Instant Gratification - mapping to my controller

[mishmashmole]

Arrgghhh! I can't find an older version. Anyone? I have a gig in 12 hours time

[fullenglishpint]

3rd thread on the midifighter forum...

http://www.djtechtools.com/forum/showthread.php?t=24514

[mishmashmole]

That version is 1.0.2 - I was led to believe there was a version that didn't use 4 banks... I have mapped this one and it doesn't see to work on my controller

[fullenglishpint]

there's no version of the IG mapping that does not require 4 banks mode. You can either map only one deck page of it to your controller, or set up pages (banks) on your controller if it supports that feature.

[mishmashmole]

OK thanks. So I need to read through all the banks figuring out the midi messages for each of the buttons. I take Bank A, map those, make a new page, take Bank B and map those and so on.

Does someone not have a list of the midi messages with corresponding buttons and banks? I presume it's already been done...

[fullenglishpint]

Does someone not have a list of the midi messages with corresponding buttons and banks? I presume it's already been done...

[zestoi]

I'm working on a simulation of the midi-fighter firmware for GlovePIE as we speak (or whatever this medium of communitcation is called). to convert any 16-button controller into a midi-fighter!

i'd be keen to see your glovepie script once done. today i've just written a lua script for my homebrew midimashing app to add a virtual midifighter to a page on my launchpad. it uses a 2extra midifighter virtual midi ports in loopMIDI so i can connect those to traktor while also using other output from the lp for other stuff etc.

this is the mf normal mode not 4banks mode (which i'll have a play with in a bit). pasting here in case anyone else is doing something as mad as using lua or some other 'glue' to xlate between devices and/or in case the logic is any use. the 4banks mode shouldn't be much harder to do.

still don't know what extra combo messages might get send by the mf though - or are all combos just from traktor modifiers etc?

any2mf_map = {
    ["0,0"] = "C3", ["1,0"] = "C#3", ["2,0"] = "D3", ["3,0"] = "D#3",
    ["0,1"] = "G#2", ["1,1"] = "A2", ["2,1"] = "A#2", ["3,1"] = "B2",
    ["0,2"] = "E2", ["1,2"] = "F2", ["2,2"] = "F#2", ["3,2"] = "G2",
    ["0,3"] = "C2", ["1,3"] = "C#2", ["2,3"] = "D2", ["3,3"] = "D#2"
}

mf2any_map = {}
for k,v in pairs(any2mf_map) do mf2any_map[v] = k end

function create_midifighter(rdev, rdevpage, vdev, off_color, on_color)

    for x=0,3 do
        for y=0,3 do
            btn = y..","..x

            -- init off color

            send_event(rdev, btn, off_color)

            -- map input to the virtual midifighter

            capture_event(rdev, btn, rdevpage, function(d, e, p, v)
                if any2mf_map[e] ~= nil then
                    send_event(vdev, any2mf_map[e], v, 3)
                end
            end)

            -- route mf input back to real surface

            capture_event(vdev, any2mf_map[btn], 0, function(d, e, p, v)
                if mf2any_map[e] ~= nil then
                    if v == 0 then
                        send_event(rdev, mf2any_map[e], off_color)
                    else
                        send_event(rdev, mf2any_map[e], on_color)
                    end
                end
            end)
        end
    end
end

create_midifighter("launchpad", 0, "midifighter", lp_lo_red, lp_hi_green)

[zestoi]

i've just got some code working that emulates the midifighter 4bank mode. the code might not be any use to anyone but the logic and note info in it might be.

the function:

any2mf_4banks_map = {

    ["select"] = {
        ["0,0"] = { ["note"] = "C-1", ["bank"] = 1 },
        ["1,0"] = { ["note"] = "C#-1", ["bank"] = 2 },
        ["2,0"] = { ["note"] = "D-1", ["bank"] = 3 },
        ["3,0"] = { ["note"] = "D#-1", ["bank"] = 4 }
    },

