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Using an iRig Blueboard Pedal

Using an iRig Blueboard Pedal

You can use an iRig Blueboard pedal to control unrealBook wirelessly. There is no setup to do in unrealBook unless you have turned off MIDI Recv in the Settings->Global->More Options… The default setting is ON. Make sure the Blueboard is paired to the iRig Blueboard app on the iPad. You will need to pair the Blueboard to the iRig Blueboard app every time you turn it on

MIDI Recv must be set to ON

Go to Settings->Global->More Options… and make sure that MIDI Recv is set to ON. (This is the default).

Many fun options with the Blueboard

If the Blueboard is set to PROGRAM CHANGE MODE the following is possible.

BANK 1 – Program changes 1-4
The 4 buttons from left to right
Find, Music Player start/stop, Previous Page, Next Page

BANK 2 – Program changes 5-8
Find, Set List Song Popup, Previous Page, Next Page

BANK 3 – Program changes 9-12
Do Menu, Previous Page, Next Page, Find

BANK 4 – Program changes 13-16
Previous Page, Next Page, Music Player start/stop, Find

If the Blueboard is set to CONTROL CHANGE MODE, the buttons are completely programmable for control changes. This will allow for maximum flexibility!
Set the buttons in any order to these control numbers:

Controller number – function

0 – Find
1 – Pause/Continue player
2 – Previous Page
3 – Next Page
4 – Set List song popup
5 – Goto menu
6 – Do menu
7 – Quick Panel
8 – Previous File in set list (defaults to page one)
9 – Next File in set list (defaults to page one)
11 – Activate a visible Hot Spot, or double tap to jump to a specific Hot Spot. (iOS7 and above)
13 – Jump to the location of a Hot Spot set to controller 13 (iOS7 and above)
14 – Jump to the location of a Hot Spot set to controller 14 (iOS7 and above)

To set your BlueBoard to controller mode, run the BlueBoard app and press MENU on the top right.

Then choose Settings.

In the Settings window, set the BlueBoard to CTRL CHANGE (control change mode)

Press CTRL CHANGE.

Assign the buttons

Once the Blueboard has been connected, the controller numbers will appear below each button. To change the numbers, simply tap on any of them and choose a new number and press done. The above picture shows the BlueBoard set to previous page, next page, hot spot jump for controller 13 and 14.

Using an Airturn Pedal

Using an Airturn Pedal

You can use a Bluetooth Pedal to turn pages wirelessly with unrealBook.

Setup unrealBook for the Airturn Bluetooth Pedal

Choose Settings->Network

Choose AirTurn Setup, then turn AirTurn Support ON. If you are using a BT-105/106 or Keyboard Based Pedal, make sure it is paired in the iPad Settings app first. Then based on whether you have a BT-105/106, Coda Technologies STOMP, iRig BlueTurn, PageFlip, follow these instructions.

If you have a PED, PED Pro, BT-200, these are AirDirect pedals. Follow these instructions. Note the port assignment order!

Footswitch is 1,3,2,4 in sequence on the pedalboard in Settings->Network->Airturn Switch Assignments. Use AirDirect mode 1.

SET YOUR AIRTURN TO AIR DIRECT MODE 1

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

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

Save the entire set list as a single PDF

Save the entire set list as a single PDF

You can save your set list as a single PDF with the annotations intact. Note that this function is dependent on the amount of RAM that your iPad has. This function may fail with super large set lists.

Load a set list.

Load a set list using the set list popup in the center of the set list toolbar.

Use the + button in the set list toolbar to save the current set list to a single PDF file.

Choose Set List to PDF.

Name the PDF file that will be created from the set list

Note that any bookmarks or indexes that do not have a number of pages defined will be saved as a single page.

Quick Panel

Quick Panel

A press in the top center of the screen when the toolbar is hidden will bring up the Quick Panel.
The Quick Panel allows you to Start/Stop the Music Player, Start/Stop the recorder, Link the currently playing song to the current PDF file and to lock the page. Once the page is locked, you cannot turn past the current page with a tap. You can still zoom in and out. Use this mode when you want to show someone something on your iPad on the current page without having them accidentally turn a page. You can also turn Set List Mode on and off here. MIDI Send – when off, will disable sending of MIDI messages. Music Picker will allow you to go directly to the music picker window which you can use to play songs. You can also acces the Recently Loaded songs list here as well.

