OnSong | 2026.2 | Release Notes

Release Notes

OnSong 2026.2

OnSong 2026.2 has not yet been released. The following items have been added, changed or fixed:

New

Synesthesia gives you the ability to see chords in a new light by color-coding each in various common and custom palettes.
Request Charts lets you find the song you're looking for in OnSong^® Charts and request it.
OnSong^® Binder file format offers a cross-platform and simpler way to share multiple types of data.

Additions

Added the ability to detune the entire tuning in the tuner by a certain number of semitones.
Added the ability to change how flow is used to expand content.
Added the ability to visually alter the flow of a song using a flow editor.
Added the ability to change flow repeat behavior options in settings.
Added the ability to use the song title for the first text attachment.
Added the ability to change whether numbers are interpreted as chords in settings.
Added the ability to determine if numeric chords are detected in Import Settings > Text File Handling > Detect Numeric Chords.
Added the ability to make chord colors or highlighting color coded based on the scale interval of the chord.
Added the ability to view the entire OnSong Charts library by scrolling.
Added the ability to set MSB Bank and LSB Bank back to None after setting to a numeric value.
Added the ability to set the solfège type by tapping and holding on the solfège chord style option.
Added the ability to view 5, 7#9 and m7#9 chords on piano.
Added the ability to toggle chord diagrams for export.
Added the ability to share and import as a book with the new OnSong Binder file format.
Added the ability to organize chord diagrams into a specific order on the page.

Changes

Changed foot pedals to use the pedal listener instead of the older view-based system.
Changed the tuner widget settings to separate appearance for advanced tuning options.
Changed the MIDI chord set system to only prepare that if requested for playing chords for improved performance.
Changed the search bar in OnSong Charts to stay at the top of the screen and be semi-translucent.
Changed how audio session state is managed to be more centralized to avoid strange audio session issues.
Changed the way certain foot pedals interact with the app via keyboard inputs.
Changed how the app handles attachments versus separate styles for sets and books.
Changed the OnSong binder exporter to only export active attachments as an option.

Updates

Updated to be built on the latest iOS/iPadOS SDK.
Updated translations.

