David 
One of the most critical moments in a singing call is the first cue. The music starts, the intro ends, and you need to know exactly when your first call is coming. If you're too early, it feels unsettled. If you're too late, the whole start immediately feels shaky. That's precisely what the Caller's Caddy is for… Read more
Do you know that feeling? You're singing a call, the music's playing, the lyrics are scrolling automatically—but at a crucial point, the lyrics are just a little too early or too late. Maybe at the middle break. Maybe at the closer. Maybe right where you need a quick cue. Automatic lyric scrolling has been handy so far. But with version… Read more
Many square dance record labels now deliver new music as ZIP files. After purchasing, you download a file. This ZIP file often contains several music files. In addition, there are frequently several lyrics files, sometimes in PDF, sometimes in DOCX, sometimes in RTF, TXT, or HTML format. Previously, you had to extract these files yourself. Then you had to… Read more
With version 0.105, Callers Caddy now offers its first Japanese translation of the user interface. This marks the next small but important step: Callers Caddy is becoming more international. The translation capability was built in from the beginning. Callers Caddy was designed from the outset to allow for interface translation. The software launched… Read more
Many callers already have their lyrics and cue sheets stored somewhere on their computers. Sometimes as a text file. Sometimes as RTF. Sometimes as a nicely formatted Word document. And sometimes as a PDF. Until now, this wasn't always convenient. If a cue sheet was a Word file, you first had to open it, copy it, convert it, or move it to another format. Read more
Editing lyrics has often been more cumbersome than necessary. You had to open the file in another program, adjust the text, format it, save it, and then check if everything was still correctly linked in Callers Caddy. For a single song, this is just a minor inconvenience. But with a large music collection, it quickly becomes a real time-waster. If… Read more
Sometimes you want to listen to a song briefly before it's actually played through the sound system. Perhaps you're not sure if it's the right version. Maybe there are multiple recordings from different square dance labels. Or you want to decide together with another caller which song is a better fit. That's exactly what the Audition button is for… Read more
Previously, some settings in Callers Caddy required direct access to the callers_caddy.ini file. This was possible, but not particularly convenient. You had to find the right file, then locate the relevant section, and finally change the value correctly. And if you made a typo, things could quickly become confusing. Read more
With version 0.82, Callers Caddy gets a new feedback feature. This solves a problem many large music collections face: the data actually needs to be maintained. But this task quickly feels overwhelming. Entering quality, assessing ERR, adding notes, checking songs, correcting values—if you have a lot of songs, this can take a long time. And then this often happens… Read more
Sometimes you don't want to play a song through the main sound system. Maybe a fellow caller is sitting next to you at their computer. You want to quickly play them a song. Or you want to listen to a track yourself without the whole room hearing it. Until now, this was often cumbersome. You had to change the audio output in Windows. Or unplug and replug cables. Or hope that the right one was selected… Read more
