This probably will not help, but if you use Jazz Practice with piano and bass off, you end up with a click track for each main beat. Thanks for your idea.
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EDIT (sorry, coming out in v2.7)
This should work already as the new song/playlist export format contains specific player settings. The settings need to be altered in order to save, for example, if chorus is already 3x and you want it exporting as 3x, change it to 4x then back to 3x. It also saves player style and tempo (bpm.)
(You do not need to Play for the settings to save.)
Just checking, I have OSX Version 2.6 (1835). Is there a newer version? I "change and save" constantly but Tempos & repeat Times are never retained with I export/email to my iPod. Plus there are also some annoying minor bugs when I'm editing (fields for the key, tempo, composer, etc.)
Yes, iOS is up to date (but I don't do any editing on my iPod). Looking forward to 2.7, Thanks!
I have noticed lately that downloads from the Forum do retain the settings, so that's Great! (You must be running 2.7 already there at the Corporate Headquarters!)
By the way (I'm sure I've seen this request before) I wish you would replace the count-in sounds with real drumstick samples. And for a two-bar count-in, the universal standard method is:
| click-(rest)-click-(rest) | click-click-click-click |
With the growing number of musicians using iRealb tracks on live performances, a less-clunky count-in would increase their "cool factor" immeasurably ;)
So I guess the program you use to create styles is too proprietary to allow users to access it? Then the entire program would be public, and no one would buy it any more, is that the idea? Because I'm imagining how cool it would be if lots of "styles" were in the forum!
:)
we are testing v2.7. But iOS and Android should already import/export the new format, Mac v2.6 reads it also. Wait for v2.7 for exporting.
Thanks also for your idea about the click (rest.) You probably will not believe this, but when the idea of the player was first born, the intention was purely for musicians practicing (not live!)
:D
I do not think that was the intention. iReal b (iReal book was the original name) in the early days, provided charts with transposing only. There was no player. When the player was added, the original idea was so musicians could use it for practicing - as an in-app purchase, those wanting this feature could purchase it if they needed it.
The style packs take time to create and there are many small adjustments we do to make them sound as best as we can, within the small confines of the different device specifications. It would take quite a lot of re-programming to open up for importing styles. I am not saying this will not happen in the future, but at the moment we are concentrating on adding other features.
Hey, I've noticed that the iReal b home page encourages teachers to "use iReal b in the classroom with a projector."
Sounds great, but is it possible with the iOS version? (Aside from getting an opaque projector and sitting the iPad on top of it, that is. . . .)
Curious to hear from anyone who has had success with this.
They are probably using the Apple digital AV adapter for mirroring the display.
U.S. store link-
http://store.apple.com/us/product/MD...tal-av-adapter
(or perhaps the VGA adapter which is also available.)
Apparently there are some problems with mirroring in iOS6 at the moment (presumably they will get a fix in an iOS update.) It will not work with iPad 1. If you are interested, make sure you test this before you buy to make sure it will work for you on your iOS device.
Also they could be using Apple TV as a way presenting on a large TV screen.
http://www.apple.com/ipad/features/airplay/
... with a discussion here:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread...rt=30&tstart=0
Could someone post a how-to for projecting irb from the average android smartphone?
I'm thinking in a jam session setting.
:))BOB
Thanks
Googling "my smartphone" +HDMI = nothing useful
I'm afflicted with a serious lack of tech-smarts.
:))BOB
Thanks, guys. Another question. I have added "D.S. al second ending" to a chart. It repeats back ok, but just takes the first ending...any advice? I'm basically looking for AABA form, so I could write out the A section again I guess ...but there's no room. I noticed when I print out a PDF, the font is quite big, how about an option to change font size?
This corresponds with my own experience. My first-generation iPad running 5.1.1, and two different generations of iPod Touch (one the most recent) both running 6.0. All of these output video thru the A/V adapter for other apps, but none of the three devices can do so with iReal b, it seems.
