Saving the Neural Mix Waveform as a permanent setting
You probably know that djay offers the option to display separate stems in the main waveform, called the Neural Waveform?
I’m guessing many users have seen this waveform already but, just like me, sometimes forget to select it at crucial moments when they want to use it! This can happen because the choice of waveform is not persistent—the default reverts back to the ‘normal’ waveform after a restart, so you have to select it every time you start Algoriddim djay.
However, in my opinion, the choice of Neural Mix waveform is likely a permanent preference for most users rather than something changed from session to session.
Therefore, it makes perfect sense to treat the waveform selection as a persistent setting, just like many other settings that are stored automatically across sessions for the same logical and user-friendly reasons. For example:
- Effect choices and parameters
- Looper settings
- Preferred deck layout
- 2- or 4-deck selection
- Samples
- EQ knobs including Neural/EQ setting
- Zoom and contrast levels
Just like these settings that users are already accustomed to, it would make great sense to treat the Neural Waveform setting the same way → Just remember and restore the last used setting. This would greatly improve usability and consistency.
Reason for current behaviour?!
I understand that in some cases djay is not allowed to split tracks into stems and cannot show separate waveforms (due to policies of Apple Music and Tidal streaming). However, this should not be a reason to avoid saving the Neural Mix waveform choice permanently in other cases. A smart program could handle this gracefully—e.g., automatically revert to the simple waveform when necessary and switch back to Neural Waveform when possible.
I strongly encourage Algoriddim to make this enhancement to streamline the user experience and maintain workflow continuity so that more djay eventually will use that great Neural Waveform!!
==> Please vote in the upper-left vote box if you agree and want this setting to be saved permanently—just like many other settings.
