X-Mas wish list

That’s a great one, count me in. :v::dove:

As for the Denon hardware:

  • Overall very lovely, very capable, I am glad to be on board
  • For my Denon Prime 4 ‘MK2’ ideas, look here
  • Please add AUX-CUE/PFL for the SC Live 4 (quick menu) like the P2 has (button), mixing in a backup phone or Akai MPC/Force via Ableton Link is mostly useless without pre-listening
  • Sturdier upfaders and Play/Pause buttons (like the SC6000 has) for all future devices
  • Keep on improving the high end roll-off, and even more, the EFX quality
  • For the next hardware iteration, double the RAM and use stronger chips than the RK3288
  • Don’t go “too subtle” in the design, e.g. I miss the silver feet of the SC5000/P4, they look dope
  • VU meters should stay conservative: green-yellow-red
  • Separate VU channel meters for the Prime Go (as stated above)
  • Sampler Mode
  • Hard reboot with complete audio cut-off to switch between Standalone and Serato/VDJ is unacceptable in 2022
  • Reduce price fluctuations (see SC5000 history, or the SC Live 2/4 release). Price reductions are always welcomed, but they should be implemented more smoothly

As for the Denon software:

  • Mostly fine so far, you did great improvements over the last 3 years
  • Try to focus more on the major user requests in the forum
  • Make your Desktop software more powerful (Smart Crates, Relocate…)
  • Always test thoroughly on all devices & scenarios before a release
  • Consider a DJ-/performance-mode to add more flexibility

As for SoundSwitch (extra thread[s] will follow):

  • This is a new area for me, but I already learned a lot
  • Thanks so far to the support (Liam), highly appreciated
  • User interface is quite clunky for large amounts of (sub)fixtures / multicells / pixels
  • Vertical scrolling needs to get improved! Add an option to zoom/in out vertically as well i.e. make the individual fixture tracks smaller, they take up too much vertical space, especially multicell ones
  • When highlighting/selecting an area, the current # of selected beats should be displayed
  • The bottom beat markers should offer an alternative display option with 0…16…32…48…64… rather than 1…17…33…49…65… (which is harder to grasp)
  • Allow fixtures to be rearranged in the track editor (already has been promised)
  • Allow fixture folders within folders (to make grouping and master-chases easier)
  • Allow easier copy-pasting of created patterns into other fixture tracks
  • Allow to create and save custom chases and color palettes effects
  • Move “Display Main track visualizer” from the settings to “View” for faster access
  • Add a more sophisticated visualizer, at least for static RGB fixtures (pars/washes/strobes)
  • More customization in the left library/effect/position area. For example, I will never use moving heads and always have to close the position area. The music track area takes too much space too. I would like to display many more effects and chases at once instead. → Make the sub-areas resizable and remember the settings for each project.
  • Several bugs discovered on day one (can’t rename some fixtures in the arranger window but can do in the DMX matrix view; can’t change multiple colors for LED stripe at once in the static looks menu, main track visualizer window vanishes sometimes…)
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