Library Panel
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Use the library panel to access and maintain your song catalog. It allows you to sort, search, add or delete songs, create setlists and print, export or auto-scroll a selected song.
Show/hide the library panel by tapping/clicking on the three lines in the upper left corner of the song editor.
To import a song tap/click on the button with the inward pointing arrow in the top left corner of the library panel.
Use the 'Import Clipboard' menu option to import and auto-format text-based content that you have copied to your device's clipboard.
iOS 16 displays a dialog to ask for permission to paste content from another app. Allow Song One to 'Paste from Other Apps' in the app settings. (Note: This option only appears for apps that have previously asked for permission to paste content.)
Learn how to import songs in a text-based file format.
Learn how to import songs in the PDF format.
Learn how to import songs in the ChordPro format.
Learn how to import songs in the OnSong format.
Learn how to import songs in the SongbookPro format.
Learn how to import exported SongSheet Pro files.
Learn how to import a collection of songs in a variety of formats.
Learn how to scan sheet music. (iOS)
Learn how to import a song from the internet via the 'Add to Song One' Action Extension.
To create a new song instead of importing a song tap/click on the plus sign to the left of the label 'Library'.
To delete songs activate the delete mode by tapping/clicking on the circled minus sign to the right of the label 'Library'. A red minus icon will appear to the left of each song title.
Tapping/Clicking on the red minus icon will irreversibly delete the corresponding song.
De-activate the delete mode by tapping/clicking on the circled minus sign to the right of the label 'Library' when you are done.
To export a song select it from your library with a long tap/right click.
Then tap/click on 'Export Song' and make a selection from the submenu. (See Printing & Exporting to learn more.)
A set is a collection of songs in your library. Sets for live performances list the songs in the order they are to be performed.
You have the option to show/hide the 'Library' or the 'Sets' of your song catalog:
Tap/Click on the circle arrow icon at the top of the library panel and make the appropriate selection in the menu.
Tap/Click on the plus sign to the left of the label 'Sets' to create a new set.
A pop-up dialog appears to allow you to specify its name (e.g. 'Set 1').
Once a set has been created tap/click on its name to access its setlist. Add songs from the 'Library' above to the 'Setlist' via drag and drop. (See Quick-Select to learn how to add songs without using drag & drop.)
The order of the songs in a setlist can be changed by dragging and dropping the three lines to the right of the song's title to the desired position:
To delete sets (or songs in setlists) activate the delete mode by tapping/clicking on the circled minus to the right of the label 'Sets' (or the label 'Setlist'). A red minus icon will appear to the left of each set (or to the left of each song of the selected setlist).
When the delete mode is active tapping/clicking on the red minus icon will irreversibly delete the corresponding set (or the reference to a song from the setlist). The original songs will remain in the library.
De-activate the delete mode by tapping/clicking on the circled minus sign to the right of the label 'Sets' (or the label 'Setlist') when you are done.
Set collections allow you to organize a large number of setlists. Song One displays all the sets of your song catalog in one list named 'Active Sets' (sets you currently use). As this list grows you may create custom set collections to limit the number of visible sets for easier access.
All created sets are automatically added to a collection named 'Active Sets'. You may hide a set that is currently not needed by archiving it:
Select the set with a long tap (or a right-click of your mouse), then tap/click on the 'Archive Set' command in the pop-up menu.
You can access sets that were added to the archive by ...
tapping/clicking on the button with two round arrows above the sets. (A pop-up menu appears with a checkmark next to the currently selected set collection.)
selecting 'Archived Sets' in the menu.
The menu that allows you to switch between the 'Active Sets' and 'Archived Sets' (see above) is also used to manage the custom set collections.
Tap/click on the two round arrows above the sets and select 'Set Collection' from the pop-up menu.
A submenu appears:
To create a new (empty) collection tap/click on 'Create Collection' in the submenu and specify a name.
To add sets to the newly created collection tap/click on the plus icon next to 'Sets'. (See Sets to learn more.)
Note:
The submenu options to rename, duplicate and delete a collection are only active if a custom collection has already been selected.
The submenu offers two options to delete a collection:
'Delete Collection' will only remove the selected custom collection's name (all of its sets remain in the 'Active Sets' collection).
'Delete Collection & Sets' will irreversibly remove all of the sets of the selected custom collection.
With either delete option all songs will remain in the library of your catalog.
To move an existing set to an existing custom collection:
Select the set with a long tap (or a right-click of your mouse), then tap/click on the 'Move Set To...' command in the pop-up men.
A submenu appears with the existing custom collections:
Tap/Click on the desired custom collection in the submenu to move the set to this collection.
Note: Sets that are part of a custom set collection are still visible in either the ‘Active Sets’ or the ‘Archived Sets’ collection.
