OnSong has many settings you can use to customize the app to suit your needs. Learn about each setting and how to use it.

2. Settings
Customize OnSong to fit your needs

3. Settings Screen

4. Settings Screen

5. Settings Screen
• Provides quick, in-app
access to all settings

6. Settings Screen
• Provides quick, in-app
access to all settings
• Displays all settings in a
categorized manner

7. Settings Screen
• Provides quick, in-app
access to all settings
• Displays all settings in a
categorized manner
• Accessible without running
OnSong in the Settings app

8. Settings Screen
• Provides quick, in-app
access to all settings
• Displays all settings in a
categorized manner
• Accessible without running
OnSong in the Settings app
• Discussed in detail in the
Settings presentation

9. Settings Sections

10. Settings Sections
• About • Import Options • Sticky Notes
• Font Settings • Song Navigation • Sound
• Display Settings • Editor Options • Chord Playback
• Live Bar Options • Synchronization • Foot Pedal Control
• Hot Corners • Sharing and Rights • Metronome
• Layout Options • Song Reporting • External Video
• Instrument Settings • Page Layout • Debug

11. Font Settings
Default values applied to newly imported songs only

12. Font Settings
Default values applied to newly imported songs only
• Font Family
The default font when
rendering the chart.

13. Font Settings
Default values applied to newly imported songs only
• Font Family
The default font when
rendering the chart.
• Font Size
The default font size when
rendering the chart.

14. Font Settings
Default values applied to newly imported songs only
• Font Family
The default font when
rendering the chart.
• Font Size
The default font size when
rendering the chart.
• Chord Size
This is the default size of
chords when rendering the
chord chart.

15. Font Settings
Default values applied to newly imported songs only
• Font Family • Chord Highlight
The default font when This provides a list of common
rendering the chart. chord highlight colors to use
as default.
• Font Size
The default font size when
rendering the chart.
• Chord Size
This is the default size of
chords when rendering the
chord chart.

16. Font Settings
Default values applied to newly imported songs only
• Font Family • Chord Highlight
The default font when This provides a list of common
rendering the chart. chord highlight colors to use
as default.
• Font Size
The default font size when • Chord Color
rendering the chart. This allows you to set the
default text color of chords.
• Chord Size
This is the default size of
chords when rendering the
chord chart.

17. Font Settings
Default values applied to newly imported songs only
• Font Family • Chord Highlight
The default font when This provides a list of common
rendering the chart. chord highlight colors to use
as default.
• Font Size
The default font size when • Chord Color
rendering the chart. This allows you to set the
default text color of chords.
• Chord Size
This is the default size of • Bold Chords
chords when rendering the This determines if song sheets
chord chart. should bold chords by default.

18. Display Settings
Makes adjustments to how songs are displayed

19. Display Settings
Makes adjustments to how songs are displayed
• Separate Set/Song Styles
Allows you to have separate
preferences for songs in sets.

20. Display Settings
Makes adjustments to how songs are displayed
• Separate Set/Song Styles
Allows you to have separate
preferences for songs in sets.
• Low Light Mode
Turning low light mode on will
give you white text on a black
background for stage use.

21. Display Settings
Makes adjustments to how songs are displayed
• Separate Set/Song Styles
Allows you to have separate
preferences for songs in sets.
• Low Light Mode
Turning low light mode on will
give you white text on a black
background for stage use.
• Invert Menus
Makes the background of
menus black when low light
mode is turned on

22. Display Settings
Makes adjustments to how songs are displayed
• Separate Set/Song Styles • High Quality Zooming
Allows you to have separate When zooming into a song, it
preferences for songs in sets. redraws the content at higher
resolution. Don't use this
• Low Light Mode feature since it causes issues.
Turning low light mode on will
give you white text on a black
background for stage use.
• Invert Menus
Makes the background of
menus black when low light
mode is turned on

23. Display Settings
Makes adjustments to how songs are displayed
• Separate Set/Song Styles • High Quality Zooming
Allows you to have separate When zooming into a song, it
preferences for songs in sets. redraws the content at higher
resolution. Don't use this
• Low Light Mode feature since it causes issues.
Turning low light mode on will
give you white text on a black • Remember Zoom/Position
background for stage use. When turned on, OnSong
remembers the last zoom
• Invert Menus level and position of your
Makes the background of chord chart.
menus black when low light
mode is turned on

24. Display Settings
Default values applied to newly imported songs only

25. Display Settings
Default values applied to newly imported songs only
• Display Header
Turning this off will hide the
header of your chord sheet.
This includes the title of the
song as well as section titles.

26. Display Settings
Default values applied to newly imported songs only
• Display Header
Turning this off will hide the
header of your chord sheet.
This includes the title of the
song as well as section titles.
• Display Metadata
Turning this off will hide the
metadata of your chord sheet.
This includes the artist, key,
capo, tempo and time
signature

27. Display Settings
Default values applied to newly imported songs only
• Display Header • Display Lyrics
Turning this off will hide the Turning this off will hide lyrics
header of your chord sheet. on your songs by default.
This includes the title of the
song as well as section titles.
• Display Metadata
Turning this off will hide the
metadata of your chord sheet.
This includes the artist, key,
capo, tempo and time
signature

28. Display Settings
Default values applied to newly imported songs only
• Display Header • Display Lyrics
Turning this off will hide the Turning this off will hide lyrics
header of your chord sheet. on your songs by default.
This includes the title of the
song as well as section titles. • Display Chords
Turning this off will hide
• Display Metadata chords in your chord sheets
Turning this off will hide the by default.
metadata of your chord sheet.
This includes the artist, key,
capo, tempo and time
signature

29. Display Settings
Default values applied to newly imported songs only
• Display Header • Display Lyrics
Turning this off will hide the Turning this off will hide lyrics
header of your chord sheet. on your songs by default.
This includes the title of the
song as well as section titles. • Display Chords
Turning this off will hide
• Display Metadata chords in your chord sheets
Turning this off will hide the by default.
metadata of your chord sheet.
This includes the artist, key, • Instructions Color
capo, tempo and time The instructions color lets
signature your adjust the color of
musical instructions in your

30. Display Settings
Other display-related settings

31. Display Settings
Other display-related settings
• Instructions Color
The instructions color lets
your adjust the color of
musical instructions in your
chord sheet. Instructions are
created by surrounding a line
in parenthesis. Instructions are
displayed on your song sheet,
but hidden from lyrics
projection.

