Introduction
ProPresenter 7.8 introduces an all-new integration with MultiTracks.com for directly importing automation-ready lyrics & chords for a song into your ProPresenter library. These customized ProPresenter imports include an all-new Stage Display layout with dynamic chords overlaid on the lyric slides.
Lyric Import & ProPresenter Template Import
There's an important distinction between ProPresenter Lyric Import, and ProPresenter Template Import when utilizing MultiTracks.com. See below for more information on each.
ProPresenter Lyric Import
Import lyrics for every MultiTracks.com catalogue song directly into ProPresenter.
Does not include any chords or chord data for stage display.
Not compatible with MultiTracks.com ProPresenter Production Cues for MIDI automation.
ProPresenter Template Import
Import lyrics AND chords for every MultiTracks.com catalogue song directly into ProPresenter.
Includes Chord data for custom lyric and chord stage displays.
Fully compatible with MultiTracks.com ProPresenter Production Cues for easy and fast MIDI automation.
Before Getting Started: What Subscriptions do I need?
The Chart Pro subscription is required to import lyrics from MultiTracks.com into ProPresenter. The Stage Display Add-On is required to unlock the new Stage Display chord layout and automation-ready slide organization. The LIVE Bundle is also recommended for customers planning to automate ProPresenter's Lyrics with Playback.
Here's a detailed breakdown of each:
Here's a detailed breakdown of each:
CHART PRO: The Chart Pro subscription is required for all forms of lyric or lyric and chord import in ProPresenter, as it's the base access to the charts and lyrics in the MultiTracks.com catalogue. With JUST chart Pro, you can access seamless unlimited lyric import directly in ProPresenter.
Stage Display Add-On: The Chart Pro Stage Display Add-On unlocks an expansive set of features with your imported ProPresenter lyrics, including a powerful stage display experience with chords overlaying the lyrics and slide formatting readymade to be compatible with the MultiTracks.com ProPresenter MIDI Cues for MIDI automation from Playback.
The LIVE Bundle (recommended for lyric automation): The Live Bundle unlocks the entire catalog of ProPresenter Production Cues which are MIDI Cues custom-built for thousands of songs in our catalog that perfectly match the ProPresenter templates.
Production Cues are available exclusively in Playback.
Getting Started:
Here is the step-by-step process for integrating your MultiTracks.com account in ProPresenter to import Lyrics & Chords!
STEP 1: Connect MultiTracks.com Account to ProPresenter
Once you have signed up for Chart Pro and/or the Stage Display Add-on, open the Services tab in ProPresenter preferences (7.8 or later is required) and sign into your MultiTracks.com account. Select the organization subscribed to Chart Pro.
STEP 2: Import Songs from MultiTracks.com
To import songs, head to File -> Import -> MultiTracks.
Here you can search the entire MultiTracks.com catalog, see a lyric preview, and import the file.
Click Import, and choose from a variety of customizable settings for your lyric template as seen in the screenshot below:
NOTE: "Chords & Automation" must be enabled in order to experience the automation-ready slide layouts and chords in the Stage Display. This will also redeem the import with a Stage Display Add-on credit.
Choose the "Master" slide arrangement.
Every imported ProPresenter template includes two slide arrangements:The Full Song slide arrangement includes every repeated song section throughout the song. This is ideal when using lyrics templates manually: your lyrics operator simply needs to press spacebar and every slide will be in correct order.
The Master slide arrangement removes every repeated song section, leading to a much shorter total slide count and enabling Playback to jump from one section to another. The Master is the slide arrangement to enable when using Production Cues in Playback.
Customize Your Stage Display
Once imported, a song's Stage Display can be customized using the new MultiTracks Chords & Lyrics layout.Dynamic key changes: If the band changes the key of a song, the Stage Display's key display can be changed on the fly using the Key button in ProPresenter.
Chord Display: In the Stage Editor (More -> Stage Editor -> Click on the Chords & Lyrics template), the chords displayed in the Stage Display can be changed between 4 formats: Numbers, Chords, Numerals, and Solfege.
Once imported, a song's Stage Display can be customized using the new MultiTracks Chords & Lyrics layout.
Dynamic key changes: If the band changes the key of a song, the Stage Display's key display can be changed on the fly using the Key button in ProPresenter.
Chord Display: In the Stage Editor (More -> Stage Editor -> Click on the Chords & Lyrics template), the chords displayed in the Stage Display can be changed between 4 formats: Numbers, Chords, Numerals, and Solfege.
Slide Automation with Production Cues
Song lyrics imported with the Chords & Automation enabled are pre-formatted to match ProPresenter MIDI Cues for slide automation in Playback.How does slide automation work? When a song in Playback starts to play, MIDI messages are sent to ProPresenter in real-time, triggering the correct lyrics at the exact right time of the song. These cues are dynamic and will always be accurate, even if you re-arrange the songs or song sections, change the tempo, or loop sections on the fly. Learn more about Playback.
What are Production Cues? The team at MultiTracks.com has built MIDI Cues for a growing number of songs in our catalog that perfectly match the slides imported into ProPresenter. These Production Cues are available exclusively in Playback and can be loaded instantly with the song in a setlist.
For more information on ProPresenter MIDI Cues in Playback and automating ProPresenter, see:
Frequently Asked Questions
Do I need the Stage Display to import songs into ProPresenter?
Do I need the Stage Display to import songs into ProPresenter?
Chart Pro customers can import song lyrics into ProPresenter without the Stage Display Add-on, in their most simplest form.
The Stage Display Add-on unlocks powerful features for your imported songs:
The MultiTracks Chords & Lyrics Stage Display Layout -> Chord data is included in the stage display and overlaid on the lyrics.
Automation-ready slide formatting. Imported lyric slides are formatted to perfectly match pre-made MIDI Production Cues available in Playback.
Downloadable ProPresenter Templates. The Add-On provides 200 annual (or 16 monthly) ProPresenter Template unlocks. These can be used per song to import chords into ProPresenter, or unlock templates on MultiTracks.com for editing and exporting onto your computer.
Keep in mind that importing the Chords & Automation for a song into ProPresenter will charge your organization 1 Stage Display Add-on credit. This unlocks the chords & automation-ready slides for use in ProPresenter.
Helpful Links
MIDI Production Cues. Learn about the pre-made MIDI Cues that perfectly match ProPresenter Templates imported into ProPresenter and how to get them.