peter

  1. Added benefit is that you can also play songs from the songlist which was not possible in v2 as there was no song list.

And you will still (I hope) have those little letters to the right that allows you to jump to songs that start with a particular letter! I wish we could have that in the Playlist too but I know it's not practical. I do tend to keep my Playlists in alphabetical order so that it's easy to navigate - which is why I wish those little letters were there.

As an aside, maybe I'll use ST2 for the break tunes and ST3 for performance and delete the break tunes from ST3 altogether.
I like to have the break tunes at a lower volume than the performance.

      SoloGuy As an aside, maybe I'll use ST2 for the break tunes and ST3 for performance and delete the break tunes from ST3 altogether.

      Actually what I use for break music is Serato Pyro. It has the best Automix algorithm with really great transitions from track to track. It's like having a DJ in the house. And it can play Spotify playlists which means no additional memory needed for unlimited break music.

      SoloGuy And you will still (I hope) have those little letters to the right that allows you to jump to songs that start with a particular letter!

      Of course.

            AlanC76 also try Djay 2 for automix with Spotify support.
            Cant mix with Apple Music

              I've got to say that I've read through this whole thread and I'm pretty disappointed by some attitudes to be honest.

              I was a Beta tester and I had some issues with the queue system in my mind. I've been using it on stage as a solo and a duo/trio for three months+ now and like some others in the thread have many tracks loaded (over 1100 at present) and some quite large audiences. I extensively use the midi functions to control reverbs, effects, lights and even a powerpoint background display on a PC using Bome Midi Translator. I too use an airturn. finally my main iPad is networked to the other members of the duo/trio iPads. So i'm pushing the system very hard. I pick next songs on the fly in mid song and it has to be slick.

              ST2 worked superbly and there is an argument that if you are so unhappy with ST3 then just use ST2.

              BUT

              St3 will remain stable as iOS (and iPadOS) advance and will allow you to use an iPhone for ST3 (great for the networked lyrics).

              Peter has done an amazing feat with this software and I really can't see him getting rich on the income compared to all the hours he's put into getting it to this stage. The Beta testers, including myself gave him a hard time and posed many challenges.

              Just put some time into using the ST3 version and I know the advantages will outweigh the disadvantages. I'm still throwing challenges and I'm sure that if it had been me in Peters shoes I would have told me to get lost, but he has not.

              So lets cool the rhetoric and give the guy and his software a chance.

                Beejaywh I’ve been using the app for a few days at home to see how will I cope at a gig and it’s a no no for me, too many extra pressing and visual changes. Can definitely see some advantages for other type work but not for what I do. The auto play doesn’t work at the playlist view only the queue. BIG NO NO. Flipping through pages to get the same work on a single page on ST2. No no. I don’t think some of you understand what it’s like to octopus around while you need to concentrate on playing and singing, running dmx and mixing on another ipad, same time reading lyrics, WHY CANT I SEE LYRICS while looking for the next song to play?? That’s a disaster for me!!? No my friend, it’s a no no.
                Ill go as far as saying I’m willing to pay $100 a year to keep ST2 EXACTLY THE SAME for years to come. It helps me earn a living easily where no other app compares to it.
                Sorry but ST3 simply isn’t for me

                  Beejaywh
                  If someone... anyone(!) had just explained the method as @musicadi did in his response to my post, this thread would be OVER. And it may have made any additional work from @peter wholly unnecessary. But no one... NO ONE explained it in such a clear, concise manner the way @musicadi did. This clear explanation, in my opinion, is all that was needed! Instead, we got chastised and somewhat mocked for not getting it like they did. @Bazz02 posted a screenshot of what we're asking for is supposed to look like but offered precisely zero explanation on how to do it. Just a smug, "Look familiar?" comment. You certainly aren't offering up a helpful explanation either, @Beejaywh.
                  And you wonder why some people are angry?

                  @SteveCherelle, @Sharonzaz, @AlanC76, here's @musicadi's explanation and it works very well.

                  I say again, for me this would have prevented a lot of aggravation.

                  There is a setting called “Default queue add position”. Set that to “Top”. This way, every time you tap a song, it will be added to the top of the queue and you only have to tap Play (while still in the Songlist or Playlist window). So, actually you need only two taps to play a song. In ST2 your playlist was loaded automatically and you hit play to play the FIRST song, but if you wanted to play the second song, you also needed two taps.

