Working the Import Feature on LIDA

Probably the biggest and most involved feature yet to be added to pre-release LIDA is the ability – and the instructions on how – to import an existing music library data file. Of course, we want to automate this import process as much as possible, but...

Status of LIDA Tutorials

Many people on our excellent active Beta Testers Team have agreed that one of the most important things we can do to make LIDA more usable to more people is to provide a complete set of tutorials. And I agree. LIDA is an amazingly powerful piece of software, but as...

Events Manager Status

Building the Events Management Feature in LIDA has been one of the most involved sub-projects in this entire LIDA construction effort. The reason for this is the amount of foundation work that had to be done before we could get to the pieces the LIDA user will...

Major Upgrades Come in Pieces

When an upgrade to any project is big enough, the only way to bring it to completion is in pieces. Such is the nature of the current upgrade being implemented in LIDA here in the middle of February, 2020 – the Events Manager feature. It has taken more than a...

Don’t Confuse the WHAT with the HOW

One of the most frustrating situations to encounter is when you have a complex task to accomplish, and before you can figure out exactly WHAT it is that’s involved with the task, other people begin worrying about “Well HOW can we do that?” A great...

Future Upgrades Looming in LIDA Beta

The future of LIDA is rife with possibilities. In today’s post, I’d like to share with you several of the MAJOR upgrades we have looming in the future of LIDA, and I hope you will all be as excited by these possibilities as I am. Concert Planning,...