Remotely Open Song via MIDI

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

A common 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 corresponding text. (A MIDI style can resend the same ProgramChange command repeatedly without any issues).

SongBook+ will open a song when it receives BankSelect and ProgramChange commands as configured 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 need to subtract 1 from each value to set it correctly in SongBook+.

Open song via MIDI

Using these settings, the song will be opened when a MIDI device sends the command to select instrument 16 on bank 1 / 5.

Press this button if you prefer to learn a MIDI sequence instead of setting it 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 opening songs does not work as expected.