Happy new year. Hopefully this year we will finally be able to get back on stage and have more use for Stage Traxx!

I was quite busy so far this winter and can say that version 3.3.0 is now feature complete. The biggest new feature is not so much a feature but support for new hardware:

Stage Traxx now also runs on MacOS Catalina and Big Sur

The app looks and behaves just like on iOS. I am not sure how many users will use Stage Traxx on MacOS so I considers this port a work in progress. If this platform will find enough users, I will start tweaking Stage Traxx to behave more like a normal MacOS app.

There are some limitations on MacOS:

No Audiobus support
No support for lyrics on external screens (new feature on iOS)
You can only import audio files and not songs from your music library
Multi select in edit modes works by holding down the shift key

Backup files are fully compatible between MacOS and iOS. So you can for example use MacOS to edit lyrics and then transfer your changes via backup file to iOS.

Anyone can participate in the beta. The beta version is installed as a separate app so that you can use the stable version in parallel. If you already participated in previous beta tests, you will get a notification about the new version in Testflight. New testers can use this link to participate:

https://testflight.apple.com/join/pq4xbzSq

The MacOS version can be downloaded here: https://stagetraxx.com/beta/stagetraxx-3.3.0-5920.zip

You can restore your iOS In App purchase to enable full functionality on MacOS.

The user manual is not adapted to the new version yet, so please feel free to ask here if you have any questions regarding the new features. Many of the new features need to be enabled in the settings. So please start testing by browsing through the settings menu.

Added

Ported Stage Traxx to MacOS 10.15 (Catalina) and later
Lyrics display on external monitor connected via HDMI or AirPlay
Songs can now be loaded by sending MIDI program changes or song select messages to Stage Traxx
Stage Traxx can send MIDI Timecode with 25 or 30 FPS or MIDI clock to sync external devices
Specify a BPM value for each song for MIDI clock
Network clients can now also send embedded MIDI messages
Individual transpose setting per song (Capo)
Chord transpose when changing song pitch can be disabled per song
Added keywords and keyword filtering to playlists
Playlists can be shared with other iPads (songs need to match on the destination device)
New option to allow manual trigger of crossfade to next song during playback
New option to delay start of playback after pressing play
New option to enable double tap mode for start of playback
New option to add song numbers in playlist view
Ability to add or remove keywords for multiple songs

Changed

Adding all songs from an album or playlist will always create a new playlist with the album / playlist name
Searchbar is now always visible in song tab
"Select all" button in song list edit mode can also deselect songs

Fixed

MIDI messages not sent during user interactions
Stability improvements in network code
Rare crash when generating waveform overview