Hammered 01' will probably work well for any time signature. There are also a number of metronome tracks for other time signatures at the bottom of the drum pattern list. Use the Solo on/off switch in the top right corner to listen to the current track only mutes all other tracks. Click the Remove track button to remove an existing track from the mixer setup. Click the Back button to return to the mixer, or the Close button to return to the main screen. Note There is currently an empty instrument type called Legacy that is reserved for future deprecated or replaced tracks. Disregard this for now. Table of contentsMixer presets Pressing the Presets button brings up a list of mixer presets. Presets are prearranged combinations of instrument tracks that can be used to quickly try out different comping styles. Click a preset to load its predefined tracks into the mixer. Most of the presets are imported from earlier versions of Chordbot where there were only prearranged styles and no track mixing capabilities. The original preset names were kept for legacy reasons, but unfortunately these are not always very descriptive. Not every style from the old version is available as a preset, but all the tracks that they were made up of are still there. If there is a particular style that you are missing from a previous Chordbot version you can use this list to find out what tracks you need to combine to recreate it. Table of contentsSettings Click the File/Tools [...] button on the main screen and then click the Settings button on the bottom left to show Chordbot's settings menu. The following settings can be changed Loop songs Decides if songs stop or restart after playing to the end. Default On Count in Decides how many count in beats that are played before the song starts. Default Off Chord preview Decides if changes of chord properties are previewed while paused. Default On Chord resume mode Decides from what chord playback should resume after being changed. Default Resume from active chord Concert pitch key If you play a transposing instument saxophone, trumpet, flute, etc. that isn't notated in C you can use this setting to set what pitch is actually played as the tone C in the app. The following keys are supported C, Eb, F, G, A, Bb. Default C Concert pitch Hz Decides what reference pitch that should be used for Concert A. Default 440 Hz Export GM instrument map If this option is enabled Chordbot will add MIDI Program Change PC messages corresponding to the somewhat archaic General MIDI GM instrument mapping standard at the start of each exported MIDI track. This will enable GM compatible synthesizers to play Chordbot songs with the same instrumentation as in the app without any extra configuration. Unfortunately these messages can confuse many modern soft-synthesizers and cause unwanted patch changes. If this happens with the synth you are using you should disable this option and export the song again. Default On Export mix Decides if exported WAV files should be mixed in mono or stereo. Default Stereo Fade out exported tracks Adds some silence at the end of exported WAV-files to give all instrument sounds time to ring out. Enable this if your exported songs end to abruptly. Disable if you want your songs to be easily loopable. Default Off Table of contentsTempo Press the tempo button XXX bpm near the bottom right of the main screen. A list of tempos from 40 - 399 beats per minute will appear. Click one of the tempos to select it. Table of contentsSong sections This feature can be used to group parts of your song in reusable and repeatable sections intro, verse, refrain, etc.. The section control bar at the top of the main screen consists of two navigation buttons and a label that shows the position of the active section. The navigation buttons lets you navigate between different sections while pressing the label opens the section editor. The section editor shows a list of all sections in the order they will be played. Sections can either be original or repeated. An original section is a section with new material while a repeated section simply repeats a previous original section. To add a new original section Click the position where you want to insert the new section and click the button Add the new section will be inserted after this position. Enter a name for the new section ex verse, refrain, etc and click OK. To repeat an existing section Click the section you want to repeat, then click the button Repeat. Click the position where you want to insert the repeated section. A repeated section is linked to the original section it is repeating. Editing a repeated section changes the original and vice versa. Repeated sections can't be placed before the original section on which they are based. To remove a section Click the section you want to remove and click the button Remove. Removing an original section also removes the repeated sections that are linked to it. To rename a section Click the section you want to rename and click the button Rename. Enter a new name and click OK. To copy a section Click the section you want to copy and click the button Copy. Click the position where you want to insert the copied section. The difference between a repeated and a copied section is that changes made to a copied section will not affect the original section. Loop on/off section looping Set this to on if you want the current section to loop instead of progressing to the next section. Sync on/off synchronized section switching This setting controls if manual section switches are performed as soon as possible off or only after the current chord is done playing on. If you enable this setting and click a section in the section list while the song is playing Chordbot will wait until the current chord has played to completion before switching to the selected section. This can be useful during performances to make sure that transitions between different sections are made at the correct time and tempo. This setting is