Purpose:
To test the backup and restore functionality of SongbookPro by clearing the database and restoring it to another device.
Assumption:
When I backup up a .SBP database, it should include all songs, related metadata, Sets and Folders. When I restore that database, the ‘contents of the destination’ should match the source 100%.
Continue Reading →Purpose:
To test the synchronization functionality of SongbookPro.
Setup:
Configure Window 10 workstation running SongbookPro as the ‘source’ for songs, Sets and Folders, and an Android phone as the ‘destination’.
We’ll be testing adding/removing songs, folders, sets and songs within and see how these changes are replicated to the destination device.
Continue Reading →tl;dr – If you haven’t performed major edits on your Ultimate Guitar chords library of songs, you may be better off just re-importing songs from scratch using the SongbookPro import tool.
If you have a lot of songs on Ultimate Guitar that you’ve edited and wish to keep, feel free to read on.
Continue Reading →I’ve got almost 500 songs in my favourites in Ultimate Guitar, and across several playlists.
The issue: Ultimate Guitar has continued multiple technical issues on various platforms, making it unreliable for use in a live scenario.
The challenge: How to I ensure songs are available to view FULL screen at any time.
Continue Reading →Back in the day, I used to use paper based sheet music to play guitar, however I’ve since moved onto electronic devices to save and display my sheet music. Here’s my sleuthing to date on formats, devices and apps. In the case of the organization I work with, we had over 500 pages of sheet music, each person with variations of those page. We called it the ‘Sherpa collection’, because you needed a sherpa guide to carry the 4 books worth.
Continue Reading →After spending a few years writing and sharing animations with the FastLED display library for addressable LED strips, I incorporated sound reactivity to WLED. This included both volume reactive routines as well as frequency reactive routines using various Fast Fourier Transform libraries.
My YouTube account has several animations:
https://www.youtube.com/user/atuline/videos
Continue Reading →It turns out I have an issue with my fretting hand. . . my left one. I have what’s called a limited ‘supinate range of motion’, in that I can’t rotate my palm so that it’s completely face up. I’m off by almost 45 degrees. This is pretty well a show stopper to being able to play barre chords.
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I have over 50 animated lanterns, which were made using tissue paper and various frames such as:
They have been on exhibition at the following venues:
Click on images in the article to see an animated version. The animations are customizable via Wi-Fi.
Continue Reading →The listing of songs has been uploaded to:
The PDF’s and MP3’s of these songs:
Edit: I’ve since added another 50+ songs to our repertoire.