Pro tip: Before buying Set List Maker, check out its big brother, BandHelper.
Set List Maker is a powerful organizational tool for musicians. With thousands of people around the world using the app in creative ways, the app is packed with features to manage your repertoire, control your on-stage electronics and share with your bandmates.
MORE THAN A DIGITAL SONGBOOK Set List Maker can store your lyrics and chord charts, but it can also keep track of your rehearsal notes and serves as an archive of all your set lists. You can include multiple reference recordings for each song, slow down or pitch-shift recordings while practicing,* transpose chords with one touch, and make a quick recording if inspiration strikes.* Then design your own screen layouts to show the most important information in each setting you play in.
YOUR COMMAND CENTER ON STAGE Set List Maker can display your lyrics with simple auto-scrolling or custom automation tracks,* play backing tracks and click tracks through separate audio ports or inter-app audio,* play videos,* and configure MIDI-compatible sound and lighting equipment as you move from song to song.* You can control Set List Maker with MIDI* or Bluetooth footswitches, and link together multiple devices for screen sharing or remote control on stage.*
KEEP YOUR BANDMATES IN THE LOOP Set List Maker can can export databases and import them onto your bandmates' mobile devices so everyone has access to the latest songs, set lists, and details of upcoming shows. You can also email set lists in PDF or HTML format, or print good old paper set lists to keep it simple on stage.
Some advanced features (*) require an in-app purchase. For details, please visit the Set List Maker website, which also contains tutorials and demo videos to help with your purchase decision.
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What’s New
Version History
5.3.20
- Added Settings > Audio & MIDI > Input Channel to select a channel for in-app recording when using multi-route audio.
- Added Settings > General Settings > External Display > Show Placeholder for Empty Songs to hide the song title for empty songs when showing only the document viewer on an external display.
- Worked around a potential crash when system audio resources don't load correctly.
5.3.19
- Worked around a problem in iOS 12 that disabled the remote control functionality after tapping a document viewer displaying a photo or placeholder text.
- Fixed a permissions error when copying a file into Set List Maker from the Files app.
- Stopped scrolling the external display to mirror the main display when the external display is showing a video.
5.3.18
- Fixed a problem that failed to auto-save changes to a set list's songs when leaving the app from the set list songs edit page.
- Fixed a problem using pickers in the right column when the keyboard is open from the search field in the left column.
- Updated the Previous Screen or Song remote control action to jump the last screen of the previous song.
- Fixed a problem that prevented the pause name from appearing when the first item in a show was a pause.
- Stopped applying the chord color to H chords if German Chord Names is off.
- Fixed a problem that could interrupt a current device linking connection when changing the device linking settings.
- Updated the import functions to ignore a .txt extension added to a file from another platform.
- Updated the import functions to show an error instead of crashing in the case of a permissions error.
- Improved the spacing of the search field at the top of the lists, and stopped it from appearing initially in popup windows on phones.
5.3.17
- Added a default text size and default song fields for the show share pages in new databases.
- Improved the spacing of columns on shared set lists.
5.3.16
- Fixed a problem with document markers not displaying reliably.
- Fixed a problem that created empty songs in the Songs list.
- Updated popup windows to truncate long titles rather than obscuring the Save and Cancel buttons.
5.3.15
- Added a Scalable option to the layout details edit page. If you turn this on, the layout will be available on devices with different screen sizes, and will scale to fit the different screen sizes. This allows you to maintain a single layout for use across different device models. However, due to variations in screen aspect ratios, the layout might not use the full width or height of some screens. Layouts will still only be available on devices turned to the same orientation.
- Added options when copying a layout from a different screen size to either scale to fit the current device, or keep the original sizing as before. This makes it easy to use a layout from a different device as a starting point, while still allowing you to adjust the sizing to perfectly fit the current device.
- Updated the Share Songs function to support multiple pages per song (for multi-page documents or long lyrics).
- Added options to the smart list filters for whether a song is included or not included in a given set list. This allows you to create a smart list containing all the songs not in a set list, or a smart list containing all the songs in both of two set lists, for example.
- Added help tips that appear the first time a new user enters a potentially confusing workflow. These won't appear for current users unless they click Help > Reset Help Tips.
