App: SongBook+
Developer: BauM Software
Genres: Music, Productivity

SongBook+ allows you to manage your songs with lyrics and/or sheet music, playbacks, MIDI files, videos and to always have them at hand when performing. Besides, SongBook+ can control your MIDI devices or be controlled by MIDI.

SongBook+ is the fit-for-stage app for musicians with many positive reviews of enthusiastic musicians.

SongBook+ is free, but the basic version is limited to 1 book of 15 songs. If you wish, you can unlock the full version through In-App purchase to remove this restriction. 

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Note: This app does not include any lyrics or other files.
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List of the most important features:

- Manage songs with great search and sort options
- View lyrics or sheet music (PDF, TXT, PNG, JPG, JPEG, TIF, TIFF, GIF, LRC, ChordPro)
- Play playbacks (MP3, WAV, AIFF, M4A)
- Multitrack audio player (5 stereo audio files) with separate audio outputs
- Multichannel audio routing to separate audio outputs (with external hardware)
- Mixer with 10 bands equalizer and separate volume for the 5 audio files, global and per song
- Play MIDI files (with external sound generation)
- Play karaoke videos (MOV, MP4, MPV, 3GP, M4V)
- Loop function for audio, midi and video files
- Use in portrait or landscape mode
- Insert notes/chords/symbols/sheet music/images/shapes
- Highlight/underline/strike out text passages
- Hand write/paint in the document
- Insert custom, configurable buttons into the document
- Full page turns or smooth scrolling
- Auto page turns or scrolling
- Record song positions with your finger
- Import and display lyrics of Midi/MP3 files
- Control using foot pedal
- Wirelessly connect SongBooks for a synchronous song selection
- Select the next song while a song is playing
- Create playlists
- Music log for billing with GEMA/SUIZA/…
- Take a photo of lyrics/sheet music and convert them into PDF files
- Night mode with inverted colors
- Optical and/or acoustic metronome
- Connect an external monitor with a possible rotation of 90/180/270 degrees
- Separate into multiple books, e.g. one book per volume

Exceptional MIDI options:

- Access the according registration via keyboard when opening the song
- Open a song on the iPad via MIDI remote control
- Send individually configurable MIDI commands when opening/starting/stopping the song
- Insert any buttons for MIDI commands into the lyrics/sheet music
- Remotely browse via MIDI
- Play MIDI files via MIDI-Out on the keyboard/MIDI player/expander
- Integrated MIDI monitor

SongBook+ Sponsoring:

If you love SongBook+ and appreciate and want to ensure the updates and support of SongBook+ for the future, you may also opt to become a sponsor.
Three different levels of sponsoring named "Gold Sponsor", "Silver Sponsor" or "Bronce Sponsor" are available. To be a sponsor of SongBook+, you can choose from a monthly or yearly payable subscription. The payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase.

Information about privacy, terms and conditions of SongBook+ and the In App Purchases of SongBook+ can be found here: https://www.songbookplus.com/privacy-terms-conditions

Release notes:
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IMPORTANT!
If you bought the full version of SongBook+ more than 5 years ago and you want to keep using it free of charge, then DO NOT INSTALL THIS UPDATE (6.2.x)!
Otherwise, the update will turn SongBook+ back into a demo version, and you will have to reactivate the full version by means of in-app purchasing or a monthly or yearly subscription.
(The cut-off point is a purchase date prior to June 1, 2018. If you have a sponsoring subscription, you will not be affected.)
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Changes in version 6.2.3:

- Compatibility with new Yamaha Genos2 keyboard
- Fixed issue of version 6.2.2 with iOS 13

Changes in version 6.2.2:

- Bugfix: Fixed known issues with iOS 17
- Bugfix: Removed settings options that are no longer used
- Bugfix: Improved display of list in song pre-selection window
- Bugfix: In some midi files line breaks in imported text at wrong potision 
- Bugfix: when sorting by code second sorting by title
- Bugfix: Exporting very large books with many songs

Changes in version 6.2.1:

- Bugfix: Action "Open song with code" not editable
- Bugfix: On iPhone in portrait mode titles are not shown completely

Changes in version 6.2.0:

- Export/Import of individual books
- Show song information in song lyrics with larger selection of fields.
- MIDI output for many functions separately selectable
- Simple "MIDI-THRU" for forwarding MIDI events
- Synchronize switching of loop points on/off with other SongBooks.
- Use loop points also for forward jumps
- Also display images instead of just videos on external monitor