Feature requests

[thesoundsmith]

Alpha Search Selection in Playlists, please...

I now have a number of playlists with over 50 titles, a few with over 200 (Bossa, MedSwing, Funk, Set1, Set2, Set3, etc.) When I work from one of these lists, as opposed to my pre-planned set lists of a dozen or so tunes each, I browse for what strikes my fancy. But frequently one title will suggest another, and an alpha selector would be invaluable.

Is it possible to add an Alpha Selection border like in the Songs list? Does the OS support it? It really would help in live gig situations.

Thanks.

 

[opaltotem]

I teach guitar to a lot of beginners. What would be great for me is the ability to have a header section where I can put chord boxes. Just a thought!

 

[Kalokagathon]

I've read here and there, and don't remember seeing this elsewhere; forgive me if I duplicate posts.

I would love to be able to print (PDF or txt file) the contents of:
- list of songs complete
- list of songs from style / composer listing
- playlists (NOT list of songs in a playlist) (this has workaround, but sending via mail can be cumbersome).

An export function would be very Appreciated! ;-)

 

[SimonDreyer]

Great program but some suggestions BTW I am using an iPad

1) Editor screen needs to be bigger, put the edit screen across the full width of the screen with a scroll bar to the right and move the buttons below it. You have a touch area on the edit screen of only 3mm to select a bar, which is the most common function, and a touch area of 13mm for each button. Most of the edit buttons don't need to be that big. Makes no sense

2) When a bar is selected with an existing chord, highlight the text in the text-box so that you can simply type in a new value not have to use the (tiny) delete button to first delete the existing chord. This is very standard programming 101 stuff and absolutely infuriating to work with.

3) We NEED an 8/8 time signature or the ability to halve the tempo of the accompaniment relative to the BPM so we could use 2 X 4/4 bars (come to think of it this would be a great feature anyway ) , If you think not then please can someone show me how to program something like the intro to "Chained to the wheel" by the Black Sorrows?

4) Buttons to move the cursor left and right like the iPhone version not just left. Much more useful than the duplicated number buttons.

5) Big Play and Stop buttons on the bottom of the performance screen. Holding the bar for a second is a good feature but very annoying in reality. A three action requirement to bring up and start a song is not even worth commenting on. Touch the screen to show the menu, select the menu option to open the popup then press the start button!!! Really!!

6) Option to disable not just mute the count in. 0, 1 or 2 bars

Thanks for taking the time to read this, you are onto something really good here.

Cheers Simon

 

[vhollund]

How about a way to indicate chord rhythms if needed. Just saw the post for Goldfinger and know that right now the chord rhythm can't be notated. Larry

THis !
Really missing rhythm note indications for chord placements

 

[vasik]

An option to play chord alterations instead of simple chords (as the pianists do in the regular performance) - ie. instead of Dm7-G7-CMaj7 play Dm13-G7(b9#11)-CMaj7(#11)..

 

[Kalokagathon]

An option to play chord alterations instead of simple chords (as the pianists do in the regular performance) - ie. instead of Dm7-G7-CMaj7 play Dm13-G7(b9#11)-CMaj7(#11)..

This is already a capability of the player - edit the chords and choose the alterations as you wish (IReal b wondrously covers basically all of them).

 

[vasik]

This is already a capability of the player - edit the chords and choose the alterations as you wish (IReal b wondrously covers basically all of them).

Thanks for reply. I know I can edit the chords, what I meant is to have a switch to play alterations automatically - either randomly, or based on some logic. The same way pianists do in a band - they have simple chords in chart, but play alterations, to spice things a little.

 

[Kalokagathon]

I thought you meant that...

I'd think about getting a pianist instead of using a program (necessarily limited) for your accompaniment... ;-)

 

[mxsailor]

On some songs I use a simple bass/blank chord intro... also used in solos. I want to be able to tell my bass which octave to play.
Found that an expression pedal will control audio level on the Alessis IO dock, for fades, but would be nice if it was programmable.
Larger edit area would be nice for fat fingered folk. A great app. Use it in all our gigs.

 

[thesoundsmith]

uld be nice for fat fingered folk. A great app. Use it in all our gigs.

Get an iPad. WAY better editing because of the larger area. I find it 2-3X as fast if I know what I am creating fresh, and much easier editing. Then copy to the smaller device and go Bluetooth to your amp - magic. I love the look in the customers' eyes when I pull a bass player out of my - er, iPod...

<edit>
Sorry, I guess you are already on the iPad. maybe use a stylus, so fat-finger issues don't arise? I tend to be pretty clumsy, but don't have an issue on this box, though I can mis-key on my iPod fairly easily...

 

[thesoundsmith]

it would be nice if the Latin swing style kept up the Latin swing style after the first pass through the song.

