Smart Buttons are interactive controls you place directly on a score page. Tap one to instantly trigger an action — start the metronome, send a MIDI command, jump to another piece, cue a backing track, and more — without leaving your music.


To create or edit a button, simply open the Smart Buttons feature from the “...” menu on your score, or long-press an existing button.


Creating a Smart Button

  1. Open a score and enter Smart Buttons editing mode.
  2. Tap anywhere on the page to drop a button at that position.
  3. Choose an action type and configure its parameters.
  4. Save — the button is now permanently embedded on that page.



Action Types

  • Metronome: Starts the metronome at a set tempo, with an optional delay before it begins.
  • Change Tempo: Adjusts playback tempo to a specific BPM.
  • Pitch: Plays a reference pitch at a chosen note, octave, and instrument sound.
  • MIDI: Sends one or more MIDI messages in sequence (Program Change, Control Change, Note, SysEx, and more).
  • Navigation: Jumps to the next piece, previous piece, or a specific score and page.
  • Open and Play Media: Opens and plays an attached audio or video file, with optional delay and start-time offset.
  • Play / Pause Media: Toggles playback of the currently loaded media.



MIDI Buttons in Detail


A MIDI button can send a full sequence of messages in order. Supported message types include:

  • Program Change — switch instruments/patches, with optional Bank Select (MSB/LSB)
  • Control Change — send any CC message (volume, pan, expression, modulation, etc.)
  • Note — trigger a note at a specified velocity and channel
  • Song Select — select a song slot (0–127)
  • System Real-Time — Start, Continue, or Stop
  • SysEx — send raw hex-encoded system-exclusive data
  • Delay — insert a wait (up to 10 seconds) between messages in the sequence


Use Test to verify a single message, or Test Sequence to run the entire sequence end-to-end. Enable Listen to MIDI Events to learn a command directly from an external controller.


Note: In order to communicate with your MIDI devices, you first need to setup and enable MIDI connections via the MIDI settings menu.


Privacy


In scores shared in Projects , a privacy settings allows to set buttons as:

  • Public: visible to all members of the Project
  • Private: only visible by you (default value)

In organization Projects, only admins are allowed to create or edit Public buttons.



Typical Use Cases


  • Concert: Trigger backing tracks or send instrument changes to a connected device at the correct point in the score.
  • Personal Practice — Tap to start the metronome at the tempo of a difficult passage, right where it appears on the page.
  • Navigation — Build a setlist sequence by automatically moving from the last page of one song to the first page of the next.
  • Tuning — Place a tuning button at the beginning of a song to quickly provide a reference note for the entire ensemble.