I liked the way ST2 playlists worked, it suited me and the way i operated.
I still have not found ST3 playlists method of operation is working for me after giving it a bit of thought to why i am not happy with the new change i realized ST3 is geared up to do one gig at a time and playlists are more suited for those using playlists as SET lists for the now gig, if you use playlists like set lists then the software makes more sense.
But if you use playlists like Gig playlists then ST3 does not compare to ST2 when it comes to keeping organized and creating new gigs.
Why is this?
I am finding i use to rely on the purple Done songs being remembered for every playlist and stored for future examanation feature in ST2 a lot more valuable than i realized as i really miss it now when preparing for next gigs.
Now ST3 purple Done mode contaminates all your playlists so rendering it useless, it only helps if you are using playlists like SETS then it becomes useful as it will remind you on the night that you played this song already if you hapen to have the same song in another set , but this is most unlikely, really there is no great use for this feature appart from using it on the now performing gig, this is a big let down for me and frustrating as all my gigs playlists get contaminated by the last gig.
My ideal operation would be if every playlist remembered its played songs, and a CLEAR done function button on every playlist to use when you want to reuse the same playlist, also a print and save to pdf option of all the playlist songs or only the played songs for later manipulation or customer service to pass on the song lists with ease.
I think song mode should have its own all clear done songs now known as history which you can reset for each gig but the playlists should have their own history and reset done songs independant of QUEU history.
This then becomes useful, we lost a very nice feature and got a replacement that just does not cut the mustard.