Feature requests

[DaleMac]

Since we're talking about playback features: When viewing a chart in landscape (horizontal) mode on iPod Touch, the little black box that displays the repeat times ("3/6" for example) almost always scrolls out of view and, particularly when there's an Intro section, it never comes back. It would be great if the box floated at the top of the screen or in some other way stayed visible for the entire play cycle.

Also, it would be VERY helpful if a song could stop on the chord directly over the "END" character, rather than on the chord at the beginning of the bar. I'm finding that I need to end with an odd-meter bar to accomplish most standard jazz tags.

 

[Soundwise]

One feature I'd like to see is a "multiplayer" mode, so that for example two or more iPads or other devices can be synced (through bluetooth or Wi-Fi) to play the same song in sync.

 

[ToolTech]

I would love to use à transpose function as i play an alto sax tuned in eb and i want to play along with other instruments tuned in other keys. Band in the box has à feature to set what key your instrument is tuned in and all chords get transposed and bb playes in the same tune as you. I would just love that feature!!!

 

[carneyweb]

It's in the settings and called "Transposing Instrument". Enjoy

 

[EnjoyRC]

Rest symbols

Something I find myself looking for quite often when charting songs is REST SYMBOLS. Whole, half, quarter, dotted, etc... Then we can show breaks and pauses.

 

[EnjoyRC]

Notes

NOTES. It'd be great to enter notes for a chart. Then when viewing the chart it could be displayed just under the header info (Title, genre, artist). Or at the bottom. This could be very helpful for arrangement info, lyric info, reminder notes, etc...

 

[EnjoyRC]

Section indicators

SECTION INDICATORS. I often use;
[in] = Intro or Instrumental
[V] = Verse
= Bridge
[C] = Chorus
[A] & [D] = not used

Desired;
[PC] = Pre Chorus
[O] = Outro
[ ] = Custom blocks where we could define our own

 

[Upright Bassist]

Chords and scales: • play them along! • display them as fret-/keyboard!

The new chords and scales feature is very nice!

To make it even more useful, I would like iReal b to:

• play the scales, note by note, as well as in arpeggio style, along with the chord/s — to help your ears decide what's right.

• display the scales in (bass, guitar, ukulele) fingerboard Tab view and/or (piano, organ, Musette akkordeon) keyboard view — for folks like me, who know their way around on the fret(less)board, but are not as literate in notation...

I realize that the display features seem to rely strongly on the facilities introduced in the respective Guitar Tab and keyboard chords feature, so maybe it's more logical and/or practical to include them there?

Thank you, and I now post this in the support forum, where it belongs.

 

[carneyweb]

Chord Scales.... some thoughts (reposted from iOS forum)

First off, thanks so much for iRealb! It's replaced Band-in-a-box for me, and I've used it successfully on a couple of live gigs (I play the sax and use it as my backup band).

Secondly, thank you so much for this scale/chord display feature. It is one of the most useful practice tools I've ever come across.

I have a couple of features requests that I think might make it even more useful (at least for me .

First, Mark Levine, in his book "The Jazz Theory Book", says to "think KEY, not scale". With this in mind, it would be a nice feature to be able to optionally see scales listed by parent "key" or scale. For instance, if I have the progression:

Dm7 G7 Cmaj7

it would be nice to see the scale options for:

Dm7 : C Major : D dorian - D E F G A B C
G7 : C Major : G mixolydian - G A B C D E F
Cmaj7: C Major : C Ionian - C D E F G A B

This would then tie the entire progression together into one key center. The above example is pretty obvious, but it becomes less so for a progression like:

Bm7b5 E7b9 Am7

In this case, some of the optional scales could include:

Bm7b5 : A Harmonic Minor Bebop : (more on this below)
E7b9 : A Harmonic Minor Bebop :
Am7 : A Harmonic Minor Bebop :

Basically, the harmonic minor bebop scale can be used on all three chords in a minor ii-V-i, and this connection might be lost if the related harmonic minor "key" is not listed among the scale options.

Also, being able to see relationships like:

G7alt : Ab melodic minor : G Altered - G Ab A# B Db Eb F

would help in learning the various modes of the melodic minor scale.

