This is really becoming THE APP to use for any professional performer/band. In my opinion it already was, but now you are filling in the gaps to secure it. Well done Peter, amazing work! Did my first show last night with the BETA, and had a blast!
I’ve been using this App for a while. Seriously is the best ! I’ve used many others. I keep gravitating to ST3 for it’s functionality and ease of use. ❤ it!
Great app! One thing that would be awesome is to be able to share and send songs to other app users in our band. Hosting a session is nice but would be great to just send them a playlist and they have it.
Hey mate, these look excellent. Just a little heads up, in the description for this video it says it will be released end of April 2022. I’m guessing you mean 2023. Thanks for continuing to improve this awesome program.
Thanks SO SO MUCH Peter. This app is fantastic so far in my use of it, moving from OnSong. I have a question about the iCloud sync, is it possible to sync to more than one iCloud accounts? For example, to sync recent changes to a band mate who has a different account? Or is there an alternative method that you would suggest to share all songs and changes (as a band leader)?
No, the Cloud Sync will only sync devices on a single account. If you want to send songs or playlists to band mate you can use the Share function of a playlist. That can include all songs and settings or just the playlist if you want.
Hi Peter, an excellent job you are doing! 👍I am considering becoming a user of the Stage Traxx. At the same time I am sure I would need to renew my old Ipad to ensure I have enough capacity to be able to get a good and well functioning use of the ST. What is your recommendation of minimum requirements regarding capacity of Ipad ( which version ) to get it working well. Would I still need a PC for some steps in the process regarding eg importing ready made backing tracks or can I manage everything only using an Ipad. By connecting the Ipad to the mixer with a two channel cabel I guess I would be able to manage the left and right feature outputs onwards to the speakers. And finally when I have the playlist ready I would be able to use it off line from my Ipad without internet access, right? Best regards from Olav in 🇫🇮
So the minimum spec that can run Stage Traxx in the current version is an iPad Air 2. It does run iOS15 which should be fine for the next couple of years. The 16GB entry model has enough space to store thousands of mp3 files. If you want to run uncompressed multitrack files you will only be able to fit maybe 3 dozen songs (6 stereo tracks each uncompressed). So it all depends on your needs. And yes, Stage Traxx runs offline and you can do anything you need on a table (bluetooth keyboard and mouse might help though). No need for an internet connection once setup.
Hi Peter. Such a great app ! I’ll download it right now. A little question. Can I create my songs on the MacOS version and then transfer them to the iOS version ?
Yes, that's actually how I work. I am currently preparing a new live show with multitrack songs and I do all edits on my Mac but will perform with my iPad. With iCloud sync enabled all your edits will be available right away on your iOS device.
Hello Peter, I thanks for the updates in version 3.7. I wanted to take this opportunity to present my wishlist for 3.8. 1. After typing {c:yellow}|Verse|{c} about a million times I thought there must be a better way. In the lyric editor how about reducing the size of the scrollbar to make room for 4 programmable buttons. Each of these buttons can be programmed at the beginning of the edit session to type a sequence of characters by simply tapping the button. This would save me having to type repeated phrases over and over again. The character sequence for each button is saved with the song lyric until it is modified by the user. 2. When using time coded scrolling, the time coded line jumps to the top of the screen where it is almost immediately gone. I would much prefer that the time coded line show up in the middle of the screen where the user can more easily digest it before it is gone. 3. Speaking of scrolling, I am still having some difficulty getting the auto scrolling to work satisfactorily. May I suggest a third scrolling mode that is a combination of the two existing modes. This would allow a time code to adjust the position of the lyric during the auto scroll playback or to change the auto scroll speed during playback. I know some adjustments can be made by inserting blank lines, but this does not address all situations and is not a very elegant solution. 4. May I suggest that the “Tap to Close” text at the top of the screen be converted to a permanent button on the bottom toolbar? 5. There needs to be a way to embed some non-chord text into the chord line above the lyric without canceling the color of the chords. Some phrases such as N.C. for No Chord, or G slide to A, are commonly needed without changing the line into a text line color. 6. There is a button with a < or > as text, to show/hide the list of songs in the database. This button overlays the lyric and can become somewhat annoying during playback. May I suggest that it be moved to the toolbar where it won’t create this problem? 7. Many if not most lyric sources use the square brackets [] for [Verse], [Chorus], and other labels. It is unfortunate that these brackets have been reserved for embedded commands. And why have two command indicators, [ ] and { }, anyway? This requires in a lot of editing when importing the lyric text from a source that uses the square brackets for it’s labels. Could you present an option to allow the square brackets as plain text and use the curly brackets for ALL code sequence identifiers? 8. You currently allow us to wipe and redo the lyric and pdf files for an existing song. But we cannot replace the music file for an existing song. Why not? I would like to be able to replace the music file with a different version/artist without having to start over with a whole new song.
