Author: stompbox

Look Ahead in Portrait Mode and AirTurn pedals

A couple of people reported problems with AirTurn BT pedals that caused problems with look ahead. After weeks of pursuing the problem, it turns out that the AirTurn pedals were in the wrong mode. You need to set your AirTurn to direct mode 1.

Note: This MODE is for AirDirect specific apps only. AirDirect
MODE was created to prevent conflicts with the virtual
keyboard.

  1. Power on the AirTurn
  2. Be sure the AirTurn is in MODE 1 (Hold down the MODE
    button for 1 blink of the red light)

Example of Mode button and LED that indicates mode.

Add a metronome button to your chart

To add a metronome button to your chart, do the following.

  • Add a transmogrify button using the Do>Add Transmogrify Button
  • Press on the chart where you want it to go
  • Press on the button for 3 seconds
  • Set Start to ON and set Flash to the number of times you want it to show you the tempo
  • Set the tempo then close the window using the Close button

When you load the PDF, the button will automatically show you the tempo.

Here’s a video showing you the process.

Bug in 4.44

Unfortunately a user found a bug in 4.44 with set lists. If you are in the set list editor and use the magnifying glass, make sure you close the magnifying glass popup before saving. Otherwise the popup will not work after that.

You can force quit the app to have it work again. 4.45 coming.

Tip: Add all files to set list

There is a way to add all your files to a set list. Create a new set list and press the magnifying glass icon (search). Then search for a period (enter a period in the search field). The press the Add to List… button.
All the files with a period (which are all the files) will be added to the set list.

iOS17 and sharing files

A new “feature” with iOS17 is that Airdropped files get sent to the Files app. A window usually comes up showing that the iPad is receiving the file:

Then another window will come up. This is where you choose to share the received file:

Open in unrealBook doesn’t display there, you need to press the share icon to the right and select unrealBook.

Otherwise, go to the Files app and choose Recents and then find your file – press it and then use the Open in or Share icon.

Modify/Create

Change speed and pitch of music.

CD->Play Audio File->Modify

Choose the CD icon>press Play Audio File

Then select a file to modify and press Modify.

Use the Modify/Create menu to change the pitch, speed and start time of the audio. Once you are done with the changes, press Save changes to a new file to have a new file created with all of the changes saved. You will be taken back to the audio player where you can assign the changed audio to a file or play it back.

The Modify/Create window is available in version 4.4 and later.

Beatbuddy – MIDI bank select to select folders/pattterns

BeatBuddy uses straightforward MIDI bank select and program change messages. Here’s how to dial up your folders/drum patterns:

Set the channel to the whatever channel the beat buddy is on.

  1. In unrealBook go to settings->File->MIDI and set the channel at the top to the BeatBuddy channel (default is omni so 1 will work). Then press the Controller button.

2: Then press the Controller button with 32 and 0 entered:

3: Press the program button with 0.

You will get:

B0 00 00
B0 20 00 
C0 00 

This will dial up the first folder and first pattern. (Use the TEST button to send your MIDI message and see the result).

SUMMARY:

B0 00 00
B0 20 00  <- change this number to 01, 02, 03, 04, 05 to get different banks/folders
C0 00  <- change this number to 01, 02, 03, 04, 05 to get different patterns in the folder

Note: unrealBook uses Hex so you can use the decimal to hex converter to get your values:

DETAILED EXPLANATION

Changing patterns

To dial up the first bank and the first pattern/drumset in the first bank edit the program change message C0 01

To get the 2nd pattern, change the C0 00 to C0 01 then  C0 02, C0 03, C0 04 etc….. to get the next patterns. It is zero based. So C0 00 is the first, C0 01 is the second etc…

The FULL MESSAGE

B0 00 00

B0 20 00 
C0 01

for the next pattern:

B0 00 00

B0 20 00 
C0 02

Select folders:

To change the bank/folder change the bank select to:

B0 20 01

The full message:

B0 00 00
B0 20 01
C0 00

The next folder:

B0 00 00

B0 20 02
C0 01 

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