ADDED * A new **Swipe to Change Song** setting in the Lyrics, Chords & PDF settings lets you switch off changing songs by swiping on the lyrics or PDF. * VoiceOver now reads out info messages and notifications that appear on screen. FIXED * Fixed MIDI file playback running slightly ahead of the audio. MIDI files now stay in sync with your tracks. This fix requires the **Realtime Audio Engine**, which is on by default. * Fixed Stage Traxx draining the battery in the background when **Multi-Route Audio** was switched on. * Fixed a possible crash in the lyrics editor while typing. * Fixed **Show Local Lyrics** in network sessions not finding your own copy of a song when its title or artist had extra spaces, tabs or line breaks at the beginning or end. * Fixed the "Next Song" message appearing when you swiped on the lyrics but there was no song to move to. * Fixed a blank screen and a keyboard that wouldn't go away when you switched tabs while editing lyrics on iOS 27.

FIXED * Fixed the tracks of a multitrack song gradually drifting out of sync during playback. Stage Traxx now constantly checks that all tracks are in step during playback and corrects any drift before you can hear it. * Fixed a crash when loading songs with certain audio files. * Fixed a possible crash in the PDF viewer when Writing Tools are enabled. * Fixed the start and end time of a song being reset when you add, remove or replace one of its tracks. * Fixed changes you made to a song on another device being overwritten when the song was played to the end with iCloud Sync switched on. * Fixed the lyrics of the previous song being saved to the current song after you used the previous and next buttons in the song details. * Fixed a crash when changing the output bus of a track that was assigned to a bus that doesn't exist.

ADDED * You can now add a whole set to the queue at once. Swipe on a set header in a playlist or use its context menu and choose **Play Next** or **Add to Queue**. * New settings let you switch off the swipe menus in the song list, playlists, the queue and the play history, separately for swiping left and swiping right. This helps if you tend to trigger them by accident. * When you are connected to a network session with **Show Local Lyrics** switched on, the status bar now shows whether you are looking at your own lyrics or the ones from the host. CHANGED * Undo in the lyrics editor works in more situations. Importing, resetting or clearing timecodes can now be undone, and your undo history is no longer lost when you switch to the preview and back. * Stage Traxx uses less battery while it is in the background and nothing is playing. * Syncing when you return to the app is now more efficient. FIXED * Fixed multitrack songs occasionally playing out of sync after the app had been in the background for a long time. * Fixed devices following Stage Traxx via MIDI Clock not picking up the new tempo when autoplay moved on to the next song. * Fixed bank select messages occasionally being applied to the wrong program change when several were sent in quick succession. * Fixed a crash when importing audio files with embedded timecoded lyrics that contain an incomplete timestamp. * Fixed the color palette being cut off when you use the **Show Borders** accessibility setting or a large text size.

CHANGED * The Done button in the song details is now always visible on iOS and macOS 27. It is no longer hidden away in the toolbar's overflow menu on any of the tabs. FIXED * Fixed a crash on iOS 27 when you opened the Bluetooth MIDI view. * Fixed a lyrics line being indented when a formatting tag was used directly after a chord. * Fixed the metronome click and MIDI file playback being slightly ahead of the music. Stage Traxx now takes the delay of your audio output into account, so everything stays in sync.

FIXED * Fixed skip regions that follow directly after one another being played back in part. All of them are now skipped completely. * Fixed the lyrics appearing blurred on an external display in certain rotation modes. * Fixed Stage Traxx not using a connected external display on iOS 27 and iPadOS 27. * Fixed drawn annotations in a PDF only becoming visible once you stopped moving your finger or the pointer on iOS 27 and iPadOS 27.

FIXED * Fixed a crash when your audio setup was changing, for example when an audio interface or headphones were connected or disconnected. * Fixed the lyrics jumping backwards when you moved the playback position in a song with timecoded lyrics and smooth scrolling. The lyrics now follow the exact position you moved to instead of snapping back to the last timecode. * Fixed the highlighted lyrics line being scrolled up too far on iOS 16 and macOS Ventura when centered lyrics are switched off.