Thanks for the suggestions. Here are my comments: 1. There are already shortcuts for most of the formatting options including colors. See here: stagetraxx.com/user-guide/lyrics/#keyboard-shortcuts 2. Again, there is already an option for that: stagetraxx.com/user-guide/settings/#current-line-position 3. Absolutely no idea what you mean. You don't need to put a timecode on every line. Just place a timecode per section if you want. 4. I only move UI elements in major versions. UI will change in version 4 but not earlier. 5. This is coming in version 3.7. Just start a line with ` and it will be shown as chords no matter what you type 6. See bullet point 4 7. The syntax is loosely based on chordpro which I would consider an industry standard. Here sections are marked with {} brackets. I will definitely not make this configurable (too complex to render) or change it as that would make thousands of users quite angry. 8. Yes, thinking about it I have already all pieces in place with multitrack songs. Might as well reuse that for regular songs.
Thanks Peter. 1. I do not own an imac. My editing is done on an ipad which does not have the keys for those shortcuts. 2. I assume you are referring to Current Line Position? I must be dense or something but I don’t understand what this says. What is the current line position? 3. I would just like a third mode where the scrolling continues after a time code adjustment. 4. Understood, no problem. 5. Thank you. 6. Understood. 7. Understood. I thought that might be a problem. I thought you could add a settings switch to enable or disable the square bracket as an esc symbol. 8. Thank you. Another item I have noticed is that the text color in the lyric editor does not match the color during playback. This may be something to do with my ipad, I don’t know. Pink looks red during playback and yellow looks orange. Both look ok in the editor. It would be nice if we could set the color using RGB which would give us a bit more control. Thanks for all your hard work.
@@donfreeman686 1. You can connect any Bluetooth keyboard to your iPad. That will really help with editing and keyboard shortcuts also work on the iPad. 2. Thats the position where the highlighted line will be displayed during playback. Either on top or in the middle of the screen. 3. That's really not possible. If you want to keep scrolling, add additional timecodes. Regarding the colors: They are the same colors (same RGB values). They might look different depending on dark or light background. But the colors are identical.
I am considering moving to this app from another app. The biggest issue I am having with the other app is storage. The storage for the same library varies widely across devices. Hopefully this is good with this app. Am I able to add countoffs before the start of songs in this app?
Storage will be the same on all devices except when you use iCloud syncing. iCloud syncing needs its own cache files that can easily take up 2 times the space of your library. So only use iCloud syncing for smaller libraries or if you have more than enough space.
Feature request: enable some custom command lines to take the place of midi commands. For instance instead of midi@02:00.00 cc010.127@4 how about programming a replacement like 02:00.00 VOLUME ON. Maybe something in the background to pre program commonly used CCs and PCs to the words of the actual things they’re doing to make writing this stuff in a little easier and/or faster.
Are there any plans to add tracks to Stage Traxx? The ONLY thing I like about the app I use now is that I have never run out of tracks or had to bounce tracks together.
Version 3.8 will add 2 more tracks. That's the limit with the current audio engine. Version 4 will have a new audio engine with "hopefully" 16 tracks or maybe even more.
Well if you have a multitrack song, you can just mute the tracks you don't need. If you are asking about where the get a playback from in the first place, I always recommend karaoke-version.com
If me and my band members are working on different song lyrics on separate devices, can we sync up our lyrics so that we ADD each others lyrics to everyones device??
@@stagetraxx lyrics for different songs. For example I work on Daft Punk song lyrics and a band mate works on Ariana Grande lyrics. Can we put our lyrics together?
Yes, you can define a fade out time when pressing stop during playback. This will only be applied when manually stopping during playback, not at the end of a song.
Hi Peter! I assume the sync feature will not work with different Apple ID’s. For instance if I have a band mate that I provide backups to restore from - he would have a different Apple ID and therefore this sync wouldn’t work correct?
This is a game changer for us lovers of backing tracks.
Loving your work Peter, some great new features.
Peter, thank you for making an already full-featured app even better. You make gigging so much easier for me!
This is really becoming THE APP to use for any professional performer/band. In my opinion it already was, but now you are filling in the gaps to secure it. Well done Peter, amazing work! Did my first show last night with the BETA, and had a blast!
Cruise ship shows working this app every night on stage :) east coast Atlantic USA. Thx Peter
What! My buddy Kenny uses StageTraxx as well? Small world! I hope you’re keeping well. Miss you buddy!
Wow, that's great. Really glad you like it!
Awesome!! This app is so, so outstanding! Thank you!
Thank you for your continued improvement of an already useful app
I’ve been using this App for a while. Seriously is the best ! I’ve used many others. I keep gravitating to ST3 for it’s functionality and ease of use. ❤ it!
Brilliant App Peter! keep up the great work.
Awesome. Thanks Peter!
Wonderful work!