only used when you click a section in the section list, the navigation buttons on the main screen are not affected and will always switch as soon as they are pressed. Table of contentsFile menu Press the File/Tools button [...] on the command bar and select Save. Enter a name for your song and press the Save button. To save changes to an existing song, repeat the above procedure without changing the original name. To save the current song as a new song, repeat the above procedure and give the song a new name. Chordbot automatically saves its current state when closed and restores it the next time it is started so your last changes should persist between sessions regardless of whether you saved them or not. Saving is disabled in the lite version Table of contentsLoading a song Press the File/Tools button [...] on the command bar and select Open. A list of your saved songs and demo songs will appear in alphabetical order. Select the song you want to open and click the button Open to load the song. When loading a song in paused mode the file menu will close automatically. When loading a song during playback the file menu will remain open for quick previewing of songs. Table of contentsErasing a song Press the File/Tools button [...] on the command bar and select Open. Select the song you want to delete and click the button Delete. Confirm that you want to delete the song. Table of contentsTransposing songs Press the File/Tools button [...] and select Transpose. Select the number of semitones you want to transpose your song with. Transpositions are made upwards + or downwards - in a one octave range. Transposing a song up by 11 semitones is the equivalent by transposing down 1 semitone. If you want Chordbot to play in a different octave you should use the inversion selector to lower or raise the octave of the first chord of the song instead subsequent chords will follow automatically. Table of contentsSong-O-Matic Chordbot's song generator Song-O-Matic can help you create a chord progression to get you started on a new song. Many of the generated progressions might sound cheesy or just plain bad, but once in a while Song-O-Matic actually manages to create some useful progressions. The Song-O-Matic function can be accessed through the File/Tools menu and has three settings Plain PopCreates a standard pop progression harmonized with simple safe chord types. Justified JazzCreates a standard jazz progression harmonized with common safe jazz chord types. Schoenberg SurpriseGenerates a semi-random progression and harmonizes it with a wider range of more risky chords. Table of contentsCopy/Paste To copy a range of chords Select the first chord in the sequence you wish to copy Click the File/Tools button [...], select Copy/Paste, then select Copy from selected chord Select the last chord in the sequence you wish to copy Click the File/Toolsยน button and select Copy to selected chord Select the position where you want to paste the sequence Click the File/Tools button and select Paste after selected chord ยน When a copy/paste procedure has been initiated pressing the File/Tools button will bring you straight to the Copy/Paste menu. Table of contentsExporting files/backups Export features are disabled in the lite version Click the File/Tools button [...] and select Export to open the export menu. Chordbot can export files in the following formats MIDI - Lets you edit your song further in any MIDI-sequencer GarageBand, Cubase, etc. WAV - Standard audio format that can be played back in most audio players Chordbot song - A native JSON-based format that can be used to share songs with other Chordbot users both iOS & Android Backup - Lets you backup and transfer your song library to other devices After clicking one of the types above a system menu will appear and ask you what you want to do with the exported file. Depending on what OS you are using and what other apps are installed on your device the file could either be opened in another audio app, saved to local/cloud storage or sent by email/bluetooth to another device. Android Since version Chordbot uses the new Android file provider scheme instead of writing files directly to a chordbot directory like in previous versions. You can still save files to local storage with the new version, but you'll have to send the file to a file manager app first in order to select where you want the file to be saved. Unfortunately not all Android file managers are compatible with the new scheme yet, so if your regular file manager fails to receive files from Chordbot you could try this app instead. Table of contentsOpening exported files/backups Importing Chordbot files song files or backups back into Chordbot works in pretty much the same way as when opening attachements or files on a Mac or PC Open the file in a file manager, mail client or web browser and choose Chordbot in the 'Open with' dialog. You will be asked to confirm the import, after which the imported song/songs will be added to your current song library. Extra clarifications You can not open exported files from inside of Chordbot. You must open the files externally and let the operating system trigger the import. Only exported song files in JSON format can be imported back into Chordbot. It is not possible to get exported MIDI or WAV files back into the app. Android Depending on your file manager Chordbot might not be listed as an option in the 'Open with' dialog. If this happens you could try this app instead. iOS Some file managers will first show Chordbot files in JSON format as plain text. If this happens there is usually an Open icon in the top right corner or similar that you can use to open the file in Chordbot instead. Importing files does not overwrite any existing songs. Table of contentsHelp/Feedback If you need help or if you have feedback/suggestions for future versions, please contact [email protected] Thanks for using Chordbot! Table of contents
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