Definitely something I'd love to be able to do.
My post today of (There's No Place Like) Home for the Holidays reminded me of something: It would be nice if, as in iTunes, the rare occurance of parentheses, apostrophes, etc. in song titles could be ignored, so they don't get pushed to the very top of the alphabet queue. It would save us from having to doctor-up the real titles. ('S Wonderful comes to mind as another example.)
Also, iTunes ignores articles and doesn't mangle the titles into Foggy Day, A or Shadow of Your Smile, The which looks just plain dorky! ;) Any chance your programming gurus can tweak these features? (P.S. I know we can manually edit the order of songs if they're moved into individual playlists, but that means rearranging them every time we click the "sort" button.)
I know it's been discussed a lot on here but I would just like to bump it again. PLEASE add standard ROMAN NUMERAL support.
How about this? You could set something up so that there could be any number of user defined "display" sets that don't affect the underlying chords providing playback information.
C=I, D=ii, Em7=iii7, Gm7b5=vø7, etc.
This way I can do what I want and deal with space constraints on my own. But really, it should just be another choice like Nashville.
I'm working toward becoming key independent so this feature would REALLY be helpful. Nashville is confusing as hell.
Thanks,
Brad
How about the font size, any way to change it?
iReal b is great --but-- now that it can play the charts with instrument parts it would be superb to play through a sound system using AirPort Express or Bluetooth just as iTunes can connect to multiple speakers. Maybe that is already a feature and I simply do not know how to do it - but if not already a feature, that is my request!
Thanks!
Check out this thread about AirPort Express:
http://irealb.com/forums/showthread....hlight=airport
Here you find some info about Bluetooth:
http://irealb.com/forums/showthread....ight=bluetooth
Let me know if it worked out ;)
I wish to use it live in our small trio (vocal, piano, ac. guitar) in that way:
1. possibility to change perc track into click in every style, because we (our band) mostly need metronome and a bass track
2. pan control for each part - I wish to send left channel to our personal in-ear monitor system (click track hard panned left, bass track in center) and the right channel to FOH.
And:
3. more acoustic-like styles (shakers, maracas, hi-hat), acoustic bass, pad
4. option for playing audio file instead of generated accompaniment while displaying chords (no position indicator)
5. metronome only (tap and manual tempo settings)
More sophisticated options in the feature:
6. options for "live arranging" parts": e.g. buttons at the bottom of the screen where I can select "next" part of the song and play it looped till I select the next one; parts could be named like "A", "B" and so on. This would allow play it live when the form of the song is changed during performance.
7. MIDI chord recognizing (input chords when editing a song)
Btw. Great application! I love it.
Regards,
Jacek
My first post so pls forgive if wrong location or format. I sometimes need to expand an entire song (e.g. Love Dance) so that each measure becomes twice as long in length. Manually adding spaces into each measure would be tedious and exceed the screen size. Is there a way to do this? If not, a good feature to add.
Thanks, great product... I'll never go back to bb. Larry
Hello Larry,
you do not have to insert extra spaces, but just add barlines. In a 4/4 song with two chords in the first measure, insert a barline on the 3rd beat for instance.
Additional comments:
There already is one player style - Jazz Double time swing that doubles each measure (admittedly it will probably not be appropriate for Love Dance.)
For a song in 3/4 you could change the time sig to 6/4 (there is no 8/4 for doubling 4/4.)
AudioBus !!!!
This is the biggest thing to hit the mobile music-making world in a long time. It ties together audio and MIDI for all iOS supported. It would be FANTASTIC to have iRealB piped through my iPhone and iPad while I play guitar or bass using JamUp or another guitar app. I could also record it using another app. All enabled thanks to AudioBus.
Pretty please ;)
Thanks,
-- Joe
I have applied to AudioBus for iReal b to become one of the compatible apps but they have a long list of developers in line to get their apps on it so we'll have to wait patiently.
Massimo.
Tuning
This has be asked elsewhere in the forum.
