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With the standard MobileSheets I was able to quickly assemble a setlist of two or three tunes when they were called at a music session - not to save as a permanent setlist but just for that occasion. I can't seem to be able to do this with Pro. When I tap on the first tune and then touch the plus sign I get a list of existing pre-saved setlists to add the current tune to - not what I'm trying to do.
Is there a way under Pro of assembling a quick and temporary pairing of tunes without creating, naming and saving a new set?
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Why not just create a new (empty) setlist and then add the charts you need to that?
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To create a new setlist you have to enter a name for it, which you can't do if you have a usb footpedal plugged in (the Android keyboard doesn't come up because the tablet thinks the footpedal is a qwerty keyboard). By the time I unplug the pedal, type in a name for the new setlist, add the two tunes to it, save it, plug the pedal back in - I've missed at least the first tune being played.
With the standard MobileSheets I'd call up the first tune, tap it, hit the plus sign then select the second tune - done in a fraction of the time. I'm hoping a temporary un-named setlist can be created as quickly in the Pro version.
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04-20-2015, 11:43 PM
(This post was last modified: 04-20-2015, 11:46 PM by raysa.)
Ah, Chrisss ... you mean create the temporary setlist in advance, leaving only the tune selection to the last minute. Now there's a good idea. Not quite as quick as before, but a very good compromise - thanks. GraemeJ, you probably meant that, too. Thanks both.
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Yes - that was my thinking. Just create as many empty setlists as you would need, in advance of actual rehearsal/performance.
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Thanks for the pedal/keyboard tip, Mike - very helpful.
Given how easy it is to add/subtract tunes in an existing setlist, I think the pre-creation of a "0temp" set list (or somesuch name) as suggested by GraemeJ and Chriss is a good solution. I was hankering after the original MobileSheets process just because that's what I was used to, and the pre-created temporary setlist idea hadn't occurred to me.
The possibility in your second paragraph is interesting, but I guess you'd have to weigh up whether the extra clutter of another button would be worth it for a very small advantage over the pre-created temporary setlist approach.
Thanks again,
Ray