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Bible Song Pro Studio Master Guides

11 step-by-step technical guides for live broadcast teams, worship leaders, and AV engineers. Learn Strong's word study, OpenLyrics, NDI streaming, stage chord displays, and AI sermon detection.

📖 HEBREW & GREEK STUDY

1. Strong's Hebrew & Greek Concordance Word Study

Explore original language roots, Strong's numbers (e.g. H1570, G26), transliterations, and push word study cards live to air during sermon delivery.

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Step 1: In Studio, open Bible Panel (⌘B) and select a passage (e.g. John 3:16).

Step 2: Hover or click any word in the verse text to highlight its Strong's Number (e.g. G26 — agape).

Step 3: The Word Study Card popover opens showing root definition, part of speech, and OT/NT occurrence counts.

Step 4: Click Push Word Study to Air to display a dedicated lower-third definition banner for the congregation!

🎵 SONGS & CHORDPRO

2. OpenLyrics XML & ChordPro Song Import & Transposing

Import worship song libraries, parse OpenLyrics XML files, transpose musical keys dynamically, and structure Verse / Chorus / Bridge slide flow.

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Step 1: Open Songs Panel (⌘S) → Click Import Songs.

Step 2: Select `.xml` (OpenLyrics) or `.pro` (ChordPro) files. Bible Song Pro auto-detects title, author, CCLI #, and key.

Step 3: Use the Key Transposer slider to adjust song key (e.g. C Major → E Major) in real time.

Step 4: Rearrange slide sequence (Verse 1 → Chorus → Verse 2 → Bridge → Outro) for worship presentation.

📊 POWERPOINT .PPTX

3. Native PowerPoint (.pptx) Deck Import & Slide Control

Import and project PowerPoint presentation files natively without installing Microsoft Office, with instant thumbnail previews and live slide triggers.

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Step 1: Drag any .pptx presentation file into the Presentation Panel (⌘P).

Step 2: Studio automatically parses slide vectors, background graphics, and slide notes in under 2 seconds.

Step 3: Click any slide thumbnail to load into Preview (PVW).

Step 4: Hit Spacebar to take to Program (PGM) Air with zero lag!

🎨 THEME DESIGNER

4. Designing Custom Lower Thirds & Full-Bleed Themes

Customize fonts, safe margins, zero-width borders, glassmorphic backgrounds, and motion transition effects (fade, slide, wipe, zoom).

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Step 1: Open Theme Panel (⌘T) → Click Create New Theme.

Step 2: Select Layout Style: Lower-Third Banner, Full-Screen Center, or Broadcast Subtitle.

Step 3: Customize font family (Inter / Source Serif 4 / Geist Mono), text shadow depth, and background fill color.

Step 4: Select Entrance Transition: Smooth Slide Up (400ms) or Fade In (300ms) & save preset.

🪟 MULTI-MONITOR MATRIX

5. Multi-Display Matrix Routing: Sanctuary vs Stage Monitors

Route independent GPU physical monitor outputs for your sanctuary main projector, stage confidence monitor, and operator control desk.

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Step 1: Connect HDMI/DisplayPort outputs to physical screens & open Displays (⌘D).

Step 2: Click Identify Screens to display numbers on all physical monitors.

Step 3: Map Display 1 → Audience Sanctuary Output (Full-bleed graphics & motion loops).

Step 4: Map Display 2 → Stage Monitor (Worship team confidence display with chord charts)!

🎤 STAGE CONFIDENCE

6. Stage Confidence Display & Worship Chord Charts

Configure dedicated stage monitor profiles showing current verse, next slide preview, live service clock, and transposed chord charts for singers.

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Step 1: In Stage Settings, select Worship Confidence Layout.

Step 2: Enable Show Next Slide Preview Box to give worship singers early lyric cues.

Step 3: Toggle Show Chord Notation Above Lyrics for musicians on stage.

Step 4: Enable System Clock & Service Countdown Timer in top right corner.

🧠 OFFLINE AI SPEECH

7. Local On-Device AI Speech Recognition (Apple Silicon MLX / Whisper)

Setup zero-cost, 100% offline sermon speech recognition using local Apple Silicon MLX & Whisper models without sending audio to cloud servers.

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Step 1: Open Settings (⌘,) → AI Speech Recognition → Select Engine: Local Whisper / MLX.

Step 2: Click Download Local Model (e.g. Whisper Small English — 460MB).

Step 3: Select Microphone Input → Click Test Microphone Input.

Step 4: Run 100% offline AI sermon verse detection with zero API subscriptions or internet required!

🎬 MOTION LOOPS & MEDIA

8. Media Transport & Background Video Motion Loops

Load MP4 video motion loops, manage media transport controls (play, pause, seamless loop, audio mute), and blend video backgrounds under lyrics.

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Step 1: Open Media Panel (⌘M) → Drag MP4/MOV motion loop files into your library.

Step 2: Use Media Transport bar to set Seamless Loop Mode & mute background audio track.

Step 3: Link motion video background to active song theme in Theme Panel.

Step 4: Video motion background streams smoothly behind lyric text on audience displays!

📋 SERVICE ORDER PLANNING

9. Service Order Planning & Sunday Cue List Management

Build complete Sunday service rundowns combining worship songs, sermon scripture passages, video announcements, and communion slides into a 1-click cue list.

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Step 1: In Cue List Panel (⌘L), click Create Service Schedule (e.g. Sunday Morning Service).

Step 2: Drag items into order: Welcome Video → Song 1 → Song 2 → Sermon Scripture → Closing Song.

Step 3: Save service schedule file (.bsp-cue) to share with your ministry team.

Step 4: Press Down Arrow during live service to advance sequentially through the entire cue list!

⌨️ KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS

10. Master Keyboard Shortcuts & Emergency Tally Controls

Operate the live console at professional speed using keyboard shortcuts and emergency blackout commands to maintain seamless broadcast control.

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Spacebar: TAKE current Preview (PVW) item live to Program Air (PGM).

Escape (Esc): Emergency Blackout / Clear Air Output instantly.

⌘B / ⌘S / ⌘P / ⌘M: Switch between Bible, Songs, Presentations, and Media panels.

⌘1 – ⌘9: Trigger saved quick-slot scripture lower third presets instantly!

📡 NDI BROADCAST STREAMING

11. NDI Key & Fill Setup for OBS, vMix & Hardware Mixers

Broadcast NDI streams with uncompressed RGBA key-and-fill channels across local Ethernet into OBS Studio, vMix, and ATEM hardware vision mixers.

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Step 1: In Studio Settings → NDI Output → Toggle Enable NDI Stream.

Step 2: Set Stream Name (e.g. BibleSongPro-NDI-PGM) & select RGBA Key & Fill Alpha Channel.

Step 3: In OBS Studio or vMix on any network computer, add NDI Source → BibleSongPro-NDI-PGM.

Step 4: Scripture graphics stream live with transparent background and sub-frame network latency!

🔔 ALERTS & NOTICES

12. Emergency Nursery Alerts & Sanctuary Lower-Third Banners

Trigger emergency child nursery callout numbers, baptism notices, and scrolling text tickers over live scripture graphics without interrupting Program Air.

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Step 1: In Studio, open Alerts & Notices (⌘A) → Click New Live Alert.

Step 2: Select Alert Type: Nursery Number Badge (e.g. #402), Urgent Parking Notice, or Custom Text Ticker.

Step 3: Set Display Duration (e.g. 15 seconds) & select target screen (Audience Projection, Stage Confidence, or NDI Stream).

Step 4: Click Trigger Alert. The banner animates smoothly over active slides and auto-clears after countdown!