I so wanted to like this app since it is the first program that has the ease of use of the abandoned Easy Beat Mac app and works on the iPad as well. However, there are several issues that make it unusable for me as I try to use it to practice playing the lead part:
1. When I select concert pitch so I can play the lead part, it works fine on the Mac and on-line with the web page view. However, when I open the song in Songbook, the notes are shown in the original instrument pitch even though the key signature changes as if it is concert pitch. This is completely wrong and must be an obvious bug.
2. Continuous View on the Mac changes to the next screen just before the play point reaches the end so I can always see the next notes to play. I wish Page View did this since it would be the much preferred way to play. Since there is no Continuous View on the iPad, I must use Page View which is very difficult due to this problem.
3. Although it does not make usage impossible, the lack of multiple file transfer from the Mac to the iPad slows down the process tremendously. Rather than transfer one file at a time from Dropbox, it would be much faster to transfer all of them at once using the app box in iTunes as most other programs do.
The bad news is that I will have to limp along with the Mac version rather than using my iPad even though the iPad seems to have better instrument sounds. The good news is that each of these problems seem very easy to fix so I’m still hoping that they will be added soon along with better sounds (perhaps through midi or inter-app communication). I’m looking forward to giving a 5 star review when that happens!