32. Display Settings
Other display-related settings
• Instructions Color
The instructions color lets
your adjust the color of
musical instructions in your
chord sheet. Instructions are
created by surrounding a line
in parenthesis. Instructions are
displayed on your song sheet,
but hidden from lyrics
projection.

33. Display Settings
Other display-related settings
• Instructions Color • Language
The instructions color lets OnSong uses your device's
your adjust the color of native language when
musical instructions in your supported. This setting allows
chord sheet. Instructions are you to use a different
created by surrounding a line language other than the one
in parenthesis. Instructions are your device is using. It also
displayed on your song sheet, can support languages that
but hidden from lyrics are not currently supported by
projection. the device. Requires a restart
of OnSong take effect.

34. Live Bar Options
Configures the buttons in the lower right of the screen

35. Live Bar Options
Configures the buttons in the lower right of the screen
• Include Audio Track
Allows you to toggle the audio toggle on or off.

36. Live Bar Options
Configures the buttons in the lower right of the screen
• Include Audio Track
Allows you to toggle the audio toggle on or off.
• Include Autoscroll
Allows you to toggle the autoscroll button on or off.

37. Live Bar Options
Configures the buttons in the lower right of the screen
• Include Audio Track
Allows you to toggle the audio toggle on or off.
• Include Autoscroll
Allows you to toggle the autoscroll button on or off.
• Include Metronome
Allows you to toggle the metronome button on or off.

38. Live Bar Options
Configures the buttons in the lower right of the screen
• Include Audio Track
Allows you to toggle the audio toggle on or off.
• Include Autoscroll
Allows you to toggle the autoscroll button on or off.
• Include Metronome
Allows you to toggle the metronome button on or off.
• Include Networking
Allows you to toggle the networking button on or off.

39. Live Bar Options
When the audio button is pushed...

40. Live Bar Options
When the audio button is pushed...
• Audio Behavior
Determines what action is performed when tapping the audio toggle.
Options include:

41. Live Bar Options
When the audio button is pushed...
• Audio Behavior
Determines what action is performed when tapping the audio toggle.
Options include:
• Play/Pause
Starts and stops the song.
Pressing the play button again resumes where it had stopped.

42. Live Bar Options
When the audio button is pushed...
• Audio Behavior
Determines what action is performed when tapping the audio toggle.
Options include:
• Play/Pause
Starts and stops the song.
Pressing the play button again resumes where it had stopped.
• Play/Stop
Starts and stops the song.
Pressing the play button again starts the song from the beginning.

43. Live Bar Options
When autoscroll begins...

44. Live Bar Options
When autoscroll begins...
• Autoscroll Trigger
Tapping on the autoscroll can trigger another event. Options include:

45. Live Bar Options
When autoscroll begins...
• Autoscroll Trigger
Tapping on the autoscroll can trigger another event. Options include:
• None
Toggling autoscroll does not effect anything else (default)

46. Live Bar Options
When autoscroll begins...
• Autoscroll Trigger
Tapping on the autoscroll can trigger another event. Options include:
• None
Toggling autoscroll does not effect anything else (default)
• Audio
Toggling autoscroll on starts the audio backing track if available.

47. Live Bar Options
When autoscroll begins...
• Autoscroll Trigger
Tapping on the autoscroll can trigger another event. Options include:
• None
Toggling autoscroll does not effect anything else (default)
• Audio
Toggling autoscroll on starts the audio backing track if available.
• Metronome
Toggling autoscroll on starts the metronome.

48. Hot Corners
Set actions for each corner

49. Hot Corners
Set actions for each corner
• Top Left
Sets an action for tapping the top-left corner of the screen

50. Hot Corners
Set actions for each corner
• Top Left
Sets an action for tapping the top-left corner of the screen
• Top Right
Sets an action for tapping the top-right corner of the screen

51. Hot Corners
Set actions for each corner
• Top Left
Sets an action for tapping the top-left corner of the screen
• Top Right
Sets an action for tapping the top-right corner of the screen
• Bottom Left
Sets an action for tapping the bottom-left corner of the screen

52. Hot Corners
Set actions for each corner
• Top Left
Sets an action for tapping the top-left corner of the screen
• Top Right
Sets an action for tapping the top-right corner of the screen
• Bottom Left
Sets an action for tapping the bottom-left corner of the screen
• Bottom Right
Sets an action for tapping the bottom-right corner of the screen

53. Hot Corners
Sets actions for each corner when tapped

54. Hot Corners
Sets actions for each corner when tapped
• None
No action will be performed when touching the corner (default)

55. Hot Corners
Sets actions for each corner when tapped
• None
No action will be performed when touching the corner (default)
• Audio
Start or stop the audio track associated with the chord chart.

56. Hot Corners
Sets actions for each corner when tapped
• None
No action will be performed when touching the corner (default)
• Audio
Start or stop the audio track associated with the chord chart.
• Autoscroll
Start or stop autoscrolling of the chord chart.

57. Hot Corners
Sets actions for each corner when tapped
• None
No action will be performed when touching the corner (default)
• Audio
Start or stop the audio track associated with the chord chart.
• Autoscroll
Start or stop autoscrolling of the chord chart.
• Menu
Show or hide the menubar.

