Gapless Audio Playback

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Hi LSP,

Thank you for great product. I've been using it for theatrical performances for a while. It's really easy to use and has all essential features.

Except one. LSP does not support gapless audio playback. I.e. there are tracks that've been split during the recording. LSP can't play them seamlessly, it produces a click.

Please consider implementing this feature, Qlab has had it from the very first day!

Thank you.

[FrancescoCeruti]

Hi, unfortunately, the current backend architecture doesn't allow this to be implemented 100% properly, since each cue is sent as a separate stream to the system.

The clicks you hear are due to the stream closing and how the audio has been cut, see here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero_crossing or https://steinberg.help/wavelab_elements/v9.5/en/wavelab/topics/audio_files_editing/zero_crossing_c.html

Anyway, I've looked into it a bit, and found a way to improve what we currently have, it does mostly affect audio loops, but from my tests, it should also improve situations where you have two consecutive tracks, keep in mind that it depends on the content of track itself.

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Thank you for your concern, Francesco.

Yes you're right. It happens only to tracks not ending with zeroes. Splitting both channels on 0dB is truly complicated. I work with classical music and I'm a worst nitpicker so I prefer them tracks untouched :)

Anyway, looking forward to further development of LiSP,
Leo.