What do you use: Serato, Virtual Dj or other ?
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Serato SSL and ITCH. I have VDJ Pro and a Denon MC6000........I'm just not ready for prime time yet with VDJ software. No matter what, Serato seems to get the groove on for me.......kinda like old comfortable shoes. I was using it long before I came to this forum.
Best,
Paul
Best,
Paul
Serato Scratch Live with video. I just can't get into Virtual DJ, and Traktor is just plain weird to me.
Depends on my mood and situation. PCDJ DEX 1.0, Traktor 2 Pro , Virtual DJ Pro. Depends on if i'm doing a mobile event or in the club.
I like the mapping of pcdj DEX with the Denon HC4500 as it is set...for effects. When i'm in the club this is generally my 1st choice lately as i'm completely comfortable with it. I love the flexibility of Traktor, but sometimes it can be more work....I still need to work with the mapping for the hc4500, so it suits my needs/likes better on the fly. Virtual DJ is super easy and rock solid. They all get the job done...but variety is nice too sometimes for me. I've been tending to use VDJ more lately at mobiles tho, as i'm slowing down from Nightclub work....20 yrs of it...i'm ready to enjoy more free time!
Hey Rick...question on the Numark MixDeck...
Midi Controller, Connect the MIX DECK to your Mac or PC with a single USB cable and you can seamlessly Read/Play/Mix/Blend Record and control the music on your computer Via the MIX DECK's MIDI communication enables you to easily map virtually any DJ software for direct connection from your fingers to software Just like a CDJ.
Would RockIt play nice with the MixDeck's MIDI communication for mapping?
Don't see why not -- although I don't have one, so you'd have to build the mapper yourself...
BTW, anybody who builds mappers for particular controllers, should send them to me, and I'll put them on the website so others can download them
Don't see why not -- although I don't have one, so you'd have to build the mapper yourself...
I only ask because usually I would use RockIt to map TO the controller.
This sounds like the opposite...the controller has the map config and lines up with PockIt...
Jim, here's how it works:
Rockit has a MIDI interface, but the controller can't tell it what to do, until Rockit knows what is what on the controller. So the Rockit mapper needs to know the MIDI code of each control on the controller. For example, here's a single MIDI command in a mapper, that tells Rockit to Play the song in deck A (controllers use different MIDI keys, this one happens to be from the Numark Total Control):
Code:
<cm action="a-play" type="button" midikey="67" rlow="0" rhigh="127" lit="2" lkey="62"/>Let's break it down:
action = What Rockit should do, when the controller sends the following codes.
type = button in this case.
midikey = That's the code the controller sends, when you press that button.
rlow = That's when the button is released.
rhigh = That's when the button is pressed.
The lit and lkey are used for Rockit to send a code back to the controller, to turn on a lighted button.
Every controller uses different codes, hence the mappers, so you can adjust them to a certain controller.
Most controllers are somewhat similar .. you can probably use an existing mapping and make minor changes to it.
True to an extent... The rlow and rhigh values are usually the same. The midikey differs by controller. For example:
Numark Total Control -- the deck A play button midikey = 67
Hercules Steel -- the deck A play button midikey = 11
So yeah, basically what I do when I build a mapper, is take an existing one, and modify it with the values for the new one. Most controller manuals come with a manual that has the key values (although they are usually in Hex, so you have to convert them to decimal, using yer handy/dandy Windows calculator in Programmer view).
I have a little MIDI utility program that reads the controller's output, and does the conversion for me, so I can do them pretty quick without a manual. But it requires I have the controller hooked up to my computer. Rockit's MIDI Learn does the same thing, it's just slower to map each command, because I had to make it customizable, so the user could choose the commands in the software, based upon which control is being used on the controller.
Perhaps I'll write a separate utility, that will make it a bit easier to create the mappers outside of Rockit...
K