Which brings me to the second feature… can you add the Harmonic Minor Bebop scale to your list of supported scales? I see major, and "minor" (also called the Dorian bebop scale) and dominant bebop scales, but not the harmonic minor bebop. For instance, with the Cm7, the C Harmonic Minor Bebop scale would be a very nice option. The harmonic minor bebop scale is the same as the harmonic minor scale with an added b7 passing tone between the 6th and 7th notes, and is a mode of the major bebop scale. So, perhaps instead of the A Harmonic Minor Bebop, the C Major Bebop scale could be displayed?

In any case, thanks again for providing such a useful tool. I look forward to the continued improvements!

 

[Chorded]

I have used the text box (in the editor) to put the first note (or first 2 or 3 notes) above the first bar of the song. Just type in the notes and use the up arrow to place them above the bar. As you said, even for seasoned musicians, this often is helpful.

 

[bernardean]

This is a terrific app but, as a singer, I would like to have somewhere to put lyrics. The format as it exists doesn't leave enough room. However, it wouldn't be necessary to put the lyrics right under the chords. They could be just written in verse fashion lower down on the page. It would be great to be able to do that. Make an additional space to fill like they do on song sheets when they want to add extra lyrics.

 

[cptime66]

Love this app!! just started using it within the last week
Would it be possible you to add the feature whereby the user could import a midifile , to flesh out the style packs, and then we could all share our favorite drum grooves/voicings/grooves etc?
this could greatly enhance the playback/practice funtionality

thanks

 

[bebop603]

IrealB is great!

3 Suggestions for future versions:

1) More realistic and high quality drums (something like BIAB realdrums that uses actual instrument recordings)
Current IOS devices are powerful enough to handle the real-time pitch shifting

2) Realtracks for other instruments would be great if possible (Piano Chords in particular sound very muddy to me in 4.4)
Another options would be MIDI patterns played by actual musicians (this is a new feature in BIAB)

3) Chord Scales feature is very nice--how about going to the next level and including jazz/blues licks and even suggestions for
scales that could span multiple chord/measures

 

[LAsoul88]

Hi everyone, sorry if this has been accomplished already, but is there a way to play the Bb versions of tunes? (I'm on a tenor) I don't particularly mind writing it out myself but it would be nice to just play off the phone. Any help would be great thanks!

 

[pdxdjazz]

Slightly different to do iOS vs. droid. "gear" icon vs. menu button
Find: Settings>transposing instrument>Bb>Done
It's a global setting, not song transpose
)BOB

 

[JaZz251]

Great app, but it would be great if the Export function worked "offline".
Now the Export function takes a very long time, it records in realtime (actual time of the piece, so when selecting 7-8 chorusses, it takes really long).

Maybe it's possible to 'bounce' the audio 'offline' so it exports faster?

 

[Daskren]

Is there a way to edit a style, a create a new one?

 

[dflat]

Is there a way to edit a style, a create a new one?

you cannot create a backing style for the player (currently.) You can label the style named in song info anything you like however.

 

[DaleMac]

...You can label the style named in song info anything you like...

Not everyone realizes that if you type in a customized "Style" name (like "Medium Funk", "Brazillian", etc.) or if you just make a typo (like "Even 8th's") the program doesn't recognize it and any imported/exported file reverts to one of the default settings in Play mode - usually "Pop/Rock" or "Jazz/Medium Swing". You might want to add a mention of this idiosyncrasy in the online Manuals.

And while I have my hand up, let me vote an emphatic "yes" to previous suggestions that exported files retain all setting assignments. I edit my scores on OSX and it's a hassle to redo all the tempos (and Repeat Times, and Styles) after I transfer them to my iPod.

 

[reconstructions]

We are playing projected iReal charts with a full rock band (very cool) with the audio turned off except for a monitor and Pearl Throne Thumper for the drummer, which keeps him in sync with the charts. It is very cool and awesome for everyone, but all the drummers complain about how the kicks and the bass are on the 1st and 3rd beat, rather than just the first beat like you would expect with the most basic drum part. They all ask could we please have a drum accompaniment which has only one kick per measure on the 1st beat?