Insert Unused Files into the Song List
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After inserting PDF, music, or video files into SongBook, they appear as "Unused 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.
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.
In the settings "Import of metadata (from Midi, ChordPro MP3)" you can specify which data should be read from these 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
The following ID3 tags are read from MP3 files:
Song title: TIT2
Tempo: TBPM
Artist: TPE1
Genre: TCON
Metronome tempo: TBPM
The following directives are read from ChordPro files:
Song title: {title:...} or {t:...}
Key: {key:...}
Tempo: {tempo:...}
Artist: {artist:...}
Genre: {genre:...}
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.
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.