Asaph - 0.5.5

I've been using Asaph for single page worship charts for a few months now. I like how it reduces the size of the chart to fit one page.

For two page charts, I still use my trusty MS Word template because I have a specific header denoting that it belongs to the specific song in the specific key at the top of the second page. I also have a prominant note that it's a two pager at the bottom of the first page -- no surprises in the middle of a set.

I found it pretty easy to make my first Asaph chart, and quite easy to get a close representation of the form, fonts, sizes, and spacings I've developed over the years. Every other chart has been a breeze.

A couple of picky things: The only thing I haven't figured out is the "Position On Each Page" dialogue when printing, and you must use your mouse instead of Enter to finish the printing sequence. I haven't noticed a difference with different settings.

I'd like some keyboard shortcuts to toggle between the Viewer and the Editor, and to print.

My personal preference would be to have the Title and Key section centred at the top instead of Left Justified.

Spell checking would be really nice as well, but might not work because of how Asaph "sees" strings of characters. It would also be a leap in terms of development.

All that said, I love this software and have migrated to it.

As for DonSL777's bit of nonesense: Worship leaders aren't the only people who make charts for bands. Asaph would be great for anyone who provides lyric charts for cover or jam bands, folk clubs, or guitar classes. We had hand-typed binders full of charts like this for my beginning guitar class in Jr. High too many decades ago. Worship bands are simply the church equivalent of cover bands, and Asaph was develped by a working musician who devised a better way to make charts.

Some of us understand and appreciate the time and effort put into developing Asaph -- not to mention the complete generosity of offering it to all the rest of us for free. After using other ways and means for so many years, we're knocking out transposable and great looking charts in no time, that can fit on one page. They don't "shift" when the key goes from something like C to E either. That saves so much time compared to re-keying and reformatting an MS Word chart. In Asaph, a key change is one mouse click, and print -- done!

Sorry Don, but you're totally out of line here. You completely missed the point and "spirit" of the whole thing. You don't have to be a worship leader, or even "religious", to understand the benefits that Asaph offers to musicians who make charts.

I have used this app extensively for nearly a year. It is simple, intuitive, and best of all, it works. I don't want/need a lot of fluff, just something to create chord charts for our worship teams. Being cross platform is great, because all the team leaders can keep a copy and I just update their databases. Thanks for a great app!!!

could you explain why it is "a waste" ??

your post serves no purpose, if you're looking for a real "waste." If there is a problem with the software, let's hear it.

another day shaking head at VT in disgust.

This is a very sweet app designed to handle a particular purpose. I'm not sure what the other reviewer was complaining about - it was the previous version - but it looks like he doesn't realise what this is for. Basically this databases and prints songs for overhead transparencies and song sheets. That may not sound like a particularly difficult task, but this app also keeps track of guitar chords, which are otherwise an absolute menace to work with in a word processor, as they have to be linked to bars, not to tabs. Nicely, this app lets you transpose the entire song into a different key, which is a lifesaver. Even better, it can store different sets of chords. This works for a different tune or just a different arrangement. I use Emagic Logic for preparing music, but it's a real pain when you just want to get a song sheet sorted out because you more or less have to write out the entire melody in order for it to be able to find the chords in the right place. This app manages something which most people running church music groups need most of the time. Whether or not it's relevant to other religions is something I'm not competent to comment on - although unless they are using guitars and overhead projectors, my guess is not.