The Song Librarian (features)

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The Song Librarian is a tool helpfull to manage songs files.

It has been designed for use during LIVE performance with maximum of control.

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Three ways to use The Song Librarian during LIVE performance:

• Special requests (use "QuickSearch" function)
• Pre-determined order (creating "Sets")
• By combining the first two access methods

Song's properties:

• Title, Author, Style, Sequence, Mode (GM, GS, XG), Lyrics Track
• Comments field for each song (with selectable font)

Functions:

• Sorting (by Title, Author, Style or Sequence of your choice)
• Grouping (sets)
• Play (F5), Stop (F6), Rewind (F7), Fast Forward (F8), Skip (F5)
• JukeBox (plays all songs of the set)
• Pause option for each song of a set (Pause, Delay, Never Pause).
• Continuous Play (for a song or a group of songs)
• Transpose (new)
• Can be linked to PowerTracks (c) PG Music
• Can be linked to Band-In-A-Box (c) PG Music (new)
• Massive importation of MIDI files with a single operation (with recurse sub-directory)
• SYSEX (for a song or all songs in the library)
• Lock/UnLock Song List (F9)
• Quick Search by title, author, style or sequence in a set (Very Fast !)
• "BookMark" to bookmark the current song.

  This allow you to play other songs and restart from the bookmark later.

  It's very usefull when you want to play a special request while playing a set.

  So, you can mixt "Set" and "specials request from public"

• Printing Songs' List (selectable fields, font size, orientation, user title).
• Optionaly outputing report to a .TXT file (with selectable fields).
• Support of "foot pedal" by the MIDI In (When it not linked to PowerTracks)
• Export MIDI files with optionals .SLX files
• Support .SLX files (The Song Librarian Xchange)
• Gamepad support (for use as a foot pedal or remote control)

Supported file types:

• MIDI files (.MID)
• Karaoke files (.KAR)
• Wave files (.WAV)
• "PowerTracks" files (.SEQ) by PowerTracks linking only
• "Band-In-A-Box" files (.?G? and .STY) by Band-In-A-Box linking only (new)

Run under Windows'95-'98 or Windows 3.1.

Last updates: November 10, 1999.