BandHelper 4+

Organizational suite for bands

Arlo Leach

    • 4.4 • 20 Ratings
    • Free
    • Offers In-App Purchases

Description

Much more than a "songbook" app, BandHelper can organize your management tasks and power your live show.

MAKE THE MOST OF YOUR REHEARSAL TIME
• Forget about managing binders or finding reference recordings
• Keep track of songs that need more work
• Note or record your good ideas for future reference

STREAMLINE YOUR STAGE SETUP
• Eliminate the dead space from flipping through pages
• Lead the band seamlessly through your set
• Automate effects settings, keyboard patches and lighting scenes

PROFESSIONALIZE YOUR BAND MANAGEMENT
• Simplify your scheduling tasks
• Easily integrate subs or new band members
• Raise the bar for band organization

ENJOY A MUSICIAN-CENTERED SERVICE
• Use a variety of devices on multiple platforms
• Don't renew automatically unless you want to
• Get personal support when you need it

Join thousands of bands around the world and "get your act together" with BandHelper!

*** If you have a problem or a suggestion, please contact me before writing a bad review. I can't troubleshoot problems through the review system, but I respond promptly to all help tickets and posts in my support forum. ***

What’s New

Version 2024-04-26

* Replaced Settings > Audio & MIDI > Audio Options > Play Two Recordings Together with Play Recordings Together, which can select up to 8 recordings to play together. You can change this setting to play different combinations of recordings for different situations, like adding a drum track only when a drummer is not available. If you add the Master Volume item to your layout, you can also adjust a volume slider for each recording. Any of the recordings can be MIDI sound files (previously you could only play one MIDI sound file at a time) and can have MIDI data files attached (previously you could only play one MIDI data file at a time). Audio recordings can be mono or stereo. To start playing multiple recordings, you can use the single Recording button, the recording controls or the Start Recording app control action; the multiple recording buttons will only play individual recordings. When Play Recordings Together is set, Settings > General > Defaults > Recording will be ignored.

* Added Settings > Audio & MIDI > Recording Position Labels. These labels will appear in the Play Recordings Together picker for easy reference, and will appear in the recording buttons in your layouts instead of the recording names if you also turn on Show Labels In Recording Buttons. You can use these settings to show simplified names like "Click Track" and "Drum Track" on all your songs instead of song-specific names like "Freebird click -2" and "Proud Mary click track."

* Added Settings > Audio & MIDI > Cross Fade Recordings. If you set a number of seconds here, then play a recording while a previous recording is still playing, the two recordings will cross fade over the duration you set. This will work between recordings attached to the same song, or between recordings from different songs if you turn on Settings > Audio & MIDI > Continue Audio When Changing Songs.

• Renamed the Master Volume layout item to Volume Controls.

• Added a slider for the video volume to the Volume Controls layout item.

• Added a setting for Set List Stats to the layout details edit page, to show the set list duration and song count in the top toolbar of the set list view.

• Fixed a problem where a break couldn't be selected when the song list contains MIDI buttons, the main layout area does not and the App Controls are set to send MIDI on song selection.

• Updated Settings > Appearance > Hide Parentheses in Chord Lines to ignore parentheses in non-chord lines.

• Fixed a problem where the new recording wouldn't play if you played a recording from the single recording button or recording controls, then selected a different recording from the multiple recording buttons without pausing first.

• Updated the recording waveforms to redraw when changing layouts, and to fill an area wider than 1024 pixels.

• Updated the MIDI Learn function to match incoming data to a device regardless of its port name as long as it is the only device using the same channel.

• Updated the MIDI Learn function to add new rows as control change messages are received, so you can capture more than one control change at a time for the same device.

• Fixed a problem that disabled the Copy button initially on the transaction edit page.

• Added Settings > Live Sharing > Share Actions > Follow Account Syncing, to start a sync on the following devices whenever the lead device syncs. If all your devices are connected to the Internet, you can use this to automatically update the following devices when you edit data on the lead device.

• Restored the automatic refresh of the set list view after syncing.

Ratings and Reviews

4.4 out of 5
20 Ratings

20 Ratings

Wzurslayerr ,

Changes to chord text font

Just wanna start odd by saying this app is amazing and been using it for close to 3 years.
Just went to go to my set list and I go to find that the ‘Personal Chord Text Font’ has been changed from a font that was easy to read to hardly seeing the letter.
Is there an option to change the font for chord text?
Thanks

Developer Response ,

Please contact us directly if you're still having trouble with this: https://helpdesk.arlomedia.com/arlomedia

Quadcab ,

Extremely hard to beat!

Been using this app for about 5 years, maybe longer. It is brilliant and saves a whole load of printing hard copies for the rest of the band. Has the ability to load documents that apply to individuals rather than the whole band within one song. So if you’ve 1 guitarist playing in “cowboy chord” Dm and one playing a capoed Bm, whilst they’re both attached to a given song, each player will only see their version. Same with midi messages. You can have 2, or more, different setups within a song with 2, or more, buttons showing on the interface but it only sends the info for the button you push, and this is just scratching the surface of what it can do. On a bang for buck basis there’s nothing else like it. Nice work Arlo!

rossedwards ,

Amazingly responsive developer

I came to BandHelper years ago from SetList Maker. Arlo is quite possibly the most responsive developer I’ve ever dealt with - any issue I’ve encountered has not just been solved, but more often than not results in another app update to ensure that others don’t have the same problem.

The community that has built up around BandHelper continues to be innovative, supportive and helpful, and I honestly can’t envisage band life without this app… I’m sure I could do even more with it, but just being able to effectively manage songs, lyrics, chord charts, set lists and venues alone is worth the price of admission.

Thanks, Arlo - long may you reign!

App Privacy

The developer, Arlo Leach, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy.

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