There is one feature ST3 did not have and thats repeat a song, that gives you a perfect repeat of a song function , well! LOOPING has give us this feature as long as you program it.
If you don't use looping you might want to create one big loop that simply gives you a repeat of song ability that actually repeats perfectly how you want it, and to activate it just hit the waveform area to either repeat continually for rehearsal purposes or if you just want a nice repeat of your song its there as an option.
This is really handy.
I just wanted to point this out to people that run very simply but might need a song repeat that actually works perfectly and its simple to activate, i know to a lot of users its suck egg material but it might help others, but for us professionals at hand WE STILL DONT GET THIS FEATURE IF WE DO USE LOOPING HEAVILY, so tough luck guys!
Cheers Damir
IF YOU DONT USE LOOPING but use backing tracks, SUGGESTION
There is no need for this. Just swipe a song to the left and select "Repeat".
peter Swipe a song to the left and select "Repeat": https://stagetraxx.com/user-guide/playlists/#autoplay-repeat
peter There is no need for this. Just swipe a song to the left and select "Repeat".
Two problems with it , it is not a perfect seamless loop repeat for on stage use, secondly it is not foot pedal capable and thirdly it is inconvenient to use and some users forget it’s even there, I suppose it has more than two problems.
A simple selection of the same song with remote would be much more logical and user friendly and using a single loop idea gives us a perfect loop as well, that’s what I was pointing out to people needing a quick and easy repeat of a song.
The system now will hardly be used as it is well hidden and user unfriendly.
As I have forgotten about it twice already.
Thanks for reminding me I truly did forget it.
Which is my point.
I am loving the looping it is truly a major advance in software capability and on stage use I can’t wait for my next 3 gigs in a few days coming.
Cheers Damir
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OK, I get the foot pedal issue. I will add a command for it in the next update.
EDIT: I forgot, there is already a command for it. It is called Toggle Song Repeat.
But the seamless repeat is not true. If your song starts on an full bar and ends on a full bar the repeat will be seamless. Of course most songs don't do that but that's not the fault of ST3.
peter But the seamless repeat is not true. If your song starts on an full bar and ends on a full bar the repeat will be seamless. Of course most songs don't do that but that's not the fault of ST3.
By using the one loop you can create a seamless loop with most songs as you have complete control of in and out points, some songs would be easier than others but its still much better than replaying a whole song that has some silence at front of it or behind it.
My point is the song repeat functions are well hidden, and i am not going to sacrifice a foot switch for this when i could easily select the same song and get it to replay, but this is not possible, as you cant make the now playing song the next song selection, this is a very logical request that eliminates the need for a hidden repeat function and operationally makes sense, if you could do this then we have our repeat function without introducing extra switches anywhere, you simply select the same song and it indicates it is selected by being half yellow half its playing colour meaning it is playing and is selected to play again, you can also move off it to select another next song and it will be deselected as the next song meaning it wont loop play it will go to next song, this all makes perfect operational sense, and does not introduce the need for further buttons or foot control switches that are not easily used.
This also applies to rewind to begining function facility when in STOP mode , i dont want any more buttons for this i just want a simple touch of the now to play song button to take me back to the begining of song, so when i want to recue quickly i just touch my song selection again and its done im cued up to begining of song.
This all makes perfect sense.
At the moment i choose another song then reselect the one i want so it cues up to begining, why do that if i could just touch the one i am on and its done.
Both reguests dont change the interface in any way, they just provide functionality that most of us need.
These little things are starting to show up now as we are spending more time editing because of all the functionality available to us but we need to have things streamlined to speed up the process as much as possible so we dont waste valuable time.
Cheers Damir