Question

Damir

peter OK so how do i quickly fix my problem of tidying up my 530 songs to end up with 250 i actually need in SONG mode, is there a simple way out of this prdicament, or do i have to come up with my own work around, i know i can fix this and its going to take a lot of my time, but i am just pointing this out to you so you are aware that there is a fearly big problem learking in the way it is now.
I havent experianced this sort of problem in other players because there are no other players out there that do this job, this is the only one i know that does exactly what i want except it has a slight problem in its fileing system, its not going to bother those that use it very simply, but those that start using trim, transpose, and have a need for the same song with different versions will find themselves in a pickle eventually and will ask the same question, how do i get rid of one song that has multiple songs pointing to the same file without loosing that file yet keep all its synced lyrics with chords in tact.
If i use data backup it does not help as it will bring back all wrong data back again.
Perhaps i could copy all ST3 folder, delete ST3, fresh install the ST3 files and than i have no data and then im really stuffed all my lyrics/chords are gone that would be a disaster.
Is there a way to fix this without spending the rest of my life fixing it?
The only thing i can think of is , duplicating my ST3 folder, deliting all the doubles in SONG mode and noting their names , then going to the duplicated ST3 folder selecting these songs copy/pasting them back to ST3 folder , refresh, and hopefully this then will get me a true SONG list that represents the ST3 folder.
And from then on keep a close eye that i dont create a song file in SONG mode that points to a song file that has already been used otherwise i will end up in the same pickle.
Now as you can see this is a major problem, people will do this eventually and have the same problem if not sooner perhaps later.
If i have completely missed something and am completely wrong can you set me straight as this is a big concearn to me as i like to keep my SONG list in perfect order as it makes life on stage a lot easier.

SOLUTION suggestion
Either make it so you CAN NOT point a song in SONG mode to an already used ST3 song file.
Or come up with a way to be able to delete songs in SONG mode that point to the same ST3 folder song without loosing this song file and its data.
Perhaps the second option would be more flexible, imagine when you swipe right to delete a duplicate song pointing to a same song file, it gives you an option to eather completely remove all files associated with this song file incuding the actual song in ST3 folder, or do you just want to get rid of this song thats in the SONG mode list leaving all others in tact including the ST3 song file itself
Thanks Damir

peter

Move the audio files to another directory, then delete all duplicate songs, then move the files back. I guess this is the quickest fix.

Damir

peter Thanks Peter will try it.

Damir

peter now that I think back iTunes use to have an option to just remove a song from the song list only or to completely delete the song from iTunes library, I believe this was an option when deleting.

peter

That could indeed be useful. I will add it to my todo list.

Damir

peter hi Peter, i have changed my method of entering chords from placing them on above line to entering them in line using the square brackets, i am finding this method really saves time when entering timecode as you can either place chords before or after timecoding and it does not matter as its all one line , but the end result is the same and the chords wrap around with the words which is also a benefit.
The more i use this method i am really finding it very awkward when entering the actual chords having always to hit shift for capital letter which is always needed, this really slows down the chord entering process and makes it unnecessarily clunky and tyresome specially if a song has lots of chords, would it be possible to just make it like an ordinary line where the first letter is a capital then it reverts to lowercase, this makes absolute sense and would make in line chord entering the most efficient out of the two ways.
Both systems have issues but the in line system wins out slightly especially if its streamlined for easy entering of chords.
I have just started using it and this little thing is really a big thorn in my foot which will really be painful in the long run if i am to continue using this method.

peter

I can only configure the keyboard to have shift auto enabled on each word. But that would be way more inconvenient as most words are entered in lower case.

Damir

peter Sorry Peter i dont understand the technicalities, but i am aware in Artist column the first letter of a new word is always a capital then it auto changes to lower case, this is exactly what i think would work much better in the Square brackets.
In actual fact it would be great to have the same system in Song naming as i always use a capital letter in front of every word to emphasise it as it looks much easier to read on screen.
As i said many times before i dont know what tools you have been given to carve out this wonderful statue of David but it looks more and more obvious you are using a hammer and chisel and not a laser beam.

peter

Yes, that's possible but that is applied to each word in a text field. You surely don't want to start each word in your lyrics in upper case.

Damir

peter No, just when the square brackets are used , what it should provide is a capital first to represent the note then it goes lowercase after that , this would work perfectly to be able to enter chords without having to be an octopus typer.
Entering chords should be priority cause thats what 90% of users will use this for,
Users that need scribble above their text have their PDFs to do that on, people using synced lyrics with chords want a simple way of just doing that.
We dont need uhhhs and arrrs above our lyrics i think we can all adlib on that stuff.
But we need an efficient way of entering chords because thats what takes up a lot of time we dont want unnecessary obstacles.

peter

I understand but what I say is that I can configure the Keyboard only for a whole text input field. And that means the whole lyrics editor. I can't configure it to capitalize only within Brackets.

Damir

peter Apple operating system sucks, soooooo frustrating!
Now i understand why there are so many shitty apps out there.
Thanks Peter il just suck it up and every time i enter a chord il think of an Apple.🍏😩