Thank you
Great app! One thing that would be awesome is to be able to share and send songs to other app users in our band. Hosting a session is nice but would be great to just send them a playlist and they have it.
You can already share songs or whole playlists. Just use the Share button in playlist details or in edit mode of the song list.
@@stagetraxx I just figured that out. Thank you and thanks for creating an awesome app!
Thanks 👍 great features especially pause auto scrolling... sometimes very necessary haha
That’s awesome, Peter!🤟🏻
Dankeschön !!! Perfect !
Hey mate, these look excellent. Just a little heads up, in the description for this video it says it will be released end of April 2022. I’m guessing you mean 2023. Thanks for continuing to improve this awesome program.
Yeah, thanks. I will correct that right away. Of course it means 2023.
Great!
Thanks SO SO MUCH Peter. This app is fantastic so far in my use of it, moving from OnSong.
I have a question about the iCloud sync, is it possible to sync to more than one iCloud accounts? For example, to sync recent changes to a band mate who has a different account? Or is there an alternative method that you would suggest to share all songs and changes (as a band leader)?
No, the Cloud Sync will only sync devices on a single account. If you want to send songs or playlists to band mate you can use the Share function of a playlist. That can include all songs and settings or just the playlist if you want.
Hi Peter, an excellent job you are doing! 👍I am considering becoming a user of the Stage Traxx. At the same time I am sure I would need to renew my old Ipad to ensure I have enough capacity to be able to get a good and well functioning use of the ST. What is your recommendation of minimum requirements regarding capacity of Ipad ( which version ) to get it working well. Would I still need a PC for some steps in the process regarding eg importing ready made backing tracks or can I manage everything only using an Ipad. By connecting the Ipad to the mixer with a two channel cabel I guess I would be able to manage the left and right feature outputs onwards to the speakers. And finally when I have the playlist ready I would be able to use it off line from my Ipad without internet access, right? Best regards from Olav in 🇫🇮
So the minimum spec that can run Stage Traxx in the current version is an iPad Air 2. It does run iOS15 which should be fine for the next couple of years.
The 16GB entry model has enough space to store thousands of mp3 files. If you want to run uncompressed multitrack files you will only be able to fit maybe 3 dozen songs (6 stereo tracks each uncompressed). So it all depends on your needs.
And yes, Stage Traxx runs offline and you can do anything you need on a table (bluetooth keyboard and mouse might help though). No need for an internet connection once setup.
Many thanks for a fast and clear answer Peter!
Hi Peter. Such a great app ! I’ll download it right now. A little question. Can I create my songs on the MacOS version and then transfer them to the iOS version ?
Yes, that's actually how I work. I am currently preparing a new live show with multitrack songs and I do all edits on my Mac but will perform with my iPad. With iCloud sync enabled all your edits will be available right away on your iOS device.
@@stagetraxx Great ! Thanks for that quick answer.
Hello Peter, I thanks for the updates in version 3.7. I wanted to take this opportunity to present my wishlist for 3.8.
1. After typing {c:yellow}|Verse|{c} about a million times I thought there must be a better way. In the lyric editor how about reducing the size of the scrollbar to make room for 4 programmable buttons. Each of these buttons can be programmed at the beginning of the edit session to type a sequence of characters by simply tapping the button. This would save me having to type repeated phrases over and over again. The character sequence for each button is saved with the song lyric until it is modified by the user.
2. When using time coded scrolling, the time coded line jumps to the top of the screen where it is almost immediately gone. I would much prefer that the time coded line show up in the middle of the screen where the user can more easily digest it before it is gone.
3. Speaking of scrolling, I am still having some difficulty getting the auto scrolling to work satisfactorily. May I suggest a third scrolling mode that is a combination of the two existing modes. This would allow a time code to adjust the position of the lyric during the auto scroll playback or to change the auto scroll speed during playback. I know some adjustments can be made by inserting blank lines, but this does not address all situations and is not a very elegant solution.
4. May I suggest that the “Tap to Close” text at the top of the screen be converted to a permanent button on the bottom toolbar?
5. There needs to be a way to embed some non-chord text into the chord line above the lyric without canceling the color of the chords. Some phrases such as N.C. for No Chord, or G slide to A, are commonly needed without changing the line into a text line color.
6. There is a button with a < or > as text, to show/hide the list of songs in the database. This button overlays the lyric and can become somewhat annoying during playback. May I suggest that it be moved to the toolbar where it won’t create this problem?
7. Many if not most lyric sources use the square brackets [] for [Verse], [Chorus], and other labels. It is unfortunate that these brackets have been reserved for embedded commands. And why have two command indicators, [ ] and { }, anyway? This requires in a lot of editing when importing the lyric text from a source that uses the square brackets for it’s labels. Could you present an option to allow the square brackets as plain text and use the curly brackets for ALL code sequence identifiers?
