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Song One

4.46 • 24 Ratings
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With the best in class chord sheet editor, powerful auto formatting features and built-in chord recognition engine, Song One makes the creation and managing of song sheets easier than ever before. Master your craft Instantly transform plain text song sheets into transposable chord sheets with professionally formatted chord symbols and matching chord diagrams. Look up all possible chord positions on the virtual fretboard and customize the number of strings, the tuning and optional capo position. Auto-play chords on virtual instruments including piano, church organ or electric guitar with a swipe of a finger and experience a more intuitive way of working with songs. Compose with ease Effortlessly add chords to your lyrics with a smart chord matrix. Touch the desired notes on the virtual piano keyboard or fretboard to auto-generate all matching chord symbols with extensions and altered bass notes. Reposition chords via drag & drop and make editing lyrics a breeze with Song One's unique Focus Mode and dynamic chord spacing, which repositions the chords as you type. Find chords that sound great together and explore harmonic fields thanks to an integrated circle of fifths. Make your mark Import songs in ChordPro, OnSong and SongSheet Pro format or add your content from webpages using the 'Add to Song One' action extension. Fine-tune the lyrics, chords and metadata, apply customizable themes and auto-generate chord diagrams for any string instrument in any tuning. Scan your sheet music and import PDFs to add highlights and annotation notes. Enjoy complete access to your entire song catalog on all of your macOS & iOS devices with automatic sync via iCloud. Perform with confidence Quickly flip through hundreds of song sheets and create custom setlists with backing tracks. Stay organized with easily maintained set collections and forward your songs to bandmates via AirDrop. Make live performances a joy with Song One's 'smart scroll' chord charts and hands-free auto-scrolling capability. Stay in control with a flexible page flip-mode, extensive MIDI functionality, bluetooth page turner pedals and MIDI footswitches.
What’s New
NEW: Add an annotatible header image (a portion of a PDF or image file) to a song. NEW: Swipe the setlist/library panel into view when Play Mode is active to edit and re-order setlists or change the selected song. NEW: Search for a requested song while Play Mode is active without affecting playback. Then tap on the found song in the library to add it to the active set and auto-play it after the currently playing song. NEW: Drop songs into a specific row when building setlists via drag and drop. NEW: Auto-complete typed entries in the 'Category', 'Keywords', 'Label/No' and 'Topic' fields based on previously entered terms. NEW: Execute a 'Delete Song' option in a song's pop-up menu (after performing a long tap/right click on a song title in the library panel). NEW: Start the playback of an opened set with the play buttons of the bottom toolbar or the song-info panel. (Playback will begin with the first song of the set unless you have selected a specific song beforehand.) IMPROVED: The library panel now remains visible on macOS when Play Mode is active. (Click on the outward pointing arrows to the right of the playback slider to display songs in the full screen mode.) IMPROVED: Songs are now sorted in case-insensitive order.
Version 8.3
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4.46
out of 5
24 Ratings
  • David Nelsen, 08.01.2023
    Great app
    See my review on the Mac app. Once you learn its workflow you'll appreciate the many functionalities that this app provides. Nice iCloud integration. Nice MIDI implementation. Lyrics editing is very speedy, especially on the Mac. The developer, Peter, is very responsive and helpful. The price point vs functionality is very reasonable compared to other apps in this market space and NO SUBSCRIPTION FEES!! Show more
  • David Nelsen, 03.01.2023
    Swiss Army Knife of Lyrics Management
    I have spent several weeks using this app. It has a "Swiss Army Knife" feature set so it's a bit intimidating at first. There are help files & good YouTube tutorials. I have to say that Peter, the developer, has been very helpful & responsive. I have a thousand files in Word format with my own arrangements, chord voicings, tabs, etc. These are easily imported (it took me a while to get this right) and Song One will parse the word files into its structure, tabs, chords and all. You'll have to do some editing but the Mac client is very facile once you figure out all the widgets. The app shines in performance mode. You can add multiple MIDI messages to broadcast on song load. The auto-scroll is accurate. You can set up backing tracks (I haven't done this). And finally—everything syncs in iCloud (Mac/iPad/iPhone). I have a good workflow now for adding/editing songs from my iPad/Mac so things are faster now. I have everything that I was looking for in a lyrics management app with NO subscription fees at a very reasonable price point. BTW, I think that the issues identified in the other reviews have all been addressed. David Show more
  • MIKEYiROCK, 27.12.2022
    Looks great! A little cluttered, with pop ups menus and lots of menu diving
