Hello Algoriddim!
I will keep it short and straight to the point.
Ive been djing with a traktor kontrol z1 and ipad for a while but the app was missing some things like effects and more decks.
I was impressed with your software and made the step and bought a mixtour pro. It was a bit of a learning curve but now i have a pretty good grasp of it. There are some minor things that really annoy me though.
1: For a tech house dj, the visible length of the track ahead is exactly how much time you have to react and plan ahead. When using 4 decks, i need to have the ipad in portrait mode to have maximum width of the track and also be able to see what the change is ahead. This means the track is limited by the width of the screen. Would be nice to have it in landscape, but then mixer section is extremely big instead and compresses the tracks to tiny strips. Please arrange the mixer section in landscape mode to a slimmer option!
2: I can live with the above, i just have to react faster i guess. But this annoys me a lot and is easy to fix. When using reloop mixtour pro and 4 decks, I have to see and double check the status of faders and knobs on screen as it is duplicated on the controller, they can be out of sync when same knob and fader is used for different decks.
I just have the mixer tab open so that is ok! BUT i also want to use effects, and when having the mixer tab open, i have no idea which effect is selected and also no idea what the setting is on the effect, this means i have to constantly tap back and forth on the screen between the mixer tab and the fx tab. PLEASE add at least a text field on the mixer what effect is active (name) maybe even a level of the setting on it (1/4 1/8 etc.) that is the biggest issue with this controller, otherwise (almost) perfect!
Hi @Morris_Miklo, welcome to the Community! Can you please share some screenshots with markups to help clarify your suggestions? Or perhaps a short video? I want to make sure that I properly communicate your ideas to our dev team. Thanks!
Hello sure!
I can show more pictures when im on my ipad.
But basically i cant see my mixer and fx settings at the same time which is bonkers.
I have to constantly tap between these 2 symbols to view my effects in the 4 deck view:
While the mixer is up, there is absolutely no indicator for fx at all, not even a small symbol showing fx is active on a track
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This would be the dream: To at least see the first effect and which it is (See red square below mixer) I removed Play and cue button, for me it is not as important as I can visibly see if the track is playing by it moving. But to me, FX is part of the mixer section and shouldn’t be hidden under some other tab. It needs to be visible on the same time as mixer section.
Here is another suggestion: I moved the load track to the actual track, also the name and key etc can be on top of the track with some opacity. That saves a whole row of real estate.. Don’t be afraid to overlay some information on top of the waveforms!
But I think some kind of GUI control for the user, where we could change/hide/replace some elements for others to build the best view for your dj purpose would be great!
I personally think some unnecessary things take up a lot of real estate from things that are absolutely necessary and is kept hidden in other tabs.
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Thanks for the screenshots and mockups @Morris_Miklo. This is very helpful and much easier to understand what you’re after. I will pass this onto the dev team for consideration. In the meantime, please use the blue Vote button at the top left of this page so we can gauge user demand for this. Thanks!
