09-06-2023, 10:16 AM
Amy, I can't answer your question about how to best set up your tablets for the versioning feature but I have four tablets set up to use the leader-follower function for a string quartet so here are my thoughts.
This is what I do at the moment. I have the custom field renamed to 'instrument'. Each piece has a single pdf with all the parts for that piece. Each instrument has its own library with all the same pieces as the other libraries but with the page range of each piece chosen to just show the part for that instrument. The leader-follower function is set up to match on title name. For example I have a pdf called Coldplay Yellow with 8 pages, 2 for each instrument. The first violin library has an entry with the title Yellow with the page range showing the pages for the 1st violin part. The second violin library has the same entry with identical attributes (same title, same pdf file name) apart from the page range which shows the 2nd part. Same for viola and cello. I'm on cello and my tablet is leader. When I open Yellow it shows the cello part on my tablet and the other parts on their respective tablets.
I asked a while back about how to set up the library to make it easier to transition when the versioning update happens but that was a while ago and I don't think Mike knew how it was going to function at the time. I'm hoping that when the time comes I'll be able to take one of the libraries and just go through each piece setting the page range for each version. I'm thinking that might be easier with my setup because each library already has all 4 parts in each library entry but who knows.
For some pieces I have a trio and quartet version of the same piece. Sometimes a part will be the same whether it's trio or quartet and sometimes it's different so where it's different I'll need to work out how to use the versioning feature to be able to load the right version of the right part. How that's done will depend on how the versioning feature is implemented but I imagine there'll be more than one attribute linked to versions (meaning I'd be able to choose say, 2nd violin from one drop-down and say, trio from another and have the 2nd violin part in the arrangement for trio pop up) and if not then I guess I'll need two versions of 2nd violin - one for trio arrangements and one for quartet arrangements.
Most of the players I work with don't use MobileSheets other than on these tablets. At the moment that doesn't matter because with the leader-follower function operating, the other players only need a very basic understanding of how it works. I'm hoping that however the versioning feature is implemented it will be easy for me to select the version needed on a particular tablet at the start of the gig and then have a player who doesn't know the software use the tablet without there being a risk that they'll accidentally switch to the wrong version. At the moment I have filters showing on my tablet but hidden on the others - perhaps the method of choosing the version will also be hideable.
Guy
This is what I do at the moment. I have the custom field renamed to 'instrument'. Each piece has a single pdf with all the parts for that piece. Each instrument has its own library with all the same pieces as the other libraries but with the page range of each piece chosen to just show the part for that instrument. The leader-follower function is set up to match on title name. For example I have a pdf called Coldplay Yellow with 8 pages, 2 for each instrument. The first violin library has an entry with the title Yellow with the page range showing the pages for the 1st violin part. The second violin library has the same entry with identical attributes (same title, same pdf file name) apart from the page range which shows the 2nd part. Same for viola and cello. I'm on cello and my tablet is leader. When I open Yellow it shows the cello part on my tablet and the other parts on their respective tablets.
I asked a while back about how to set up the library to make it easier to transition when the versioning update happens but that was a while ago and I don't think Mike knew how it was going to function at the time. I'm hoping that when the time comes I'll be able to take one of the libraries and just go through each piece setting the page range for each version. I'm thinking that might be easier with my setup because each library already has all 4 parts in each library entry but who knows.
For some pieces I have a trio and quartet version of the same piece. Sometimes a part will be the same whether it's trio or quartet and sometimes it's different so where it's different I'll need to work out how to use the versioning feature to be able to load the right version of the right part. How that's done will depend on how the versioning feature is implemented but I imagine there'll be more than one attribute linked to versions (meaning I'd be able to choose say, 2nd violin from one drop-down and say, trio from another and have the 2nd violin part in the arrangement for trio pop up) and if not then I guess I'll need two versions of 2nd violin - one for trio arrangements and one for quartet arrangements.
Most of the players I work with don't use MobileSheets other than on these tablets. At the moment that doesn't matter because with the leader-follower function operating, the other players only need a very basic understanding of how it works. I'm hoping that however the versioning feature is implemented it will be easy for me to select the version needed on a particular tablet at the start of the gig and then have a player who doesn't know the software use the tablet without there being a risk that they'll accidentally switch to the wrong version. At the moment I have filters showing on my tablet but hidden on the others - perhaps the method of choosing the version will also be hideable.
Guy