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Yummy Toys
OnSong is designed to be the go-to app for musicians. Whether you're practicing, teaching, or performing live, OnSong has the tools & features to let you be free to play music. The following is a dissection of OnSong as a series of features. Choose one to get an overview of the feature as well as links into the interface of the app that makes the feature work.
Stuff That Just Happens (Hands-Free, Baby)
Perform hands-free & integrate with your entire rig by associating actions to triggers like foot pedals, screen taps, & MIDI triggers. Because apparently you have more hands than we thought.
Shove It Into OnSong
Add content to your OnSong library from nearly any app. We're not picky.
AirDrop
Use AirDrop to import & export songs & sets between iOS devices & newer Mac computers running OS X Yosemite or higher. Magic without the wires. You're welcome.
Sticky Notes (But Like, Smart)
Use sticky notes for quick reminders, or attach the melody to your chart. You can even type what you need where you need it. ZOMG, organization!
File Hoarding For Musicians
Attach multiple files to one song & easily switch between versions. Live out your hoarder fantasies, guilt-free.
The Teleprompter Vibe
Scroll from the top of the chord chart to the bottom like a teleprompter. Your fingers get a vacation.
Listen Up (Literally)
Perform actions by having OnSong listen for audio tap events. It's like the app is stalking you. In a good way.
Backing Tracks
Play backing tracks through your device while you play along with chord charts. Suddenly you're not performing alone. Neat!
The Ultimate Undo Button
Save your entire OnSong library to a single file for easy restoration. Because you WILL accidentally delete something important.
Librarian Mode: Activated
Organize your songs into books to manage large music libraries. Dewey Decimal System? More like Dewey Deca-COOL.
Scream Into The Internet
Whether you're performing an online concert or teaching music lessons with a webinar, OnSong gives you the ability to share your screen with popular apps. Your living room just became a concert hall.
Safety Net For Your Feet
Bumpers lets you know what the next foot pedal press does so accidents don't happen. Spoiler: accidents still might happen, but at least you'll see 'em comin'.
The Capo Whisperer
Slap a capo on your guitar & let OnSong adjust what you need to play to stay in key. Math is hard. OnSong does it for you.
Charts FRESH HOTNESS
OnSong works great with all kinds of content. Now you can stop preparing & start playing with an OnSong® Charts subscription. (We did the prep work. You're welcome.)
Chord Detection Magic
Chords are detected in text-based documents letting you highlight, transpose, & even play them on a virtual instrument. It's like the app went to music school.
Chromecast
Use an inexpensive dongle from Google to project lyrics without wires. Suddenly everyone can read along. How thoughtful of you.
Clip It Real Good
Import & place images on your charts to convey scores & more. Vision boards, but make it musical.
Paint The Town (Your Charts)
OnSong lets you use color to suit your music & mood through an intuitive color picker. Synesthesia sold separately.
Remote Band Control (Aka: Be The Boss)
Wirelessly control your band's OnSong devices with music to meet their needs. You're basically a conductor now. Tuxedo optional.
Browser Nerdy Admin Panel
Manage the library on your device from a web browser for fast edits. Type type type from your couch. Living the dream.
DIY Tagging System FRESH HOTNESS
You can now make your own tags to organize your music. Use any term like genre or year & then browse, sort, & display it. Basically YOU become the database admin.
For The Code Slingers
Create your website or app to integrate with OnSong through our URL scheme & OnSong Connect API. Flex those coding muscles, nerds (we mean this lovingly).
Scan That Paper Trash
This OnSong Premium feature uses your camera to scan paper charts into your library on iOS/iPadOS 13 & higher. Your filing cabinet just got unemployed.
Drag, Drop & Yeet
Using OnSong on an iPad running iOS 11 or higher lets you use drag & drop to import files into OnSong, export content & manage your library. It's basically magic with your fingers.
Doodle Central
Draw on the chord chart with pens & highlighters. Defacing music charts never felt so legal.
Dropbox
Import, export, & sync with Dropbox to get content on & off your device. Cloud storage? More like Cloud SCORE-age. (We'll see ourselves out.)
Twice The Chords, Double The Confusion FRESH HOTNESS
Need to share your music with others or trying to learn the Nashville numbering system? Display secondary chords with your existing ones to make your music work for you. Math intensifies.
