Songbook with duets only

[stublack]

I have begun editing my songs and if there are multiple singers to check the duet box, in hopes to print out a book of just these songs.

I have had several customers asking me for this. Once I checked several of these I tried to create a songbook with only those. I can see how I can build a songbook to exclude them but not one that will exclude those that are not checked as duets. Maybe I'm missing something???

Thanks in advance for any help, Stu

[laddie]

Originally Posted by stublack

I have begun editing my songs and if there are multiple singers to check the duet box, in hopes to print out a book of just these songs.

I have had several customers asking me for this. Once I checked several of these I tried to create a songbook with only those. I can see how I can build a songbook to exclude them but not one that will exclude those that are not checked as duets. Maybe I'm missing something???

Thanks in advance for any help, Stu

Just exclude everything but Duets and Hoster will create a songbook with only songs marked duet. This is how I create my Christmas music songbook.

[ddouglass]

There isn't anyway to do this that I know of at least within the Songbook Creator.
If you have Excel you might be able to add Duet after the Artist and Title (in the Songbook Creator), then in Excel sort by that column and delete all except the duets then print the list.

[ddouglass]

Originally Posted by laddie

Just exclude everything but Duets and Hoster will create a songbook with only songs marked duet.

That doesn't work Laddie, because that still will not exclude the non-duets. Look at the Exclude list.

[laddie]

Originally Posted by ddouglass

That doesn't work Laddie, because that still will not exclude the non-duets. Look at the Exclude list.

I may have spoke to soon . It does work for Genre, because if you exclude all other Genre it will only print the one you don't exclude. I exclude everything but Christmas to print my Christmas songbooks. I will have to trie duets to see what happens.

[stublack]

I guess I have no reason to continue. I know I've seen other hosts with duet sections in their books and maybe that's why customers are requesting it. I think I can figure out a way to trick it perhaps.

Thanks for your help

[admin]

By dingies, you're right! We goofed!

We'll add in a way to print ONLY Duet or ONLY Mux songs, but it'll have to be in 4.10 that we are now working on. I'm hoping 4.10 will be out some time in January.

[laddie]

Originally Posted by stublack

I guess I have no reason to continue. I know I've seen other hosts with duet sections in their books and maybe that's why customers are requesting it. I think I can figure out a way to trick it perhaps.

Thanks for your help

If the language for all your songs is English or unknown
This will work for you short term. Go to Edit songs, hit the "Select Multiple button, select the "Duet" button. Type * in the match box, select find.

All you duet will be found during this search. Select them all, then change the language to something you don't use, I used Chinese. Use exclude and exclude all languages but Chinese. Print your book and use the same process to change them back.

I know this sound kinda convoluted, but it only takes a couple moments.
And should get you by until MTU modifies the program.

[ddouglass]

Wow! I never would have thought of that Laddie.

[madjim- with the Lord]

Originally Posted by ddouglass

Wow! I never would have thought of that Laddie.

He's pretty sharp!

Jim

[Roy Dennis]

I just checked version Hoster 34 which comes with all 4.xxx series it has still got print duets only. Just open Hoster 34- songbook-print filtered content- duets.

[stublack]

I don't use genre at all, so I just chose one 2000's for the duets and that was that. It was a little bit of work, but I wasn't using the duet check mark either so I did it at the same time. Thanks for all the reponses. That's what I meant by tricking it.