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Chapter 18 – Specifying A Web Page For Lyrics
Chapter 18 – Specifying A Web Page For Lyrics To display synchronized, styled lyrics in a TuneLing, we need permission from the song’s “publisher” – the legal entity or person who controls the copyright for the composition (lyrics and melody)…
Chapter 17 – Getting An iTunes Link For An Audio File
Chapter 17 – Getting An iTunes Link For An Audio File Pro Tip: When making a BYOA (Bring Your Own Audio) Tuneling, it’s really smart to first buy a copy of the song from iTunes (unless you already have it),…
Chapter 16 – Overviews and Naming Channels
Chapter 16 – Overviews and Naming Channels UPDATED Information about this video: User Visibility: The third column of the Channel list – a list of checkboxes, one per channel – was called Playback in the video. It is now called…
Chapter 15 – Creating Views For Authors
Chapter 15 – Creating Views For Authors UPDATED Information about this video: Here’s a bit more detailed explanation of how to change fonts and colors, in Text panes (lyrics, annotations, etc.): Right-click in any text pane and select Show Fonts…
Chapter 14 – Assemble A Chart With Quantization
Chapter 14 – Assemble A Chart With Quantization UPDATED Information about this video: We’ve added the Modify Chart Components button to the editing controls for Chart channels. This will bring up the familiar channel selection dialog for the chart, allowing you…
Chapter 13 – Adding Loops
Channel 13 – Adding Loops UPDATED Information about this video: Loop names can now be edited by users, not just authors. We’ve added the Edit button beside the other Loop controls, which will bring up a list of existing Loops…
Chapter 12 – Adding Annotations
Channel 12 – Adding Annotations UPDATED Information about this video: Background: We no longer recommend storing annotations in a separate Rhythm Map channel (called a “Timing Map channel” in the video). You still can, but there’s usually no advantage in…
Chapter 11 – Synchronizing Instrument Channels
Channel 11 – Synchronizing Instrument Channels UPDATED Information about this video: Instrument channels will no longer be created with empty chord points – they will have no points at all, allowing you to enter any you desire. Instrument Neck Auto-truncation…
Chapter 10 – Creating A Chord Palette
Channel 10 – Creating A Chord Palette UPDATED Information about this video: Background information: After chords are assigned to points in a TuneLing, they can be modified. But any changes apply only to those individual chords – they are not…
Chapter 09 – Synchronizing Lyrics
Channel 9 – Synchronizing Lyrics UPDATED Information about this video: The lyrics entry process has been improved, and is slightly different from how it is explained in the video for Chapter 6: You will not be automatically prompted to enter…
Chapter 08 – Building The Rhythm Map
Channel 8 – Building The Rhythm Map UPDATED Information about this video: A few minor points: A newly created Bars and Beats channel will NOT be automatically populated with unsynchronized points – it will simply be empty. The Auto-Interpolate And…
Chapter 07 – Specific Channel Editor Controls
Channel 7 – Channel-Specific Editing Controls UPDATED Information about this video: First, Some reminders… Reminder: the channel type names have changed, and there’s one new type. The current channel types are: Rhythm Map: formerly “Timing Map”. Stringed Instrument: formerly “Chord…
Chapter 06 – Starting A TuneLing
Chapter 6 – Creating A New TuneLIng UPDATED Information about this video: Additonal background information: the first step in creating a TuneLing is always to identify its audio file, so it’s best to have that audio file completely ready, before…
Chapter 05 – Synchronizing and Modifying Points
Chapter 5 – Synchronizing and Modifying Points UPDATED Information about this video: As an alternative to clicking with the mouse, you can now use typical MacOS keystroke shortcuts to quickly select parts of a point, for manual editing. Hit the…
Chapter 04 – The Common Controls
Chapter 4 – The Common Controls UPDATED Information about this video: The Quantize feature has had some enhancements, but these will be discussed in a later chapter. The Multi-Channel View button has changed to the Show Text (Lyrics/Annotations) checkbox. When…
Chapter 03 – Navigation and Transport Controls
Chapter 3 – Navigation and Transport Controls UPDATED Information about this video: The TuneLing Overview page has had some important features added. Richer display of Artist, Album and Track Number metadata: This metadata is read from the audio file! If…
Chapter 02 – Basic Concepts, Terminology, and Workflow
Chapter 2 – Basic Concepts, Terminology, and Workflow UPDATED Information about this video: The video states that information stored in a TuneLing is organized as Channels, Views, and an Overview. This is still true, but we’ve added the category of Custom…
Chapter 01 – Introduction For Authors
Chapter 1 – Introduction For Authors UPDATED Information about this video: Ready for the next chapter? Click here to get to it!
Authoring TuneLings – Start Here
Making TuneLings – Start Here TuneLings are always made (or “authored”) by skilled musicians, not by chord-guessing algorithms, artifical intelligence, or any other such nonsense. Thats why they’re good! You don’t need a music degree, or virtuoso abilities. If you…
Chapter 19 – Creating Custom Instruments and Tunings
Chapter 19 – Creating Custom Instruments and Tunings The TuneLings App version 0.68 introduces the ability to easily create Custom Instruments and Tunings. The App comes with a set of built-in “Default Instruments”, such as 6-String Guitar, Ukuleles, Bass Guitars,…