If you look at this app as a setup, as well as a direct real-time player, this becomes a bit more work, but very easy. If you are trying to do this live on the gig, yeah, it won't do it at the moment (but these guys are GOOD, I used to code, but I can't imagine how they could get this much functionality out of such a small memory and engine.)

But if you export the file 1X-in, 1X solo, 1X out (So 3X as a WAV, you get a full chorus of each, plus whatever intro/outro you created.)

I bring this file into Adobe Audition (use your favorite WAV editor,) mark the exact cut-and-paste points for the sections, then assemble my arrangement. After a bit of practice, a simple arrangement takes about 2 minutes or less, and a complex chart like Tunisia, with the solo breaks, long and short intro breaks, all the rhythm changes - maybe 10 minutes, tops, if you know what you want going in.

If you are serious about using these tracks, not jut for practice, this gives you a MUCH wider set of choices. I keep my notepad on the same page as iReal b, so O can make notes about new or edited arrangements. It works beautifully for me, except I'd like to select which sample set I was playing for any given rhythm - the guitar playing the piano chord might sound a bit odd, but when it's background it adds color. And the accordion in the straight Rock would be killer zydeco... But all things are possible through the will of - MIDI export! So you CAN get anything you want, you don't even need Alice's Restaurant (Sorry, I'm probably a LOT older than you.) Just a good MIDI library and some time.

 

[Bluespclsts]

With app called jam genius chord changes are generated automatically. Is there a way to import those chord changes into irealbook? Secondly is there a way to import a text file with chord changes into irealbook.
PS: The jam genius output looks exactly irealbook.

 

[vasik]

I thought you meant that...

I'd think about getting a pianist instead of using a program (necessarily limited) for your accompaniment... ;-)

Well, I'm pianist myself... I recommended this app to many of my horn friends, as the playback works great for practicing, but I really think the real time alterations would improve the app a lot, and some basic logic, at least for the basic progressions like II-V-I, I-VI-ii-V etc. shouldn't be that difficult to do...

 

[Tuesday]

Be great to be able to set a particular style as the default for a playlist

For instance - if I have a playlist 'Gypsy Swing / Jazz' for gypsy jazz songs - to be able top set the style to automatically be 'Gypsy Jazz' whilst keeping the songs original tempo instead of having to select it each time and save it as new version for songs not originally made in that style.

cheers

T

 

[Dkgross]

Newbie!!! Just got it for the new iPad and my Tower and laptop.. SYNC between all devices for sure! Have made a few charts on the 8core tower today.. Would love to be able to instantly transfer/sync to iPad and laptop. Since I'm quite new..I'd love to learn some workflow suggestions for for use with multiple devices! Thanks!

Dave G
HelldogMusic.com

 

[thesoundsmith]

When using the press-and-hold start, it would be great to have a 0 count-in option-or perhaps 1 beat - but waiting a full bar is frustrating when you're developing complex tunes.

But as always, love this app!

 

[Kalokagathon]

Newbie!!! Just got it for the new iPad and my Tower and laptop.. SYNC between all devices for sure! Have made a few charts on the 8core tower today.. Would love to be able to instantly transfer/sync to iPad and laptop. Since I'm quite new..I'd love to learn some workflow suggestions for for use with multiple devices! Thanks!

Dave G
HelldogMusic.com

Hey, Dave G, welcome to a beautiful and functional world of music!!
There is no cloud sync for now, but it's not needed since sharing and backing up charts is easy: go into the Hub, then "utilities", and choose "backup". That creates an e-mail which you can send to yourself, and download on any other device (which has iReal b installed, of course). In the letter, tap the appropriate links and you transfer playlists and library complete!
You could even choose to "share by e-mail" from the song view, so as not to download the entire library, just the song.
Remember that player settings and playlist settings are not saved, so you'll have to do those by hand. For now, there is no way to save those settings (hopefully in the to-do list).
happy music-making!

 

[Kalokagathon]

When using the press-and-hold start, it would be great to have a 0 count-in option-or perhaps 1 beat - but waiting a full bar is frustrating when you're developing complex tunes.

I second the motion!!! (and have seen this before...). A choice between 0,1,2 measures count-off would be nice.

 

[spinality]

Feature: Color for chords

I'd like the ability to use color in chord charts. This would help both in live play and in study. Four modes come to mind:

* Encoding color within chord source text, for new charts that I create
* Annotating color within existing charts (e.g. flag that Dbmaj7 in red)
* Automatically coloring chords by name (all Db chords in red) or family (all altered chords in blue)
* Automatically coloring of progressions (all II-V cadences in green)

The automatic coloring, especially of progressions, could be difficult but this could be a semi-automated process, where the user flags progressions manually or the app calls up certain phrases ("is this a II-VI-V?")