gregm
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Post by gregm on Oct 23, 2023 3:35:35 GMT
LivePrompter 2 problem. When songs displayed in LivePrompter the chords do not align over the correct lyrics. I have checked the song in Drop Box and it is correct, but when opened in LP there is a change in the chord alignment. Any answers?
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Post by Torsten on Oct 23, 2023 15:26:47 GMT
can you share the song file? Simply copy it in a reply here... what I suspect: are you using a song file that doesn't have the chords embedded in square brackets but in separate lines and relying on "fixed width" fonts for alignment? These aren't what LivePrompter expects - LivePrompter's chord alignment is based on the Chordpro format with chords embedded in the text within square brackets. Please read the relevant manual section on this. You can use a crude work-around by using the tag {start_of_tab} at the beginning of such song files and {end_of_tab} at the end; this will force LivePrompter to use a fixed-width font. But then you'll be missing out on a number of LivePrompter features like chord formatting, chord transposition, capo settings, etc. Also, lyrics are far less comfortable to read in fixed width. |
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Post by gregm on Oct 23, 2023 21:58:27 GMT
Thanks Torsten, you are correct with fixed width fonts. I will have a look for another copy of the song, Bow River, by Cold Chisel and see what I can do!
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Post by Torsten on Oct 23, 2023 22:37:56 GMT
I will have a look for another copy of the song, Bow River, by Cold Chisel and see what I can do! Sometimes it's just quicker to make the edits yourself - it's not such a big effort... And you get to add all the nice stuff like section headers, highlights, and of course fine-grained scrolling with d_time or bar tags. |
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Post by Torsten on Oct 24, 2023 11:42:30 GMT
Bow River, by Cold Chisel I just had a quick look at chordie.com - they have a Chordpro format version of that song: www.chordie.com/chord.pere/www.guitaretab.com/c/cold-chisel/3778.htmlYou'll need to click the "View" button top right and then select "Chordpro" as the view format. Now you'll see a Chordpro version of the song that you can use in LivePrompter. What I would do for this song is to replace the "Chord" formatted section titles with LivePrompter's version, so instead of [Chorus]I would use: Chorus:Then, you'd need to add the tags to enable scrolling (either a duration tag for the whole song or d_time / bar tags for individual section for more precise scrolling). Plus, there's some other editing I would do to the song like replacing the strange "[D(bass]see thi[F#)]s" with [D/F#]see this", and possibly reviewing the actual chords - often the songs I find at Chordie or elsewhere are brutally simplified or mangled chords. That's why it is easier for me to simply grab the lyrics somewhere and add the chords myself, so I am sure it is how I would play the song. Overall, I find song files from the internet typically not usable directly for my live or rehearsal purposes - building my own from lyrics makes them more precise, and also helps me familiarize myself with the song. So after building my song file, I already have a pretty good overall understanding of the song and how it works. |
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