ADDED * You can now share a single song straight from its context menu in the song list and in playlists. Previously you had to switch to batch edit mode and select the song first. * Removing a song from a playlist now asks for confirmation, so you can no longer delete an entry by accident. CHANGED * PDF Autoscroll is now switched off by default for new installations. You can still turn it on in the settings. FIXED * Fixed a crash when adding music from your library while the library was still updating in the background. * Fixed a crash in the lyrics editor when you used undo after replacing text while the preview was open. * Fixed the rename dialog not appearing when you renamed a keyword in a long keyword list. * Fixed songs appearing in a random order when you imported several files at once. They are now added in alphabetical order by file name. * Fixed the handling of song and backup files that contain incomplete file information. This could only happen if such a file had been edited with another app, and could then cause problems when importing or exporting.

CHANGED * The Play History now keeps only the most recent 500 songs. Very long histories could make the app stutter every time a song finished. FIXED * Fixed a crash on connected devices when playing a song that has no BPM set while MIDI Clock sync is switched on. * Fixed the app freezing for a few seconds when a song reached its end. * Fixed a fade-in that could be heard at the start of every repetition when looping a song that ends exactly at the end of its audio file. * Fixed the audio tab in the song details going blank after you added, replaced or deleted a track. * Fixed the lyrics scrolling jumping to the wrong position when you resized the window or tilted your device. * Fixed the lyrics editor showing the lyrics of the previous song after you moved to the next or previous song. * Fixed changes being lost when you edited a song while iCloud sync was uploading in the background. The edits are now uploaded as expected. * Fixed a short network hiccup ending the entire hosting session and disconnecting all devices. The connection is now restored automatically.

FIXED * Fixed a crash that could happen when opening a song whose audio file is damaged or incomplete * Fixed a crash that could happen when opening the region editor * Fixed track panning jumping back to the center when you opened the mixer while using the new realtime audio engine * Fixed the playback time occasionally being displayed inaccurately when your device is under heavy load * Fixed the host of a network session sending unnecessary queue updates to connected devices, which could slow the connection down * Fixed the chord font not switching to the mono font for users who had the old "fixed width chords" setting enabled

PLAYBACK & AUDIO * New low-latency realtime multitrack audio engine, on by default; can be disabled in Audio Settings * Metronome: playback starts quantized to the beat in Both and Stop modes * Remote actions to toggle the metronome on/off and cycle through metronome modes * Per-song count-in click count, plus a remote action to start a count-in * Beat anchor handle in the region editor to set where the metronome grid starts, independent of the song's start time; beat grid shown without a selected region, with a snap-to-grid toggle LYRICS * Font tags: {font: ...} / {textfont: ...} / {f: ...} - sans, serif, mono, script * Colour tags: {color: ...} / {colour: ...} / {c: ...} - named colours or hex (#rgb / #rrggbb); may span multiple lines * Bold ..., italic ... and underline +...+ can now be stacked (e.g. bold italic) * New setting for the default lyrics font (sans, serif, mono or script) * New font and text-style options for rendering chords * Per-heading-level default colours (inherit the lyrics colour when unset) LYRICS EDITOR * Search & Replace * Native iOS/Catalyst text-formatting controls that write the matching tags * Remote action to insert a timecode at the current playback position SEARCH & FILTERING * Boolean search with AND / OR / NOT (uppercase) and -term for NOT * Field scoping with title: and artist:, plus quoted "multi word" phrases * Greatly expanded filtering for songs and playlists; network clients can use the full edit-filter dialog, including keyword filtering * Search bars stay visible by default, with a setting to always keep them shown * Tapping a search result now dismisses the search automatically PLAYLISTS * Smart playlists driven by rules, with Match All / Match Any * Playlists can be split into multiple sets; auto-queue loads only the selected set * Non-destructive quick sort; in playlists with sets, each set is sorted separately * Raised the limit on songs queued from a playlist to 128 SONGS & EDITING * Per-song capo field (combines with transpose/pitch for correct chord display) * Next/previous song navigation from within the Song Details editor * Direct navigation between tracks in the Track Details view * Song title now always shown in the edit views * Additional visible row fields: Year, PDF, Chord Transpose MIDI * MIDI macros: reusable named command sequences, referenced as $CODE (uppercase, starts with a letter, up to 12 chars); expanded before sending, including to network clients * MIDI Learn can record multiple commands in sequence * MIDI Clock sync now sends START and STOP automatically - do not send them manually when MIDI Clock is enabled REGIONS & CUES * Mark regions as cues and jump to them via cue remote actions * Region Presets: define reusable region templates (name, colour, playback mode) and add a region from a preset with a single tap COLOURS & MIXER * Custom colours and a new colour picker * Edit track name and colour directly in the mixer via long press * Mute groups can be labelled via long press on the mute-group trigger button IMPORT, BACKUP & FILES * Open audio files in Stage Traxx to automatically create new songs * Backups now include device-specific settings; on restore you can choose whether to apply them or restore only the common settings OTHER IMPROVEMENTS * New continuous scrolling mode for non-timecoded lyrics: starts at a fixed tempo on playback and keeps scrolling from any position you set manually * Smooth scrolling option for timecoded lyrics * Assignable controls: new slider type and a toggle mode alternating two actions * Auto-resume hosting after an app restart * Connected audio interface indicator in the title view * Setting to disable single-tap scrolling inside PDF documents * Confirmation dialog before deleting playlists * Numerous stability fixes