- Changed the alert that appears when attempting to view a show or smart list when no layouts are available, to offer to install a default set immediately.
- Fixed a problem that scrolled the text down slightly when opening full-screen lyrics from split view layouts on iOS 12. This also fixes problems with auto-scrolling starting incorrectly in some situations.
- Added the manual save button to the smart list edit page.
- Stopped applying the default text color to chords if Settings > Appearance > Chords Color is empty.
5.3.14
- Added options to the automation buttons to copy and paste automation tracks between songs.
- Updated the automation track edit window to select the last-played event if you stop an automation track before it finishes and then edit it.
- Added disclosure indicators and indents to make the automation track edit window easier to read.
- Added Settings > General Settings > Maps App to allow using Google Maps instead of Apple Maps for directions to a show address.
- Updated the layering of layout items to allow placing the recording controls on top of the document viewer.
- Fixed incorrect text colors in alerts in the dark color theme on iOS 9.
5.3.13
- Updated the interface and the default layouts for the new iPad Pro models.
- Fixed a problem that hid the Save and Cancel buttons from popup windows on phones.
- Fixed a problem that introduced blank rows into the Set List Buttons and Set List Fields sections of the song list options window.
- Fixed a problem that moved the lyrics down when editing a song from the show view while a recording is playing and the auto-scroll is in the pre-roll phase.
- Fixed a problem that disabled the pagination functions when opening the same document twice in a row from a set list only layout.
- Checked for and updated an incomplete database setting that prevented MIDI control changes from sending.
5.3.12
- Made the documents, recordings and MIDI presets listed on the song edit and MIDI preset edit pages clickable so you can edit attached items in a popup window.
- Fixed a problem that scrolled the text down slightly when opening full-screen lyrics on iOS 12.
- Fixed a problem that skipped the auto-scroll pre-roll when viewing a document with a saved zoom position.
- Fixed a problem that displayed the keyboard and picker done buttons inconsistently on phones.
- Improved the handling of items dragged outside the expected areas in the show songs edit page.
5.3.11
- Fixed a problem that temporarily cleared the lyrics display after editing a song from the show view.
5.3.10
- Updated the Edit Layout button in the show view to include a list of available layouts, which you can select to change layouts without leaving the show view. If your layouts don't include the Edit Layout button, you can add it from Layouts > [layout name] > Edit Details > Bottom Toolbar Buttons.
- Set a default layout for both landscape and portrait when loading default layouts, so a layout is ready if you rotate your device in the show view.
- Updated the interface and the default layouts for all iPhone X models. If you have already added the app on an iPhone X and have not customized your layouts, you can delete the iPhone X layouts and then click Help > Utilities > Load Default Layouts to reload them with the updated sizing.
- Updated the auto-scrolling function so that if you manually scroll while the pre-roll is running, the auto-scroll movements will begin immediately. If Settings > General Settings > Auto-Scroll > Recalculate Speed If Overridden is on, the auto-scroll time will remain the same and the scroll speed will be reduced; if off, the auto-scroll time will be reduced and the scroll speed will remain the same.
- Increased the precision of saved text sizes to avoid a slight shift when pinch-zooming and then saving a text size.
- Fixed a problem that positioned the top toolbar incorrectly when rotating the device in the show view and share pages.
- Improved the spacing around cell buttons.
5.3.9
- Fixed a problem where the MIDI engine wouldn't fully stop and would then generate duplicate messages when restarting.
- Improved the retention of the lyrics scroll position when toggling in and out of full-screen display.
- Updated the Starting Pitch picker to use German-style names if Settings > General Settings > German Chord Names is on.
- Faded bottom toolbar fields when you move another item over them while editing a layout, to indicate that they will be inactive if covered.
5.3.8
- Updated the document viewer to better handle 2-column layouts. When you view documents, or lyrics containing markers, manual scrolling will be disabled, and the up/down hotspots will move to the next page or marker. When you view lyrics containing markers, only the current marked section and the next marked section will appear in the two columns. (Markers in lyrics requires iOS 10 or later.)
- Updated the chord coloring function to include the square brackets when viewing ChordPro-formatted chords with Settings > Appearance > Bracketed Chords set to Inline.
- Sped up the search function in the Quick Add popup.
