Err Stephen why do you need to rename them with a number???

None of mine have numbers...I ONLY annotate the Korg PA Songbook listing number on the UB PDF file for reference, it is TOTALLY unnecessary as it runs ONLY on the file name...

So if using UB and iPad, "print" the .doc file to a pdf, create the control midi with whatever name the .doc file is, place both in the UB directory on the iPad...thats it!!

Personally I do not see that as too time consuming...at a guess the "printing" (remember there is NO scanning involved at all) takes about 3 seconds a file, the midi probably about 6 seconds, and then the transfer about 3 seconds....total about 20 seconds per file including sips of coffee

Dennis

Dennis,
I like the part about 20 seconds with sips of coffee. Starbucks bold no cream no sugar for me


I was of the understanding that you had to put both name and number exactly in the pdf as it appears. well that's a relief that will save some time. I also understood that the title should match exactly is that correct? In other words Bad Bad Leroy Brown could named "Bad Leroy" ( minus quotes) as a pdf, but when saved in Songbook it should also be called "Bad Leroy". Some of my issue is when I saved entries to songbook I did not enter a number for them. So I do need to go back using Songbook editor to enter a number.

Hi Stephen, the only criterium is that the name be exactly the same.

So your example is correct...the name of the PDF = Bad Leroy....name of the PAsCO midi control file = Bad Leroy (case is important as well)

As for the numbering in the songbook, you mean in the Korg PA Songbook?...Yes that is required too, and I would do it using the Korg PC Songbook Editor - I think it is available for MAC too...Will be far FAR quicker to simply edit the number field in it, than using the Songbook saving pages on the PA itself. The simply re-import the Songbook file back into the PA....

Dennis

Just as a by the way...and you probably already know this, but in the drop down menu (top right hand corner little arrow) it gives you the option to list the songbook numbers, and not the key on the songbook listing...not that this is needed for the following procedure, but I thought I would mention it.

If you double press the Songbook physical button on the panel, it opens a numerical entry box, and you can manually select the songbook entry number "on the fly" as it were...

This is the main reason I annotate the songbook listing number on the UnrealBook PDF chart....if at any time I cannot get a connection from the iPad to the PA (I have accidentally let the battery run down before a gig so need to recharge and use at the same time, or I forget a cable, or whatever), by double pressing the songbook button, and then entering manually the SB listing number as shown on the PDF, I can almost as quickly select a song on the PA...

Just another way of doing it is all

Dennis

Dennis,

Thanks for the clarification and also the hints on the use of the number system!