58. Hot Corners
Sets actions for each corner when tapped
• None
No action will be performed when touching the corner (default)
• Audio
Start or stop the audio track associated with the chord chart.
• Autoscroll
Start or stop autoscrolling of the chord chart.
• Menu
Show or hide the menubar.
• Metronome
Start or stop the metronome at the tempo set for the chord chart.

59. Layout Options
Adjusting how your song are drawn on the page

60. Layout Options
Adjusting how your song are drawn on the page
• Notation Chords
Notation chords are the ones that appear in textual bars used for
chords timing. These usually look like the following:
| [A] [B] [C] [D] |
OnSong detects that these chords are placed in notation and draws
them alongside the notation marks instead of placing them on top. You
can alter this behavior with this settings.

61. Layout Options
Adjusting how your song are drawn on the page

62. Layout Options
Adjusting how your song are drawn on the page
• Adjust Whitespace
Newer versions of OnSong will adjust white space to be closer to the
average width of the font instead of a fraction of a letter width. In some
cases, this can cause issues for some users. You can turn off
whitespace adjustment to use the older rendering technique.

63. Layout Options
Adjusting how your song are drawn on the page
• Adjust Whitespace
Newer versions of OnSong will adjust white space to be closer to the
average width of the font instead of a fraction of a letter width. In some
cases, this can cause issues for some users. You can turn off
whitespace adjustment to use the older rendering technique.
• Adjusted Space Character
When adjusting for white space, OnSong uses the width of a specific
character to determine width. You can change that character to adjust
the amount of whitespace.

64. Layout Options
Adjusting how your song are drawn on the page

65. Layout Options
Adjusting how your song are drawn on the page
• Detect Chords In Lyrics
Turn this setting off to prevent automatic chord detection.

66. Layout Options
Adjusting how your song are drawn on the page
• Detect Chords In Lyrics
Turn this setting off to prevent automatic chord detection.
• Chord Position
OnSong places chords above the lyrics. You can change this to inline.

67. Layout Options
Adjusting how your song are drawn on the page
• Detect Chords In Lyrics
Turn this setting off to prevent automatic chord detection.
• Chord Position
OnSong places chords above the lyrics. You can change this to inline.
• Chorus Indent
This setting indents the chorus of your song by the amount specified.
The section name must be equal to either "Chorus" or "Refrain".

68. Layout Options
Adjusting how your song are drawn on the page
• Detect Chords In Lyrics
Turn this setting off to prevent automatic chord detection.
• Chord Position
OnSong places chords above the lyrics. You can change this to inline.
• Chorus Indent
This setting indents the chorus of your song by the amount specified.
The section name must be equal to either "Chorus" or "Refrain".
• Bold Chorus
Turn this setting on to bold the text of the detected chorus.

69. Instrument Settings
Personalize OnSong for different instruments

70. Instrument Settings
Personalize OnSong for different instruments
• Adjust For Capo
Turning this setting on will automatically apply the capo if one is set.

71. Instrument Settings
Personalize OnSong for different instruments
• Adjust For Capo
Turning this setting on will automatically apply the capo if one is set.
• Display Tablature
Turning this setting on will automatically show chord diagrams at the
bottom of the chord chart.

72. Instrument Settings
Personalize OnSong for different instruments
• Adjust For Capo
Turning this setting on will automatically apply the capo if one is set.
• Display Tablature
Turning this setting on will automatically show chord diagrams at the
bottom of the chord chart.
• Tablature Instrument
This setting determines the default instrument to use. You can change
this per song by viewing chords in the chord inspector and choosing a
different instrument.

73. Instrument Settings
Personalize OnSong for different instruments

74. Instrument Settings
Personalize OnSong for different instruments
• Disable Chord Popovers
Tapping on chords on the chord chart will display the chord inspector
which contains chord diagrams and variations for a variety of
instruments. Turning this setting on will prevent those from appearing.

75. Instrument Settings
Personalize OnSong for different instruments
• Disable Chord Popovers
Tapping on chords on the chord chart will display the chord inspector
which contains chord diagrams and variations for a variety of
instruments. Turning this setting on will prevent those from appearing.
• Left Hand Tablature
Reverse tablature chord diagrams for left-handed musicians.

76. Instrument Settings
Personalize OnSong for different instruments
• Disable Chord Popovers
Tapping on chords on the chord chart will display the chord inspector
which contains chord diagrams and variations for a variety of
instruments. Turning this setting on will prevent those from appearing.
• Left Hand Tablature
Reverse tablature chord diagrams for left-handed musicians.
• German Chords
Turning this setting on replaces the "B" note with "H" and the "Bb" note
with "B" for german users.

77. Instrument Settings
Personalize OnSong for different instruments

78. Instrument Settings
Personalize OnSong for different instruments
• Use Musical Symbols
Some users prefer to see actual sharp and flat symbols instead of the
pound (#) and lowercase B (b) symbols. This settings will toggle
OnSong to use the real symbols when drawing the page.

79. Instrument Settings
Personalize OnSong for different instruments
• Use Musical Symbols
Some users prefer to see actual sharp and flat symbols instead of the
pound (#) and lowercase B (b) symbols. This settings will toggle
OnSong to use the real symbols when drawing the page.
• Enable Alternate Keys
Allows access to Nashville Numeric Notation, Roman Numeral or Italian
keys on the left side of the transpose slider.