    ["banks"] = {
        {
            ["0,1"] = "G#2", ["1,1"] = "A2", ["2,1"] = "A#2", ["3,1"] = "B2",
            ["0,2"] = "E2", ["1,2"] = "F2", ["2,2"] = "F#2", ["3,2"] = "G2",
            ["0,3"] = "C2", ["1,3"] = "C#2", ["2,3"] = "D2", ["3,3"] = "D#2"
        },
        {
            ["0,1"] = "G#3", ["1,1"] = "A3", ["2,1"] = "A#3", ["3,1"] = "B3",
            ["0,2"] = "E3", ["1,2"] = "F3", ["2,2"] = "F#3", ["3,2"] = "G3",
            ["0,3"] = "C3", ["1,3"] = "C#3", ["2,3"] = "D3", ["3,3"] = "D#3"
        },
        {
            ["0,1"] = "G#4", ["1,1"] = "A4", ["2,1"] = "A#4", ["3,1"] = "B4",
            ["0,2"] = "E4", ["1,2"] = "F4", ["2,2"] = "F#4", ["3,2"] = "G4",
            ["0,3"] = "C4", ["1,3"] = "C#4", ["2,3"] = "D4", ["3,3"] = "D#4"
        },
        {
            ["0,1"] = "G#5", ["1,1"] = "A5", ["2,1"] = "A#5", ["3,1"] = "B5",
            ["0,2"] = "E5", ["1,2"] = "F5", ["2,2"] = "F#5", ["3,2"] = "G5",
            ["0,3"] = "C5", ["1,3"] = "C#5", ["2,3"] = "D5", ["3,3"] = "D#5"
        }
    }
}

-- map mf notes back to our surface

mf2any_4banks_map = {}

for k,v in pairs(any2mf_4banks_map["select"]) do
    mf2any_4banks_map[v["note"]] = k

    for k2, v2 in ipairs(any2mf_4banks_map["banks"]) do
        for k3, v3 in pairs(any2mf_4banks_map["banks"][k2]) do
            mf2any_4banks_map[v3] = k3
        end
    end
end

mf_4banks_curr_bank = {}

function create_midifighter_4banks(rdev, rdevpage, vdev, off_color, on_color)

    -- set our current bank to 1

    local mf_4banks_id = #mf_4banks_curr_bank + 1
    mf_4banks_curr_bank[mf_4banks_id] = 1

    for x=0,3 do
        for y=0,3 do
            btn = y..","..x

            -- init off color

            send_event(rdev, btn, off_color)

            -- map input to the virtual midifighter

            capture_event(rdev, btn, rdevpage, function(d, e, p, v)

                local curr_bank = mf_4banks_curr_bank[mf_4banks_id];

                if any2mf_4banks_map["select"][e] ~= nil then

                    -- save bank number and send message out to virtual mf
                    mf_4banks_curr_bank[mf_4banks_id] = any2mf_4banks_map["select"][e]["bank"]
                    send_event(vdev, any2mf_4banks_map["select"][e]["note"], v, 3)

                elseif any2mf_4banks_map["banks"][curr_bank][e] ~= nil then

                    -- send the message out from a multi bank row (2,3,4)
                    send_event(vdev, any2mf_4banks_map["banks"][curr_bank][e], v, 3)
                end
            end)

            -- route mf input back to real surface

            capture_event(vdev, any2mf_map[btn], 0, function(d, e, p, v)
                if mf2any_4banks_map[e] ~= nil then
                    if v == 0 then
                        send_event(rdev, mf2any_4banks_map[e], off_color)
                    else
                        send_event(rdev, mf2any_4banks_map[e], on_color)
                    end
                end
            end)
        end
    end
end

then i just use these lines to set it up using lo red for off and green for lit up leds:

open_midi_device("traktor", "traktor", "Traktor Output", "Traktor Input");
open_midi_device("launchpad", "launchpad", "Launchpad", "Launchpad", 8)
open_midi_device("midifighter", "midifighter", "MidiFighter Input", "MidiFighter Output")
create_midifighter_4banks("launchpad", 0, "midifighter", lp_lo_red, lp_hi_green)

seems to work ok - but it's going to take me a while to understand this midifighter IG mapping

the plan is to add the ability to offset the virtual fighters and then have 2 normal mode MF'ers and two 4bank mode MF'ers on one launchpad page.

edit: the code looks a bit complicated but 99% of it is run at startup time - only small snippets of code (the functions passed to capture_event()) actually get run when a button is pressed or traktor sends an event.

[mishmashmole]

http://www.djtechtools.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=5475&stc=1&d=130666419 0

THANK YOU!

I will be posting a mapping for the Remote SL 25 in due course.

[zestoi]

THANK YOU!

I will be posting a mapping for the Remote SL 25 in due course.

you could always use bomes to do translation and then you can use the vanilla mf tsi's? also means ofc any new ones you can then use without any effort at all.

that was my theory above anyway.

fyi - that image posted by fullenglishpint does seem correct as i found that on the forum the other week and it's what i based my code on.