CHANGED * When you change MIDI commands in the lyrics editor, the player now picks up your changes as soon as you press play * Renamed the "page" scrolling actions to "screen" scrolling, which better describes what they do FIXED * Fixed the metronome stopping when you switched to another app while it was running in stop mode * Fixed being unable to export playlists whose name contains special characters * Fixed a crash when restoring a backup created with the upcoming version 4.1 of Stage Traxx

CHANGED * Removed unused DONE button from queue list FIXED * Fixed an issue where songs could be duplicated when you turned on iCloud Sync using the "Replace iCloud Data" option * Fixed connected devices sometimes not loading a PDF when autoplay moved on to the next song * Fixed the "Queue End" clock mode counting the current song twice, so it now shows the correct finish time * Fixed knobs being drawn incorrectly when their value was outside the supported range * Fixed the queue not always updating correctly when you turned autoplay on or off from a connected remote controller * Fixed being unable to add a keyword that differed only in capitalization from an existing one — for example, you can now add "Top" or "TOP" even if you already have a keyword named "top"

CHANGED * When automatic queue handling is enabled, selecting a song now automatically queues up to 128 songs from the playlist, up from the previous limit of 48 * Chord names written without a space or separator between them are no longer split into individual chords — for example, "AB" is now treated as a single name rather than the chords "A" and "B" FIXED * Fixed a crash that could occur when transposing lyrics that contained more than 20 chords in a single line * Fixed an issue where MIDI file playback would start slightly too early * Fixed an issue where empty lines were lost when importing lyrics from Word documents (.docx files)

FIXED * Fixed an occasional crash on connected devices when autoplay was turned on * Fixed a random crash that could occur on iOS and macOS 26 * Fixed an issue where stopping playback in the last second of a song would unexpectedly start the next song when autoplay was enabled * Fixed an issue where the session timer would reset when playing a song longer than 10 minutes

ADDED * New setting to add a song to the queue with a single tap when automatic queue mode is turned off CHANGED * Custom MIDI actions now also trigger the matching action on the main device when you're using a connected device as a remote controller — so triggering MIDI action 1 on your controller will also run whatever MIDI action 1 is set up to do on the host * You can now choose where a song is added in the queue when you double-tap it, replacing the previous option that always added it to the top * The backup name field now automatically selects the existing text when you open it, so you can start typing a new name right away FIXED * Fixed an issue where switching songs repeatedly could gradually slow the app down over time * Fixed the displayed song position and playback time freezing after dragging the playhead and releasing it mid-gesture (playback itself continued normally) * Fixed scroll speed controls not appearing for songs with no set duration * Changes to the "Hide Chords" setting now take effect immediately on connected external screens * Fixed the folder icon showing the wrong color in the backup screen

CHANGED * You can now drag and drop multiple playlist items at once to reorder them in edit mode * When you reorder songs in a playlist, any song you have manually selected as the next song now stays selected correctly * The estimated backup size no longer incorrectly shows as "Zero KB" * Updated to a new app icon FIXED * Tapping once to move the playhead position in the audio region editor was no longer working * Connected devices would briefly show the sidebar when automatically moving to the next song * Chord transpose changes in song details now immediately appear in song lists * PDF scroll speed buttons were not visible when text lyrics contained scrolling time codes * The title display did not always reset correctly when changing songs