80. Instrument Settings
Personalize OnSong for different instruments
• Use Musical Symbols
Some users prefer to see actual sharp and flat symbols instead of the
pound (#) and lowercase B (b) symbols. This settings will toggle
OnSong to use the real symbols when drawing the page.
• Enable Alternate Keys
Allows access to Nashville Numeric Notation, Roman Numeral or Italian
keys on the left side of the transpose slider.
• Capo Modulates
When applying a capo to a song, OnSong modulates or transposes the
song down that number of half steps. (up or down)

81. Instrument Settings
Personalize OnSong for different instruments

82. Instrument Settings
Personalize OnSong for different instruments
• Detect Key By
Knowing the key of a song is important for the transposition engine
including in OnSong. Normally, a key would be declared using
metadata. In the even that a key is not declared, OnSong resorts to
determining the key. Originally, OnSong would detect the key using the
first chord of a song. This is not always accurate. You can choose other
methods such as the last chord, by counting the sharps and flats
contained in the song, or by metadata only.

83. Song Navigation
Change how the song menus works with the viewer

84. Song Navigation
Change how the song menus works with the viewer
• Remove "The"
This setting, if turned on, OnSong will remove the "The" word from in
front of song titles when sorting the list.

85. Song Navigation
Change how the song menus works with the viewer
• Remove "The"
This setting, if turned on, OnSong will remove the "The" word from in
front of song titles when sorting the list.
• Remove Description Text
Removes the second line of information on the songs menu leaving
just the title of the song.

86. Song Navigation
Change how the song menus works with the viewer
• Remove "The"
This setting, if turned on, OnSong will remove the "The" word from in
front of song titles when sorting the list.
• Remove Description Text
Removes the second line of information on the songs menu leaving
just the title of the song.
• Flip Toolbar
This setting flips the menubar if it is turned on. This places the "Songs"
button the right side instead of the left. This is helpful since the songs
menu can overlap a good portion of the viewable song.

87. Song Navigation
Change how the song menus works with the viewer

88. Song Navigation
Change how the song menus works with the viewer
• Hide Inactive Icons
This setting removes extraneous icons from the menubar if they are
not in use. Currently, this will remove the external video settings icon
when a cable is not attached or AirPlay is not enabled.

89. Song Navigation
Change how the song menus works with the viewer
• Hide Inactive Icons
This setting removes extraneous icons from the menubar if they are
not in use. Currently, this will remove the external video settings icon
when a cable is not attached or AirPlay is not enabled.
• Auto Show/Hide Menu
This setting is used to automatically hide the menubar when not in use.
You can then tap the middle of the screen to show the menubar and to
bring up the songs menu automatically. Tapping on a song will then
hide the menubar again.

90. Song Navigation
Change how the song menus works with the viewer

91. Song Navigation
Change how the song menus works with the viewer
• Show Remote Songs
Turns off the "Remote" feature in the All Songs/My Sets.

92. Song Navigation
Change how the song menus works with the viewer
• Show Remote Songs
Turns off the "Remote" feature in the All Songs/My Sets.
• Show Scroll Indicators
Toggles the built-in scroll indicators on the chord chart viewer.

93. Song Navigation
Change how the song menus works with the viewer
• Show Remote Songs
Turns off the "Remote" feature in the All Songs/My Sets.
• Show Scroll Indicators
Toggles the built-in scroll indicators on the chord chart viewer.
• Wide Songs Menu
This setting nearly doubles the width of the songs menu.

94. Song Navigation
Change how the song menus works with the viewer
• Show Remote Songs
Turns off the "Remote" feature in the All Songs/My Sets.
• Show Scroll Indicators
Toggles the built-in scroll indicators on the chord chart viewer.
• Wide Songs Menu
This setting nearly doubles the width of the songs menu.
• Position Ruler Color
Changes the position ruler color when autoscrolling.
None, Red, Orange, Green, Blue, Purple, Pink and Grey

95. Editor Options
Change how the song editor works

96. Editor Options
Change how the song editor works
• Font Family
This is the font to use in the song editor.
All fonts in the list are monospaced for easier typing.
Andale Mono, Courier, Courier New, Lucida Console

97. Editor Options
Change how the song editor works
• Font Family
This is the font to use in the song editor.
All fonts in the list are monospaced for easier typing.
Andale Mono, Courier, Courier New, Lucida Console
• Font Size
This is the size of the font in the editor. You can increase the font size
for better visibility or selection or words or placement of the cursor.

98. Import Options
Changes how importing of documents works

99. Import Options
Changes how importing of documents works
• Internet Settings
This allows you to configure how OnSong imports from the Internet.
The settings are contained on another screen and require advanced
knowledge of how search engines, web pages and regular expressions
work. By default, these settings are blank and use OnSong's built-in
Internet search settings.

100. Import Options
Changes how importing of documents works
• Internet Settings
This allows you to configure how OnSong imports from the Internet.
The settings are contained on another screen and require advanced
knowledge of how search engines, web pages and regular expressions
work. By default, these settings are blank and use OnSong's built-in
Internet search settings.
• Dropbox Settings
This allows you to configure Dropbox options for cases when you have
networking issues. For instance, you can turn off SSL encryption which
can speed up transfers at the risk of sending your files across the
Internet unencrypted.

101. Import Options
Changes how importing of documents works

102. Import Options
Changes how importing of documents works
• File Encoding
OnSong attempts to determine the encoding of imported text files. In
some cases you may need to set the encoding manually.
Auto, ASCII, UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32 or ISO Latin

103. Import Options
Changes how importing of documents works
• File Encoding
OnSong attempts to determine the encoding of imported text files. In
some cases you may need to set the encoding manually.
Auto, ASCII, UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32 or ISO Latin
• Text File Conversion
If set to “OnSong”, the import process will detect and convert chords
into bracketed chords. Default is set to “Text”

104. Import Options
Changes how importing of documents works
• File Encoding
OnSong attempts to determine the encoding of imported text files. In
some cases you may need to set the encoding manually.
Auto, ASCII, UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32 or ISO Latin
• Text File Conversion
If set to “OnSong”, the import process will detect and convert chords
into bracketed chords. Default is set to “Text”
• Keep File in iTunes
If you set this option to Off, OnSong will delete files from iTunes file
sharing after they are imported. Defaults to On.