- Eliminated a brief appearance of the on-screen keyboard when launching the app or closing a popover.
- Fixed the Select and Cancel buttons in popovers on the song edit page when remote control input is enabled.
5.3.7
- Optimized for iOS 12.
- Fixedaproblem where pasted text initially appeared with the system font and color until the page reloaded.
- Gave more space to multi-line field labels on the edit pages.
- Fixed a problem where the back button sometimes required two clicks after certain add or delete operations.
- Fixed a problem where the back button sometimes got out of sync with the page when clicking it very quickly.
- Fixed a problem where the recording timers showed 0:00 for two seconds before proceeding to 0:02.
- Closed the keyboard when leaving the app while editing a page, to avoid incorrect page sizing when returning to the app.
5.3.6
- Fixed a crash when clicking the Quick Add button in the show view.
- Fixed a crash when clicking the document button in a long Songs list after editing a song.
5.3.5
- Added View Document, Start/Stop Recording and Send MIDI remote control actions. These actions simulate pressing the corresponding button on the screen, and select either the default item or the last-selected item for each button. The Send MIDI remote control action also follows the Send MIDI Presets Together setting.
- Updated the Send Layout MIDI layout action to send all the layout MIDI presets, not just the first one, and added a Send Layout MIDI remote control action that works the same way.
- Updated the automation tracks to record and play back Send Layout MIDI actions.
- Updated the counts at the top of the list pages to show the number of matching items when searching. Also, restored the missing search field on the Shows list and added a search field to the Layouts list.
- Fixed a problem that disabled ChordPro and OnSong files in the file browser when OnSong is installed on the same device.
- Fixed some invisible text colors in the file import and export windows.
- Removed the Browse button that appeared between clicking an import button and the opening of the file browser.
- Removed the double toolbar that appeared at the top of the Add an Item popup when editing a layout.
5.3.4
Fixed a problem that corrupted SMF playback with data from the previously played file.
5.3.3
- Improved the spacing of multiple buttons laid out horizontally.
- Added a Print button to the document edit page. You can only print PDF or JPG files from this page, and annotations will not be included.
- Updated smart lists sorted by tags to sort secondarily by the tag names if the tag sort orders are the same.
- Removed the check that prohibits adding multiple layouts with the same name.
- Reset the elapsed time in the recording controls after changing songs while a recording is playing and then pausing the recording.
- Fixed a crash when clicking the Random Song button in a show with only one song.
- Updated the cursor color to match the app color theme.
- Changed some important words in the German translation: tag = Schlagwört, break = Pause, pause = Einschub.
5.3.2
- Potentially fixed a problem that sometimes caused document and recording settings (including document annotations) to be deleted when updating the app version.
- Fixed a problem that prevented databases exported from the iOS version from importing into other versions.
- Added the new manual save button to the show Edit Songs page.
- Added the lyric line highlights to the external display when showing only the lyrics on the external display.
5.3.1
- Fixed a problem that sometimes displayed lyrics with the wrong font.
- Fixed a problem that played tempo downbeat sounds on the wrong beat.
- Fixed erratic playback when starting a tempo without stopping the previous tempo. In this situation, the app now waits a half second for the audio buffers to reset before starting the new tempo.
- Improved the sizing of multiple MIDI, recording, document, app and marker buttons when laid out horizontally.
- Added the missing resize button to the Multiple App Buttons layout item.
- Added the bottom toolbar buttons to newly created default layouts.
- Disabled the share options for empty set lists.
5.3
MAJOR NEW FEATURES
- Added a function for sharing songs. From the show or smart list pages, you can now select either Share Set List to share the list as before, or select Share Songs to share all the songs in the list.
- Added options for sharing set lists.
- Added options for randomizing set lists.
- Added options for playing Standard MIDI Files. (Requires iOS 9.)
- Added support for Flic buttons.
OTHER IMPROVEMENTS
- Included annotations with emailed or printed documents when sent from the new song sharing page.
- Moved the document email and export buttons to the document edit page,andaddedthe same buttons to the recording edit page.
- Added separate email and export buttons to the layout edit page.
- Added a manual save button to the bottom toolbar on edit pages.
- Added Settings > Audio & MIDI > Fade Out Recordings. (Requires the Advanced Audio upgrade.)