    Was trying to find an OnSong alternative…BUT all I want is to be able to tell it a CAPO position and it change the whole chart to tell the chords I need to play at face value. When you add the CAPO # it only changes the chord fingering charts at the TOP of the sheet and not on the chart itself. I don’t want to look at the top to tell me what to play when transposing CAPO positions. You also can’t get rid of or hide the chord cheat sheets at the top of the chart. I was trying to use this for a team of people not familiar with music theory. The only way to actually transpose the complete chart is to use the Transposition Wheel pop up (which is confusing to use) that’s always at the top of the chart. But that doesn’t tell the uneducated what CAPO fret they shouId be on. I wish we could also just select the songs we want to add to a set list in one shot instead of having to slowly drag and drop one at a time. I also wish it could toggle dark mode instead of it being set to what the phone is. Because if I’m set to dark mode and there’s a PDF sheet in the set it’s just blinding because it goes from dark background with light letters and to the PDF that’s all white with black letters. There’s so many menus and menu diving and pop ups the whole experience is cluttered. Yes it’s feature rich, but at the end of the day I only want to see what I want to see when I’m playing. I click on one thing to open, I have to close it. Then the keyboard pops up, then I have to click the tiny arrows to close that. Also, the port over from my OnSong backup file was not a smooth transition as far as formatting goes. There were PDFs being listed as one thing and when you click on it, it’s a different PDF chart. My wishlist: CAPO to change whole chart (if just this, that would make the switch to this app so much easier and user friendly for those with lack of music theory) Hide fingering charts Click on chord to show fingering instead of playing chord sound. (I’ll have to mute the iPad, from accidentally pressing on a chord when scrolling) Toggle Dark/Light mode option Select multiple songs to add to set list Show more
  • Paulie149, 27.11.2022
    Great App
    Fantastic App , for arranging and keeping song lyrics and Chords ( and Tab ) . Link backing tracks , create set lists , use Midi automation etc. Intuitive to use,edit and update. Creator is super responsive and very helpful. If you are in the fence buy it it will serve you well ! Show more
  • jbreeden86, 14.09.2022
    Great Features, UI Needs Improvement
    I bought this app hoping I could overcome my frustrations with the UI. It has a great feature set, but it would benefit greatly from a fresh UI rethink/redesign. Ultimately, I've found that when I'm trying to be creative and write songs, I reach for this tool less and less because the idiosyncrasies and scattershot UI frustrate me and make it harder to get into the creative flow. The developer does a great job releasing frequent updates. I would love to see a focus on design cleanup rather than feature additions at this point. Some specific annoyances: - The UI gives no hint as to which buttons are going to bring up a menu, hide a view, slide something on top of a view, or do something different altogether. Standard controls and functional consistency would be a big improvement. Popover views that sometimes cover up the song I'm working on are a nuisance. - The /- buttons to add/remove a song don't match! why is "-" wrapped in a circle? Why aren't they next to each other? Makes it feel disjointed. - Right click menus should include "Delete" option. Also, on a Mac, we use the term "Duplicate" rather than "Clone" when referring to a document. Little things like this make the app feel un-Mac-like. - There are way too many choices for song sections. verse, chorus, verse 1, verse 2, verse 3, bridge, breakdown, outro, interlude, turnaround, vamp… the list goes on. How about you just give me a few of the basics (Verse, Chorus, Bridge), and give me an option to type in any others I want. The menu is so long that it would be much faster to just type in what I want. - Font/theme preferences belong in program settings, not as a slideover on the song details. Also, I would prefer 1 or 2 carefully crafted themes rather than dozens of customization options. I want to see the title/artist/date on each song. An option to configure a global track header style and then have all songs simply use the same one would be an improvement over specifying which header sections to use on every single song. Show more
  • PopsJazz, 16.08.2022
    Comprehensive, deep app
    First of all, Song One works seamlessly across your Apple devices through iCould. That's a must have as far as I'm concerned and I don't see it on a lot of the other apps. But the app is also very deep in its feature set. Pretty much everything you need is there. Not always easy to figure out, but they have excellent tutorial videos, and online manual, and great support. Show more
  • Kitman1, 13.08.2022
    Full Featured, Effective, Stable and Solid - Support is Awesome
    I have been using Song One daily for a few weeks now after selecting Song One as my alternative app for creating, storing and performing with my electronic song book. The app is well designed and provides solid and stable performance. When you buy the app, it is a one time fee and includes both the iOS and Mac apps. Syncing across devices and backing up your song library is easy and effective utilizing iCloud. Importing my songs from other apps and the web into Song One is very easy. Creating my own songs as well as editing and refining existing songs is very effective and efficient with the song editing tools included (as outlined in the app's description). Finally, I have found the Song One / Idolumic support team to be very responsive and helpful as I have been transitioning to Song One. Their response time is very quick and they have provided detailed and helpful guidance and information. The team is also open and willing to consider ideas for additional features. I really enjoy using One Song. I am new to song writing and feel the app helps me develop and document my ideas and then provides the tools and means to tweak and polish them as the song develops. Show more
  • michaeleherman, 12.08.2022
    One more reason to use this app
    I think this is a great app. One fantastic feature is the support from the incredibly responsive developer. I’ve emailed him with questions, feature requests, and bugs to which he is very receptive. In addition, he always quickly responds with answers and fixes. Show more
  • Paulie149, 06.07.2022
    Excellent App
    Really enjoying this app. Has a ton of features, seamlessly intergrates between my imac and ipad via icloud. Had a minor operator error using the the wrong play mode function and emailed support for help. Fantastic response from Peter , got the issue sorted. Looking forward to getting it all fully set up. Would definetely recommend this app. !! Show more
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Information

  • Category
    Music, Productivity
  • Age Rating
    4+
  • Price
    Free
  • Size
    158.67 MB
  • Provider
    Idolumic LLC
Languages
English
Copyright
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