                  When you open ST3, the Songs window will open, where you have all your songs. There, just tap the song you want to start with, then hit play. The lyrics window will open, with the list on the left. There, tap on the Songs tab and you’re all set. Now you can just tap any song you like and that will come next in line, so when your actual song stops, all you gave to do is tap Play.

                  The very first time you do this, it does take you to the Queue but tapping on the Songlist or Playlist again will keep it from going back to the Queue. I've tried it and it works!

                  Again, many thanks, @musicadi!

                      SoloGuy I know the add to queue up or down. Helps one bit (a little) but doesn’t solve the other issues

                          Sharonzaz
                          What other issues do you have? For me, after tapping on the Playlist again to get away from the Queue, it acts just like ST2.

                            I am curious as to why 3 of my posts are marked as "Deleted".

                              SoloGuy I am curious as to why 3 of my posts are marked as "Deleted".

                              Which posts? I don't see any deleted posts in this thread.

                              BTW, I have just uploaded version 3.0.1 to the app store. Once reviewed by Apple, it will be released quite possible in the next few days.

                              Here is the Changelog:

                              3.0.1 (2019-08-14)

                              This release brings back the playlist based workflow from version 2. It can be activated by disabling the option Advanced Queue Mode in the settings dialog. In this mode, the queue management is handled transparently by Stage Traxx. You only need to select the song you want to play and Stage Traxx will continue with the songs in your current context (playlist or song list).

                              Added

                              • Playlist based operation mode where the queue is handled automatically by the app. Can be turned on and off by the option Advanced Queue Mode in settings dialog.
                              • New option in settings dialog to disable drag & drop sorting

                              Changed

                              • Support forum link is now pointing to the new domain name

                              Fixed

                              • Crash when trying to send invalid midi commands
                              • Waveform generation fails when trying to import non-standard audio files

                                  peter
                                  Must've been a glitch in the website. Some of my posts said "Deleted" instead of "Sologuy".
                                  It seems fine now. Thanks for all your efforts, @peter.

                                    SoloGuy Plz read my explanation.The answer I got back was oh well we still have to go to the Queue.But I asked you to then select the playlist tab and your good to go or as Musicado said Select Song tab.
                                    Might have seemed smug posting pic but I was trying to show how I was using ST3.
                                    And yes your spot on Peter could have been saved a lot of extra work with a little bit of patient from
                                    those experiencing ST3 for the first time.

                                        Bazz02
                                        My apologies. It seems that the answer was given piecemeal by a lot of people and it is quite frustrating when you can't get a clear concise answer form an entire group. Musicadi's final response was exactly what I (and I think everyone else who was frustrated) was looking for. It was like being new to a city and getting incomplete directions from nearly everyone you ask, just to go from point A to point B.

                                          So, version 3.0.1 has just been approved. It should pop up in your Updates tab on the App Store within the next hours.

                                          I hope that we can now move forward from this thread.

                                            Thanks for your efforts Peter, but this will NEVER work for me I'm afraid.
                                            After ST2 which was so simple and never let me down on hundred of gigs over years, this V3 is just too different in concept for me.
                                            Having to import all your songs into the app is beyond me ! It's ALWAYS worked fine using iTunes with the advantage that I have always prepared my playlists in iTunes on the iMac (easy and comfortable...) and transferred them to ST.
                                            Now you have to load all the files you want into the app, doubling the amount of space needed (a bummer for my 32Gb iPads 🙁

                                            And so far the importing songs bit just doesn't work ! ! ! It blocks near the end of a 100 song transfer and I have to force the app to close. Not one song imported ! ! And I have near 1000 ! !
                                            NO WAY can I use this for my next gigs.
                                            Others may have been convinced that it's great, but I stick to what was said earlier.... give us ST2 with a few improvements and the guarantee that it will be updated for future iOs versions and Ill be happy to pay for the extra peace of mind.
                                            Sorry to rant, but I'm now very annoyed to find that I've bought a Frankenstein version of what was a great app and cannot use it because of all the major changes.

                                              The songs have been imported. Just do a refresh of the song list.

                                              It would be useful if you could send me the song that can not be imported.

                                              I had to answer so many support requests for syncing issues with iTunes, I am not going back there. The quickest way for you would be to just import the audio files without iTunes. Then you would not need them in iTunes and it would not take up double space.

                                                peter How to import to several iPads with an ADSL upload speed of < 1Mb ? Wouldn't have completed for my next gig :-o

                                                  Fastest way is through iTunes filesharing as this syncs directly over usb.