Email Like It's 2024
While you can beam your sets to nearby band members, OnSong also has advanced email integration that lets you manage group contacts with full HTML email formatting. Teamwork makes the dream work.
Breakout The Big Screen
Expand the OnSong experience beyond one device with lyrics projection & stage monitor mode. One device wasn't enough? Fair.
OCR But Make It Music
Import your files & view "as-is" & then convert your files to text-based charts for more powerful features. It's like translation, but for your sad PDF files.
VIP Support (Because You're Special)
OnSong Premium members can get priority turnaround time on your support requests made within the app. We see you. We hear you. We prioritize you (for a price).
We Support Like A Bazillion Formats
OnSong supports a number of text-based file formats, as well as the ability to view other types of files. Basically if it's got text, we'll look at it.
Import From Anywhere (The Cloud? Sure.)
Import & export to any storage app on your device that supports the Files app or storage providers in iOS. We're not gatekeeping your files. How progressive!
Flic
Flic is a Bluetooth smart button that you can place anywhere. Perform up to three actions when you single click, double click, or long-press. A button so smart it makes you look dumb for not having it sooner.
Section Multiplication: Enabled
Write each section of your song once & let OnSong expand the content from top to bottom. Lazy? We call it "efficient."
Your Feet Are VIP
Your hands are busy on stage, so use your feet to control your music & perform other actions in the app. Finally, your feet get the respect they deserve.
Steal Content From Websites FRESH HOTNESS
Import from your favorite websites right from within OnSong. Hot content at your fingertips. Legally, probably. We think.
Gear Shifting For Your Music
Extend your control when using foot pedals to shift into different gears. It's like your pedals got a transmission.
Google Drive
Import & export songs to Google Drive directly from within OnSong. The cloud kissed your music. Awww.
Play With Your Hands Full (Literally)
Your hands are busy when playing an instrument. OnSong can use foot pedals & more. Technology: it's got your back.
Corners: Now Spicy
Assign actions to the corners of your screen for more control of OnSong. Your screen's four corners just became very important real estate.
Sing In The Car, Play In Key FRESH HOTNESS
Got the perfect key to sing that song in the car or in the shower? Use your built-in microphone to find it & transpose your music. No more shower singers in the wrong key. (Sort of.)
Library Chaos: Organized Edition
OnSong allows you to organize your library in various ways, but you can also create multiple libraries that let you keep things completely separate. Hoarders rejoice!
Point A Camera At People
Use the cameras on your device to engage your audience whether online or live. They'll feel so seen (literally).
Save Your Eyes From The Stage Lights
Increase readability & reduce light wash when in dimly lit environments. Because squinting is NOT a vibe.
Throw Lyrics On The Big Screen
Project lyrics to a crowd, individuals, or to a congregation. Suddenly EVERYONE can read along. How inclusive!
Mac
You can now install OnSong from the Mac App Store for a familiar experience tailored to the desktop. Your Mac just got cooler (and more musical).
Color-Coded Chaos Management
Send color-coded, custom messages to your team for hassle-free signaling. Your band's new favorite group chat lives here.
Keep Time Like A Robot
Play to a click track for practice or to start the song off right on stage. Tick tock. You're welcome.
MIDI Integration
Send MIDI to control the sound of instruments, or listen for song changes & more. For when one device isn't enough complexity.
The Runsheet Upgrade
Moments turn your setlist into a complete run sheet with scheduled times. Your setlist just got a watch.
Do All The Things At Once
OnSong has powerful multitasking features that allow you to run OnSong on split-screen on supported devices, or keep OnSong running in the background. Juggling: app edition.
MultiTracks
Import, mix, & play backing tracks comprised of multiple channels while you play to a click & automatically navigate sections. It's like your entire band is living in your iPad.
The Cloud That Doesn't Rain
Stay connected to your team through OnSong® Cloud services powered by your OnSong® subscription. Internet hug: activated.
Organized Chaos Is Still Organized
Browse through your song library & use the organizer to instantly add what you're playing to sets or books, or use colorful icons to help you get & stay organized. Rainbow vibes required.
PDFs That Actually Do Stuff FRESH HOTNESS
PDF files are no longer viewed just "as-is". Our ChordFlow™ technology detects chords & other musical information in your existing PDF files letting you transpose, format, & interact with your charts in new ways. PDFs: they leveled up.
The Secret Sauce
It's the little things that help you perform your best. Check out some of the features that help you engage your audience. We're basically your personal hype person.
