Designed by worship leaders who understand the need. Many hours of consulting and testing the software makes it the most usable and easy-to-learn tool available.
Features
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Built-in Video Projection software (VideoPresenteR)
Built-in chord transposer
Song duplicator
Play a 20 second audio clip for each song
Built-in guitar tuner
Enter and edit new songs and their chord charts
Edit all existing songs in the database
Locate any song by title, author, tempo, key, style, usage
Locate any song by album and track number
Print chord charts and lyrics in many formats
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Group a set of songs into 5 easily recalled groups
Assign any number of songs to the Medley Maker
Recall a Medley of songs to reprint them
Recall a Medley of songs instantly for digital display
Add, edit, or correct and song on-the-fly
Record song activity to prevent overuse
Prepare annual CCLI report in minutes
Export and import song files with other SongBase users
Export songs as a text file for emailing
Automated Backup upon exiting
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User Interface
The SongBase 2000 user interface is concise and intuitive. All of the basic features are accessible from a single screen. You'll never get lost in the program. To access all of the attributes of any song you simply press [F2] to search the title. The located song attributes appear in each of the TAB controls on the right side of the screen. These are similar to the tabs you find on file folders. You have instant access to the lyrics, chord chart and album information.
Click the following links to see screen shots of the user interface, (Screens Overview):
Data Tab is where you enter the song Title, Author and other related information about the song in general. It is here that you set the font size for the Single Page chord chart and overhead master. You can even keep special arrangement and recording notes with each song.
Lyrics Tab is where you first enter the text for the song. The text you enter here is also used in the creation of the chord chart and video presentation text. This eliminates having to retype additional text.
Chords Tab is where you add the lines of chords above the lyrics. A built-in TRANSPOSER allows you to easily increase or decrease the key of a song with a mouse click.
Frets Tab pulls in the unique chords within a song and displays an image of the guitar chord fingering pattern. This pattern can be altered to suit possible variations in chord pattern.
Video Tab allows you to modify the text you will display through a digital projector. You can assign and view any number of graphics backgrounds that come with the program.
Albums Tab let you see which albums a song is recorded on. A popup album information form lists all tracks for a given album and allows you to play a 20 second audio sample. A picture of the album appears for each album on which the songs is recorded.
Reports Tab gives easy access to the many printed reports available. Sort reports according to whether they are chord charts, lyrics or lists. Most commonly used reports appear on the six large command buttons. You can print these reports and transmit them across the internet to your worship team members. You even print images for the production of 35mm slides!
Activity Tab is where you record song activity. You can keep track of the copies you make and easily report song usage to CCLI (Christian Copyright Licensing International) thus saving you 3 or 4 days work if your try to do it manually at the end of the year.
Reports
SongBase 2000 offers a wide range of printed reports which include: the CCLI report you have to fill out each year. Print reports with 1,2,3,4,5,6 chord charts or lyrics per page. Many listings including an Order Of Service report that calculates the total time. Our Fretted chart report accesses a chord symbol database of over 600 patterns which can be added to by the user.
Report Features
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Print chord chart with one song per page
Print chord charts for 2 songs on one page
Print up to 6 chord charts or lyrics on one page
Print charts with fret diagrams that display chord fingering
Prepare RICH TEXT charts using different colors
Print overhead projector masters for each song
35mm slides can be printed to acetate and mounted for projection
Print set list with annotations for each song if required
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Print lists of songs and albums
Print a listing of albums with songs
Export any report for emailing as a Microsoft Snap Viewer file
Print a chord chart with extensive commentary notes
Print a Title and Author listing
List songs by FIRST LINE
Print charts on 5.5 x 8.5" sheets for a small binder
Print a set of songs with the verses numbered for video projection
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Report Samples
VideoPresenteR
Included FREE with SongBase 2000. The VideoPresenteR provides random access to any song in the database. You can search for and display any song by title or lyrics and project it within moments. The software provides over 100 custom graphic backgrounds including gradients, scenes and special inspirational venues. This feature alone is worth several hundred dollars. It’s free with Songbase. The 12 year old child of one of our customers learned this program in 15 minutes.
The VideoPresenteR offers many features including random song and verse selection. When placed on a system with dual monitors SongBase instantly recognizes the second monitor.
VideoPresenter Features
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Display lyrics to any song in the database - instantly
Instantly recall any number of preselected song lists
Display any song in the set list at random
Display one verse at a time
Over 100 custom graphic backgrounds
Select a different background for each song
Select a default background for entire show
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Present time looped slide shows for announcements
Change font sizes on-the-fly with the Plus and Minus keys
Access any verse in a song by typing a number
Laptop friendly - all keyboard driven (mouse driven also)
640x480, 800x600, and 1024x768 resolution
Justify text left, right or centered
Display a Nursery Number to alert parents
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VideoPresenter Dual Monitor Features
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Dual monitor capability - auto detect second monitor
Privately view lyrics for whole song on controller screen
Mouse click into a verse in controller for display to audience
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Select available backgrounds from a pop-up image palette
Display a slide show of photos in the middle of a show
Apply any background to any verse on-the-fly
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Pricing Details
The price includes all Vineyard releases to the end of the current year 2001. This will provide you with lyrics and charts for all new albums released by VMG as well as a series of seasonal carols and public domain hymns. Arrangements are being made with many popular song writers to offer their material in SongBase format keyed to their albums.
Macintosh Version
The Mac version does Not include VideoPresenteR and it does Not do transposing.
