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Songs

The Created with Sketch. Songs view shows all songs in your Stage Traxx library. Use the search box at the top to quickly find songs by title or artist across all folders.

Stage Traxx stores all audio files and assets in its own directory structure, with each song's assets kept in a dedicated folder. Audio files must be imported into Stage Traxx before they can be played.

Warning

Never rename items directly in the Stage Traxx folder using a file manager. This will cause missing file errors.

Tip

Double-tap a song to load it and start playback immediately. When automatic queue handling is disabled, double-tap instead adds the song to the queue.

Songs View

Adding Songs

Tap the button in the bottom toolbar to create a new song. The dialog shows a subset of song metadata fields — only the title is required. Tap Save to create the song and open Song Details, where you can add audio files, edit lyrics, and create audio regions.

New Song Dialog

Batch Import

From the New Song dialog, tap the import button in the navigation bar to import multiple songs at once. You can select audio files or import from your Music Library. Stage Traxx extracts metadata like title, artist, BPM, year, and lyrics from ID3 tags when available.

Note

Multitrack songs cannot be batch imported. Create the song first, then batch import all tracks from Song Details.

iOS Music Library

Importing from the Music Library on iOS transcodes files to 256 kbit/s M4A format, as iOS does not allow direct access to audio files. This degrades audio quality. On Mac, Music Library files are accessed directly without transcoding.

Warning

Stage Traxx cannot import copy-protected songs. With an Apple Music subscription, most songs are protected and cannot be imported.

Importing Song Archives

Select Import ST4 Files from the More Options menu to import Stage Traxx archives. This works with song export archives, playlist files, and playlist-with-songs files. You can choose whether to overwrite existing songs or keep both versions.

Editing a Song

Tap a song to load it, then tap the info button in the playbar to open Song Details, where you can edit all song metadata, audio settings, lyrics, and regions.

Duplicating a Song

Select Duplicate from the context menu or tap the icon in the left swipe menu to create a copy. The duplicate shares asset files with the original, so it uses no additional storage space.

Deleting a Song

Select Delete from the context menu or tap the icon in the left swipe menu. You'll be asked whether to delete the song's assets as well. Assets that are referenced by other songs will not be deleted regardless of your choice.

Adding Songs to the Queue

  • Play Next: Adds the song to the top of the queue. Available in the context menu or via the Created with Sketch. icon in the right swipe menu.
  • Add to Queue: Adds the song to the bottom of the queue. Available in the context menu or via the Created with Sketch. icon in the right swipe menu.
  • Add from Here: Adds the selected song and all following songs to the bottom of the queue. Available in the context menu.

Sorting Songs

Sort options are available in the More Options menu in the navigation bar. You can sort by title, artist, date added, play count, BPM, or year, in ascending or descending order.

Note

An alphabetical index appears when sorting by title on iOS/macOS 26 and later, if your library contains at least 20 songs.

Filtering Songs

Toggle the filter with the Created with Sketch. filter icon in the bottom toolbar to quickly switch between filtered and unfiltered views. Tap Filtered by to configure the filter, where you can filter songs by BPM range, color, and keywords.

Filter Dialog

Folders

Songs can be organized in a folder hierarchy. Folders can contain subfolders with no limit to the depth.

  • Create a folder: Select Add Folder from the More Options menu in the navigation bar.
  • Move to a folder: Select Move to Folder from the context menu or tap the icon in the left swipe menu. Select Root to move the song back to the root level.
  • Rename a folder: Select Rename from the context menu or tap the icon in the left swipe menu.
  • Delete a folder: Select Delete from the context menu or tap the icon in the left swipe menu. Only empty folders can be deleted.

Batch Editing Songs

Enable batch edit mode by selecting Batch Edit from the More Options menu in the navigation bar. Select songs by tapping the circle indicator to the left of each song, or use Select All / Deselect All in the navigation bar.

Batch Edit Mode

The bottom toolbar provides these actions for selected songs:

  • Created with Sketch. Add to Playlist: Add songs to a playlist
  • Color: Change the song title color
  • Keywords: Edit keywords for selected songs
  • Folder: Move selected songs to a folder
  • Share: Export songs as a Stage Traxx song archive
  • Delete: Delete selected songs from the library