105. Import Options
Changes how importing of documents works

106. Import Options
Changes how importing of documents works
• Fallback File Extension
OnSong uses the file extension of the file name to determine the type
of file that is imported. For some programs, no file extension is used.
You can determine the file extension OnSong should use when
importing in this option. The default is "xml" since OpenSong files do
not typically include file extensions.

107. Internet Settings
Advanced code to find song content

108. Internet Settings
Advanced code to find song content
• Search Parameters
Search parameters for the Bing search engine sans the query.

109. Internet Settings
Advanced code to find song content
• Search Parameters
Search parameters for the Bing search engine sans the query.
• Title Pattern
Regular expression to extract the song title from <title>

110. Internet Settings
Advanced code to find song content
• Search Parameters
Search parameters for the Bing search engine sans the query.
• Title Pattern
Regular expression to extract the song title from <title>
• Byline Pattern
Regular expression to extract the artist name/byline from <title>

111. Internet Settings
Advanced code to find song content
• Search Parameters
Search parameters for the Bing search engine sans the query.
• Title Pattern
Regular expression to extract the song title from <title>
• Byline Pattern
Regular expression to extract the artist name/byline from <title>
• Content Pattern
Regular expression to find the content of the song

112. Internet Settings
Advanced code to find song content
• Search Parameters
Search parameters for the Bing search engine sans the query.
• Title Pattern
Regular expression to extract the song title from <title>
• Byline Pattern
Regular expression to extract the artist name/byline from <title>
• Content Pattern
Regular expression to find the content of the song
• Chord Pattern
Regular expression that identifies chords in lyrics

113. Synchronization
Configure how synchronizing works

114. Synchronization
Configure how synchronizing works
• Sync Folder
The name of the folder in which synchronization files are saved.

115. Synchronization
Configure how synchronizing works
• Sync Folder
The name of the folder in which synchronization files are saved.
• Sync As Files
Outputs text-based chords charts as text files, allowing them to be
edited remotely and then synchronized back into the database.

116. Sharing and Rights
Adjust how sharing with your team works

117. Sharing and Rights
Adjust how sharing with your team works
• Expire Shared Sets
Allows the set to be removed from the user's list after a time,
avoiding clutter and potential distribution of copyrighted works.

118. Sharing and Rights
Adjust how sharing with your team works
• Expire Shared Sets
Allows the set to be removed from the user's list after a time,
avoiding clutter and potential distribution of copyrighted works.
• Loan Shared Songs
If turned on, songs shared wirelessly will be loaned. This means they
appear in a set, but will not appear in the recipient's all songs list to
avoid clutter and illegal distribution issues.

119. Sharing and Rights
Adjust how sharing with your team works
• Expire Shared Sets
Allows the set to be removed from the user's list after a time,
avoiding clutter and potential distribution of copyrighted works.
• Loan Shared Songs
If turned on, songs shared wirelessly will be loaned. This means they
appear in a set, but will not appear in the recipient's all songs list to
avoid clutter and illegal distribution issues.
• Use my songs in OnCue
When using OnCue, OnSong sends the song. If this option is on,
OnSong will use songs in your library instead of the ones sent.

120. Song Reporting
Turn song reporting on/off for tracking

121. Song Reporting
Turn song reporting on/off for tracking
• Enable Reporting
This controls if reporting is currently active. This is the same as the
switch in the Song Reporting screen.

122. Song Reporting
Turn song reporting on/off for tracking
• Enable Reporting
This controls if reporting is currently active. This is the same as the
switch in the Song Reporting screen.
• Report Use
This is used to customize the amount of time that OnSong waits before
reporting usage.

123. Song Reporting
Turn song reporting on/off for tracking
• Enable Reporting
This controls if reporting is currently active. This is the same as the
switch in the Song Reporting screen.
• Report Use
This is used to customize the amount of time that OnSong waits before
reporting usage.
• Show Reports
This allows you to determine the period of time for each report. Weekly,
Monthly, Quarterly and Yearly

124. Page Layout
Adjust the page for printing and on-screen

125. Page Layout
Adjust the page for printing and on-screen
• Paper Size US and European sizes – Letter, Legal, Tabloid, A4 and A3

126. Page Layout
Adjust the page for printing and on-screen
• Paper Size US and European sizes – Letter, Legal, Tabloid, A4 and A3
• Paper Orientation output in portrait or landscape.

127. Page Layout
Adjust the page for printing and on-screen
• Paper Size US and European sizes – Letter, Legal, Tabloid, A4 and A3
• Paper Orientation output in portrait or landscape.
• Left Margin This is the width of the left margin.

128. Page Layout
Adjust the page for printing and on-screen
• Paper Size US and European sizes – Letter, Legal, Tabloid, A4 and A3
• Paper Orientation output in portrait or landscape.
• Left Margin This is the width of the left margin.
• Right Margin This is the width of the right margin.

129. Page Layout
Adjust the page for printing and on-screen
• Paper Size US and European sizes – Letter, Legal, Tabloid, A4 and A3
• Paper Orientation output in portrait or landscape.
• Left Margin This is the width of the left margin.
• Right Margin This is the width of the right margin.
• Top Margin This is the width of the top margin.

130. Page Layout
Adjust the page for printing and on-screen
• Paper Size US and European sizes – Letter, Legal, Tabloid, A4 and A3
• Paper Orientation output in portrait or landscape.
• Left Margin This is the width of the left margin.
• Right Margin This is the width of the right margin.
• Top Margin This is the width of the top margin.
• Bottom Margin This is the width of the bottom margin.

