PCDJ Song Book Maker

PCDJ Song Book Maker is a comprehensive and accessible Windows utility designed to provide an efficient method to create song books primarily for karaoke but can be used for personal purposes as well. It supports the most popular file formats, such as MP3, MP4, OGG, WAV, AVI, BIN, CDG, KMA, and MID. It's wrapped in a well-organized and clear-cut interface with a ribbon menu that contains the home, import, songbook and tools tabs, each with distinct functions.

The app lets you load tracks from an inserted CD or import the list from a CSV file, another book (SBZ, PSB) or Siglos Pro Data. Plus, you can enter items individually or from various folders. If there is no index to load, you have the option to create a new one from scratch.

If a disk is entered, the written data is automatically loaded into the list and from where the CD number, title, album and optional remarks can be inputted. After adding files from the computer into the window, you have to select what action should be taken if the items don't match with the template and if you want to treat the data as new or merge them together.

A window is displayed in which you can change or update the artist name, album and track title. PCDJ Song Book Maker includes a handy feature to improve the consistency of the records details and switch the first and last names for an artist, as well as convert the information to title case, upper and lower cases.

What's more, you can easily hide songs from the book without actually deleting them from the database. This offers a simple way to hide duplicates, all items from a specific artist, genre, or disc, which are not rendered as part of the library.

You can synchronize the entire collection or just the current disc. After you finished editing and personalizing the album, the book synchronization can be done once while for the CD is recommended to be performed everytime you add a new record.

From the menu, the program lets you customize the album title, sub-title and fonts, change the layout and determine what tracks should be included. Once you're happy with the final result you can print it or export it as a Microsoft Excel workbook or as a PDF document for easy viewing.

PCDJ Song Book Maker is a reliable and intuitive application that comes in handy for those who wish to create song books for karaoke from various CDs, imported files or directly inserting tracks from the computer. During our testing, the app didn't encounter any issues nor consumed too many resources.