The primary difference between Karaoke and sing-along songs is the absence of the lead vocalist.
After that there are no restrictions in numbers of repertoires and songs.įor a good display of the songs you should use a tablet with at least 8 inches display size, better will be 10 inches or larger.A karaoke bar in Wuhan, Hubei, China 1960s: Development of audio-visual-recording devices įrom 1961 to 1966, the American TV network NBC carried a karaoke-like series, Sing Along with Mitch, featuring host Mitch Miller and a chorus, which superimposed the lyrics to their songs near the bottom of the TV screen for home audience participation. Unlocking of MusicBook is done with an one-time in-app purchase. The restrictions are: Maximum 2 repertoires with maximum 10 songs in each repertoire. The free app MusicBook is at start time the DEMO. MusicBook is multilingual: German, English, Italian and Polish. You can download the free documentation in german or english from:
It is strongly recommended to use an external SD memory card to store the images! A metronome function is available for recording and also testing while playing. Record textmarks and show them at the correct time during plaing.
For the PC (Windows, Linux or Mac OS) is a FREE file transfer program available for download from:įor each song a MP3 file can be stored which can be played with the dual MP3 player. In MusicBook a file transfer module is integrated.
If the images reside on a PC, you can transfer them with a special file transfer program. The songs to be displayed can also be images in PNG or JPG format. With these control commands, the lyrics in the midi file and the chords (Yamaha XF only) can be displayed as a karaoke text in MusicBook. Modify midi files, so that when playing on the keyboard control commands are sent to MusicBook via a connected MIDI cable. The clients can perform these commands - if this function is choosen in their settings. The server also sends commands for Page down, Page up, Start Scroll, Stop Scrolling, manually moving by the finger. The server synchronizes the song number on all connected client tablets. No router is required on stage! The other tablets will be connected to the server as clients. Several tablets can be connected via Wifi.
This is good for installation and checking of the connected Midi devices.Ĭreate Midi commands to select registration or songbook via Midi for Ketron Audya, SD7/SD9, Yamaha Tyros or Korg PA.XĬreate "Dummy" Midi files for Yamaha Tyros to select a song in MusicBook when change the registration on the keyboard. Integrated Midi Monitor, where you can see the incoming Midi events. You can connect Midi pedals via USB Midi interface.
Midi control: Page down, Page up with incoming Midi commands. switch the registration on a connected keyboard. After that you can "Play" the recorded song which all movements at the correct time.įor each song, Midi commands can be stored, which will be fired via USB midi interface at changing to page "Display song". At stage you can work with these playlists - no stress!Īnother outstanding feature is the recording funktion: Recording of all movements of the song (Page down, Page up, Start Scroll, Stop Scrolling, manually moving by the finger). With the integrated camera you can take of pictures from texts or notes, which will be used in MusicBook.Ĭreate playlists at home. While creating or editing a song you can import a text file (*.txt), a RTF file (*.rtf) or lyrics from a Midi file (*.mid) which can be edited with the integrated word processor. The text will be stored together with the song. With the integrated word processing you can create and edit texts (lyrics).
Therefore no manual flip of the text is necessary! One of the outstanding features is the scrolling pixel by pixel of the displayed song according to the song play time - if the song text is longer than the display height. Manage and display of texts and notes for musicians (songbook).
*** This app is for hobbyists and professionals a must have!!! ***