Quick Start

unrealBook - all your music in one place

Thank you for choosing unrealBook. I hope it will make your musical
life much easier on stage and off. Good luck with your music!

Tap on the left or right of pages to turn. Or swipe left or right.

unrealBook is written by Aron Nelson in Hawaii

Tap to do something

You can tap in different areas of the screen.

Use the tap zones

Tap in the middle to toggle the toolbars. Tap in the left to go to the
previous page. Tap in the right to go to the next page. Double-tap in
the middle of the screen to reset the zoom to default. Tap the
top left to quickly access the Songs menu when the toolbar is
not showing to access the Songs menu quickly.
Access the support pages (FAQ-Knowledge Base and Manual)

Access the unrealBook support page and get the lastest

information regarding unrealBook and iOS changes. All the latest
information and questions answered.
The Toolbar

The top toolbar is what you will be using most of the time. Tap the
center of the screen to hide and show the toolbar.

The toolbar buttons

The buttons are Songs menu, Go menu, Do menu, dB (keywords

menu), CD/Music menu, Draw menu, Action menu button and
Settings.
Getting songs into unrealBook

The first thing that you must do is get PDF files into unrealBook. There
are several ways to do this. Using Dropbox or iTunes are the main
ways to load a large number of PDF files into unrealBook. All PDF files
that are in the unrealBook Documents folder will be listed in the Songs
menu. All files must be of PDF type and have a .pdf extension.

There are many ways to get PDF files into unrealBook, please
access the Info & Help menu to access the support pages (must
have internet connection).
You can use iTunes, iMazing (from imazing.com), email, open in....
from another program, Dropbox.com, Box.com and Airdrop from a
computer. Access the support pages for all of the latest information.

Access the support pages (FAQ-Knowledge Base and Manual)

Access the unrealBook support page and get the latest information
(Frequently asked questions and Manual) regarding unrealBook and
iOS changes. All the latest information and questions answered.
Quick Start for dropbox.com - Access dropbox

You must have a dropbox.com account. Once you have an account, put
your PDF files inside a folder. All of the PDF files must have a .pdf
or .PDF extension. Choose Dropbox - Remote files from the Action
menu. Log in with your dropbox name and password.

Quick Start for dropbox.com - download your new files

Navigate to your dropbox folder and choose Get New. All the newest
files will be downloaded into unrealBook.
Choosing a Song/PDF File

It's easy to choose a song/PDF file.

Press the Songs menu, or tap in the top left of the screen if the
toolbar is not displayed.

Select All Files from the Songs menu.

Select a song to load

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Simply press a song to load. If you press and hold on a song in the
All Files menu, a small preview will appear. From this preview
you can rename and delete the file.

Search for a specified song

Type into the search field to locate a specified song. You do not have to
type the entire name. unrealBook can search for a subset of letters. If
you make a mistake, swipe left on the search field to clear it.
Swipe right to bring back the last search term.

Deleting a song permanently

Swipe left on the file name in the All Files menu to delete a file.
Preview a song

Press and hold on the song name in the All Files menu to get a preview
of the file. You can Duplicate, Rename and Delete the file from this
preview window.

Rebuilding the All Files list

To rebuild the All Files list, pull down on it. You may have to do this
after adding a PDF to unrealBook's folder. You can also rebuild the
Quick Find and any index list by pulling down on it.

Quick Find
Quick Find will display a list of files and indexes (if you have created
them). This can be useful if you want to see every single song listing -
but if you have lots of indexes, it can be overwhelming. In that case,
using All Files and then pressing the All Indexes button may be a
quicker way to switch between files and index listings. Pull down on
the Quick Find to rebuild the list.
Date
This will list files in order of newest at the top and oldest at the
bottom. Useful if you have just added a few PDF files and want to
remember which ones you have added recently.

Recently Loaded

This will list songs in the order they were loaded in unrealBook. This is
useful if you want to see what songs you played previously. To reset
the list, simply swipe left across the Recently Loaded text and press
the red delete button to reset the list and start over. If you press the
Save button, you can also choose to save the Recently Loaded list as a
set list or as a regular alphabetized list that appears in the Songs
menu.
Creating Set Lists for performances

In addition to allowing you to search and load songs quickly,

unrealBook allows you to create set lists for live performance. Set lists
allow you to turn through a pre-determined list of songs as well as
jump directly to any song in the set list quickly.

Turn Set List Mode ON

Press the Do button and turn Set List: to ON. If the set list menu is
not showing on the bottom of the screen, then Set List Mode is
turned off.

Create a new set list using the set list toolbar on the bottom of
the screen

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Press the + sign on the bottom left set list toolbar to access the set list
menu. Choose New Set List.

Add Songs to the Set List

To add a song to the set list, press any of the blue -> buttons to insert
a song into the set list.

Reorder songs using the drag icons

To reorder the songs in the set list, move the drag icons up and down.
Delete songs from the set list using the minus buttons

Press the minus buttons to delete songs from the set list.

Randomize the set list by using the Shuffle button.

Pressing the Shuffle button will randomize the order of the songs.

Sort the set list alphabetically using the Sort Button

Use the Sort button to sort the set list.

Create a new blank page by using the + button

Press the + button to name and add a new blank file to the set list.
Add all the songs from a list to the current set list by using the
L button

If you have created lists, then you can add the entire contents of a list
into the current set lists. Use this to turn a list, into a set list.

Use the Search Icon to quickly add songs to the set list

The search icon allows you to add files from All Files (PDFs and
Bookmarks), Lists (subsets of songs), Indexes (entries in a PDF) and
Keywords (keyword listing of files). Please try the All Files as you can
search, select, then search again very , very quickly. You can create a
set list very quickly using this popup! If you press and hold on a
song in the All Files menu, a small preview will appear. If you
search for .pdf or even a period ".", you will be able to create a
set list containing all files.

