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HomeDJ is using MusicIP mixer and it has some tuning features you mentioned which are not exposed yet, such as restriction by decade or years.
What mode did you use when you scan your folders: Full, Normal, or Fast?
In Full mode HomeDJ will analyze each song for better mixes, but it runs longer.
Also you can restrict mix to a specific Genre, if song you are selecting has Genre defined, let's say Rock. Later you can add another song with different Genre to playing queue or Mix you created and song similar to the song you picked will be added to the mix only for this Genre.
For example you want to create a mix based on a song from AC/DC with Genre Hard Rock. Before you click button "Create Mix" you can check the checkbox ON on the same screen to keep mix within the same Genre. In our case it would be "Hard Rock".
Once you click button "Create Mix" HomeDJ will create a mix with n-number of songs you configured to have in Mix Settings. Once mix is playing, after each song, up to 2 new songs added that similar to the song currently played. So if you restricted mix to a Genre "Hard Rock" 2 new songs would be added, which only have "Hard Rock" as a Genre.
Later you could add another song to this mix with another Genre, let's say "Rock", and once this song is played 2 new songs would be added, which are similar to that song and have Genre either "Hard Rock" or "Rock".
I am thinking to make it more user friendly with a feature "Add to Mix". What this feature would do:
While mix is playing, you click button "Add to Mix" somewhere on the Home Screen or Player Screen. It will show "Create Mix" dialog where you pick a song. It will work the same way as "Create Mix" but instead of creating a new mix, it will add songs to current mix.
About Mix Settings:
Style - Stronger style will keep songs, which are very similar.
Variety - Mix will try to have songs, which are similar, but might be, let's say faster bits and slower bits, or have wider range of leading instruments or voices, or have wider range of Bass power and bits.
Number of the same artists repeated in the mix - If set to 0, the same artist might appear for several sequential songs. If 1, then each second song will have another Artists, but Mix will try to keep the same style, 2,3 and so on.
There is another checkbox in Mix settings where you can disable automatic Artist rejection and once it is UNCHECKED, then every time you click "Thumb Down", you will be prompted to exclude all songs by Artist or Genre from the mix.
I have plans to expose more mix settings, which MusicIP allows, but some you mentioned are not available, such as list of Artists.
Some tips - The bigger number of songs is configured for initial mix, the greater variety of songs will be added to a mix.
I use the following settings:
Style - Strongest
Max Songs - 6
Variety - 2
Number of duplicate Artists within # tracks - 0
Auto block Artist and Genre - OFF
I am also not a fun of creating playlists and I use Mix feature all the time. With auto Preview I pick the song I feel listening at the present time, hit Create Mix and I am on my way to work or anywhere else. BTW, when HomeDJ is showing "Create Mix" dialog, picking songs (sliding left right) could be done via Bluetooth << and >> buttons. Preview also will be played over Bluetooth. Once you hear a song you would like to create mix for, click Bluetooth button Play/Pause and Mix will be created.
Another tip:
If you Thumb Up song in the mix, it will be used all the time for adding 2 more songs together with just played song. That would make Mix more tuned up to a songs you Thumbed up.
Mixes sometimes might be not that good if picked song did not have Genre in the tags at all.
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Thank you.
Muzecast Support.
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