How do I keep lyrics ready for a whole setlist in Pro Tools?
Build the set as one Pro Tools project with each song on the timeline, and keep every song's lyrics in the prompter for that section. The sheet for whichever song is playing scrolls itself, so rehearsals and shows run without anyone shuffling paper between numbers.
Bands and worship teams rarely rehearse one song — they rehearse twelve, in order, with stops. A prompter that has to be reloaded per song becomes the slowest part of the night.
Laying the set out on the Pro Tools timeline solves it neatly. The prompter reads position, so moving the playhead to song nine puts you at the right lyrics instantly. Jump around all you like; the words follow.
Because everything lives in the project file, the same session runs your midweek rehearsal and your show. New song this week? Paste the sheet once and it is part of the set from then on.
14 days free, no card required. Install the VST3, paste a lyric sheet, and record one take start to finish before you decide.
No. The scroll position is derived from the Pro Tools playhead, so jumping to another song in the set lands on the right lines immediately.
Yes, and plenty of bands playing to backing tracks run it exactly that way — same project on stage as in rehearsal, with the prompter window on a monitor facing the singers.