Get a Setlist Ready for the Show

Almost everything you touch on stage lives in the per-song settings. Treat adding and settling as one job, not two.

Decide First

Reuse an existing song, or make a new one? The trade-off is in "Which one should I use" on Pick an Existing Song or Score. If you reuse one, editing it in one setlist changes it in the other.

The Order

1. Create the setlist — Setlists.
2. Add songs — choose the entry point in Choose Where to Add From. After a bulk add, fix the names in Check Song Names Before Adding.
3. Order and annotate — song order in Setlist Detail, spoken notes and breaks in Setlist Memos.
4. Settle each song — Item Settings: page range, audio, automatic page turns, tempo, display.
5. Run the pre-show check — the "Before the show" section on that same page.

For songs that turn their own pages, continue with Turn Pages Automatically During a Show.

When It Does Not Work

• One song looks or behaves differently — the display override in Item Settings. If every song does, it is Global Settings
• Editing one song changed another setlist — the song is shared; see Pick an Existing Song or Score
• Added songs are still named after the file — fix them in Check Song Names Before Adding