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INTRODUCING LYRIC IMPORT | Kristian Ponsford ,
Import accurate lyrics and chords from MultiTracks . com directly in ProPresenter .
Often times the simplest ideas are the hardest to accomplish . For years , if a worship leader wanted chords and lyrics on their stage display screen , it involved tedious workarounds which were inflexible and time consuming . Even a task as simple as creating lyric slides was coupled with checking spelling and formatting .
Nothing drives us to innovate more than the potential to give time back to worship leaders so they can focus on leading people . Recently , we partnered with ProPresenter to make sure importing lyric slides is not only easy and accurate , but also a reliable and flexible tool that you can use however your scenario calls for .
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MultiTrack . com Lyric Import is now live in ProPresenter with customizable filters for 1 , 2 , and 4 line formats , fonts , and a brand new stage display that includes chords and lyrics for all 12 keys . On top of that , MIDI Production Cues in Playback can control your lyric slide changes for you . Meaning no matter where you go in the song or setlist , even in unplanned moments , your lyric slides will follow .
We sat down with Cody Patterson from ProPresenter to learn more about this collaboration and the heart behind MultiTracks . com Lyric Import .
[ Kristian Ponsford ] Tell us about how ProPresenter and MultiTracks started working together ?
[ Cody Patterson ] When thinking through new functionality in ProPresenter and how to empower users , MultiTracks . com with ProPresenter was one of the first partnerships suggested both internally and also by customers . The MultiTracks . com lyrics library is
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extensive , the ability to import chords with those lyrics was an absolute plus , and then wrapping it all up with choosing to automatically trigger lyrics slides from Playback by MultiTracks . com if desired , was the cherry on top . Our users have been asking for a reliable search option for importing lyrics any day of the week and MultiTracks is that solution .
[ Kristian ] What started the idea to integrate MultiTracks lyrics and charts inside of ProPresenter ?
[ Cody ] I remember a few months ago seeing a post in the ProPresenter User Community on Facebook where someone was showing off their workaround way to put chords on top of specific words or characters on their confidence monitor . It was one of the most liked posts of all time and there were so many
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comments of people asking how to accomplish it . The value of showing chords or Nashville numbers on a stage screen for musicians just like we do with lyrics for singers is a huge win for so many people . We took that idea to heart with this integration knowing that MultiTracks has an incredible chord database . We knew ProPresenter users would love chords that are highly accurate and can be used to show character accurate chords above lyrics !
[ Kristian ] One brand new aspect is the new stage screen layout . Why is that so important ?
[ Cody ] For years many churches have been putting lyrics on their confidence monitor to support vocalists . The problem is oftentimes instrumentalists don ' t have time to memorize all of the chord changes , or even have the ability to transpose on the fly if the worship