131. Page Layout
Adjust the page for printing and on-screen
• Paper Size US and European sizes – Letter, Legal, Tabloid, A4 and A3
• Paper Orientation output in portrait or landscape.
• Left Margin This is the width of the left margin.
• Right Margin This is the width of the right margin.
• Top Margin This is the width of the top margin.
• Bottom Margin This is the width of the bottom margin.
• Add Page Numbers when printing or exporting PDF.

132. Sticky Notes
Adjust the page for printing and on-screen

133. Sticky Notes
Adjust the page for printing and on-screen
• Note Font Family
The font used for text in notes Marker, Chalkboard or Helvetica

134. Sticky Notes
Adjust the page for printing and on-screen
• Note Font Family
The font used for text in notes Marker, Chalkboard or Helvetica
• Note Paper Color
The color of sticky notes by default. Choose from popular colors:

135. Sticky Notes
Adjust the page for printing and on-screen
• Note Font Family
The font used for text in notes Marker, Chalkboard or Helvetica
• Note Paper Color
The color of sticky notes by default. Choose from popular colors:
• Note Opacity
This is the default opacity of the note between 25% and 100% opacity.

136. Sticky Notes
Adjust the page for printing and on-screen
• Note Font Family
The font used for text in notes Marker, Chalkboard or Helvetica
• Note Paper Color
The color of sticky notes by default. Choose from popular colors:
• Note Opacity
This is the default opacity of the note between 25% and 100% opacity.
• Note Size
This is the default size the note between small and large.

137. Sound
Sound effects and iTunes suggestions

138. Sound
Sound effects and iTunes suggestions
• Sounds Effects
Turning this setting off will not play any sound effects for user actions
such as flipping pages or starring or unstarring songs.
Turn this off if you use other apps that play sound in the background.

139. Sound
Sound effects and iTunes suggestions
• Sounds Effects
Turning this setting off will not play any sound effects for user actions
such as flipping pages or starring or unstarring songs.
Turn this off if you use other apps that play sound in the background.
• iTunes Suggestions
Use this setting to turn off iTunes suggestions when viewing the
playback menu.

140. Chord Playback
Listen to chords when sound banks are installed

141. Chord Playback
Listen to chords when sound banks are installed
• Play Chords When Tapped
Turning this option on will play the chords when they are tapped on the
chord chart instead of opening the chord inspector. This is a fun way
to hear how a song sounds by just tapping your music.

142. Chord Playback
Listen to chords when sound banks are installed
• Play Chords When Tapped
Turning this option on will play the chords when they are tapped on the
chord chart instead of opening the chord inspector. This is a fun way
to hear how a song sounds by just tapping your music.
• Playback Arpeggio
This controls how the chord is played including:
Strum Up/Down, Pick Ascending/Descending, Random or All

143. Chord Playback
Listen to chords when sound banks are installed
• Play Chords When Tapped
Turning this option on will play the chords when they are tapped on the
chord chart instead of opening the chord inspector. This is a fun way
to hear how a song sounds by just tapping your music.
• Playback Arpeggio
This controls how the chord is played including:
Strum Up/Down, Pick Ascending/Descending, Random or All
• Playback Duration
This controls how fast or slow the chord is played including:
Immediate, Fast, Normal, Slow

144. Foot Pedal Controls
Configure foot pedals to use with OnSong.

145. Foot Pedal Controls
Configure foot pedals to use with OnSong.
• Pedal Type
Sets the type of foot pedal. Options include:
None or iOS Compatible

146. Foot Pedal Controls
Configure foot pedals to use with OnSong.
• Pedal Type
Sets the type of foot pedal. Options include:
None or iOS Compatible
• Backward Pedal
Set for the up arrow key.
Use this field to bind keyboard input to go back.

147. Foot Pedal Controls
Configure foot pedals to use with OnSong.
• Pedal Type
Sets the type of foot pedal. Options include:
None or iOS Compatible
• Backward Pedal
Set for the up arrow key.
Use this field to bind keyboard input to go back.
• Forward Pedal
Set for the down arrow key.
Use this field to bind keyboard input to go forward.

148. Foot Pedal Controls
Configure foot pedals to use with OnSong.

149. Foot Pedal Controls
Configure foot pedals to use with OnSong.
• Auto Scroll Pedal
Bind to the text input of a pedal to start/stop autoscrolling.

150. Foot Pedal Controls
Configure foot pedals to use with OnSong.
• Auto Scroll Pedal
Bind to the text input of a pedal to start/stop autoscrolling.
• Audio Track Pedal
Bind to the text input of a pedal to start/stop/pause audio.

151. Foot Pedal Controls
Configure foot pedals to use with OnSong.
• Auto Scroll Pedal
Bind to the text input of a pedal to start/stop autoscrolling.
• Audio Track Pedal
Bind to the text input of a pedal to start/stop/pause audio.
• Menu Pedal
Bind to the text input of a pedal to show/hide the menubar.

152. Foot Pedal Controls
Configure foot pedals to use with OnSong.
• Auto Scroll Pedal
Bind to the text input of a pedal to start/stop autoscrolling.
• Audio Track Pedal
Bind to the text input of a pedal to start/stop/pause audio.
• Menu Pedal
Bind to the text input of a pedal to show/hide the menubar.
• Metronome Pedal
Bind to the text input of a pedal to start/stop the metronome.