- Added skip forward and skip back buttons to the second row of the recording controls layout item.
- Updated the play/pause button in the recording controls to play the recording from the new song after changing songs with Settings > Audio & MIDI > Continue Audio When Changing Songs.
- Updated the next/previous buttons in the recording controls to update the Multiple Recording Buttons to show the current recording.
- Organized the show list with undated shows in the first section, future shows in the second section and a submenu for each past year in the third section.
- Added a color field to the show details edit page, to help organize shows.
- Changed the shortcut menu that appears when clicking the title in the show view. Instead of showing a list of all shows when viewing a show or the list of all smart lists when viewing a smart list, the menu now shows a list of the five most recently viewed shows and the five most recently viewed smart lists.
- Added a Preceding Break Duration setting to the Set Name edit page.
- Added a Toolbar Buttons section to the layout Edit Details page, so you can hide toolbar buttons you aren't using, or show the bottom toolbar even if you haven't added any fields to it.
- Added a layout edit button to the bottom toolbar of the set list view, for editing the current layout without leaving the set list view.
- Updated the Multiple Document, Recording, MIDI, Marker and App Buttons layout items to have resizeable content.
- Updated the Master Volume layout item to include separate volume sliders for recording, tempo, pitch and video. (Requires the Advanced Audio upgrade.)
- Added a long-press gesture to the play/pause button of the recording controls to select a different recording.
- Added a long-press gesture to the pitch button to select a different pitch.
- Changed the button icons in song layouts to maintain their aspect ratio rather than stretching.
- Made links in custom fields clickable in the show view.
- Added a Multi-Line option for custom fields.
- Added the Notes field as an option when sharing a set list.
- Renamed the Bluetooth/USB Keyboard Status window to Remote Control Status, and added remote control activity from MIDI devices to its Activity Log.
- Added a Clear Formatting button (X icon) to the formatting toolbar on the song edit page.
- Added a Search for Chords button to the song edit page.
- Updated the chord transpose functions to only transpose bracketed chords if any chords are bracketed.
Plus more updates and bug fixes ... please see the Support > Release Notes page on the Set List Maker website for more details.
5.2.12
- Fixed a problem that removed document annotations and document and recording settings when importing a database from a device that doesn't have the same databases as the target device.
5.2.11
- Fixed the import of a database file using "open in" from another app.
- Updated the Export to BandHelper function to only include metadata for documents and recordings that are used in the exported database.
5.2.10
- Fixed a problem that made the recording controls unresponsive in the Songs list.
- Updated Settings > Audio & MIDI > Receive MIDI In Background to enable background MIDI when using the MIDI Learn button on the MIDI preset edit page.
- Added the current database name when importing a database file, to verify you're importing it into the desired database.
- Added an alert when importing a database file with "Open In" when no database is selected.
- Added a confirmation message after importing a database file with "Open In."
- Fixed incorrect formatting when adding text that looks like partial HTML tags into the Lyrics or Chords fields.
- Updated the borders around popup menus to have consistent widths.
- Fixed incorrect field sizing on edit pages when changing between different window sizes on a split-screen tablet.
- Saved edits when changing between different window sizes on a split-screen tablet or rotating a phablet.
5.2.9
- Fixed a problem that saved separate lyrics in smart copies when they should have inherited from the original copy.
- Added the marker names to the Scroll Document to Page events in the automation track editing window when editing an automation track for a song that uses document or lyrics markers.
- Added support for chord coloring and transposing for Major 7 chords written like C7M and extended chords written like C7(9).
- Copied the contents of the Artist directive into the Artist field when importing a ChordPro file.
- Preserved and added bold to the contents of the Comment directive when importing a ChordPro file.
- Improved the performance of the set list view when the song list includes the song number buttons.
- Updated the database import/export button in the top toolbar to always show the new import/export options instead of the old sync options even if a sync name is still entered.
- After showing the sync shutdown alert four more times, turned off auto-sync.
Version 5.3.20
- Added Settings > Audio & MIDI > Input Channel to select a channel for in-app recording when using multi-route audio.
- Added Settings > General Settings > External Display > Show Placeholder for Empty Songs to hide the song title for empty songs when showing only the document viewer on an external display.
