From: Brandon Low <lostlogic_at_lostlogicx.com>
Date: Sat, 7 Jan 2006 09:56:28 -0600

Hmm, a very good point -- would perhaps enabling the two button clicks
to move markers whenever the A marker is already set be sufficient?

Brandon

On Sat, 01/07/06 at 10:46:31 -0500, Ray Lambert wrote:
> Brandon Low wrote:
>
> >Hey, I've just gotten AB repeat to work on the iRiver H340 platform
> >(really not much to it, I was able to use the existing code with minor
> >modifications).
> >
> >The existing AB repeat mode is enabled by a repeat mode option. This
> >seems tedius and unnecessary on platforms like iRiver that have a
> >dedicated A-B button.
> >
> >I would prefer to handle AB repeat as a single button function where:
> >click one sets A, click two sets B and click 3 clears. I have this
> >working fine at this time, would just have to change some ifdefs
> >surrounding the repeat mode AB option. (Alternatively, this could be
> >compile time configurable)
> >
> >Thoughts on this?
> >
> >Brandon
> >
> >
> Brandon, I certainly don't mind if you make A/B work differently for the
> iRiver, however I would point out one thing: you have slightly less
> functionality that way. I designed it the way it is so you can change
> either mark at any time (during playback). I find that capability to be
> quite useful when I'm using this feature (mainly to learn guitar parts on
> songs). For example, sometimes you find that you set the A mark too late
> (i.e. didn't give yourself enough lead time into the part you're learning)
> and you need to move it back slightly. So now you can do a FREW past the A
> mark and then drop a new A mark, without having to re-set the B mark. It's
> just very convenient. With the single button method you would have to
> re-set both marks.
>
> So perhaps you might want to consider a solution that enables both methods
> simultaneously so you can have the best of both worlds? Anyway, just a
> suggestion...
>
> ~ray
>
>
Received on 2006-01-07