I am a performer who sings to backing tracks. Pop, Rock, Swing and R&B using backing tracks, a veteran user of OnSong 2020. I have hundreds of songs loaded with internet copied lyrics and music tracks from my iTunes playlist on my iPad Version 17.5.1 . I have iTunes on my iMac as well. When I buy a track from Apple it downloads automatically to my iMac and iPad iTunes. If I decide to use it in my act I duplicate the track on my iTunes iPad to my iTunes Playlist on my iPad and then move it to the OnSong lyrics file.
If I download a track from Karaoke Version or another non Apple source I have to manually download it on my iMac then transfer the track from their by click and drag to my iPad iTunes via the direct connect line attaching my iPad to my iMac. If I decide to change the key on an Apple track or edit the song in any way (length, structure of verses or breaks instrumental etc) I click and drag the track from my iMac iTunes to Song Surgeon on my iMac and edit it and then save it on SS and export it to my iMac iTunes. I then can click and drag it from my iMac iTunes to my IPad iTunes and then into my Playlist. Sounds time consuming but it is done pretty quickly once I am satisfied with my SS editing. All this has worked well for me for five up years but the biggest nagging unsolved problem I have is volume differences between different sourced music tracks. I am forced to mark in my OnSong files on each track whether it is a loud one or soft one and then adjust the volume manually at my gig going from song to song just prior to starting the song. Its a distraction, keeps me tied physically to my iPad even on songs I remember all the lyrics. And if I miss a volume adjustment it hurts my professionalism.

I understand that Stage Traxx has a fix for this by being able to adjust each track’s volume independently in a file separate from the master volume ….so that once a song has been equalized to a given volume, the software remembers that volume and at gigs only the master volume needs to be set for the room size and acoustics .This would solve my problem but not being familiar with Stage Traxx’s workings I am fearful of jeopardizing my OnSong files. I am not a techie!

-Will my iPad handle the Stage Traxx software while still allowing me to have my OnSong files in order to test how Stage Trax works to see quality, time involved to do the transfers etc.
-Can I transfer my lyrics from OnSong to Stage Traxx?
-Can my iPad Apple playlist file be accessed by my OnSong and Stage Traxx software? How would iTunes
know which file, OnSong or Stage Traxx, to transfer the track to?
How would my iMac recognize the Stage Traxx software when non Apple trax or edited Song Surgeon tracks need to be moved to my iPad.

My music files are linked to my OnSong lyric files but remain in the iTunes IPad file so duplicating the music file is not necessary. Does Stage Traxx work that way with my iTune files ( and for testing allow the iTunes file to be accessed by both OnSong and StagrcTraxx?
It seems overwhelming to me to change this as much as I want get rid of the volume problem!
I’m not even sure I’m asking the right questions here!