Blackstar1 Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 "Q: Can the FIREHAWK FX Remote App stream songs that are stored in the cloud and not on my mobile device? A: No. The FIREHAWK FX Remote App can only play back songs that are stored on your mobile device. Within the FIREHAWK FX Remote App settings, you can enable 'Hide Songs Not On Device' so that you only see songs that are stored on your mobile device when playing music from your Library. The Android app does not have this setting, but still only plays back songs stored on the device. Q: How can I search for a specific tone if I don't have the song or artist in my Library?A: To search for a specific tone, go to your Library within FIREHAWK FX Remote and pick any artist, then one of their albums, and then any song. This will begin to play the song and present you with a list of tones that match the song that is playing. You can then swipe down from the top of the tone list to unveil a ‘Search Tone Cloud’ field where you can search for an artist or song name to find tones without having the song or artist in your library." This doesn't sound right. The parts in red seem to contradict. I wanted to know if the app would stream music from it's own sources and not rely on song files stored on my ipad or android device. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZenBalancer Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 (edited) All of the red statements above are currently still true. They don't contradict, because "the" reference isn't used both times for the song that isn't stored on the device. From the "sound" of it, you don't even need an offline copy for the suggestion, if you can search for the artist after using a temporary "example" song first (you will only be presented songs present offline on your device, then loaded into the Remote app) to get the manual search option, if I understand correctly. I don't remember the manual search that well atm. For any file-content analysis based suggestion, you've to get the offline copy of the specific song itself and play it through the Remote app. Edit2: I agree that integration with a massive cloud streaming service would be awesome, if they improve the analysis algorithm. Otherwise it would be more for a less taps and app switching avoidance/convenience to search and play a song in the same app and get available tones for it that are specifically made before hand for that song, and not results based on early-stage associative data tables or even a fuzzy-logic algorithm. Currently you have to load the test Tone in the app and then switch to for instance Youtube to play the actual song or backing track. OtherEdits: clarity. Edited February 25, 2016 by ZenBalancer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vmoncebaiz Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 I see where the confusion is. The answer to the second questions should be something along the lines of ... You simply search for the tone you want by typing a band name, song title, or artist into the search field in the app. That's found under the "tones" tab in the bottom of the app window, and then in the "cloud" tab on top It searches the cloud for presets (not audio files for streaming). It still searches using the same meta data that it would use if you played the song from your own iTunes library. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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