Ideas for future updates

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[QUOTE=Steve R;3075... new feature would be to make my iPad or iPhone remember, for each tune I play in Player, what tempo, style, key, number of repetitions I set the last time.[/QUOTE]

Hi Steve, we have something like this in mind but it would have required complete re-design and we wanted to get the basic Player out to you all quickly. We also would have the Mac editor and Web editor to update at the same time so it is quite a big task. Have fun with what we have for now and keep on coming up with more ideas! Thanks for your thoughts.

[Archtop Eddy]

Hi -- First, I need to say that the new Player feature is simply outstanding! To think you've added this impressive feature for free to the iReal Book app shows your true dedication to your subscribers. My hat's off to you! I'm very grateful for this feature.

I've been using the Player now for about two weeks and I've thought of a few ideas I'd like to add to the wish-list. These functions would further enhance the Player as both a learning and a gig tool. Again, thanks for an excellent program!

Wish-list functions:

Automatically be able to play through the song list -- or move to next song in the list and pause until the play button is hit.

A larger Start button on control panel so it's easier to hit. (The scroll number information at the top of the panel could be put at bottom making more room at the top to enlarge the Start button).

Be able to scroll both forward and backward in the tempo bar (i.e. 1 Ballad Swing, 2 Ballad Even, 3 Slow Swing, etc.) This could be done by placing a minus and plus sign at the left and right side of the long tempo bar.

The next few suggestions may require a narrow bar be placed at the bottom of the control panel. This may not be as viable for the iPhone, but it would be great on the larger iPad format. I suspect more people will using the iPad as time goes on:

-- "Stop", "Pause", "Backup to Previous Song" and "Forward to Next Song" buttons on the chart page to quickly maneuver through a song list.

-- "Repeat a Song" button.

-- The name of the next song in the playlist in the lower right corner of the chart page so you know what song you're heading into during live gigs.

Thanks for listening, and thanks for this great Player!

[dflat]

Be able to scroll both forward and backward in the tempo bar (i.e. 1 Ballad Swing, 2 Ballad Even, 3 Slow Swing, etc.) This could be done by placing a minus and plus sign at the left and right side of the long tempo bar.

Do you mean scrolling through the selections within the styles pack? This has now been implemented in our update v3.01.
(App store app>Updates)

[Archtop Eddy]

Do you mean scrolling through the selections within the styles pack? This has now been implemented in our update v3.01.
(App store app>Updates)

Yes! This is it exactly. Thanks for the added feature!

[MindBridge]

I'd like to see:
> sortable playlists
> a remove duplicates feature for songs and playlists. Including the ability to compare differences and merge changes.


Thanks! Great app.

[dflat]

> sortable playlists

Not sure what you mean, but you are able to rearrange the order of the playlists in Playlists>Edit, dragging the handle on the right up or down.
http://irealbook.net/
Help>iOS>Playlists

> a remove duplicates feature for songs and playlists. Including the ability to compare differences and merge changes.

If you are importing a playlist and a song already exists in iReal book, it will not be imported. If the title is the same but different chords, it will be imported, re-named (with a -1 or -2 etc.) and that playlist adjusted to point to the renamed song so it still works as you would want it.

You can use the Web editor or Mac editor to merge and edit playlists.
Currently not possible in iReal book (v3.0.1). (Even when implemented it may be still easier to do this with the other editors.)

In Playlists>Edit you can delete any un-needed playlists (does not delete the songs referred to, so if you want to do this, use this Playlist first to find those (user) songs, delete them, then delete the playlist name.)
You cannot delete any library songs. And careful you do not delete any user songs in that playlist that other playlists might still need.

I hope this might help in the meantime.