Manually creating indexes for large PDF files

Manually creating indexes for large PDF files

Indexes allow you to create a file containing a list of titles and pages for a specific document. Think of it as a table of contents that you can create for a large PDF book. At this time unrealBook doesn’t have an interface for creating this, but you can use a spreadsheet application to create this file. To create an index, type in the name of the song, the document name and the page number in a spreadsheet.

1. Create a spreadsheet with the index information – OpenOffice or LibreOffice REQUIRED (free)

Type in the name of the song, the document name and the page number in a spreadsheet.

format: name of song, myPDF.pdf, pageNumber

Repeat this for every song in the PDF.
Once you are finished, export your spreadsheet as a .csv file. This file should be comma delimited and should not have a text delimiter (no quotes).
Note: Make sure that the name of the pdf is case sensitive correct. In addition, make sure that it has .pdf at the end of the name. Do not put spaces before or after the filename. You must have a matching .pdf file in the documents folder for the index to reference.

You can also specify the number of pages of a song. This will allow set lists to turn through correctly when an index is added to a set list. To format your .csv correctly, create a .csv with the following format:

name of song, myPDF.pdf, pageNumber, numberOfPages
name of song2,myPDF.pdf,pageNumber, numberOfPages

OpenOffice.org or LibreOffice.org are REQUIRED for creating index files.

2. Export as csv

Make sure that there is no text delimiter and that the field delimiter is a comma. IMPORTANT!!!! The file character set should be UTF-8.

3. Copy the .csv file into the unrealBook documents folder

Once the .csv file has been created, copy it into the unrealBook documents folder like any other PDF. You can then pull down on the All Indexes list to rebuild the list (which will read all .csv files).

Access your indexes in the Songs menu

Choose Indexes from the Songs menu

Access all indexes or a single index

All Indexes will list all songs of every index in a single list. Below All Indexes are the listings for each individual index.

Advanced – Verify your indexes

Use the +/verify button to check your indexes for simple mistakes.

Using the index editor for large PDF files

Using the index editor for large PDF files

Indexes allow you to create a file containing a list of titles and pages for a specific document. Think of it as a table of contents that you can create for a large PDF book. unrealBook now includes an index editor so you don’t need to use a computer to create and edit indexes.

Use the Songs menu and load a PDF that you want to create an index for. Go to the page that you want to create an index listing for.

Make sure that your PDF is loaded and you are on a page that you want to create a listing for.

Press the +/Verify button to start creating an index or skip to edit an existing index below.

Choose Create Index

Press the + button to create a listing

Press the + button to create a new listing.

Edit the title

Use the onscreen keyboard to change the title. Use the x button to quickly clear the title and type in a new name.

Continue the above for every page that you want a index listing for.

Repeat as many times as necessary.

Save your index

Press Save to save your index

Name and save your index file

Name and save your index.

Your index file will now be available in the Songs->Indexes menu

Other index editor features

The extra buttons from left to right in the editor are as follows:
Go to top of list.
Go to bottom of list.
Sort by title alphabetically.
If you are on a particular page of a PDF, press the Locate Page to scroll to a matching line in the index.
Email the index.

Creating Lists for subsets of songs

Creating Lists for subsets of songs

Lists are a way of displaying a subset of all the charts you have. For example if you are playing with a Jazz band, you might want to only see charts that pertain to that Jazz band. Lists are similar to set lists, except they are in the Songs menu. In addition, they are sorted and indexed automatically. When you search through a list, only the songs in the list are searched

Choose Add List… from the Songs menu

Add songs into a list using the -> buttons

Use the -> buttons to add songs to your list. You can also use the search icon to add files to the list. Press Save List after you are done.

Turn a set list into a list

You can use the Add Set List To Songs Menu command to turn the current set list into a list that you can access from the Songs menu.

Access your saved lists in the Songs menu

Saved lists appear in the Songs menu after the Indexes entry. Choose any list and select a song to display in unrealBook.

Advanced- Use Dropbox.com to turn a folder hierarchy into lists

You can use DropBox.com to organize a directory that contains folders arranged exactly as you want them to appear in unrealBook. Name the folders exactly as you want them to appear and put pdf files in the folders. Choose Action->Remote Files navigate to your folder that contains the folder hierarchy on DropBox.com. Once the folder is current, press the Build Lists button. Your lists will automatically be created. Any existing lists with the same names are overwritten. Note that nested folders are not allowed and files are not copied from the folders. This is just a quick and easy way to create lists.