SwiftTec Song Management Help

SongLeader - Live!

The real power of SongLeader is found when using it live for a live performance or worship set. It gives you the flexibilty to jump between songs, change key, add a new song or highlight repeats very easily. All of the followers will keep in step with the leader (unless you turn off automatic updating of course).

The software is designed to work well with keyboard, mouse and touchscreen so there are often multiple ways of doing things. The following table show how to operate aspects of the software using different modes.

Operation Mouse/Touch Keyboard
Moving between songs Click on or touch the song in the song list To go to the next song in the list press the space bar or press the down (Song mode only) or right arrow

To go to the previous song in the list press the up arrow (Song mode only) or left arrow
Moving between blocks
(block mode only)
Click on the desired block To go to the next block the space bar or press the down arrow

To go to the previous block press the up arrow

Note:
moving beyond the beginning of a song will select the last block of the previous song.
moving beyond the end of a song will select the first block of the next song.
Transposing the current song Click on the Transpose Up or Transpose Down button Press + to transpose up and - to transpose down
Capo movement (chords only) Click on the Capo Up or Capo Down button Press [ to move the capo down and ] to move the capo up
Toggle Updates Mode Click on the Updates button to toggle between Live and Manual mode Press the F9 key to toggle between Live and Manual mode
Toggle Song/Block Mode Click on the Mode button to toggle between Song and Block mode Press the F8 key to toggle between Song and Block mode
Transmit current song (Manual mode only) n/a Press the Enter key to transmit the current song to the followers
Blank the screen (no song) n/a Press the Esc (escape) key to clear the current song
Toggle fullscreen mode Double-click in the song display area to toggle fullscreen mode Press the F10 key to toggle fullscreen mode
Highlight a repeat verse/chorus Click on or touch the section (verse/chorus/bridge) of the song you are going back to. The section is highlighted in a fading colour for 1 second on all screens n/a

Live mode vs Manual Mode

Normally you would use SongLeader in live mode, but there are circumstances when you would not want this to happen. Some examples we can think of are:

 


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