Insert Unused Files into the Song List

After inserting PDF, music, or video files into SongBook, they appear as "Unused Files."

PDF files in the "Unused Files" section can be opened and viewed, but for more features, you need to turn them into songs as described below.

Manually Insert Single Files

Use the following steps to add them to the song list and enter additional information such as title, artist, genre, and an MP3 file for background play.

Starting from version 6.4, SongBook+ can also import metadata such as title, artist, genre, key, and tempo from MIDI, MP3, or ChordPro files. You can find more information on this in a separate section below.

Making a song from an unused file

Press "Edit."

Press the "+" sign in front of an unused file.

Change the title if necessary. (The file name is adopted as a suggestion.)

If you have numbered your songs, enter your numbers here.

Here you can enter a short annotation that will be displayed, for example, during the preview of this song.

Enter the artist and genres or select existing ones with "..." from the list.

If you want to play one or more audio files and/or a midi or video file, select them here.

Press "Save."

Add another song with the "+" sign or press "Done" to finish.

Insert All Files at Once

If you have copied many new files into SongBook+ and do not want to insert them individually into the song list yourself, SongBook+ can automatically insert them into the song list.

The file name is then used as the title. All other fields remain empty and can be edited later.

Starting from version 6.4, SongBook+ can also import metadata such as title, artist, genre, key, and tempo from MIDI, MP3, or ChordPro files. You can find more information on this in a separate section below.

In the settings "Import of metadata (from Midi, ChordPro, MP3)," you can specify which metadata should be imported from such files.

Convert all unused files to songs

Press here to start the process (icon with rectangle and arrow). After confirming that you really want to do this, song entries are created from all unused files.

After the process, the song list is displayed sorted by date, so the newly inserted songs appear at the top and you can see them.

Afterward, you can of course switch back to your preferred sorting.

Import Metadata from MIDI, MP3, ChordPro Files

Starting from version 6.4, SongBook+ can also import metadata such as title, artist, genre, key, and tempo from MIDI, MP3, or ChordPro files.

In the settings "Import of metadata (from Midi, ChordPro MP3)" you can specify which data should be read from these files.

Imported Metadata from MIDI Files

The following meta-events are read from MIDI files:

• Song title: 0x03 (track name)

• Key: 0x59

• Time signature: 0x58

• Tempo: 0x51

• Artist: 0x4B (M-Live Tag)

• Genre: 0x4B (M-Live Tag)

• Metronome tempo: 0x51

• Metronome emphasis: 0x58

Imported Metadata from MP3 Files

The following ID3 tags are read from MP3 files:

• Song title: TIT2

• Tempo: TBPM

• Artist: TPE1

• Genre: TCON

• Metronome tempo: TBPM

Imported Metadata from ChordPro Files

The following directives are read from ChordPro files:

• Song title: {title:...} or {t:...}

• Key: {key:...}

• Tempo: {tempo:...}

• Artist: {artist:...}

• Genre: {genre:...}