- Worked around a potential crash when system audio resources don't load correctly.
Ratings and Reviews
3.4 out of 5
26 Ratings
26 Ratings
LeslieLou1963
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Great lyric book!
I’ve been a singer for a long time. All different genres and styles. As such I have a boatload of notebooks and 3-ring binders full of song lyrics. This AWESOME app allows me to put all of my lyrics in one place on my iPad.
The ease of importing lyrics from the web made it so easy to transfer ALL of my song lyrics to the app. It’s really easy to put lyrics to your own songs in too. I’m involved in a few different projects, and always doing guest spots so I love having the ability to create set lists for each project using the master song list.
This is a great app. I no longer have to carry a huge case with books full of lyrics. Worth every penny just for that! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
LeslieLou1963
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Great lyric book!
I’ve been a singer for a long time. All different genres and styles. As such I have a boatload of notebooks and 3-ring binders full of song lyrics. This AWESOME app allows me to put all of my lyrics in one place on my iPad.
The ease of importing lyrics from the web made it so easy to transfer ALL of my song lyrics to the app. It’s really easy to put lyrics to your own songs in too. I’m involved in a few different projects, and always doing guest spots so I love having the ability to create set lists for each project using the master song list.
This is a great app. I no longer have to carry a huge case with books full of lyrics. Worth every penny just for that! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
ddg874
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yes, used to be great
If i can only cleanup my database of mistakes doing batch imports of songs and midi presets, AND copy songs and midi presets between databases (for different bands) I would keep using this. I feel like i deserve these simple features for the money I paid. I am used to selecting multiple things in deleting in almost every computer I use. Pretty simple it seems. But no, still not available despite it being pretty obviously needed by others in the forum.
Honestly, NOT to bash, just an honest observation, the developer got greedy, it seems. I have seen logical and reasonable feature requests that got answered with something like, “Sorry not available but if you upgrade to bandhelper...”
I have switched to OnSong.
Developer Response
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Set List Maker can copy songs and MIDI presets between databases. Set List Maker didn't get the batch edit functions because BandHelper has a web interface and it's easier to pack a lot of editing options into that compared to a mobile app screen. If you back up your database before importing, you can then reload your backup if you make a mistake.
ddg874
,
yes, used to be great
If i can only cleanup my database of mistakes doing batch imports of songs and midi presets, AND copy songs and midi presets between databases (for different bands) I would keep using this. I feel like i deserve these simple features for the money I paid. I am used to selecting multiple things in deleting in almost every computer I use. Pretty simple it seems. But no, still not available despite it being pretty obviously needed by others in the forum.
Honestly, NOT to bash, just an honest observation, the developer got greedy, it seems. I have seen logical and reasonable feature requests that got answered with something like, “Sorry not available but if you upgrade to bandhelper...”
I have switched to OnSong.
Developer Response
,
Set List Maker can copy songs and MIDI presets between databases. Set List Maker didn't get the batch edit functions because BandHelper has a web interface and it's easier to pack a lot of editing options into that compared to a mobile app screen. If you back up your database before importing, you can then reload your backup if you make a mistake.
VPOP Boston
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Not good!!!!
My purpose to purchase this app that I can share my screen/music chart to all musician while playing on stage but the connectivity is really bad. When I open song/chart from the host iPad p, it takes too long to show change on the follower iPads. The test was to put 2 iPads side by side. To test putting away 5-10 ft then we couldn't get the connection at all. If u disregard this feature then I guess you are fine. If I don't need this wireless feature to share screen, then I rather use forScore or NextPage3 app instead
Developer Response
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Please submit a help ticket if you're still having trouble: https://helpdesk.arlomedia.com/arlomedia
VPOP Boston
,
Not good!!!!
My purpose to purchase this app that I can share my screen/music chart to all musician while playing on stage but the connectivity is really bad. When I open song/chart from the host iPad p, it takes too long to show change on the follower iPads. The test was to put 2 iPads side by side. To test putting away 5-10 ft then we couldn't get the connection at all. If u disregard this feature then I guess you are fine. If I don't need this wireless feature to share screen, then I rather use forScore or NextPage3 app instead
Developer Response
,
Please submit a help ticket if you're still having trouble: https://helpdesk.arlomedia.com/arlomedia
