Is there any way to save two versions of the same song? I tried doing something small with the title but it still converts every time we have sung the song to the last update. Does not retain one before changes
- I'm afraid it's actually rather complicated. How to save two different versions of a song depends on what kind of differences you want between the two versions. If it's what I would call style changes (background, margins, alignment, font face, font size, color, effects, etc.), then 's method works well. If it's a matter of verse order (one worship leader skips verse 3, while another uses all 4 verses, and another sings the chorus twice at the end, etc.) then you need to set up different arrangements for each of the possible verse orders. Once set up, it's easy to switch to the verse order you want. See https://support.proclaim.logos.com/hc/en-us/articles/19864390407565-Custom-Slide-Order-For-Songs. Note: posted while I was composing my post. I think they're saying that this method doesn't work for them, though it worked for me the last time I tried it. If you're wanting differences in the song content (actual words, line breaks, slide breaks, title, copyright info, etc.), that gets tricky. That is stored in the song database, which all versions of the song share. You can't change this info in one version without affecting all versions of the same song. If the song is in the public domain and you don't refer to a CCLI number, you could make the two versions into two different songs. But if it needs a CCLI number, I don't think that would work. Now I haven't tried to do this, but I don't know of a way to keep two versions of a copyrighted song separate.
- For different versions, I use the 'arrangement'. One arrangement for the worship team and I save another under a new arrangement.
- Hi Karen, it's best to create a new arrangement for multiple 'versions' of the same song. You can see all of your arrangements and create new ones in the Song Library, you can also create a duplicate arrangement or start with a new 'blank arrangement' when viewing the Song Item. Let us know how it goes!
