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The DJ's Feature Request Thread
laerm:
--- Quote from: StFeder on July 11, 2009, 04:22:35 am ---+1 for tempo control! Pitch control isn't so important, is it?
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let's take a step back here. adding things like tempo control puts MC down the road to being a piece of software for djing, and there are already several pieces of software that do this (some of which do it very well). in my mind, adding something like this would "dilute the brand" of MC. if the development team knew djing, they'd either have already added this feature or done a piece of software for djing. i think this would be leading them down a path where they aren't experts.
am i making any sense?
micah
hit_ny:
No, you are not making much sense :P
The function requested would mostly be used with a skin that was aware of this capability. It involves no GUI rework whatsover or any other changes ie its a trivial addition as the functionality already exists.
Anyway..its up to the ppl that DJ to decide.
--- Quote from: StFeder ---+1 for tempo control! Pitch control isn't so important, is it?
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I guess
laerm:
--- Quote from: hit_ny on July 11, 2009, 03:24:52 pm ---The function requested would mostly be used with a skin that was aware of this capability. It involves no GUI rework whatsover or any other changes ie its a trivial addition.
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good point, i hadn't considered that only certain skins would take advantage of that. on the other hand, if MC's BPM analysis is so poor, i doubt that they'd be able to add beat-accurate time-stretching/-compression.
sorry if it sounds harsh, just calling it the way it is. MC does one thing great, and i worry if they decide to add something else, done poorly, what we have now will degrade. it can't be everything to everyone.
of course, if they do decide to add some of these features and manage to do it well, i'll gladly eat all of my words. :)
micah
keither:
Why couldn't the responsibility of ensuring the bpm for the track is correct be left to the user? If the adjusted bpm were just based on the percentage pitch/tempo change and the bpm field, then there wouldn't be anything really to worry about, would there?
laerm:
--- Quote from: keither on July 11, 2009, 04:05:38 pm ---Why couldn't the responsibility of ensuring the bpm for the track is correct be left to the user? If the adjusted bpm were just based on the percentage pitch/tempo change and the bpm field, then there wouldn't be anything really to worry about, would there?
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yes, sure, but MC's analysis of a track's BPM now is off most of the time. if the user has to determine the BPM on their own and then input it, well, that kind of defeats the point of having djing software.
micah
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