The "iReal Pro" you know and love, coming to Windows soon

  • Windows 10 and 11
  • License: activate up to 3 PCs
  • Support for Intel and ARM
  • Available from the MS App Store *
  • Key commands: shown in menus
  • Tool tips: hover mouse over buttons
  • Forum: download songs for free
  • Languages: in Settings
  • Import backup files to transfer your songs

 * Sorry no discounts, no refunds or transfers with any other store purchase. App stores do not allow transfers between each other.

iReal Pro is a one-time purchase from the relevant app store, no subscriptions, with all subsequent updates free.

Quick start guide

Overview

 Main window UI   

  1. Song library, Playlists
  2. Forum
  3. Song list
  4. Search (the currently selected library)
  5. Current song
  6. Settings
  7. Edit, Duplicate, New song
  8. Share, Export, Search for the song online, Export Playlist
  9. Library: toggle (left) sidebar (or use View menu)
  10. Player controls: toggle (between on right or minimal at bottom)
  11. Playback style: change, click for dropdown menu, Jazz, Latin, Pop ...

Forum [2]

Download songs and playlists

Click the Forum Globe icon [2], navigate around, click to download songs and playlists.

  • No need to register;
  • All songs and playlists are free to download;
  • Any song can be duplicated, edited.

Essential Playlists download page

Existing users

Transfer all your songs/playlists to Windows via a backup file

Information to create a backup file of your songs for iOS, Android and Mac. Email to yourself in Windows or save to your cloud storage your devices share

PC Android emulator: save the backup file to Drive inside your emulator, then access Drive from your PC; (or save to a shared Android/PC folder, or move file to PC with the emulator's file manager or similar)

Import

(Backup files are saved in iReal Pro format. Save individual songs or playlists in iReal Pro format (.html) for importing.)

File > Import

iReal Pro imports only iReal Pro formatted files (.html)
(iReal Pro does not import audio, PDFs, doc. etc.)

Contextural menus

Right-click a playlist for options for that playlist

right click on playlist options

Right-click a song for options for that song

right click on song title options

Column Width

Mouse pointer exactly on the vertical column line and drag left or right. Use for Library/Playlists or song column width.

Showing column arrows to adjust width

iReal Pro Settings [6]

Includes Theme, Font, 'm' for minor, Highlight Rehearsal symbols, Keep display awake, Backup button, Library snapshots, Restore Exercises, Reset all settings, Licensing.

Language

English, Italian, German, Chinese (simplified), Spanish, French, Portuguese, Russian, Korean, Japanese

Transposing instrument

  • Concert instruments piano, guitar, flute, voice
  • Bb trumpet, tenor sax, clarinet
  • Eb alto sax
  • F horn
  • G alto flute

(or Player menu > Transposing instrument)

Tuning

a415 to a466 (default a = 440Hz)

Store

Purchase optional IAPs, currently Blues, Brazilian, Salsa

 

New song

Ctrl-N for New song, or File > New song (choose a template), or click the Pencil top right

Editor

  • Ctrl-E to edit the currently selected song; Ctrl-E again to exit the editor
  • Key commands shown in Edit menu; Hover mouse for Tool tips on symbol buttons (not available for all)
  • Drag between bars to select a section of the song (for cut, copy, paste, insert space)

Play

See Player menu for key commands (tempo, repeats etc. or use click/touch)
Play - spacebar
Stop - spacebar
Pause - period/full stop
Comma - tap tempo

Minimized Player Controls

(Minimized Player controls, bottom)

Click/tap for mixer [12]

Drag between bars to create a loop

Side windows

Click [9] to cycle options for the Library, Song list (left sidebar)
Click [10] to toggle Player controls: Right panel has all options (Player controls, Mixer, Practice settings, Count-in); Bottom panel, player controls minimized

Backup

IMPORTANT: from time to time save your songs as a backup file (save to OneDrive or similar). Used to import your Windows songs/playlists into iReal Pro.

File > Backup ...

Updates

At the MS App Store, click Downloads, Check for updates

 

... coming soon

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