Stage Traxx beta version 3.0.0

JDSMUSIC

Also, in ST2, while playing/singing one song I generally select the next song to be played. In this new version, in order to do that I have to close the lyrics pane. This is just not going to work for me.

A much better solution would be to keep the orig buttons at the bottom.. Queue, Playlists, Songs. Then while playing hitting one of those would replace the LEFT frame. But again this would be only usable if you could select a single song from a playlist to add to the queue.

Overall, I REALLY like it, but these two issues are a "no go" for me to switch to ST3.

Regards,
JD

peter

JDSMUSIC What I need to do is 1) select a playlist, 2) find the song in the playlist, 3) add it to the queue.

Tap on the disclore icon on the right hand side of the playlist to dive into the playlist. Now you can select songs to play.

JDSMUSIC A much better solution would be to keep the orig buttons at the bottom.. Queue, Playlists, Songs. Then while playing hitting one of those would replace the LEFT frame.

Interesting idea. I will think about it.

coopdawg really liked the volume buttons instead of the slider which is harder to get exact.

But now you have both. The volume buttons are on the left hand side of the play button. Just like in version 2.

coopdawg

JDSMUSIC you can select the entire playlist as you’ve discovered, or a single song by touching the blue info circle to the right of the playlist name, then selecting your song.

coopdawg

peter I really liked the volume buttons instead of the slider which is harder to get exact. To improve, you could add a third button (place between the up and down volume) to reset to zero. I’m curious to what others would like best.

JDSMUSIC

Thanks coopdawg. Got it.... but two operations where used to be one. AND still cannot do this while my partner is singing... she will loose her lyrics!!

coopdawg

peter my apologies, the iPad app is good. I was looking at the iPhone app.

JDSMUSIC

I agree with coopdawg. I like it! Nothing new to learn.

DickyDutch

Hi Peter I’ve been testing midi commands embedded the lyrics and am finding that if a midi command is inserted too close to the beginning of a song e.g. [midi:00:00.10: CC18.127@2] if the play button is pressed to open the lyrics and start play, the midi command is ignored. If the song is immediately paused/stopped (with the lyrics view open and song rewinds) if play is resumed the midi command then works ok. In addition I have found that inserting a midi command to activate when a song opened e.g. [midi: CC18.127@2] causes some confusion to the connected midi device and seem doesn’t work properly. Can you please investigate. Regards Richard.

peter

DickyDutch if a midi command is inserted too close to the beginning of a song e.g. [midi:00:00.10: CC18.127@2] if the play button is pressed to open the lyrics and start play, the midi command is ignored.

Confirm. This is due to the animation that is displayed when opening the player. Animations in iOS have the highest priority. Now the MIDI sending is delayed until the animation finished and Stage Traxx ignores the MIDI command because too much time passed since the scheduled time. I need to set a higher priority for the MIDI timer.

DickyDutch a midi command to activate when a song opened e.g. [midi: CC18.127@2] causes some confusion to the connected midi device

I can't confirm that. MIDI commands are sent reliably when the song is loaded.

DickyDutch

Hi Peter I can now also confirm that MIDI commands are sent reliably when a song is loaded - I have changed settings in my midi bluetooth app and the problem I was getting has been solved. Regards Richard

Johnr

Any update on releasing version 3?
It has some features I’ve been wanting for years.

I’m glad to see that new development is happening. I depend on this app at every gig and there aren’t any good alternatives. I’d be willing to pay for the upgrade and I’m sure others would too.

peter

Johnr We're getting closer to release but there are still some unfinished parts. But I would say that the current beta is already capable to be used on stage. So go ahead and use the beta version.

The final version will replace the beta once it is released and there will be no data loss. So the transission will be seamless for you.

Johnr

I have downloaded the beta but my understanding is that there is no easy way to transfer my current setup. The beta doesn't connect to dropbox to get my songs or backups. Am I missing something? I have hundreds of backing tracks all with lyrics and timings and individual adjustments.

peter

Yes, you are missing a bit 😉. ST3 uses the Apple Files app which can connect to most Filehosters including Dropbox. And you can also import a ST2 backup.

Biggest problem right now is that I will start writing the manual once all features are implemented. So at this moment you will have to play around with the app to get started.

Johnr

peter Thanks a lot for the info, I'll figure it out.

DickyDutch

Hi Peter - Perhaps an idea for the future.
If like me, some artists perform the occasional ‘acoustic song’ (guitar and vocals only, requiring no backing track) but need to refer to the lyrics. I was wondering therefore whether the ‘place holder’ song concept could be developed to facilitate this. My idea is that for a ‘place holder song’ the user would be given the choice of linking it to an ST timer (not audio file) that would allow the embedded song lyrics to scroll silently when play was pressed - the scroll speed adjustable by the user. As you know there are already other Apps out there that mimic this - but for me this functionality would be nice incorporated in ST3. I’d be interested to know whether this function is outside your vision for ST and whether too complicated to be considered. Regards Richard.

Johnr

DickyDutch I just put in any song trimmed to length, and set the song volume to 0. Works great if you only need lyrics.

peter

DickyDutch This is definitely out of scope for version 3.0. I could add it later on. Currently you can already define placeholders and show lyrics. So the only thing missing is autoscrolling. Does that really work well when you play acoustic without a click? I imagine that autoscrolling would be off in most cases after a minute or two.

Why not set a pedal to scroll and use that?

Johnr

Peter - I have successfully imported my v2 backup to v3 and so I now have playlists and lyrics. However, I can't get the mp3 files to associate with the playlists. I download the files using the + but it doesn't associate with anything in the playlist. When I bring up a particular song in Edit, there is no way to fix or edit the link. But if I add the song to the playlist AGAIN, the new one gets the mp3 file and plays. But the old ones won't. Please help.

peter

Your files have been in Dropbox, right? In that case the correct order would be to first add all your songs from Dropbox to the Stage Traxx folder in the Files app and then load the backup.

Now that your files are in Stage Traxx you can reload the backup.

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