Humming Has Left The Chat
Play back tones to get Acappella or vocal intros started without music. Accuracy: 100%. Confidence: through the roof.
Planning Center Integration
Download your songs or plans from Planning Center into OnSong for use on-stage. Your worship stuff just synced. Hallelujah.
PraiseCharts
Access the premier catalog of chord charts, sheet music, & other resources for house of worship. The good stuff lives here.
Death By A Thousand Copies
Output your songs or sets to paper or PDF. Includes song lists & multipage printing. Tree friends: we're sorry.
Speed Run: Song Edition
Quickly find, preview, & add songs to your set in just a tap or two. Setlist building: now with 200% less button mashing.
Lights, Camera, Lyrics!
Create dynamic stage lighting with coordinated lyrics projection backgrounds & control it all on stage. You're basically a movie director now.
The Setlist
Create sets for playing at a venue or event. Flip through your songs with ease. Organization: it tastes like victory.
Browse Like You Own The Place FRESH HOTNESS
Our new set picker lets you search & browse your entire library while queuing up songs to add to your set. It's like Spotify, but for your actual setlist.
Print Your Song List (On Dead Trees) FRESH HOTNESS
Export or print lists of songs with customizable columns & page layout. Hipster setlist: officially achieved.
Keep Tabs On Your Setlist History
Keep track of what songs you've played, printed, or projected. Basically your music diary, but for nerds.
SongSelect
Access PDF chord charts or text-based lyrics from this common service. The communal library everyone uses.
Spotify Integration
Link songs from your Spotify library to chord charts for practice & backing tracks. Streaming meets stagecraft.
The Side Stage Setup
Connect one or more video screens & run your stage with one OnSong device. One device. Multiple screens. Maximum control.
Your iPad's Getting Fat
Importing videos, images, & audio backing tracks for full performance management can take up storage space. Videos & audio are thicc. Deal with it.
Make Your Charts Pretty FRESH HOTNESS
We give you full control over how your charts are formatted including how chords are formatting & now, dual chords too. Aesthetic: unlocked.
Uhhh... What?
OnSong is serious about supporting you & your performance. We've got your back. Srsly.
Let The App Find The Beat FRESH HOTNESS
Use the built-in microphone & MIDI inputs to listen to your music to take the Hmm out of BPM. Math? Nope. App does it now.
Play It Back Your Way
OnSong now features non-linear autoscrolling by recording navigation events onto a timeline for playback. Rewind, fast-forward, pause your scrolling. Technology!
Protect Your Peepers
Tint the colors of your charts for easier reading or for those with visual stress disorders. Your eyes have never been happier.
Organize By Whatever Floats Your Boat
Create topics to find songs that match based on lyrics & keywords too. You're basically making your own Spotify playlists, but for OnSong.
Key Swap: Zero Judgment
Change the key of the song instantly without bringing up bad memories of music theory class. Music theory? We forgot it too.
Stay In Tune (Unlike Your Drummer) FRESH HOTNESS
Get your instrument tuned without digging in your guitar case. Bring it up during a performance & change the tuning too. Pitch-perfect: achieved.
Type Your Way To Victory
Quickly find songs, sets, settings & more by tapping & typing. Speed dial, but for your entire library.
Works On Everything (Basically)
OnSong is a universal app so it works on iPad, iPhone, & iPod touch. Install on your iPad & iPhone. Learn some differences in the user interface when using OnSong on a more mobile device. One app. Three devices. Your jealous friends.
Import All The Things
With a paid subscription, you can import all of your music & manage a huge repertoire of the music you play. Hoard those charts, baby.
Multiple Personality Charts FRESH HOTNESS
Songs can have multiple file or text attachments & now you can use different annotations, drawings, keys, & formatting on each. Your charts just got options.
Menu: But Make It Vertical
Completely change how you interact with OnSong by placing menus in a split-screen view. Revolutionary or weird? You decide.
Zoom Into The Details
Scroll & zoom into specific parts of your song & switch between them. Your song just got a magnifying glass.
Talk To Yourself (Professionally)
If you use in-ear monitors, you can issue verbal commands from OnSong while you sing. Conversations with yourself just got official.
Your Voice Is Your Remote FRESH HOTNESS
Use the built-in microphone & tell us who's boss. Perform actions, call up songs, & navigate sections all with your voice. Alexa called. She's jelly.
