Hi Peter, here i go again with song repeat ability in ST3, why don't we have one?
I suggested some time ago that if a song is playing and you select the same song, this then replays the same song just like any other new selection, and the now playing song box turns half yellow half red which is my choice of now playing song colour, this then gives us a simple way of repeating a song, we can foot pedal, finger touch or mouse select the now playing song while it is in play and it simply repeats.
Now i would go one step further to improve functionality and that is when in STOP mode on any song if you touch the same song thats already selected this than cues up the song from start, this then gives us a quick rewind function thats not there as a button, which i really don't want anyway but it is there as a function that is possible just by selecting the same song while in STOP.
So to recap
The REPEAT function is there when in PLAY mode by selecting the same song.
The REWIND TO BEGINNING is there while in STOP mode by selecting the same song.
If using LOOPS i would have two different behaviours with the REPEAT logic, depending on individual song loop choices,
- if there is no loop within the first or last 10 seconds in a song i would loop the full song as is, when the same song is selected in play mode by foot, finger or mouse.
- if there is a loop present within the first or last 10 seconds of a song then use the loops beginning of the start of song and the loops ending of the end of song to loop the whole song neatly, when the same song is selected in play mode by foot, finger or mouse.
This then gives us quick smooth operation , we can auto play to next song, x fade, repeat a song and jump around a song, rewind to beginning, there is absolutely nothing else left.