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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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  • Import Metadata from MIDI, MP3, ChordPro Files
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  1. SongBook+ User Guide

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."

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.

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.

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:...}

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.

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