Nome II in da house....
I will keep posting here regarding the topic of "DJ sync".
I've previously edited my previous post, so it might be worth reading "again", as you've probably only read the first version.
EDIT: actually, I need to rewrite those to reflect how things are in practice.
Anyways, forgetting whatever I've written before, here are my comments based on the actual user experience with current FW.
1. First of all, the manual doesn't explain (at all?) what exactly does "re-sync" mean and do. It should be added in my opinion.
2a. Tempo decimals view - could we please get an option disable the standard short (settings) and long (power off) functions of the settings buttons in the decimals view? So that it is safe and easy to do the tempo nudging without the risk of adverse consequences? I understand it is smartly not doing those once we nudge once and keep holding the settings button, but it still gets in the way and I believe it will always get in the way a little.
2b. Tempo decimals view - following from above, also disable metronome volume adjustment from decimals view plus more importantly, make it possible to adjust the tempo decimals with the knob once the nudge adjustment is ongoing and the settings button is being held (without releasing the settings button). Also before the nudging is started while the settings button is held (currently the metronome volume). Being able to adjust decimals with settings button held alone would greatly reduce the issues of settings button getting in the way as described in 2a., because it won't be necessary to release and re-engage it around every decimal adjustment.
3a. Tempo decimals view - this might be controversial, but really really helpful at the same time - could we please get the use of the first display digit on the decimals view to show the last digit of the tempo? It will greatly improve awareness of the current tempo, especially when taping, crossing the 99-00 boundary etc. Also would be helpful when syncing to external tempo with actual BPM visibly displayed somewhere. So display 2.28 for 132.28... as well as for 32.28, 42.28 etc. Possibly, if we wanna be fancy and less ambiguous, what about sequentially and cyclically displaying all the digits of the tempo via the first digit? So it would go 1 for 1 second, 4 for 1 second and then 0 for 5 seconds or so for 140 BPM. And then repeat again and again. Or maybe alternative approach - flash the tempo on all the display digits two times every 10 seconds or so when in decimals view.
3b. Tempo decimals view - following from above, it's worth considering if it wouldn't be better if the display showed the whole number tempo while tapping and only displayed the decimals once tapping has stopped.
4. Count-in - the 1-bar count-in is nice. Consider if adding setting for changing it to 2-bar (3,4?) is worth it. I feel like I would prefer 2-bar.
5a. Nudging sensitivity - I feel that "pulse nudging" is too slow. I feel that each quick press of nudge could nudge at least twice the current amount.
5b. Nudging sensitivity - I feel that long press nudging curve is asymmetrical in a wrong way? I.e. pressing nudge back for 1500 ms and then nudge forward for 1500 ms won't get you back in sync, but instead will overcompensate forward? I think ideally, it should match and if not match then be asymmetrical the other way around - slowing down reacting faster then speeding up. That would probably seem more intuitive / turntable like to me.
5c. Nudging sensitivity - what is the overall curve of the acceleration? I feel like it's too slow in the beginning and too fast at the end. I.e. if I want to shift the clock by 1 beat back at 120 BPM, it takes something around 2 bars of constant nudge. This would be fine time wise, but it's exactly at this point where the nudge speed is "getting off the rails" and it's pretty difficult to land the nudge back on beat. It will probably be better if I add click 3 to have more than 4 clicks per 4/4, I will have to test that and possibly get a better feel for the nudging curves that way.
6. Tempo sensitivity - the two orders of magnitude jump between encoder clicks in whole numbers tempo and decimals is a quite impractical. It would be easier to sync if we got some middle level of sensitivity in between, where each click would be 0.1 or 0.05 to first sync the tempo into a close range and then switch to the final fine tuning at the 0.01 sensitivity. Right now the encoder is either too sensitive or too insensitive, so it's not practically possible to
nudge the clock via tempo changes alone, which would be possible to do with 0.1 or 0.05 sensitivity, so we could first roughly sync the tempo with tapping and and simple tempo knob adjustment alone and then switch to the decimals view and fine tune via buttons nudging and 0.01 adjustments. What would probably work for me personally would be - home screen encoder turning - medium sensitivity (0.1 or 0.05), pressed encoder turning - high sensitivity (1), encoder click to enter decimals view for low sensitivity (0.01) adjustment.
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EDIT: I see the that setting long press power off is 5.2 addition. It seems a bit odd idea considering the button combos are already a thing. Why not switch it off with long press of settings + tap + encoder? Or long press of all four transparent button? Just settings button alone seems too risky, especially in the context of having to hold settings button for nudging.
this is what I am looking forward to the most! Controlling the tempo through the DAW is not as cool as the big knob from Nome II <3
