Advanced Topics

• Song File Tags

  To give LivePrompter instructions for displaying and scrolling songs, you use ChordPro tags in the song file. This section explains the tags recognized by LivePrompter and how to use them

• Chords and Transposing

  More details on using chords in LivePrompter, different formats to write them and how to transpose

• Chord Grids

  How to use the 'jazz grille' format for chord-only parts of your songs

• Embedding Pictures

  You can use bitmap pictures in your songs - here's how you do it

• List Display Settings

  How the song list and set lists are displayed on the Home Page

• Song Display Settings

  Changing the way how your songs look on screen and how they behave, e.g. scrolling

• Color Settings

  Customizing the colors for various elements of your songs

• Keyboard Operation

  Using an external keyboard or pedal with LivePrompter

• Keeping the Screen On

  The built-in mechanism to avoid screen time-out

• Text Encoding Issues and International Characters

  Dealing with problems around international characters outside the core English character set

• Multiple Configurations of LivePrompter – Profiles and Sources

  Using LivePrompter for multiple bands / projects or sharing devices between users with different configurations

• Using LivePrompter for Multiple Musicians in a Band

  Displaying different content for individual musicians - from the same song file!

• LP Connect – Master/Slave Networking

  Controlling multiple LivePrompter devices from one 'master' device over a WiFi network

• Cantabile Network Connection

  Connecting LivePrompter to the VST host 'Cantabile' using its built-in network API - and what to do with that connection

• MIDI Control

  Controlling MIDI devices from LivePrompter and remote-controlling LivePrompter from MIDI devices

• MidiAlert – pop-up status messages

  Triggering small pop-ups in LivePrompter from external MIDI sources using SysEx messages

• Syncing single songs

  A quick-and-dirty way to synchronize just the current song - addresses a user-request

• Version History

  What changed in LivePrompter