Comments on: Instantly Load Effects http://www.djtechtools.com/2008/05/23/instantly-load-effects/ A complete recource for digital dj's and performers that use digital technology including controllerism Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:47:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Ean Golden http://www.djtechtools.com/2008/05/23/instantly-load-effects/#comment-14932 Ean Golden Tue, 11 Nov 2008 19:15:00 +0000 http://www.djtechtools.com/?p=456#comment-14932 [quote comment=""][quote comment=""]Hey Ean, just a short question: I tried to setup my UC-33 in Traktor which worked after routing the midi signal through midipipe. Now i wanted to assign the FX Select to one of the Knobs but i doesn't really work out for me. I set the range of the knob to 10 on the Midi controller and in midipipe but it wont limit the range to 10 steps and still sends out 127 messages only changed to 10 times 0 , 10 times 1, 10 times 2 and so on. If i use this in Traktor it switches through the effects so fast that its impossible to pick the effect you want. Is there an option in Midi Pipe to only send every 10th step ?[/quote][/quote] you really dont need midi pipe for that- as long as your midi controller is only sending out one value (10) and you have traktor set to "direct" effect select

Hey Ean, just a short question:

I tried to setup my UC-33 in Traktor which worked after routing the midi signal through midipipe. Now i wanted to assign the FX Select to one of the Knobs but i doesn’t really work out for me. I set the range of the knob to 10 on the Midi controller and in midipipe but it wont limit the range to 10 steps and still sends out 127 messages only changed to 10 times 0 , 10 times 1, 10 times 2 and so on. If i use this in Traktor it switches through the effects so fast that its impossible to pick the effect you want.

Is there an option in Midi Pipe to only send every 10th step ?

you really dont need midi pipe for that- as long as your midi controller is only sending out one value (10) and you have traktor set to “direct” effect select

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.djtechtools.com/2008/05/23/instantly-load-effects/#comment-14930 Anonymous Tue, 11 Nov 2008 13:02:54 +0000 http://www.djtechtools.com/?p=456#comment-14930 [quote comment=""]Hey Ean, just a short question: I tried to setup my UC-33 in Traktor which worked after routing the midi signal through midipipe. Now i wanted to assign the FX Select to one of the Knobs but i doesn't really work out for me. I set the range of the knob to 10 on the Midi controller and in midipipe but it wont limit the range to 10 steps and still sends out 127 messages only changed to 10 times 0 , 10 times 1, 10 times 2 and so on. If i use this in Traktor it switches through the effects so fast that its impossible to pick the effect you want. Is there an option in Midi Pipe to only send every 10th step ?[/quote]

Hey Ean, just a short question:

I tried to setup my UC-33 in Traktor which worked after routing the midi signal through midipipe. Now i wanted to assign the FX Select to one of the Knobs but i doesn’t really work out for me. I set the range of the knob to 10 on the Midi controller and in midipipe but it wont limit the range to 10 steps and still sends out 127 messages only changed to 10 times 0 , 10 times 1, 10 times 2 and so on. If i use this in Traktor it switches through the effects so fast that its impossible to pick the effect you want.

Is there an option in Midi Pipe to only send every 10th step ?

]]> By: Friedrich Chiller http://www.djtechtools.com/2008/05/23/instantly-load-effects/#comment-14091 Friedrich Chiller Thu, 11 Sep 2008 19:44:49 +0000 http://www.djtechtools.com/?p=456#comment-14091 Hey Ean, just a short question: I tried to setup my UC-33 in Traktor which worked after routing the midi signal through midipipe. Now i wanted to assign the FX Select to one of the Knobs but i doesn't really work out for me. I set the range of the knob to 10 on the Midi controller and in midipipe but it wont limit the range to 10 steps and still sends out 127 messages only changed to 10 times 0 , 10 times 1, 10 times 2 and so on. If i use this in Traktor it switches through the effects so fast that its impossible to pick the effect you want. Is there an option in Midi Pipe to only send every 10th step ? Hey Ean, just a short question:

I tried to setup my UC-33 in Traktor which worked after routing the midi signal through midipipe. Now i wanted to assign the FX Select to one of the Knobs but i doesn’t really work out for me. I set the range of the knob to 10 on the Midi controller and in midipipe but it wont limit the range to 10 steps and still sends out 127 messages only changed to 10 times 0 , 10 times 1, 10 times 2 and so on. If i use this in Traktor it switches through the effects so fast that its impossible to pick the effect you want.

Is there an option in Midi Pipe to only send every 10th step ?

