Some comments of me on your suggestions. The devteam will be the judge in applying any suggestion, so don't hesitate to provide more. It can very well help in shifting a decision to an other point. Any layer between human wishes and the bits has grey between the black(0) and white(1)
Nathan Kelly wrote:Higher resolutions
- Text and waveforms seem a bit fuzzy on Retina, not super sharp like in Rekordbox
Could you maybe post a screen capture to show what you have.
Accelerated waveforms
- Even on my late 2013 Macbook (16GB Ram, dedicated GPU) the Cross waveforms stutter a bit. After trying the new djay Pro (with 60 FPS accelerated waveforms), I can't go back. They're super smooth!
This wave stutter is not related to GPU. There seems to be a more basic challenge to have the refresh rate match the monitor refresh rate.
Show/hide mixer
- Don't really need it on screen when mixing externally, could hide it even when mixing internally for more real estate
Select audio mode "external mixer".
Bigger, "green-yellow-red" meters
- Current meters are super thin and not very readable, i.e. it's hard to tell how close I am to redlining unless I am redlining. Having it be green, yellow and red (like Serato, every mixer in the world) would make it easier to see your gains
Cross delivers Line level output. Tracks are normalized to deliver this leveled volume. It doesn't really make sense to want to stress the volume of Cross. If you need Cross to be in the red this essentially just means you don't have the right capacity in the amplification/speakersystem.
Bigger mixer knobs
- They're so small, almost useless
Might be a retina issue that they are smaller than supposed to be. Not sure what else the problem could be. You just need a place to point the mouse and drag up/down. It's like 1cm diameter (at my screen).
Customize track header content, placement
- Traktor has this and it's great, ability to put comment field up there, rearrange placement of info is great
Might be useful (if you have relevant info in comments).
Bold font, change display font
- The track title font is the same as the artist font, should be bolder. Better yet, let us choose the display font from the system (same as Traktor) so we can "make it our own"
Every now and then the layout has been and will be modified. Always leads to the next suggestion... Customization options and Cross don't really fit no more. To stay in the lead of technical possibilities (like creating the first real 64-bit DJ solution) having to much options only leads to restrictions on following new roads.
Two-line album art view from Rekordbox
- This is probably coming anyway, but it's nice
Might be nice (if you use the field at all); but Cross users preferred to have as many tracks in the listing as possible. So a few version ago the minimum font size was reduced from 15 to 12.
CPU meter
- Again, something Traktor/Serato have. Useful to get an estimate of the strain on the system.
Your system info (taskmanager in Win) is the only reliable source for this. When playing audio only it is really difficult to stress Cross. With video likely Cross can handle more then (even) your system. Aside from any CPU meter reducing CPU capacity it hardly ever tells you what it is that put your system to the edge.
Other parameters like latency, memory, hdd access times, anti-virus, starting system jobs (default MS maintenance is at prime time of gigs 03:00) and such are to cause you trouble than instant peak loads.