SongBook Editor frequent operations

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Note: following examples are based on current application version available here.

1. Merging two SongBook files

You can merge entries from different SongBook files.

Run the SongBook Editor, and open the first SongBook file.
Run a second session of the SongBook Editor, and open the second SongBook file.
With the windows of both sessions on-screen, drag & drop entries from one window to the other one. You can drag&drop Songs between the Book and Selected List panels. When moving a Song from a source Selected List to a target one, the corresponding entry will be automatically created at the target Book panel. Note: When copying a Song to a different SongBook file, the Song's Song Selection Number is removed.
Save the modified SongBook file(s).

2. Changing a Style’s position

Multiple entry editing allows for global replacement of resources. For example, say you moved a Style to a different location in your instrument; you can easily replace this Style in all entries making use of it. For example, if you moved the Style “Jazz Waltz” from location <1:6> to location <10:1>, here is how to edit your SongBook entries to reassign the Style:

In the Book panel, click the Resource label to order all entries by Resource.
Locate and select all entries referenced to Style <1:6>, then double click one of them (or right-click and choose the Edit command) to open the Song dialog box for multiple entry editing.
In the Song dialog box, check the “Style” checkbox, choose bank 10 and location 1, then click OK to close the dialog box.
Notice how all selected entries are now referenced to Style <10:1>.

3. Changing the device and path to your midifiles and MP3 files

In case you move your midifiles or MP3 files to a different device or folder, for example from your PC’s hard disk to an USB memory stick, or from the root to the “Midifile” folder, it is easy to reassign them to the new device or folder. When editing a single entry, you can edit both the file path and the file name. When editing multiple entries, you can only edit the file path.

Select the entry(es) to be edited, right-click it (them) and choose the Edit command.
When the (Multiple) MIDI Song or MP3 Song opens, locate the “Resource file” line (or check the “Resource path” checkbox, in case of multiple entries).
Enter the new device or path. You can also click on the yellow folder icon to browse the new file in the connected devices. Storage devices, like hard disks and USB memory sticks, are represented by IDs, as in the following table:

ID	Storage Device
Pa1X
B:	Floppy Disk
C: or [label](a)	Hard Disk
D:	CD Drive
Pa2X-Pa800
F2: or [label](a)(b)	Internal SSD-U memory
C: or [label](a)(b)	Internal Hard Disk
[label]	Storage device connected to one of the USB Host ports.
Pa588
E: or [label](a)	SD card

(a). The label is the name you assigned to the storage device in the Disk/Media > Format page, prior to formatting it.
(b). Note: The [label] can be applied only starting from Pa800 OS 1.02.

Hint: If you keep most of your files in an USB memory stick, you can easily move the stick from your PC and your Pa2X-Pa800. In this case it may be a good idea to choose the USB stick as the device.

4. Changing the associated text file

In case you move your lyrics text files to a different device or folder, for example from your PC’s hard disk to an USB memory stick, or from the root to the “Lyrics” folder, it is easy to reassign them to the new device or folder.

Select the entry(es) to be edited, right-click it (them) and choose the Edit command.
When the (Multiple) MIDI Song or MP3 Song opens, locate the “Text file” line (or check the “Text file path” checkbox, in case of multiple entries).
Enter the new device or path. You can also click on the yellow folder icon to browse the new file in the connected devices. A list of devices is shown in the table above.

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