OnSong Manual

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September 2, 2026

• Keyboard
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• Pedalboard
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• Audio Track Chooser
  The audio track picker displays all tracks that match the current chord chart by name. In addition, this menu will display a custom track that you've picked...
• Context Menu
  The context menu gives you more actions that can be performed on the underlying audio track including:
• Trigger Editor
  A MIDI trigger connects an incoming MIDI message — from a foot controller, expression pedal, or control surface — to an action in OnSong, so your hardware can drive the app hands-free. This screen sets up a single trigger...

September 1, 2026

• Features
  OnSong is designed to be the go-to app for musicians. Whether you're practicing, teaching, or performing live, OnSong has the tools and features to let you be free to play music. The following is a dissection of OnSong as a series of features...
• OnSong® Binder
  The OnSong® Binder file format is how OnSong moves a song, a set, or a whole book between libraries...
• Import Files
  The import files menu provides a list of common import locations with the ability to import photos, videos, and any other file type needed from those sources...
• Apps
  Similar to the other export screens, you can choose a file format and options and then open the file in other apps that support the file format.
• Dropbox
  This export screen can export files of the selected song or songs to Dropbox.
• Email
  You can email your currently selected set or song using this screen. Use the options on this screen to configure the files that are exported and attached to the email.
• File Sharing
  This export screen can export files of the selected song or songs to File Sharing.
• Files
  This export screen can export files of the selected song or songs to OnSong® Drive.
• Google Drive
  This export screen can export files of the selected song or songs to Google Drive.
• OnSong® Drive
  This export screen can export files of the selected song or songs to OnSong® Drive.
• Other
  This export screen can export files of the selected song or songs to custom export locations.
• OnSong® AuxBox
  The OnSong® AuxBox is the complete solution for musicians looking to use the OnSong® app on stage. It features an audio interface as well as HDMI video output and USB ports that let you run the show all while charging your device...
• Choose Pedal
  OnSong works with popular foot pedals. Tap on the title bar of the pedals action tab to jump to the setup screen for a supported foot pedal.

August 30, 2026

• Layers Menu
  Tapping on the layers icon will display the layers menu which contains all the layers of the drawing.

August 28, 2026

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• Synesthesia
  Color is how we see the world so it should come as no surprise that color can help us understand complex information, including music. Some musicians even experience color when hearing certain notes or chords...
• Editor
  While OnSong comes with two great options for color-coding your chords, you can also customize palettes to fit your specific needs using the color palette editor.
• Format
  The Format tab lets you change the appearance of the song content.

August 27, 2026

• Gestures
  You can use gestures to quickly show and hide the menubar as well as show the songs menu. These gestures are only available on iPad.

August 25, 2026

• Signed Out
  When you first arrive at the Account Details screen, you have likely not yet signed into an OnSong account. It will appear with the following fields:

August 20, 2026

• Google Cast
  Google Cast sends lyrics from the OnSong® app to a TV or projector over Wi-Fi, using a Chromecast, a Google TV, or any display with Google Cast built in...
• Document
  The document tab lets you change the document settings for each song such as the low light mode, tint color, font, paper size, and margins.
• Custom Font
  Instead of using one of the default OnSong® app fonts, you can tap on the ... button to choose a custom font...
• Top
  At the top of the Actions Menu are options that do not fit into the other groups of actions because they define the relationship between the trigger and other actions. These include:
• MIDI Settings Menu
  The MIDI Settings screen gathers everything the OnSong® app does with MIDI into one place: the devices it connects to, the tempo it shares with them, the events it sends while you play, how it responds to messages arriving from elsewhere, and what it put

August 19, 2026

• Ableton Link
  Ableton Link keeps OnSong’s tempo and beat in step with Ableton Live and other Link-enabled apps and devices on the same Wi-Fi network. There’s nothing to pair and no cables: apps on the network find each other and join a shared session automatically...
• Chordboard
  The chordboard plays chords without keys. Seven big pads laid out in the key of the song, a strip of modifiers, and a transport — so a guitarist covering a keys part, or anyone who doesn't play piano, can hold down real chords with one finger.
• Menu
  This menu gives you access to every setting contained within the chordboard including the following:
• Strum
  In Strum mode the pads don't drop the chord as a block — they rake across it the way a hand crosses the strings, and they keep strumming a repeating pattern for as long as the chord is held. Touch and hold the Strum button to configure it.
• Custom Strums
  The eight built-in strum patterns cover most songs, but not the one in your head. Custom Strums is where you write your own — a named pattern that then appears in the Strum menu alongside the presets.
• Drum Rack
  The Drum Rack is the full drum machine: kits, beats, fills, a tempo, and an editor for building patterns of your own. The same engine drives the Drums pedal drives from the pedalboard, with everything on the surface instead of under three knobs...
• Output
  When you tap on the Out button in the presets section, you can determine how the drum machine beats are outputted with the following options:
• Soundbanks
  This submenu lets you quickly change the soundbank that is used to create the sounds. The AuxDock comes with a standard sound font, but additional sound fonts can be found online for free or purchased to open an entire creative palette at your disposal.
• Editor
  OnSong's sampled instruments — the pianos, organs, strings and brass in the Sampler and the Toneboard, and the kits in the Drum Rack — all come out of SoundFont files (*.sf2)...
• Beat Sync
  Everything in music demands a synchronized beat... the metronome click, a drum groove, a delay slap, tremolo pulse, an arpeggio, etc...
• Supported File Formats
  OnSong supports a number of file formats making it a great app for any type of music content. Click on a file format to learn more about it and how OnSong displays its contents.

August 18, 2026

• AuxDock
  The AuxDock™ is a performance surface that slides up from the bottom of the screen and turns your device into a live music rig...
• Menu
  The AuxDock menu is access using the options button in the upper right corner of the AuxDock's handle bar. The menu has the following, top-level options:
• Panels
  AuxDock tabs are comprised of panels. Panels are self-contained components that can be used independently for music production. You can combine them to work together using the Panels menu in the AuxDock Menu...
• Atmosphere
  Atmosphere is the ambient bed — the sustained, key-matched pad that sits under a moment and makes silence feel intentional. Choose a sound, engage it, and it swells in and holds until you let it go...
• Arp
  This menu lets you determine how an arp, or arpeggio is played in time with the beat.
• Bass
  The bass menu lets you determine if and how bass notes are played under the chord. The bass note is specified with two different attributes.
• Feel
  The feel menu lets you tweak parameters to make chord playback less perfect and more human. Here are the three ways we do that:
• Menubar
  The menubar provides access to all the tools you need to manage your music right out of the box. If you like, you can Customize the menubar to rearrange or remove the buttons. By default, the menubar contains the following items:
• Widgets
  Widgets are self-contained user interfaces that you can place on your screen. This tab lets you toggle those widgets on and off in one place.