Automatic Transposition During Playback
As a jazz musician, when learning a new song, once I think I have got it in the original key I like to run it through all keys in order to really make sure I understand the changes. It would be really helpful if there were a facility on the playback menu to allow automatic transposition of the chords on each successive chorus.
It would be useful to be able to specify:
(i) How many times each chorus should be played before transposing to the next key (say in the range 1 to 3). This is to give a little time to 'get it' when running through each new key.
(ii) The transposition interval for each chorus. In order to ensure visiting all keys this could be restricted to +/- a semitone or +/- a perfect fourth. However it may be more flexible to allow any interval to be specified.
Rests, Pushes, Holds, and Fills
I know this has probably been talked about before, but I haven't been able to find it anywhere in the forums.
I'd like to be able to add "pushes" and "rests" to chords. This is a feature in Band in a Box which I use frequently. Pushes allow me to specify that a chord should be played a bit before the beat on which it is entered. Rests allow me to rest the entire band or just specific instruments. These two things allow me to use BIAB for backing tracks for tunes such as "Speak No Evil". Holds allow me to have the rhythm section hold a chord out rather than "comp" on it. Holds on the piano part (for instance), along with pushes would allow me to specify the opening piano riff for "Killer Joe". Fills allow me to specify a specific bar for a drum fill to lead into (they're not always on 4 bar boundaries).
Let me say that the above is just the icing on the cake. iRealb has allowed me to do jazz gigs on my sax with just my iPad (for the sheet music), and my iPhone (for the backing tracks using iRealb). That's a lot nicer than dealing with a computer, and a couple of MIDI synths!!! The enhancements here would just allow me to play MORE stuff. What I can play now sounds fantastic!
Thanks for a wonderful product!!! Best thing I've bought for my iDevices so far!!!!
Infinite Loop of Head for Solos
As I've posted here in the past, I love this app!!!
It would be awesome, for live performance, to be able to loop the middle section of a tune (no intro or tag) an "infinite" number of times, where a tap on the screen (or some other gesture) would let the software know that the current time through is the second to last time. That is, after the tap, the software would go through the head one more time and then do the "outdo" or tag. The situation I'm thinking of is a live jazz gig in which the number of times through the head for solos isn't usually known ahead of time. In know that if I'm in the middle of a solo and the spirit is moving me, I want to keep going! :-)
Thanks again for great app!!
Sharing Song List Through Dropbox?
It would be great to have DropBox (or iCloud?) integration for keeping my songs in sync across all my devices. If I edit a tune, or add a playlist for a gig, it would be great if that just "showed up" on my other devices ready to go. I know I can export songs and playlists via email to myself to be imported on the other devices. I'm thinking of something much more automated.
Thanks.
Change Tempo without a replay?
I'd like to be able to modify the tempo while a song is playing and hear that change without having to restart the playback.
Performance Mode Use Case
Use Case: Playing on Stage
A group of musicians are playing together on stage and need to play along with the iReal B music on the iPad.
iReal can be switched to a performance mode. In this mode you have basic transport controls (stop, start), a very, very large character showing the currently playing chord, a smaller flashing character showing the chord which will play next, and a tap tempo button. The chords change as the score is playing, and the musicians follow along.
During the count off you can tap the tempo on the tap tempo button. Then iReal will play the score at the tapped tempo, showing the currently playing chord so everyone in the band can see it. The smaller flashing chord will let the band know what the next chord is so they can anticipate it. That way a group of people will be able to play along with an iReal score despite the small size of the iPad.
All you need is a new view and some basic controls.