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See you at NAMM!

Skrivarna Software will be at the NAMM Show in Anaheim, CA, meeting musicians and colleagues from all around the world. Are you going? Drop us a mail at software@skrivarna.com and we'll have a coffee! The NAMM Show is the definitive platform for the music, sound and event technology communities to unite with the mission of strengthening the music products industry and promoting the pleasures and benefits of making music. Held in Anaheim every January, The NAMM Show offers the latest products from more than 7,000 brands, cutting edge industry education across hundreds of sessions, as well as special events, concerts and experiences where "only at NAMM" moments take place. This year's NAMM Show is held January 25-28 .

Mail of the month - December - Transposable music, iReal-compatibility and set lists

I do have iReal Pro on my mac (chords). What I miss is to also see the melody, together with the chords, both in a transposable fashion (which iReal Pro provides, but its without the melody). Does your Fakebook Pro app provide that or do you have another offer or hint where to buy something like that? The quick and simple answer to your question in "no, the Fakebok Pro app doesn't transpose melody notes, only chords". But to answer your other question (about other possible app options) and to explain why Fakebook Pro can't do this, I'd like to elaborate a little on music formats. Most music available on-line (free and for purchase) is in PDF format, most often in the form of a scanned page (i.e. an image). Other PDF files may have embedded music fonts or be in vector format, but these can still not be transposed because they contain no explicit musical information. To do that you need to use some of the specialized music file format, which in many cases a...