect iPad with MIDINextOpen Song Remotely via MIDI

Last updated 8 months ago

SongBook+ can play standard MIDI files, but it does not have a built-in synthesizer to produce sound from them.

To produce sound from MIDI data, you need either an external hardware connected via MIDI (such as a keyboard or a sound module) or a synthesizer app from another developer that runs in the background and receives signals from SongBook via “Virtual MIDI.”

One possible app that can be used to produce sounds directly on the iPad is, for example, “bismark bs-16i.” If this app is running in the background with “Virtual MIDI” enabled, you will hear the music directly on the iPad without external hardware.

App bs-16i as sound generator for MIDI files