ADDED * You can now zoom in and out on the waveform by dragging up or down on the timeline in the audio regions editor * Selecting an audio region set to skip mode no longer accidentally turns off that setting * Network clients no longer process playback updates for songs that are not currently on screen CHANGED * The app no longer incorrectly falls back to free mode when your purchase cannot be verified because the device is offline FIXED * Changing a song's playback mode from a controller device now correctly updates the queued song on the host * Fixed an issue where network clients showing their own local lyrics did not apply their local scroll speed setting * Fixed an issue where shortening a song did not remove audio regions that extended beyond the new length * Fixed incorrect chord placement in lyrics lines that contain bold text * Fixed an issue where the file picker for adding audio tracks sometimes prevented selecting multiple files at once * Fixed an issue where manually scrolled lyrics would jump back to the top when the font size was changed * The lyrics editor now scrolls to keep the cursor visible when extending a text selection downward * Fixed an issue where text copied from Windows applications could paste incorrectly into the lyrics editor * Fixed the cloud sync settings menu being cut off on iOS 16

ADDED * New "Near Top" autoscroll highlight position, which works the same way the "Top" position did in Stage Traxx 3 * New remote action to instantly jump to a specific audio region while a song is playing CHANGED * Assignable controls now show whether they are active and are grayed out when they cannot be used * When a PDF is updated on the host device, all connected devices now automatically load the latest version instead of showing a cached copy * The DONE marker on a song is now automatically removed when you clear the playback history FIXED * Fixed an error when importing a Stage Traxx file (.st4s) containing a song whose title or artist had been changed * Fixed an issue where empty lines in lyrics could disappear when the "Hide Chords" setting was turned on * Fixed an issue where the waveform on shorter audio tracks did not match the actual song length

ADDED * New setting to prevent other audio apps from playing in the background, so the Lock Screen and Control Center always show Stage Traxx as the active music app on iOS. CHANGED * Backups can now be saved directly to an external drive without needing free space on your device's internal storage * The PDF editor now prompts for the document's owner password when the file is protected against annotation editing * The click track channel is now hidden in the mixer when the metronome is set to visual-only mode * Error messages shown when a backup fails are now clearer and more helpful FIXED * Fixed a crash that could occur when trying to change font settings in the lyrics editor through the system menu * Fixed a rare crash that could occur when displaying lyrics before any font had been configured * Fixed an issue where opening a PDF annotation for editing could unexpectedly change its font or color * Fixed an issue where the "Height" PDF scale mode did not scroll to the top of the first page correctly * MIDI devices now display their full name in MIDI Settings * The list of MIDI devices in MIDI Settings now updates immediately when a device is connected or disconnected * Fixed inaccurate progress display when creating a backup or song archive

CHANGED * When the highlight position is set to "Top", the active lyric line now stays pinned at the top of the lyrics view during playback * The autoscroll button is now visible on iPhones in landscape orientation when needed FIXED * Scrolling in the lyrics editor stopped working in version 4.0.8 if you started typing immediately after opening the editor * The first lyric line was not always correctly highlighted when loading a song

ADDED * Added a new "Spacer" type for custom controls to create empty space between buttons and knobs * Added an option to route a mono audio output to stereo outputs * Added an option to invert PDF colors CHANGED * The metronome now stays in sync with audio playback, provided the audio has a fixed tempo and starts on a beat * The lyrics editor now keeps at least 3 lines above and below the cursor visible while scrolling * PDF files that are too large to share with connected devices now show a temporary info message * Updated the bottom toolbars for improved compatibility across devices FIXED * Rare crash when displaying the sidebar on iOS/macOS 26 * The next song could be skipped when using fade out at song end * Fade out at song end did not stay silent until the end of the song * Songs set to loop did not continue playing when fade out at song end was enabled * The lyrics editor did not display header lines correctly when they started with a timestamp * Empty lines were not displayed in the lyrics view when hide ChordPro directives was active * New audio regions covered the entire song when no BPM value was set * Increasing the marker limit did not apply when importing markers from audio files * There was a scrolling issue when adding timestamps to lyrics in songs with many lines * Lyrics could scroll involuntarily when manual scrolling override was active

