Some practically suggestions
Posted: 22 Dec 2015, 00:22
First I want to say that I'm very glad with Cross DJ! Chapeau to you Developers for the effort!
Here're some suggestions:
1. Show everything in nested folders
Most of us have nested playlists with a main genre and sub-folders/playlists with more special distinctions.
It would be great to see EVERYTHING that's included in summary of ALL of the next-level sub-folders/playlists when clicking at the superior playlist/folder!
This doesn't work in the Collection as well as in the iTunes panel...
2. Match songs by actual tempo and genre/playlist
Sometimes I play a song at several bpm faster and would like to see a updated view for matching songs with the actual tempo.
Or I really want to see song suggestions just for a specific genre or of a designated playlist.
3. Import hierarchy of iTunes Playlists
Speaking of nested Playlists I really would like to see a possibility to import a nested playlist with sub-playlists from iTunes with one click instead of clicking several times and rebuild their hierarchy in the collection...
4. Waveform Performance during scrolling
Since Mac OS X El Capitan the waveforms freezes during scrolling thru the library so much I always pray Cross doesn't crash on my MacBook Pro (Mid 2014, 8GB Ram)
5. Recall knobs and settings of the attached Controller at start-up
I always have to rotate and move every knobs and faders on my DDJ-SX MK1 after Cross 3.3.11 has started to bring the software in line with the real controller settings. This is very annoying and I would like to see a recall at start.
6. Shifted cue points (!)
I don't know why this happens in Cross, but I had several issues with shifted / moved cue points after restarting Cross.
I set them very accurate (with Quantize and Snap turned off) and recognized that they are shifted some milliseconds to either left or right of where I set them in the previous session.
Very, very strange ;-)
7. Sound
In accordance to Serato or Traktor the sound isn't as much good as it can be. I tried every EQ simulation but it still lacks some "WHAM!!!" in the output. Yes I know, that may be an individual audition ;-)
Okay, that's all folks. Hopefully you can use some of this as an input to make Cross DJ even better. Serato, VDJ and Traktor are no alternatives for me...
Here're some suggestions:
1. Show everything in nested folders
Most of us have nested playlists with a main genre and sub-folders/playlists with more special distinctions.
It would be great to see EVERYTHING that's included in summary of ALL of the next-level sub-folders/playlists when clicking at the superior playlist/folder!
This doesn't work in the Collection as well as in the iTunes panel...
2. Match songs by actual tempo and genre/playlist
Sometimes I play a song at several bpm faster and would like to see a updated view for matching songs with the actual tempo.
Or I really want to see song suggestions just for a specific genre or of a designated playlist.
3. Import hierarchy of iTunes Playlists
Speaking of nested Playlists I really would like to see a possibility to import a nested playlist with sub-playlists from iTunes with one click instead of clicking several times and rebuild their hierarchy in the collection...
4. Waveform Performance during scrolling
Since Mac OS X El Capitan the waveforms freezes during scrolling thru the library so much I always pray Cross doesn't crash on my MacBook Pro (Mid 2014, 8GB Ram)
5. Recall knobs and settings of the attached Controller at start-up
I always have to rotate and move every knobs and faders on my DDJ-SX MK1 after Cross 3.3.11 has started to bring the software in line with the real controller settings. This is very annoying and I would like to see a recall at start.
6. Shifted cue points (!)
I don't know why this happens in Cross, but I had several issues with shifted / moved cue points after restarting Cross.
I set them very accurate (with Quantize and Snap turned off) and recognized that they are shifted some milliseconds to either left or right of where I set them in the previous session.
Very, very strange ;-)
7. Sound
In accordance to Serato or Traktor the sound isn't as much good as it can be. I tried every EQ simulation but it still lacks some "WHAM!!!" in the output. Yes I know, that may be an individual audition ;-)
Okay, that's all folks. Hopefully you can use some of this as an input to make Cross DJ even better. Serato, VDJ and Traktor are no alternatives for me...