153. Foot Pedal Controls
Configure foot pedals to use with OnSong.

154. Foot Pedal Controls
Configure foot pedals to use with OnSong.
• Forward Pedal Triggers
Allows you to configure OnSong to perform an action the first time the
forward pedal (scroll down) action is performed on a new song. This
allows a single foot pedal to do more than one task. Options include:
None, Audio Track or Metronome

155. Foot Pedal Controls
Configure foot pedals to use with OnSong.
• Forward Pedal Triggers
Allows you to configure OnSong to perform an action the first time the
forward pedal (scroll down) action is performed on a new song. This
allows a single foot pedal to do more than one task. Options include:
None, Audio Track or Metronome
• Pedal Behavior
When forward and backward pedals are tapped, OnSong normally acts
like the screen was tapped. When the top or bottom is reached,
it flips to the next or previous song. You can change this behavior to:
Scroll Page, Jump to Section or Jump to Song

156. New Foot Pedal Controls
Configure foot pedals in OnSong 1.932

157. New Foot Pedal Controls
Configure foot pedals in OnSong 1.932
• Pedal Setup
Allows you to configure the type of pedal to use when connecting to
OnSong as well as map keyboard input to pedals. Options include:
None, iOS Compatible or AirTurn

158. New Foot Pedal Controls
Configure foot pedals in OnSong 1.932
• Pedal Setup
Allows you to configure the type of pedal to use when connecting to
OnSong as well as map keyboard input to pedals. Options include:
None, iOS Compatible or AirTurn
• Pedal 1-4
Sets the actions when pressing foot pedal 1-4. Pedal 1 is typically the
up arrow key, pedal 2 is typically the down arrow key, pedal 3 is
typically the right arrow key and pedal 4 is typically the left arrow key.

159. New Foot Pedal Actions
Control nearly every aspect of live performance

160. New Foot Pedal Actions
Control nearly every aspect of live performance
• None: no action is performed.

161. New Foot Pedal Actions
Control nearly every aspect of live performance
• None: no action is performed.
• Scroll Up/Down: scrolls the page up or down by 75% of the screen.
This can be configured in scrolling behavior

162. New Foot Pedal Actions
Control nearly every aspect of live performance
• None: no action is performed.
• Scroll Up/Down: scrolls the page up or down by 75% of the screen.
This can be configured in scrolling behavior
• Next/Previous Song: goes directly to the next/previous song in the set.

163. New Foot Pedal Actions
Control nearly every aspect of live performance
• None: no action is performed.
• Scroll Up/Down: scrolls the page up or down by 75% of the screen.
This can be configured in scrolling behavior
• Next/Previous Song: goes directly to the next/previous song in the set.
• Toggle Audio: starts/stops playback of the linked backing track.

164. New Foot Pedal Actions
Control nearly every aspect of live performance
• None: no action is performed.
• Scroll Up/Down: scrolls the page up or down by 75% of the screen.
This can be configured in scrolling behavior
• Next/Previous Song: goes directly to the next/previous song in the set.
• Toggle Audio: starts/stops playback of the linked backing track.
• Toggle Autoscroll: starts/stops the page from autoscrolling.

165. New Foot Pedal Actions
Control nearly every aspect of live performance
• None: no action is performed.
• Scroll Up/Down: scrolls the page up or down by 75% of the screen.
This can be configured in scrolling behavior
• Next/Previous Song: goes directly to the next/previous song in the set.
• Toggle Audio: starts/stops playback of the linked backing track.
• Toggle Autoscroll: starts/stops the page from autoscrolling.
• Toggle Metronome: starts/stops the metronome at the current tempo.

166. New Foot Pedal Actions
Control nearly every aspect of live performance
• None: no action is performed.
• Scroll Up/Down: scrolls the page up or down by 75% of the screen.
This can be configured in scrolling behavior
• Next/Previous Song: goes directly to the next/previous song in the set.
• Toggle Audio: starts/stops playback of the linked backing track.
• Toggle Autoscroll: starts/stops the page from autoscrolling.
• Toggle Metronome: starts/stops the metronome at the current tempo.
• Show/Hide Menubar: shows or hides the menubar.

167. New Foot Pedal Actions
Control nearly every aspect of live performance

168. New Foot Pedal Actions
Control nearly every aspect of live performance
• Show Songs List: shows the songs menu
the songs menu cannot be hidden because
it receives the input of the keyboard at this point

169. New Foot Pedal Actions
Control nearly every aspect of live performance
• Show Songs List: shows the songs menu
the songs menu cannot be hidden because
it receives the input of the keyboard at this point
• Transpose Up/Down: transposes the song up or down a half step.

170. New Foot Pedal Actions
Control nearly every aspect of live performance
• Show Songs List: shows the songs menu
the songs menu cannot be hidden because
it receives the input of the keyboard at this point
• Transpose Up/Down: transposes the song up or down a half step.
• Tempo Up/Down: increases/decreases the tempo by one BPM.

171. New Foot Pedal Actions
Control nearly every aspect of live performance
• Show Songs List: shows the songs menu
the songs menu cannot be hidden because
it receives the input of the keyboard at this point
• Transpose Up/Down: transposes the song up or down a half step.
• Tempo Up/Down: increases/decreases the tempo by one BPM.
• Volume Up/Down: changes the volume of the device output by 10%.

172. New Foot Pedal Actions
Control nearly every aspect of live performance
• Show Songs List: shows the songs menu
the songs menu cannot be hidden because
it receives the input of the keyboard at this point
• Transpose Up/Down: transposes the song up or down a half step.
• Tempo Up/Down: increases/decreases the tempo by one BPM.
• Volume Up/Down: changes the volume of the device output by 10%.
• Autoscroll Faster/Slower: speeds up/down the autoscroll
by adjusting the duration of the song by 30 seconds.

173. New Foot Pedal Scrolling
Configure foot pedals in OnSong 1.932

174. New Foot Pedal Scrolling
Configure foot pedals in OnSong 1.932
• Scrolling Behavior
Configure how OnSong scrolls when the scroll action is performed.

