On Wed, Apr 4, 2012 at 5:09 PM, Sean M. Pappalardo - D.J. Pegasus <
[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello.
>
> I'm glad that someone else is interested in this idea, as I have been
> wanting to see it for a long time. Since we already have mic pass-through,
> adding this should be straightforward, but may still be a fair bit of work.
> (Others that know the sound code better than I can speak to this,
> specifically if it's enough work on its own to justify an entire GSoC
> project.)
>
> It may seem deceptively easy but I think it'll take a summer to implement,
get rid of bugs and polish until it shines. We wouldn't have proposed this
as a GSoC project if we thought it wasn't suitable :).
> On looking at the proposal, timecode signal detection as a safety step is
> a bit much, I think. (Besides, what if a DJ actually wants to scratch the
> timecode sound for chirps?) If you're going to bother doing it though, I
> would take it one step further and automatically enable/disable
> pass-through depending on the audio input (make this behavior disable-able
> in the preferences too for the chirpers.) And rather than ejecting the
> loaded track, just gray it out. (That way, a DJ can pop back on a timecode
> record and resume mixing where (s)he was without having to click anything.)
>
> Well, we already do signal quality calculation so that's already a pretty
good signal. I would hope that a non-timecode signal would have horrible
signal quality and vice versa.
I would also want to prevent accidental clicks of the passthrough button.
Making it an easy-to-misclick button nearby other buttons means that it
will definitely get clicked accidentally.
> Also, I would suggest allowing additional pass-through "decks" (instead of
> just having the pass-through replace a virtual deck's output) for cases
> where you want to play two virtual decks as well as an external source in
> addition, effectively eliminating the need for a hardware mixer.
>
Maybe this could be a reach goal of the project. I think that vinyl
pass-through is the only one that has a clear and straightforward UI
integration opportunity so its probably simplest to focus on first.
> Thank you for your proposal and interest!
>
> Sincerely,
> Sean M. Pappalardo
> "D.J. Pegasus"
> Mixxx Developer - Controller Specialist
>
>
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