Currently invoking FAST REWIND [back] or FAST FORWARD [fwd] makes the track to suddenly change speed. This can lead to unwanted effects if the channel is currently playing and not very elegant overall.
I propose to change the behavior of said controls to change the speed with a fixed ramping value of 1000 ms. In this time the tracks speed can go from current speed to target speed (x4?) . No more abrupt speed changes. It would also allow to use [back] and [fwd] for small corrections if beatmatching. This is useful cause the keys are very close together on the keyboard.
Additionally i could think of increasing the speed even more if the [back] or [fwd] control is continuously active for a certain period thereby shortening the time required for seeking ( useful for very long tracks).
This is a general problem with Mixxx I think -- there are many cases where
we would potentially use a discontinuous or abrupt change in velocity. I
think we need to rethink how the engine's rate works -- possibly a better
setup would be if we did something a little more physically inspired, where
we control the acceleration of the deck so the velocity is smoother. I'm not
sure what the best answer is but I've been meaning to whip up a test of
something like this.
On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 11:07 AM, jus <email address hidden> wrote:
> Public bug reported:
>
> Currently invoking FAST REWIND [back] or FAST FORWARD [fwd] makes the
> track to suddenly change speed. This can lead to unwanted effects if the
> channel is currently playing and not very elegant overall.
>
> I propose to change the behavior of said controls to change the speed
> with a fixed ramping value of 1000 ms. In this time the tracks speed can
> go from current speed to target speed (x4?) . No more abrupt speed
> changes. It would also allow to use [back] and [fwd] for small
> corrections if beatmatching. This is useful cause the keys are very
> close together on the keyboard.
>
> Additionally i could think of increasing the speed even more if the
> [back] or [fwd] control is continuously active for a certain period
> thereby shortening the time required for seeking ( useful for very long
> tracks).
>
> ** Affects: mixxx
> Importance: Wishlist
> Status: New
>
> ** Changed in: mixxx
> Importance: Undecided => Wishlist
>
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> Title:
> Make FAST REWIND and FAST FORWARD to work with increasing, not static
> speed
>