]]> By: DJ ToS http://www.djtechtools.com/2008/05/23/instantly-load-effects/#comment-5796 DJ ToS Sat, 24 May 2008 21:41:46 +0000 http://www.djtechtools.com/?p=456#comment-5796 Not inteding to show off but here is the (interesting concept) FX selector from my MIDIBox. http://www.flickr.com/photos/tosys/2109916550/ It is a 6 step rotary switch, on the box configurable to select specific effects. Midibox software segment can also pre-set(or remember) FX knob 1-4 positions separately for each effect(and set them while you are selecting the fx). Interesting part for you (with off the shelf midi consoles) is possibility to swap one knob with this kind of switch(you can choose number of steps). After that CCs sent from this "knob" can be either transformed/changed via computer software or you can fine-tune the ressistors to select your favourite FX based on the position. Not inteding to show off but here is the (interesting concept) FX selector from my MIDIBox.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tosys/2109916550/
It is a 6 step rotary switch, on the box configurable to select specific effects. Midibox software segment can also pre-set(or remember) FX knob 1-4 positions separately for each effect(and set them while you are selecting the fx).
Interesting part for you (with off the shelf midi consoles) is possibility to swap one knob with this kind of switch(you can choose number of steps).
After that CCs sent from this “knob” can be either transformed/changed via computer software or you can fine-tune the ressistors to select your favourite FX based on the position.

]]> By: Ean Golden http://www.djtechtools.com/2008/05/23/instantly-load-effects/#comment-5782 Ean Golden Sat, 24 May 2008 17:05:28 +0000 http://www.djtechtools.com/?p=456#comment-5782 That sounds like an interesting concept! Look forward to hearing about it. :-) That sounds like an interesting concept! Look forward to hearing about it. :-)

]]> By: sgb http://www.djtechtools.com/2008/05/23/instantly-load-effects/#comment-5692 sgb Fri, 23 May 2008 15:13:56 +0000 http://www.djtechtools.com/?p=456#comment-5692 DJ ToS: Bome's midi translator is the best I know of under Windows. I didn't realize that the classic version cost money. With that said, with what I'm about to say, the professional version is the way to go. Alternatively to Ean's example, another way to do it would be to use a switch to engage different filters. The problem is that Midipipe and Traktor don't have a memory, so they don't know what 'state' they are in. I have a hacked out solution for this, which I will post later. For example, I use (on the VCI-100) the 'Eq-Hi' knob and the 'Gain knob' are assigned to knobs 2 and 3 of the effects in Traktor. By default, the effects is the Low-pass/Width filter (I forget the real name) and the rest of the knobs as a 3-band eq. However, when I depress the 'effect' button, it sets the Effect of the deck to the beatmasher and 'Eq-Hi' and the 'Gain' knobs still affect the same effect knobs. The difference is that, in this mode, what I normally use for the high freqeuncy eq (the Eq-mid low knob) is remapped to affect effect knob 1. Once I release the 'effect' button, Midipipe sets the effect back to the low-pass/width filter. Not rocket science, but its pretty useful. As stated above, I'll post an example of this later today. I need to optimize the way data is stored because it truly is a hack. DJ ToS: Bome’s midi translator is the best I know of under Windows. I didn’t realize that the classic version cost money. With that said, with what I’m about to say, the professional version is the way to go.

Alternatively to Ean’s example, another way to do it would be to use a switch to engage different filters. The problem is that Midipipe and Traktor don’t have a memory, so they don’t know what ’state’ they are in. I have a hacked out solution for this, which I will post later.

For example, I use (on the VCI-100) the ‘Eq-Hi’ knob and the ‘Gain knob’ are assigned to knobs 2 and 3 of the effects in Traktor. By default, the effects is the Low-pass/Width filter (I forget the real name) and the rest of the knobs as a 3-band eq.

However, when I depress the ‘effect’ button, it sets the Effect of the deck to the beatmasher and ‘Eq-Hi’ and the ‘Gain’ knobs still affect the same effect knobs. The difference is that, in this mode, what I normally use for the high freqeuncy eq (the Eq-mid low knob) is remapped to affect effect knob 1. Once I release the ‘effect’ button, Midipipe sets the effect back to the low-pass/width filter.

Not rocket science, but its pretty useful.

As stated above, I’ll post an example of this later today. I need to optimize the way data is stored because it truly is a hack.

]]> By: DJ ToS http://www.djtechtools.com/2008/05/23/instantly-load-effects/#comment-5686 DJ ToS Fri, 23 May 2008 14:31:01 +0000 http://www.djtechtools.com/?p=456#comment-5686 And what about the windows users.... :-) The cracked version od bome's translator? (translator is powerfull but quite pricey too) I'm cooking a CPS patch to do the trick of MIDI transformation for me but can't decode the licence. Is it permited to use it on a live performance? And what about the windows users…. :-)
The cracked version od bome’s translator? (translator is powerfull but quite pricey too)
I’m cooking a CPS patch to do the trick of MIDI transformation for me but can’t decode the licence. Is it permited to use it on a live performance?

]]> By: VoOFA http://www.djtechtools.com/2008/05/23/instantly-load-effects/#comment-5667 VoOFA Fri, 23 May 2008 07:22:57 +0000 http://www.djtechtools.com/?p=456#comment-5667 You never cease to amaze me Ean! This is so freakin cool! Now gimme that VCI-100SE so I can get to business :] You never cease to amaze me Ean! This is so freakin cool! Now gimme that VCI-100SE so I can get to business :]

]]>