Transition from Spotify to Stage Traxx

John

Hello! One such question - if I play background music with the Spotify iOS app and start a song in the Apple Music app, Spotify stops and the transition is smooth. And vice versa. However, if I start a song in the Stage Traxx app, Spotify (or Apple Music) continues to play. Is it possible to set Stage Traxx to behave similarly to Spotify and Apple Music?

peter

No, ST3 runs in a mode that allows other music apps to keep running. That's essential if you want for example to run a virtual guitar amp or a keyboard rig in the background. It is not possible to change that.

Damir

peter Hi Peter, would it be possible to have an option to choose which method gets used because this is the same issue I have had with ST3 , I don’t need other software to work in the background I just need ST3 to play without MUSIC or SPOTIFY or anything else interrupting it.
I just want ST3 to be rock solid without interruption.

John

Thanks for the answer! Yes, I understand. But are there any plans to make it optional in the next version, for example? Let me explain - I use the same iPad to play background music while I take a break and to play my backtracks, and it would be convenient to switch apps without a moment of silence.

peter

@Damir It is not possible to prevent another app from playing audio. What is possible is to mute other apps when ST3 is playing but when you switch to another app while ST3 is playing the other app can always either play together with ST3 or stop ST3 playback and play its own audio.

@John Your approach will not work simply because background music needs to be played with a much lower volume than your backing tracks. The volume sliders in apps like Spotify or Apple Music only control the device volume. Either background music will be too loud or the playback will not be loud enough.

Damir

peter What is possible is to mute other apps when ST3 is playing

That’s all I am asking for.
I have had instances where MUSIC software was playing as well as ST3 , lately it has not being an issue perhaps this has been fixed in the updates.

DaveT

Put your background music into Stagetraxx and set per track a lower volume, that way you can cue your background music to after your last song etc..... we do it all the time. I have pre mixed tracks that last over an hour that are triggered in the way I described above

Damir

DaveT Put your background music into Stagetraxx and set per track a lower volume

I Would not do it that way , because if ever you want to play those songs at normal level you have to bring up all the levels individually this takes a lot of effort to bring the levels down then up, a simpler way is just create a background music playlist and drop it’s master output up or down this only effects the songs in that playlist and leaves all the songs at normal level elsewhere.

DaveT

Personally not the way I would do it mate. We only have about 20 tracks that we use for background music only, and nothing else. If it need a bit more boost I can do it from the mixer, but 99 times out of 100 they are played at the preset levels I have them at. I dont need to worry about adjusting anything all the way through the break, as they are pre mixed 1 hour 20 minute tracks = plenty of coverage for a break, and means my iPad is at the level prior to finishing the set.