18 June 2021:
I've just uploaded a fix for the Favs folder, as some singers are seeing their Favs as not being available in your song list when they are. Please let me know via the support contact in your Admin dashboard if it's not working as expected for you.
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18 June 2020:
If you are encountering an error when updating or installing either of the PCDJ Karaoki or MTU Hoster plugins, please do the following:
1. uninstall the old version
2. download and install the version below that applies to you
PCDJ Karaoki users:
http://www.songbookdb.com/updater/SongbookDB_PCDJ_Requests_Plugin.air
MTU Hoster users:
http://www.songbookdb.com/updater/SongbookDB_MTU_RequestsPlugin.air
This will take care of the error.
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17 June 2020:
A couple of improvements have been made:
• to help DJs maintain social distancing measures at karaoke shows, a switch to toggle showing the extra singers display to singers has been added to the DJ dashboard. You'll find it at https://www.songbookdb.com/dashboard at the bottom of the "Song Book Profile & Settings" page. Note that it will only update the display once singers have downloaded the new version of the app, which is currently in the approval stage with Apple and Google. The web-app version is working now though.
• the pitch/key change selector range has been increased from -3 through +3 to -5 through +5. The change will appear in the next singers app update (currently in the approval stage with Apple and Google - the web-app version is working now though), and also requires DJs to install the latest version of Pal and/or the PCDJ Karaoke and MTU Hoster plugins in order to receive the extended key change range in song requests.
• a few other minor tweaks and improvements
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11 March 2020:
Quite a few improvements have been made in the last few months:
- the latest release of the desktop app SongbookDB Pal brings some significant improvements:
• Pal is now Mac compatible
• The Requests Hoster screen has had a major overhaul, with increased room for requests, and the grid no longer auto-scrolling to the latest request (most DJs found this to be very annoying). Hit the new "Request Alert" button to scroll to the latest request.
• the 2020-2029 song tag has been added, as has a TV & Movies tag (note that singers will need to install the latest version of the SongbookDB phone app, to be released March 12, to see these changes (see below)
• Broken support document links are working again
• Some minor bug fixes and improvements have been made
- the online doumentation section has been completely upgraded, and is now mobile friendly - check out the docs entry point for all the SongbookDB software at https://www.songbookdb.com/docs2/songbookdb-full-documentation-for-djs.php
- the SongbookDB server has been moved and beefed up - double the power now.
- an annoying issue that was kicking Eastern US DJs off the system around 9pm (or 10pm depending on daylight savings time) has been fixed
- an update for the main SongbookDB app for singers is slotted to be released on Friday March 12. Among the improvements are:
• a bug that stopped the "Remember Me" feature working has been fixed, so singers no longer need to re-log in every time they use the app (note that singers will need to log in one more time before the fix kicks in)
• Facebook login users are now given the option of creating a password for their SongbookDB account, so they too can now change their account settings eg display name
• new genres and years have been added to the Cool Features button - 2020-2029, and Movies & TV
• the HOME button works again
• a few other minor tweaks and improvements
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4 June 2019:
SongbookDB now has a dashboard for DJs to edit their account and songbook settings. It replaces a lot of the settings in SongbookDB Pal (which now is only used for edit your song books and to receive requests in), plus adds some new handy settings.
The dashboard is at https://www.songbookdb.com/dashboard/ - log into it with your SongbookDB Admin email and password, then use the top right menu to get around.
You can aslo get to the dashboard via the new SETTINGS DASHBOARD button in the main menu of Pal.
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3 June 2019:
The new version of SongbookDB Pal is now available. IMPORTANT!!!!!!!!!! - please install it well in advance of your next show, as it requires uninstalling your current version first, otherwise a misconfiguration error appears and prevents the new version from installing. Please follow the steps below for a smooth installation (future updates won't display the error or require these steps).
To install...
1. if you have a version on Pal installed on your computer, open it and log in using your Admin email and password. If you're a new user and don't have Pal installed, skip to step 7
2. navigate to the Song List Central screen
3. open your song list file (the one you normally open and add new songs into). If you don't have a song list file, skip to step 5
4. hit the BACK UP SONG LIST button, choose a location anywhere outside of the SongbookDB Pal program folder to save it to eg your Documents folder, then hit the SAVE button
5. navigate to the file xdloex.xml at C:\Program Files (x86)\SongbookDB Pal\songbookdb on your system - make a back up of this file anywhere outside of the SongbookDB Pal program folder
6. uninstall SongbookDB Pal from your computer
7. download and install the latest version of Pal from https://www.songbookdb.com/updater/pal/songbookdb_pal.air - run the program then close it
8. (new users skip this step) navigate to and copy the xdloex.xml you backed up before. Paste it at C:\Program Files (x86)\SongbookDB Pal\songbookdb (click yes to overwrite the current file)
9. open Pal. You should now be up and running, and can open the song list file you saved in step 4 If not, please contact us via https://www.songbookdb.com/?screen=contact
If you have Pal installed on any other computers which you log into to receive requests on (but don't use for Admin login), please do the following on each of those computers (new users only need to perform step 3):
1. navigate to the file xdloex.xml at C:\Program Files (x86)\SongbookDB Pal\songbookdb on the system - make a back up of this file anywhere outside of the SongbookDB Pal program folder
2. uninstall SongbookDB Pal from the computer
3. download and install the latest version of Pal: https://www.songbookdb.com/updater/pal/songbookdb_pal.air
4. navigate to and copy the xdloex.xml backed up in step 1. Paste it at C:\Program Files (x86)\SongbookDB Pal\songbookdb (click yes to overwrite the current file)
5. start Pal
The new version solves a critical venue creation issue that some DJs are experiencing, and introduces the new settings dashboard at https://www.songbookdb.com/dashboard - which makes editing your account and song book settings MUCH easier.