175. New Foot Pedal Scrolling
Configure foot pedals in OnSong 1.932
• Scrolling Behavior
Configure how OnSong scrolls when the scroll action is performed.
• Pedal Behavior:
When forward and backward pedals are tapped, OnSong normally
acts like the screen was tapped. You can change this behavior to:
Scroll Page, Jump to Section or Jump to Song

176. New Foot Pedal Scrolling
Configure foot pedals in OnSong 1.932
• Scrolling Behavior
Configure how OnSong scrolls when the scroll action is performed.
• Pedal Behavior:
When forward and backward pedals are tapped, OnSong normally
acts like the screen was tapped. You can change this behavior to:
Scroll Page, Jump to Section or Jump to Song
• Scroll Amount
Determines how much the page scrolls when tapped. 25-100%

177. New Foot Pedal Scrolling
Configure foot pedals in OnSong 1.932
• Scrolling Behavior
Configure how OnSong scrolls when the scroll action is performed.
• Pedal Behavior:
When forward and backward pedals are tapped, OnSong normally
acts like the screen was tapped. You can change this behavior to:
Scroll Page, Jump to Section or Jump to Song
• Scroll Amount
Determines how much the page scrolls when tapped. 25-100%
• Scroll Speed
Controls how fast scrolling occurs when the screen is tapped,
or a foot pedal is pressed. Does not effect autoscroll. 0-3 secs

178. New Foot Pedal Triggering
Configure foot pedals in OnSong 1.932

179. New Foot Pedal Triggering
Configure foot pedals in OnSong 1.932
• Forward Pedal Triggers
Allows you to configure OnSong to perform an action the first time the
forward pedal (scroll down) action is performed on a new song. This
allows a single foot pedal to do more than one task. Options include:
None, Audio Track or Metronome

180. Metronome
Adjust how the metronome works, looks and sounds

181. Metronome
Adjust how the metronome works, looks and sounds
• Sound
Determines the sound that the metronome makes when activated.
Wood Block, Light Tap, Bass Drum with Snare, Bass Drum or None

182. Metronome
Adjust how the metronome works, looks and sounds
• Sound
Determines the sound that the metronome makes when activated.
Wood Block, Light Tap, Bass Drum with Snare, Bass Drum or None
• Up/Down Beat Color
OnSong flashes the main menu bar in time with the metronome for
cases when you can't hear the metronome, or need to use it in a live
scenario. You can set the color of the up or down beat.
None, Red, Orange, Green, Blue, Purple, Pink, Grey

183. Metronome
Adjust how the metronome works, looks and sounds
• Sound
Determines the sound that the metronome makes when activated.
Wood Block, Light Tap, Bass Drum with Snare, Bass Drum or None
• Up/Down Beat Color
OnSong flashes the main menu bar in time with the metronome for
cases when you can't hear the metronome, or need to use it in a live
scenario. You can set the color of the up or down beat.
None, Red, Orange, Green, Blue, Purple, Pink, Grey
• Default BPM
The default BPM is used when no other tempo is known. This is the
default metronome speed for songs that do not have a tempo set.

184. External Video
Use OnSong with projectors and stage panels

185. External Video
Use OnSong with projectors and stage panels
• Use HD Mirroring
Newer devices such as the iPad 2 support screen mirroring. This places
what you see on your iPad screen onto the external video device. By
default, OnSong will override screen mirroring and take over the
external screen.

186. External Video
Use OnSong with projectors and stage panels
• Use HD Mirroring
Newer devices such as the iPad 2 support screen mirroring. This places
what you see on your iPad screen onto the external video device. By
default, OnSong will override screen mirroring and take over the
external screen.
• Screen Orientation
The screen orientation setting is used when viewing chord charts on an
external monitor. The default setting is "Same" which keeps the screen
in the same orientation as the device. You can also set this to a specific
orientation. This is useful if you have a monitor on stage in the vertical
or portrait position and want to maintain that while being free to adjust
the orientation of the device. Same, 0º, 90º, 180º or 270º

187. External Video
Use OnSong with projectors and stage panels

188. External Video
Use OnSong with projectors and stage panels
• Screen Resolution
OnSong attempts to discover the highest resolution available on the
connect device. In the event that you want to set another resolution,
choose it here from a list of common resolutions.
Highest Available, 640x480, 800x600,
1024x768, 1280x720 or 1920x1080

189. Debug
For those just in case moments

190. Debug
For those just in case moments
• Retrieve Help File
Turning this setting off will not check OnSong servers for updated help
files when the application is opened.

191. Debug
For those just in case moments
• Retrieve Help File
Turning this setting off will not check OnSong servers for updated help
files when the application is opened.
• Forget Last Song
Turning this setting on will cause OnSong to forget the last set and
song that was opened. This can be used to solve issue where a song
causes OnSong to crash and you can't open OnSong because of it.
Toggle this switch to "On" and reopen OnSong. The switch
automatically goes back to "Off" once the songs and set are forgotten.

192. Debug
For those just in case moments

193. Debug
For those just in case moments
• Reset Settings
In some cases, you may find that there are issues with OnSong. You
can reset your settings to default settings by turning on this option and
launching OnSong. Overwrite Dropbox and MobileMe credentials.

194. Debug
For those just in case moments
• Reset Settings
In some cases, you may find that there are issues with OnSong. You
can reset your settings to default settings by turning on this option and
launching OnSong. Overwrite Dropbox and MobileMe credentials.
• Reset Help File
In the rare event that your help file becomes corrupted, turn this switch
on and restart OnSong. Your help file will be deleted and a new one
retrieved from the OnSong servers.

195. Debug
For those just in case moments
• Reset Settings
In some cases, you may find that there are issues with OnSong. You
can reset your settings to default settings by turning on this option and
launching OnSong. Overwrite Dropbox and MobileMe credentials.
• Reset Help File
In the rare event that your help file becomes corrupted, turn this switch
on and restart OnSong. Your help file will be deleted and a new one
retrieved from the OnSong servers.
• Purge Database
Reset the database to the factory setting when OnSong is launched.
Your current database will be backed up to iTunes file sharing.

196. Questions?
Contact us at learn@onsongapp.com