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Double Bass Anyone used ireal pro app?

#21
The only downsides about the app IMO are that 1) the desktop version must be purchased separately and is more expensive and 2) one can not sync charts across devices. I would kill to be able to have everything on a cloud and have charts 100% synced between my computer, phone and iPad.[/QUOTE]

You can email the chart to yourself and open it on your iPad very easily. This is how the instructions for the app suggest you transfer songs between devices.
 
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Michael Eisenman said:
Within the app, look in Help > Sharing for info on saving songs and playlists. Also on their website:
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I'm pretty good at using the app, I create charts, export PDFs, create playlists. I understand how to one time export a playlist in "irealpro format", what I want it is to edit a file on my phone and the correction shows on the Ipad, that way I could seamlessly interchange devices. If that capability is available I'd love to know how to do it.

Edit: I just saw the Ipad app is 12.99, I thought it was significantly more, not sure why.
 
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Scott Lynch said:
+1 to what pretty much everyone has said. Great app. Great collections of tunes, and not just standards - there is a decent selection of pop stuff as well. Handy for weddings. I make my own charts regularly for gigs, which I find is easier on the desktop version.

The only downsides about the app IMO are that 1) the desktop version must be purchased separately and is more expensive and 2) one can not sync charts across devices. I would kill to be able to have everything on a cloud and have charts 100% synced between my computer, phone and iPad.
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I use it and like it a lot. Syncing would be nice. Emailing works OK in the meantime.

I also run the Android version on Windows using BlueStacks.
 
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You can email the chart to yourself and open it on your iPad very easily. This is how the instructions for the app suggest you transfer songs between devices.[/QUOTE]

Right - this is what I inevitably do. I wouldn't necessarily call that syncing though.

I am not so methodical with it as to manually sync every chart by e-mail to every device every time. I mostly transfer the charts I make from my Mac to my iPad, but I am sure I don't have all those charts on my phone. In an ideal situation, every device with iReal installed would automatically sync, including those little tweaks I make sometimes after I've transferred from one device to another.
 
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My phone died and the keyboard player emailed me his iReal Pro backup. One email & done.


Instructions are....
"To import the whole backup (songs and playlists):
- Android: From Dropbox or Google Drive open the BACKUP.html file with iReal Pro. From Email you have to save the file to disk then open it using a file manager app.
- iOS: in Mail tap and hold the BACKUP.html file and choose Open in iReal Pro. In Dropbox open the BACKUP.html file, choose Share and Open in iReal Pro
- OS X: drag the BACKUP.html file on the iReal Pro App icon in the dock"
 
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okcrum said:
I use it and like it a lot. Syncing would be nice. Emailing works OK in the meantime.

I also run the Android version on Windows using BlueStacks.
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It occurs to me I can use a file manager like ES File Manager to manually sync the databases across my network. That's a pretty simple process to automate with a script or batch file, depending where it runs. Hmmm.
 
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#31
Yep, great app for the money. No more paper blowing off yor stand! Comes with hundreds of tunes. You can edit if you want. You can chart your own stuff. You can share tunes on the forum. Easy to use.
 
#32
CatSquare said:
Get it, it's incredible. Best $10 I've ever spent, easy.
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Everyone in my band uses it iPad & iPhone in case you forget the pad. Guitarist & I have holders that mount on mic stands too. It is easy to share tunes & sync up too. I also use Sheetmusicdirect for tunes not in the iReal database or when I need a melody chart. Don't have everything & you pay $.99 - 2.99 per but still easier than digging. Good stuff!
 
#33
peterpalmieri said:
The developer of the App is @Phil Smith a member of this forum. Sounds like an upgrade worth considering?
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I'm not the developer of the iReal Pro app. I'm the developer of the iGigBook Sheet Music Manager App a tool for manager sheet music in PDF format, in particular real books and fake books so that you can quickly locate tunes across books.
 
#34
Phil Smith said:
I'm not the developer of the iReal Pro app. I'm the developer of the iGigBook Sheet Music Manager App a tool for manager sheet music in PDF format, in particular real books and fake books so that you can quickly locate tunes across books.
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I use iGigBook as well. It's great for managing real books and I'm a big fan of the index feature. Thanks Phil!
 
#36
10 years ago, I'd do a jazz gig and everybody had a big heavy book bag with a few (or more!) of the fake books. Last week I did a gig... everyone was looking at their phones or iPads (including me).
This app is so pervasive now that I wonder if we're going to lose our ability to transpose "on the fly". As in when a guest singer pops onto the stage and wants do do a tune in a key 3 1/2 steps away from the one in the book, and no one in the band knows the tune...
 
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agfrag said:
10 years ago, I'd do a jazz gig and everybody had a big heavy book bag with a few (or more!) of the fake books. Last week I did a gig... everyone was looking at their phones or iPads (including me).
This app is so pervasive now that I wonder if we're going to lose our ability to transpose "on the fly". As in when a guest singer pops onto the stage and wants do do a tune in a key 3 1/2 steps away from the one in the book, and no one in the band knows the tune...
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The same has been said about having tunes memorized and the books coming on stage.
 
#38
Off topic, but I've got to add that as a practice tool that drum genius app is a great partner to the iReal. Once you learn the changes, you can practice with a"drummer" with a real feel (sort of)
 

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