The Song Screen

1. Press the Song button. The Song screen appears.

2. Tap the song name in the header to open the Song List and double-tap a song to load it. The song appears in Song view, as shown below:

Undo/Redo: Tap the left arrow to undo the most recent Song view edit. Tap the right arrow to redo the most recent edit. If there's nothing to undo or redo, the arrows appear dim.

Song Number/Name: The currently loaded song’s number and name are displayed here. Tap to open the Song List screen, where you can access and manage all your saved songs and playlists. See the Song List page.

Flag List: Tap the Flag List button to open the Flag List, where you can reference, manage, and rename the current song’s flags. See the Flags.

Song Settings: Tap the Settings button to open the Song Settings screen, where you can rearrange tracks, adjust individual track “Trim” levels, and other settings for the current song. See Song Settings.

Chase Button: When on (bright), the visible area of your song follows and centers the current playhead position within the display. When disabled (grayed out), the playhead may scroll off the side of the visible area. See Chasing the Song.

Next Song: Displays the next (upcoming) song in the current playlist . If the current song is the last (or only) song in the current playlist, appears.

• Cue Panel: When a song or marker is cued, the Cue Panel appears below the header and displays the cued song or marker (as shown below). See Performing Songs for details.

Tempo/Time Signature: Displays the tempo and time signature at the current song’s playhead position. Every song has one Start flag that sets the initial tempo and time signature. Note that you’ll need to manually enter the Start flag’s tempo and time signature values for the ruler and click to match those of your song audio files accurately. If the song contains tempo or time signature changes, additional Time flags can be added. See Flags.

Start Flag: Every song includes one Start flag at Bar 001, which sets the song’s initial tempo and time signature. Tap the Start flag on the ruler to view its parameters in the inspector. Every song also includes an End flag (not pictured)

Ruler: Shows the song’s time divisions (in bars, beats, and ticks [240 ticks per beat]). Tap the ruler above one of the flagpoles (thin vertical lines) to select a flag; its parameters appear in the inspector.

Track Field: Up to eight audio files appear here. Tap the field to jump the playhead to that location in the song. Swipe left or right to scroll the track field. Use two fingers to “pinch” or “spread” the song field to horizontally zoom out or in.

Add Flag: Tap the Add Flag button ; available flags appear in the Inspector. Drag one of these colored boxes up to the flag field to add a flag; alternatively, tap the box to add a flag at the playhead’s location; its parameters appear in the Inspector. See Adding Flags.

Song Scrollbar: The length of the line here represents the visible area of the song; if the song is fully zoomed out, the scrollbar disappears.

Time Elapsed and Time Remaining: The Time Elapsed value (at left) displays how long the song has played (in minutes and seconds). Time Remaining (at right) displays how much time the song has left (in minutes and seconds). Tap either indicator to open the Transport Panel.

Playback (Bars/Beats/Ticks): Displays how far the song has elapsed (in bars, beats, and ticks [240 ticks per beat]).

• Tap anywhere on this time indicator row to open the Transport Panel (shown below). Tap the X in the upper left corner to close it. See Performing Songs.

Jump: Tap to jump to the currently selected flag's location. (Turn the Lower Knob to select a flag.)

Flag Icon and Name: The current flag’s name is shown here; some flags can be renamed. Tap (or press the Lower Knob) to open the Flag List.

Inspector: Displays parameters for the currently selected flag. Note that each flag type offers different parameters and functions. See Adding Flags.

Saving a Song

When you create a new Showcase song and transfer it from the Helix Stadium application to your Helix Stadium hardware, it’s automatically saved as the last song in the SONG LIBRARY list. When you make changes to a song in the Helix Stadium Song screen (add/edit/remove flags, rename/reorder tracks, change tempo, etc.), you’ll want to save it to retain your changes.

Quick-Saving a Song

Probably the most common case is that you’ve made some edits to one of your songs, and you want to save it within its current SONG LIBRARY location to retain your changes. From any song screen, press the Save button twice.

Manually Saving a Song

1. Press the Save button . The Save Song screen appears (see below).

• If you keep the current song’s location as the one highlighted in the Song Save list, appears in the sidebar. Tap to save your changes. (This is essentially the same as doing a Quick-Save, as described above.)

• If you want to create a unique copy of the current song with your edits included, tap . Type in a unique name for the new song and tap .

• Alternatively, you can click on an existing song in the Save Song list to permanently overwrite it. Once you tap on an existing song in the list, the Save button changes to . A dialog box appears, warning you that the destination location’s song will be permanently overwritten (along with any of its aliases in other playlists). If you’re okay with this, tap Yes, Overwrite.

Song Settings

Tap the Song Settings icon in the header to open Song Settings:

Reorder the Song’s Tracks

Tap and drag any track up or down to reorder it. Your track order in the Song Settings window appears that way in both the main Song screen and individual track channels in the Matrix Mixer.

Sidebar Commands

• To Rename the Song: Tap , enter your new song name, and tap when complete.

• To Rename a Track: Tap to select the desired track. Tap , enter your new name, and tap .

• To Bypass or Enable Flags: By default, flags are enabled (this switch is set to its left position ). Toggle Bypass Flags on to non-destructively disable all flags (note that Start, End, and Time flags always remain enabled). Bypassing flags is useful for temporarily disabling them during playback.

• Song Info: Read-only text at the bottom of the sidebar displays details about the current song: Length (in minutes:seconds), initial BPM (Beats Per Minute), and initial time signature.

Song Settings

All song settings are displayed in the Inspector. Note that there are multiple pages of settings—swipe the Inspector left/right to access all of them.