ADDED * Audio track filenames are now parsed for tags using a user-defined format string when adding tracks * Added batch import for lyrics files with ChordPro directive parsing * Added a setting to hide ChordPro directives in the lyrics view * Added a setting to control where a song is added to the queue when double-tapped and automatic queue mode is disabled * Added remote actions to toggle mute groups 1–6 CHANGED * Increased the maximum number of audio regions to 64 * A MIDI timecode full frame message is now also sent when loading a song with sync mode set to MIDI Clock, ensuring compatibility with Stage Traxx 3 * Temporary leftover files are now cleaned up on each app launch * Network client password checks now ignore leading and trailing whitespace FIXED * Fixed a possible crash when initializing MIDI file playback with an invalid MIDI destination port * Fixed a possible crash when formatting invalid playback times * Fixed a rare crash during crossfades * Fixed a possible error when restoring a backup file via the Share With option from outside the app * Fixed an issue where the MIDI learn dialog in the lyrics editor prevented the play button from being pressed * Renaming a song with Unicode characters in the title could cause files to go missing * Replacing an audio file with one of the same name did not work when iCloud sync was enabled * Fixed an issue where the track deletion confirmation dialog would sometimes disappear * Deleting a track with a missing audio file now immediately updates the track list * ChordPro file extensions were not recognized * Fixed MIDI timecode entry in the song details view

ADDED * Swipe left or right in the lyrics view to select the previous or next song while playback is stopped CHANGED * Song selection up/down actions now work with the sidebar closed * Increased the number of custom MIDI actions to 16 * The top panel now uses the full screen width in portrait mode * Starting a crossfade now hides the sidebar when it is configured to be hidden during playback * A playlist with global autoplay now restarts from the beginning after the last song finishes FIXED * Fixed a possible crash when receiving large bursts of MIDI packets * Fixed an issue where cloud sync did not clear pending file state correctly * The order of songs in a playlist imported from the media library is now preserved * Sharing or creating playlists from a specific date in the History dialog now includes all songs played on that date * Sharing a file with Stage Traxx in iOS windowed mode now imports it correctly * Track replacement or deletion is now processed correctly on other synced devices * The master volume fader now correctly updates the assignable control master volume knob * The song volume assignable control knob and mixer song volume fader now stay in sync * Manual duration entered in the add song dialog is now correctly displayed in the song list * MIDI play and stop trigger commands are now correctly updated when changed in the lyrics editor * Chord tags with separator characters now transpose correctly * Text lyrics no longer render with incorrect width when selecting a song * Song speed in the song list is no longer off by 1 * Deselecting a region in the audio region editor during playback now correctly stops looping it

ADDED * Duplicate songs are now detected when importing from the media library CHANGED * Lyrics embedded in an audio track's ID3 tag are now automatically imported when the song has no existing lyrics * Improved the error message shown when restoring a damaged backup file * Scrolling is now smoother for lyrics without time codes * The network password no longer resets when in-app purchases have not yet been validated FIXED * Fixed a possible crash when encountering invalid playback times * Fixed a possible crash on iOS when editing custom controls with a hardware keyboard connected * Fixed edge cases that could cause files to go missing when cloud sync is enabled * The lyrics editor now correctly shows lyrics loaded from an audio file's ID3 tag * Markers imported from new audio tracks are now immediately visible in the audio region editor * The mixer fader knob now responds correctly to the double-tap gesture * The configured sidebar width no longer resets to full width when launching the app on iPhone in portrait mode * Fixed a potential race condition with cloud sync that could create duplicate audio regions in the region editor * Fixed a possible toolbar layout issue when toggling the filter in the song list

ADDED * The app now checks if your device has enough storage space before creating a backup CHANGED * "Apply to Similar Tracks" now also applies bus assignments * The "Hide Sidebar" setting is no longer shared between devices via sync or backups, so you can use different layouts on each device * Songs within the same section are now sorted alphabetically by title * The PDF autoscroll setting now only controls smooth continuous scrolling and no longer affects timestamped scroll commands * The "Next Song in Queue" remote action now automatically clears the queue after the last song finishes * Support emails now include more accurate storage information * On older devices (iOS 17.6 / macOS 14.6 and earlier), adding a new song no longer automatically opens song details, which could cause the app to no longer open dialog sheets FIXED * Network clients now correctly reconnect after the app has been in the background for a while * Edited PDF annotations now properly upload to the cloud * Changed files now sync correctly to the cloud * Fixed an issue where importing lyrics created on Windows could fail * Cancelling MIDI Learn no longer prevents incoming MIDI commands from being processed * MIDI commands from lyrics and settings are now merged in the correct order * The player duration now updates correctly for songs without audio tracks * Regions set to skip near the very beginning of a song are now correctly skipped * New audio regions created during playback are now scheduled to play as expected * Song durations for lyrics-only songs imported from Stage Traxx 3 backups are now correct * The playbar no longer shifts out of place when the on-screen keyboard appears and the device is rotated