Open Song Remotely via MIDI

SongBook+ can listen to BankSelect and ProgramChange commands on the MIDI interface and then open a song. These commands are usually used to select an instrument.

A typical application for this is that ProgramChange commands are sent from a MIDI style, from a played MIDI file, or from the keyboard when selecting a registration. SongBook+ then opens the matching text. (A MIDI style can repeatedly send the same ProgramChange command without issues).

SongBook+ opens a song when it receives BankSelect and ProgramChange commands as set in the "Edit Song Details" window.

Please note that SongBook+ uses values from 0 to 127. If your keyboard uses values from 1 to 128 instead, you must subtract 1 for each one to get the value to set in SongBook+.

Open song via MIDI

With these settings, the song will open when a MIDI device sends the command to select instrument 16 on Bank 1 / 5.

Press this button if you want to teach a MIDI sequence instead of adjusting with the wheels.

In the MIDI Monitor window, you can see the following when these commands are received.

Please use the built-in MIDI Monitor of SongBook+ to see what is actually being received on the MIDI interface if the opening of the songs does not work as expected.

For keyboards from Yamaha and Korg, there is an easier way. You can find more about this in this chapter: Simple Keyboard Control