Hey all, just wanted to say thanks a lot for the detailed responses. I think I understood most of what you said and I'll keep coming back because I made the purchase (woo hoo!) and will give it a go, it looks promising. Our next gig is on New Year's Eve so I have enough time to get set up (in the other app as well as a safety net).
So far I've imported my PDF library and am going through the song metadata.
An example filename would be "The Boys Are Back In Town - Thin Lizzy - G.pdf". Title is imported as "The Boys Are Back In Town - Thin Lizzy - G". I'm changing Title to be just the song title i.e. "The Boys Are Back In Town" and entering the band name as "Thin Lizzy" and the key as "G". I also fill in the length which is useful for measuring set list length and the tempo in the event we ever use a click or I need a hint, even though I'm usually pretty good at tempos.
I think I saw differing advice above regarding the same song in two different keys. Assume two different PDFs. Should these be entered as two different songs? With the key in the title e.g. "The Boys Are Back In Town - G" and the key field? Or just in the key field but leave the title plain i.e. "The Boys Are Back In Town"?
One other thing; I don't have charts for all songs, say Echo Beach. In the other app, when I get to Echo Beach in the set list, it at least says Echo Beach (Am) at the top (as I have put the key in the title). In this app it seems that I have to enter a blank page explicitly, but then when I go through the set as if I was performing, it's just a blank page with no song metadata. What's the best way to handle this?
Edit: Two more questions:
1. Is there a way to enter an original key for transposed songs, or perhaps have a field that indicates if the song is in the original key? Probably not much practical usage but I've always indicated that in song titles in the past.
2. Is it possible using the (Linux) companion to enter the duration using the keyboard? I power through the form with the keyboard then the duration field slows me down with the mouse.
So far I've imported my PDF library and am going through the song metadata.
An example filename would be "The Boys Are Back In Town - Thin Lizzy - G.pdf". Title is imported as "The Boys Are Back In Town - Thin Lizzy - G". I'm changing Title to be just the song title i.e. "The Boys Are Back In Town" and entering the band name as "Thin Lizzy" and the key as "G". I also fill in the length which is useful for measuring set list length and the tempo in the event we ever use a click or I need a hint, even though I'm usually pretty good at tempos.
I think I saw differing advice above regarding the same song in two different keys. Assume two different PDFs. Should these be entered as two different songs? With the key in the title e.g. "The Boys Are Back In Town - G" and the key field? Or just in the key field but leave the title plain i.e. "The Boys Are Back In Town"?
One other thing; I don't have charts for all songs, say Echo Beach. In the other app, when I get to Echo Beach in the set list, it at least says Echo Beach (Am) at the top (as I have put the key in the title). In this app it seems that I have to enter a blank page explicitly, but then when I go through the set as if I was performing, it's just a blank page with no song metadata. What's the best way to handle this?
Edit: Two more questions:
1. Is there a way to enter an original key for transposed songs, or perhaps have a field that indicates if the song is in the original key? Probably not much practical usage but I've always indicated that in song titles in the past.
2. Is it possible using the (Linux) companion to enter the duration using the keyboard? I power through the form with the keyboard then the duration field slows me down with the mouse.