A set can only be assigned to one custom set collection.
Tap/Click on 'Duplicate Set' before moving a set to an additional custom collection to keep the existing custom collection intact.
Quick-select allows you to create setlists without using drag & drop. Quick-select can only be initiated when viewing sets, not when viewing the songs of a setlist.
Select the set with a long tap (or a right-click of your mouse) and choose 'Add Songs' from the pop-up menu.
Your song library view will appear in a checklist format:
Tap/Click on the circles to add check marks to the desired songs.
Tap/Click on the check mark icon at the top of the list to add the selected songs to the set. (To cancel quick-select instead tap/click on the minus sign to the right.)
You may use the search field to find specific songs while using quick-select.
Note: Song One will add already selected songs to a set before executing the search.
A play button will appear whenever a song title is selected in the 'Library' or in the 'Setlist'.
Select a song in the 'Library' and tap/click on the play button to activate Song One's play mode.
The library panel will slide out to the left and the selected song will be scrolled in full screen mode with an optional backing audio track. (See play mode to learn more.)
Tap/Click on the inward pointing arrows to de-activate Song One's play mode and re-open the library panel.
Note: The play button above the library will initiate the playback of a single song. Create a set to play a collection of songs and navigate between them via the touch zones of the screen and/or foot pedals:
To play a set instead of a single song tap/click on a song in a 'Setlist' and tap/click on the play button above the 'Setlist'.
When the play button of the 'Setlist' is tapped/clicked all songs following the selected song will be played in succession.
You have the option to sort the songs in the library.
Tap/Click on the circle arrow icon at the top of the library panel and make the appropriate selection in the menu.
Use the search field of the library panel to locate specific songs. An empty search field displays the total number of songs in your catalog:
Tap/Click on the search field and enter the search criteria to find the corresponding song(s).
You may use the equal sign to perform alphabetical song title searches:
Enter '=C' into the search field to find all song titles starting with the letter 'C'.
Enter '=All' into the search field to find all song titles starting with the word 'All'.
You can expand or limit the search results by specifying in which fields to search.
Open the library panel's drop down menu to specify a search category in the 'Search By' submenu.
Select 'All Categories' to search all fields of the song info panel (including the song title, lyrics and notes).
Select 'Song Info' to search all categories excluding the lyrics and notes of the songs.
Select a specific category to limit the search to a particular field of the song info panel.
You may search for song requests from your audience while Play Mode is active (without affecting the playback).
On iOS Song One hides the library panel when the play mode is active. You may open it in a Slide Over window by...
... swiping inward from the left edge of the iPad screen,
... or by swiping upward from the lower half of the iPhone screen (start the swipe above the smart chord chart/playback slider).
Enter the search term into the search field and tap/click on the desired song in the library panel to play it.
Playback of a Set
When playing back a setlist of songs the newly selected song will be inserted into the setlist after the currently playing song. (The requested song will playback once the currently playing songs has ended.)
To cancel a search without adding a new song tap/click on the 'x' in the right corner of the search field:
Requested songs that have been added to a set will not be removed when exiting the play mode.
Create a clone of a setlist and use it while performing. Delete the clone afterwards and keep the original setlist unchanged.
Song One can display search results in the Quick-Select view to allow you to create a setlist more easily.
Select 'Sets' in the library panel's drop down menu.
The tap/click on a set to open it and enter the search term into the search field.
Then add a check mark next to the desired song(s) by tapping on the appropriate circle(s).
Tap/Click on the check mark icon at the top of the list to add the selected songs to the set.
To cancel quick-select instead tap/click on the minus sign to the right.
The library filter enables you to only show songs that fit a specific criterion. The selectable criteria are the values you have entered into the song info panel.
As an example, when you are a member of more than one band you can use the library filter to only show songs that are played by a specific band:
Add the names of your bands to a song info field (e.g. 'Category'). (Use a comma followed by a space to separate multiple values.)
Tap/Click on the filter icon in the right corner of the search field and select the appropriate library filter (e.g. name of the band under 'Category') in the pop-up menu.
The 'Category', 'Label/No', 'Topic' and 'Keywords' lists are updated automatically by Song One each time you add a new value into a particular field of the Song Info panel:
You may use a comma followed by a space to separate multiple values (e.g. enter 'Pop, Christian' into the 'Category' field of a song to show the song when either the 'Pop' or the 'Christian' category is selected in the library filter).
When Song One is synced via iCloud it may be necessary to 'refresh' the lists of the library filter on your additional devices by tapping on the 'Refresh' button (see picture above).
Regain access to your entire song catalog by disabling the library filter:
Tap/Click on the filter icon in the right corner of the search field.
Then select 'Turn Filter Off' in the pop-up menu.
