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Configure Click Track Count In to play only the first time or to repeat each time

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Gilles Mercier

The metronome count in repeats every time the whole rhythm cycles back to the beginning.

I think the count in should occur only the first time.

August 11, 2023

Derek Lee

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Derek Lee

Thanks for creating this feature request Gilles Mercier! I think both options are valid (repeating the count-in each time and only doing it the first time). 👍🏻

While this seems like a simple and quick fix, there are technical limitations with the current implementation that do not allow me only to have the count-in play only the first time through. I do intend to include this in a future update, but due to the amount of work required to be able to accommodate this, it needs to be prioritized appropriately.

Gilles Mercier

Derek Lee: Of course I never thought it would be easy :-)
What I am thinking of :
just set 2 variables (0/1 type) in the "rythm reading" procedure just to remember 
Var1 "initial setting" of count in metronome option
Var2 => is it first cycle ?
use case, at rythm reading start : 
if my setting of Count In is ON then set Var1 to 1 (if OFF then 0)
default setting of Var2 is always TRUE (1) => YES it is the first cycle => count In
AFTER the first Count In => set Var2 to FALSE (0)
=> add a control in the procedure
If Var2 = 0 (False) then bypass count in (or Set Count In Setting to OFF)
When reading is stopped (by user or any other reason) "reset" Count In Setting to Var1 + Reset Var2 to True (1) to be ready for next reading session
Doing it that way would even make possible to have a toggle "count in each cycle" which would skip the Var2 modification if set to ON
Just a thought... I might be wrong as I do not know much of mobile dev...

Derek Lee

Gilles Mercier: Thanks for your thoughts here! Yes, logically, the concept is of course very, very simple, as you have illustrated. Unfortunately, in the code, it is much more complex as I am utilizing a library that does not support this functionality. Believe me - I have invested many hours trying to implement this functionality already unsuccessfully. Sample-accurate (metronome level) audio programming, plus the limitations of the library that I'm using, make it too complicated for simple pseudo-code.

Gilles Mercier

Derek Lee: Of course I never thought it would be "that simple" !

Welll... one thing after the other I guess :-)