Fixes

Fixed an issue where NC is not displayed in the original renderer when using bracketed chords.
Fixed an issue where the pipe character is not showing inline in the new renderer.
Fixed an issue where the tuner is not showing alternate tunings.
Fixed an issue where the scan document title prompt is not displaying text in the correct color in low light mode.
Fixed an issue where the flat in the C#7b5 chord would not use a musical symbol when enabled in the new renderer.
Fixed an issue where an (X 2) is seen as a chord and gets transposed to (X D) in the original renderer if the key is in C.
Fixed an issue where superscript was being applied after a space was encountered in a chord.
Fixed an issue where if you put the text cursor at the end of the last line of a song and use line formatting, it puts it before the first line of the song.
Fixed an issue where numbers placed in brackets in the new renderer are not converted to alphabetic chords.
Fixed an issue where the user interface is not changing for some users due to a legacy setting.
Fixed an issue where a song would not transpose when a transposed key is set on a text attachment and using the OnSong 2020 interface.
Fixed an issue where bass notes are showing with a preceding slash when using bass only in chord split mode.
Fixed an issue where a parenthesis chord on a line by itself because music instruction and not placed over a chord.
Fixed an issue where the connected status and battery level does not appear after pairing an AirTurn pedal.
Fixed an issue where sorting songs in a book that has separate styles by icon where song icons were changed results in icons not being in alignments with sort order.
Fixed an issue where tapping or long pressing chord diagrams above or below the chord chart is not opening the chord inspector.
Fixed an issue where the editor menu icon is not available in vertical menubar mode.
Fixed an issue where new renderer code is being copied to the clipboard for debugging.
Fixed an issue where named background colors used in line formatting is not being rendered with half transparency.
Fixed an issue where a song with no capo should display as a dash in the song list instead of 0.
Fixed an issue where the transpose slider is not being updated with the key correctly.
Fixed an issue where you could not search OnSong Charts for songs beginning with characters like 'A'.
Fixed an issue that prevents OnSong Charts from loading more than 100 search results.
Fixed an issue where with rendering parenthesis on chord lines that contain colons.
Fixed an issue where a number is interpreted as chord.
Fixed an issue where numbers in chord scenarios are being detected as numeric chords.
Fixed an issue where the incorrect key was being shown in the main song list after changing it due to song versions.
Fixed an issue where the previous song always scrolls to the top after navigating to the next song.
Fixed an issue where sticky notes are not being properly positioned on PDF output.
Fixed an issue where bracketed chords specifying only bass note not changing when capo is enabled.
Fixed an issue where naturalized notes using the guitar mode were not being applied correctly.
Fixed an issue where deleting layers of a drawing using the layers menu does not take effect.
Fixed an issue where switching the user interface style when in vertical menubar mode, the style preferences menu tabs do not change.
Fixed an issue where notes pinned to the desk are disappearing when loading sets.
Fixed an issue where font color for lyrics was being stored as a song property instead of with individual versions.
Fixed an issue where the email composition screen is not appearing.
Fixed an issue where pedal commands were being doubled on certain foot pedal models.
Fixed an issue where old drawings are reappearing after deleting them.
Fixed an issue where Bluetooth is being repeatedly requested, likely due to changes in battery level output.
Fixed an issue where the current song in the song viewer is not being scroll to in the song list when its hidden.
Fixed an issue where Bluetooth route is not available when using OnSong in the foreground.
Fixed an issue where the wrong key information is displayed in the set.
Fixed an issue where the footer is not being rendered when printing or exporting as PDF.
Fixed an issue where the chord color palette interface does not work properly on iPhone.
Fixed an issue where a specific chord diagram is not showing proper fingerings.
Fixed an issue where chord diagrams appear in white on white background in the chord diagram editor when certain low light mode configurations are encountered.
Fixed an issue where PDF export and printing does not show some sections.
Fixed an issue where parenthesis were not being reapplied to chords in the new renderer.
Fixed an issue with weird spacing in lyrics caused by non-space characters.
Fixed an issue with how separate styles are handled in lieu of the new song versions system.
Fixed an issue where some text was not being detected as being like section labels like "pre-chorus" or "short verse".
Fixed an issue where modulating charts in a numeric key in the new renderer would cause incorrect transposition.
Fixed an issue where the incorrect file type is acquire when trying to download an attachment in a specific key in the console resulting in a blackout.
Fixed an issue where transposing a song in separate styles along with song versions causes the key to not change.
Fixed an issue where transposing an E note in the F# theoretical key.
Fixed an issue where backups can overwrite each other when on the same device with the same library name.
Fixed an issue where the share identifier column is coming in as JSON from SongSetItem and should be the songID.
Fixed an issue where parenthesis are doubled when using the new renderer with non-chords in brackets.
Fixed an issue where submenus of the share menu would cause the menu to shrink in width.
Fixed an issue where the keyboard would become non-responsive in external dialogs like when signing into Dropbox.
Fixed an issue where the keyboard doesn’t input on share song/email function.
Fixed an issue where solfège type is not being applied in the new transposition engine.
Fixed an issue where the songs menu would animated into place incorrectly on the Mac version when first booting up the app.
Fixed an issue where the data added to the binder file format is not merged with system settings or surrogates.
Fixed an issue where the heads-up display does not appear on iOS/iPadOS 26 compact devices.
Fixed an issue with user interface layout in the share export menu toolbar when on a compact device.
Fixed an issue where Console launching due to a breaking change in the OnSong SDK.
Fixed an issue where external stage monitor mode scrolling incorrectly due to bouncing between sections.
Fixed an issue where the attachments list does not refresh properly due to changes to mitigate a crash caused by changes in the iOS/iPadOS 26 SDK.
Fixed an issue where picking songs for a book using the context menu does not return to the book list when tapping done.
Fixed an issue where low light mode on PDF files was not being performed properly due to changes to resolve deadlocking.
Fixed an issue where changes to tempo are not being saved properly using separate styles.
Fixed an issue where favorite icons are not persisted to separate styles in the set.
Fixed an issue where the attachments menu is not automatically updating.
Fixed an issue where the selected track not correctly remembered when using separate style sets.
Fixed an issue where autoscroll can get into a bounce loop when scrolling to section option is enabled which is the default.
Fixed an issue where icons are not sorting properly due to information being stored in the attachment.
Fixed an issue where sets and books do not show the number of songs.
Fixed an issue when printing PDF files that have a rotation property causing incorrect paper orientation.
Fixed an issue where changing the title using the song editor does not update the song list or heads up display.
Fixed a crash condition caused by updating the number of attached files in the get support screen.
Fixed a crash condition when updating help links in song reporting due to a non-existent user manual destination.
Fixed a crash condition caused by NaN values attempting to be serialized for the new renderer.
Fixed a crash condition caused by changes to access with the database pool.
Fixed a crash condition when removing an item from the collection caused by weak references.
Fixed a crash condition caused by saving unserializable values to user defaults.
Fixed a crash condition caused by memory issues when removing objects from a collection.
Fixed a crash condition when running an integrity check on the database.
Fixed a crash condition when manipulating MIDI globals.
Fixed a crash condition when exporting text to PDF due to a zero-length chord with chord decorations.
Fixed a crash condition when setting line formatting caused by unclamped values.
Fixed a crash condition when installing the audio tap and deadlocking when using tempo detection.
Fixed a crash condition when importing a file caused by identifier generation.
Fixed a crash condition when trying to insert null chords into a collection.
Fixed a crash condition when scrolling to the top of the song list before sections have loaded.
Fixed a crash condition when installing a tap on audio input for detecting tempo.
Fixed a crash condition caused by the OnSong API returning an unexpected result when signing into an existing session.
Fixed a crash condition caused by checking database integrity.
Fixed a crash condition when using the context menu to delete tags from the metadata display settings screen.
Fixed a crash condition in the OnSong Charts search list.
Fixed a crash condition when removing items from a set list.
Fixed a crash condition when presenting the mail composition screen.
Fixed a potential crash condition when enumerating touch listeners when tapping with an Apple Pencil to draw.
Fixed a potential crash condition caused by adding routes to the web server when enabling Console.
Fixed a potential crash condition when executing a statement on a closed database.
Fixed a potential crash condition caused by a regular expression processing.
Fixed a potential crash condition caused by deadlocking when accessing the built-in music player.
Fixed a potential crash condition when setting properties in a MIDI stem of multitracks.
Fixed a potential crash condition caused by threading issues in the PDF viewer.
Fixed a potential crash condition caused by data reload while the table view is being created in the attachments menu.
Fixed a potential crash condition caused by layout issues in the menubar.
Fixed a potential crash condition caused by the navigation popover not having an anchor point.
Fixed a potential crash condition when importing using the document scanner with JPEG compression causing issues with the PDF viewer and possible OCR operations.
Fixed a potential crash condition issue where calling undo in the song editor when an invalid undo state is encountered.
Fixed a potential crash condition when using the Apple pen caused by mutating touch listeners.
Fixed a potential crash condition caused by out of bounds items in the song list.
Fixed a potential crash condition caused by out of bounds items in the attachments list.
Fixed a potential crash condition caused by processing XML for WebDAV integration.

Fixes

Removed the Griffin Stompbox pedal screen which was no longer available.