The ability to change to tuning of a score e.g. 1/2 flat.
Amin7, D7, Cmaj7 would still be displayed but the actual played pitch would be Ab min7, Db7, Cbmaj7
This way it wouldn't be necessary to tune your guitar to concert pitch.
I would permanently set irealB to 1/2 flat.
Is this feature planned?
Great Idea!
this would be great! Please make it possible :-)
greets
Alominium
It would be nice if highlighting of the currently played chord could be disabled.
Instrumentalists can take all their songs to a session on a small tablet,
but singers still have to carry lots of heavy folders.
I tried different ways to get the lyrics onto my iPad,
but they weren't so convenient.
So I don't know if anybody ever asked ...
I'd like to have a T(=text) or L(=lyrics) button in the player -
to launch a "comment page" for each song -
either to type in the lyrics or to insert them as an image.
I don't know if this can cause any copyright problems.
Perhaps if there is only an option to put the lyrics in myself
without saving them on your server.
You might have tried some of these ideas already:
Asssumptions:
- you need the chords also; otherwise you could just use a single PDF of your lyrics in iBooks (or equivalent)
- you usually only sing a song in the one key so a PDF of the chords is ok
1
You could make a PDF of each chart then (presumably in a computer) construct a landscape page with lyrics on one side and the (smaller) chart on the other. Use your tablet in landscape.
2
Use another tablet (could be a cheap android 7 inch or iPad mini or iPod touch) for lyrics. Lyrics (as simply text files) do not take up much processing to display so should work on 'last years' cheaper devices.
I have an 'older' android tablet with the app 'Lyric pad'
http://www.lyricpadapps.com
I am not a singer, but it is used for any singers who spontaneously get asked to sing with the band and do not have their lyrics or want to try a 'new' song but perhaps do not know all the lyrics. I have downloaded various lyrics and save into dropbox which automatically updates into Lyric Pad (obviously you can add directly into the app, but using a computer to find the lyrics, it is very easy - the tablet updates the next time I turn it on.)
(I also have iReal b on it, so any 'stray' musician can come and play instead.)
3
Unrealbook (iPad app) has a facility of master/slave, where a PDF page chosen on one iPad, brings up that page (or the one after) on another iPad. This means if you have the left page lyrics and right page chords (double page spread) of each song then load the PDF in Gigbook on each iPad, set the lyrics one to master, the other to slave (turn on plus 1 page), you only need to control your master ipad, with the facing page instantly showing on the other. Or you have two separate PDFs, one for the lyrics and the other for the chords - each page is a song, where each song is on the same page in each PDF. Set to master/slave, changing on one will change to the exact page on the other. Each ipad shows either the chords or lyrics PDF. Just put them side-by-side on your music stand. (It probably was designed for pianists where they prefer two pages displayed at once.) It works well.
http://diystompboxes.com/unrealbook/index.html
4
Edit the long length songs so there is space at the bottom, export the PDF of the chart, then add the lyrics with an image editor, save as PDF, then use iBooks (or whatever) for displaying.
If you do not like iBooks you can use a PDF viewing app like forscore, gigbook, unrealbook etc. These are designed for musicians, so you can make setlists for your gigs or rehearsal lists and search for the songs etc.
On android, use Mobilesheets or a PDF viewer.
http://www.zubersoft.com/mobilesheets/
5
An app like Scanner Pro (iOS) can be used to simply photograph your lyric pages and turn them into PDFs. This would be much quicker and maybe all you need instead of text files.
6
Construct a PDF with facing pages (lyrics on left, chords on right for instance) (as in #3 above) then use a PDF viewer to display both pages at once in landscape (I presume this is possible, I have never needed to do this.)
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We are aware many users like you want lyrics inside iReal b. We have different sized devices to consider (iPhone might be too small to have lyrics as well as the chords showing at once) and how it is all organized to make it simple and useful. Thanks for your support. We have have lyrics on our list for future ideas.