Name and save your set list

Name your set list and press the Save button to save your set list.
Recall your saved set lists

Press the middle of the set list toolbar to recall your saved set lists.

Tap left and right on the page to turn back and through pages.
Tap on the left of the page to go back one page. Tap on the right of the
page to turn through pages. Tap the center to toggle the toolbars.

Use the previous and next buttons to move through your set
list

Press the < button to go back one file, use the > button to move to
the next file int he set list.

Jump directly to songs in your set list

Press the popup to the right of the set list toolbar to jump directly to a
song in the set list.
If you press and hold on a song, the title will be highlighted with
yellow or the text will be highlighted with red depending on the
settings. This highlighting is retained across set lists. Press and hold
again to turn off the highlighting.
Give your set list colors, notes and override MIDI strings

Swipe to the left of the set list popup item to access options. Any
string entered in the MIDI window will override any MIDI assigned to
this file. Note will allow you to add a small note which will be displayed
below the song title. Color wll allow you to change the color of the
titles.

Configure button in the set list popup. Delete, re-order/arrange

and rescan set lists.

The configure button allows you to delete, rescan and order your set
lists.
Configuring/arranging your set lists

Using the configure button you can sort, re-order or delete your set
lists. Press Name to sort alphabetically, Date to sort by date and
Delete to allow deleting of set lists. Drag the handles on the right to
re-order your set lists. Press Rescan to rebuild the entire set list menu.

Modify an existing set list

Click the + button on the left of the set list toolbar. Choose Modify Set
List. The set list editor will appear allowing you to edit an existing list.
To save under a new name, simply rename the set list in the editor.
Adding the current displayed song to the current set list

You can use the + button on the left of the set list toolbar to add the
current song displayed to the set list. It will be added to the end of the
current set list.

Create a new list in the songs menu from a set list.

Use the + button on the left of the set list toolbar to add the current
set list to the songs menu.
Save a set list to a single PDF

This will create a single PDF from all of the songs in the set list. You
can use this feature to join multiple PDF files or to send someone else
all of the songs in a set list as a single PDF. Simply load the newly
created PDF and then use Share PDF in the action menu.

The following commands are found in the Share Set List...

selection in the + button
These commands will share the set list in various ways

Email Set List As Text

Choosing Email Set List as Text will create a new email message with
the song listings in the message body. Very useful for emailing the
titles of the songs in a set list to other people.

Share.. Set List File

Choosing this will allow you to share the set list file to another
application, iPad or via email. If the other iPad is AirDrop compatible
(iPad Mini or newer), you can send share the file quickly and easily.
AirDrop is a super high speed transfer method that will allow you to
send the files very quickly to another iPhone or iPad.
 Share... Set List and All Files

Choosing this will create a ZIP file that you can share to another
application, iPad or via email. This will send the entire set list and all
associated files for the entire set list. If the other iPad is AirDrop
compatible (iPad Mini or newer), you can send share the file quickly
and easily. AirDrop is a super high speed transfer method that will
allow you to send the files very quickly to another iPhone or iPad. In
the above example, you can press on the round icons at the top to
send the entire set list and all files to the various devices (iPhone and
MacBook Pro). You can also choose to send the files without your
annotations (drawings).

Open in... Set List And Flattened...

This will attempt to create brand new PDF files with the annotations
burned in and stored in a zip file. You can then send the zip file to
another application or use Airdrop to send it to your computer or other
iOS device. If the other iPad is AirDrop compatible (iPad Mini or
newer), you can send share the file quickly and easily. AirDrop is a
super high speed transfer method that will allow you to send the files
very quickly to another iPhone or iPad.

Upload Set List to Dropbox

You can upload the current set list and all files to a dropbox folder.

For more info and the complete manual

Frequently asked questions and the complete manual

Access the frequently asked questions and the complete manual by

choose Settings->Info & Help.

The complete manual is available online and has a Google translate

feature so you can view the manual in different languages.
Press the corresponding button to access the online help files.

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Credits

Many thanks to the users and testers of unrealBook! Thanks for all of
your suggestions and help!

Special thanks to:

Aldo Alibrandi
http://www.sydneypartybands.com.au

Scotty Huff
www.ScottyHuff.com
www.TimothyScottEntertainment.com

Jim Laing

Joanna Jordan
www.joannajordan.com

Ricky Wong

3rd Party Credits

unrealBook includes PDF code by Created by Julius Oklamcak ®
Copyright 2010.
unrealBook includes music media picker code by Jamin Guy ®
Copyright 2011.
unrealBook includes VGA support code by Matt Legend Gemmell ®
Copyright 2010.
unrealBook uses SVProgressHUD, SVPullToRefresh by Sam Vermette ®
Copyright 2014.
unrealBook uses ZipArchive, Copyright 2008.
unrealBook uses AFNetworking, Copyright 2011.
unrealBook uses Ground Control by Matt Thompson, Copyright 2012.
unrealBook uses BlockUIAlertVIew by Random Ideas, LLC Copyright
2011
unrealBook uses iRate by Nick Lockwood, Copyright 2011.
unrealBook uses PGMidi by Pete Goodliffe, Copyright 2010.
unrealBook uses MTStatusBarOverlay by Matthias Tretter Copyright
2009.
unrealBook uses UIImage+Resize.h by Trevor Harmon Copyright 2009
unrealBook uses KGDiscreetAlertView by David Keegan Copyright 2012
unrealBook uses patterns from subtlepatterns.com