The “Settings” left menu item takes you to the Settings page. Here you can select a microphone (input) and speakers (output) for recording any new songs, or add/delete genres (see “Adding/deleting a Genre,” above).
APP SETTINGS: Setting Audio Input/Output: In order to record audio and listen to songs, you need to specify your audio input and output devices.
- Click “Settings” in the left menu, then go to the “App Settings” tab.
- Select a microphone in the drop-down menu where it says “Mic for recording”. (Mac: Click “Open system audio settings”) You will have the option of using the internal mic in your computer–if there is one–or an attached mic. If it says it is unable to find a microphone, be sure your audio interface is on and connected to your computer, then repeat the above steps. On Mac, if the Input button does nothing, you will need to close the app, turn on your audio interface, and re-open the app.)
- Next, select a speaker or headphones as your audio output device.
GENRE SETTINGS: To add or delete a genre, enter the name in the text box and click Add. To delete a genre, click the x to the right of the genre name you wish to delete.
DATA BACKUP AND RESTORE: Once you have added your own songs to SongwritersdB, you will want to make a complete backup of the audio, lyrics, tags, ratings, etc., by going to the Data Backup and Restore tab on the Settings page. (See “Cloud Backup” tab, above.) In general, it is a good idea to leave the auto-backup button set to “On” for automatic backups of all your data every hour or so. For more frequent backups, click the “Create Backup Manually” at any time. Doing so places a file (“backup.zip”) containing all the data within SongwritersdB on your cloud drive. If during your use of the program you inadvertently change or delete one or more songs and want to revert to an earlier time before the errors, click “Restore Backup”; this will restore all audio and data to the way they were at the time of the last Backup.
DEVICES: Under our license agreement, you are able to install SongwritersdB on up to three different computers (Mac, PC, laptop, etc.). You can use the same license code you received when first installing SongwritersdB on all your devices, and the list of those devices will appear on this page. If you wish to substitute a different device at any time, you only need to “Deactivate” one of the listed computers on this page and then you can activate an additional computer. (NOTE: The above limit does not apply to the Free version or to the auxiliary Android or iOs cellphone apps.)