User Manual

Actions

Ye can set OnSong t' perform different actions when certain events occur such as a screen tap or foot pedal press, savvy? Th' followin' options be displayed fer selection within th' settin's screen.

  • None no action be performed.
  • Capo Up increases th' capo fer th' song by one fret.
  • Capo Down decreases th' capo fer th' song by one fret.
  • Scroll Up scrolls th' song up. If usin' a foot pedal, performin' this action once th' top o' a song be reached will navigate t' th' previous song in th' set.
  • Scroll Down scrolls th' song down. If usin' a foot pedal, performin' this action once th' bottom o' a song be reached will navigate t' th' next song in th' set.
  • Next Song navigates t' th' next song in th' set.
  • Previous Song navigates t' th' previous song in th' set.
  • Next Slide advances t' th' next slide when projectin' lyrics.
  • Previous Slide advances t' th' previous slide when projectin' lyrics.
  • Show/Hide Menubar toggles th' menubar on and off fer a full screen view.
  • Show Songs List displays th' song menu. When usin' non-keyboard input such as MIDI, this action will also hide th' songs menu.
  • Scroll Faster decreases th' duration o' th' song by 30 seconds which causes autoscroll t' speed up.
  • Scroll Slower increases th' duration o' th' song by 30 seconds which causes th' autoscroll t' slow down.
  • Toggle Audio play, pause or stop th' backin' track associated t' th' song.
  • Toggle Autoscroll starts or pauses th' autoscroll.
  • Toggle Capo turns th' capo on or off.
  • Toggle Low Light Mode turns low light mode on and off. When on, th' background o' th' song be black with white foreground text.
  • Toggle Metronome turns th' metronome on and off.
  • Toggle MIDI Start/Stop sends th' MIDI start or stop command.
  • Mute Metronome mutes th' metronome, allowin' it t' continue t' keep time and optionally blink th' menubar. This be great t' use fer practice t' see if th' beat can be maintained without click reinforcement.
  • Tap For Tempo use t' change th' tempo o' th' current song. This should not be used on high latency foot pedals like th' AirTurn BT-105 since they be designed t' forgive accidental foot taps or double entry.
  • Tempo Up increase th' tempo o' th' song by 1 BPM.
  • Tempo Down decreases th' tempo o' th' song by 1 BPM.
  • Transpose Up transposes th' song up by one half step includin' enharmonic variations.
  • Transpose Down transposes th' song up down one half step includin' enharmonic variations.
  • Volume Up increases th' master volume o' th' device by 5%.
  • Volume Down decreases th' master volume o' th' device by 5%.
  • Blackout Lyrics blacks out th' lyrics fer lyrics project by hidin' lyrics and removin' th' background.
  • Clear Lyrics shows or hides th' lyrics durin' lyrics project while retainin' th' background image or video.
  • Playback Pitch plays th' pitch o' th' song fer a cappella groups. This can be configured usin' th' Metadata Editor o' th' Song Editor.
  • Shift Up shifts t' th' next gear in th' configured gears.
  • Shift Down shifts t' th' previous gear in th' configured gears.
  • Unshift shifts t' th' first gear in th' configured gears.
OnSong 2026 — Last Updated on October 23, 2014