8. You currently allow us to wipe and redo the lyric and pdf files for an existing song. But we cannot replace the music file for an existing song. Why not? I would like to be able to replace the music file with a different version/artist without having to start over with a whole new song.
Thanks for the suggestions. Here are my comments:
1. There are already shortcuts for most of the formatting options including colors. See here: stagetraxx.com/user-guide/lyrics/#keyboard-shortcuts
2. Again, there is already an option for that: stagetraxx.com/user-guide/settings/#current-line-position
3. Absolutely no idea what you mean. You don't need to put a timecode on every line. Just place a timecode per section if you want.
4. I only move UI elements in major versions. UI will change in version 4 but not earlier.
5. This is coming in version 3.7. Just start a line with ` and it will be shown as chords no matter what you type
6. See bullet point 4
7. The syntax is loosely based on chordpro which I would consider an industry standard. Here sections are marked with {} brackets. I will definitely not make this configurable (too complex to render) or change it as that would make thousands of users quite angry.
8. Yes, thinking about it I have already all pieces in place with multitrack songs. Might as well reuse that for regular songs.
Thanks Peter. 1. I do not own an imac. My editing is done on an ipad which does not have the keys for those shortcuts. 2. I assume you are referring to Current Line Position? I must be dense or something but I don’t understand what this says. What is the current line position? 3. I would just like a third mode where the scrolling continues after a time code adjustment. 4. Understood, no problem. 5. Thank you. 6. Understood. 7. Understood. I thought that might be a problem. I thought you could add a settings switch to enable or disable the square bracket as an esc symbol. 8. Thank you.
Another item I have noticed is that the text color in the lyric editor does not match the color during playback. This may be something to do with my ipad, I don’t know. Pink looks red during playback and yellow looks orange. Both look ok in the editor. It would be nice if we could set the color using RGB which would give us a bit more control.
Thanks for all your hard work.
@@donfreeman686 1. You can connect any Bluetooth keyboard to your iPad. That will really help with editing and keyboard shortcuts also work on the iPad.
2. Thats the position where the highlighted line will be displayed during playback. Either on top or in the middle of the screen.
3. That's really not possible. If you want to keep scrolling, add additional timecodes.
Regarding the colors: They are the same colors (same RGB values). They might look different depending on dark or light background. But the colors are identical.
I am considering moving to this app from another app. The biggest issue I am having with the other app is storage. The storage for the same library varies widely across devices. Hopefully this is good with this app.
Am I able to add countoffs before the start of songs in this app?
Storage will be the same on all devices except when you use iCloud syncing. iCloud syncing needs its own cache files that can easily take up 2 times the space of your library. So only use iCloud syncing for smaller libraries or if you have more than enough space.
Feature request: enable some custom command lines to take the place of midi commands. For instance instead of midi@02:00.00 cc010.127@4 how about programming a replacement like 02:00.00 VOLUME ON. Maybe something in the background to pre program commonly used CCs and PCs to the words of the actual things they’re doing to make writing this stuff in a little easier and/or faster.
Good day Peter. Will you ever add midi track play with audio. I have a need to run my light show through midi notes.
No, that's currently not on my list. Sorry.
Are there any plans to add tracks to Stage Traxx? The ONLY thing I like about the app I use now is that I have never run out of tracks or had to bounce tracks together.
Version 3.8 will add 2 more tracks. That's the limit with the current audio engine. Version 4 will have a new audio engine with "hopefully" 16 tracks or maybe even more.
How do you mute the vocal track from the songs for vocalists performing solo??
Well if you have a multitrack song, you can just mute the tracks you don't need. If you are asking about where the get a playback from in the first place, I always recommend karaoke-version.com
How do I contact you? I’ve changed phones & I’m trying to set up back up on another device but I’m being told I don’t have an account
Do you mean an AppStore Account?
If me and my band members are working on different song lyrics on separate devices, can we sync up our lyrics so that we ADD each others lyrics to everyones device??
No, each device can only store one variation of the lyrics.
@@stagetraxx lyrics for different songs. For example I work on Daft Punk song lyrics and a band mate works on Ariana Grande lyrics. Can we put our lyrics together?
@@LeoRoblesss You can export lyrics as text files or export a whole song including lyrics.
is there an easy way to have a song auto-fade early on the fly, let's say for an announcement, or tomatoes ready to be thrown?
Yes, you can define a fade out time when pressing stop during playback. This will only be applied when manually stopping during playback, not at the end of a song.
Hi Peter! I assume the sync feature will not work with different Apple ID’s. For instance if I have a band mate that I provide backups to restore from - he would have a different Apple ID and therefore this sync wouldn’t work correct?
That's correct. Syncing is only possible on devices running with your AppleID.
How to update to version 3.7?
What is the Min version of IOS that this will run on?
To run the current version you need at least iOS13.