APC40 Mapping Madness (Midi Fighter Style on APC40)

[TommyQuiet]

sweet dude just downloaded it and watched video so will report back on how it goes

[TommyQuiet]

when pressing cue buttons my leds go off
and all so on the record arm solo cue buttons pressing them nothing happens
(the buttons for efx 3 and 4)

and all so on efx 1 when turning on the effect u have to press it twice to turn it off

[Timmio]

when pressing cue buttons my leds go off
and all so on the record arm solo cue buttons pressing them nothing happens
(the buttons for efx 3 and 4)

and all so on efx 1 when turning on the effect u have to press it twice to turn it off

Hey that definitely sounds like you didn't set the APC40 to dumb mode . Make sure you do this first (check my other vid on this, in short it means that you put on the APC40, start Ableton Live, if the red box appears close Ableton and open Traktor).

The problem you describe is exactly what happens if you don't set this mode first. Now everything should work fine!

I've created a button overview also to show what button should do what, check the attachment

[TommyQuiet]

right have done all that now everything works apart from the fx3 and fx4 banks pressing the buttons does nothing they light up for a second but does not trigger the efx in them banks they dont move or come on :S

[Timmio]

right have done all that now everything works apart from the fx3 and fx4 banks pressing the buttons does nothing they light up for a second but does not trigger the efx in them banks they dont move or come on :S

(I've updated the image-jpg in my previous post by the way..)

Did you set the fx units 3 and 4 to advanced? (so unit 1 and 2 to chained, unit 3 and 4 to advanced?)

[TommyQuiet]

ahh yes its all working now thanks i am loving it

[Timmio]

ahh yes its all working now thanks i am loving it

Great! Enjoy!

If you're done playing with the basic, go check out the 'SAMPLER' button (4th blue button for deck a (and of course 8th blue button for deck b), some tips on this:

You can record 8 beats into the slice fx by using this button, so if you turn it on and then play around with the cues it records 8 beats and then plays your 'show' again. You can even pause the original track and it will still continues to play. So the next thing in the mapping will be the possibility to record a sample, and then play through the sample with some new beats/cues (probably just by setting dry/wet to 0.5 , more to come!)

For now enjoy this map! I've played a lot with it myself. Playing with the echo (especially the first green button) is sooo cool. Using voices or cool sounds, put the delay1 button on, then switch the delay off and set the music back on. The echo of the voice will continue for a while, and still the original track is already playing, way cool

(hopefully this makes sense, haha).

[TommyQuiet]

on the fx bank 3 and 4 what do you have it set has or does it change auto?

all so when pressing sync button its setting my bpm to 124.13 on the other track and other way round so its not syncing?

btw thanks for all your help on this sorry to be a pain in the ass

as i see on yout mapping efx 3 and 4 banks are

delay
slice
mash

on mine they are

mash
slice
ice

[Timmio]

on the fx bank 3 and 4 what do you have it set has or does it change auto?

all so when pressing sync button its setting my bpm to 124.13 on the other track and other way round so its not syncing?

btw thanks for all your help on this sorry to be a pain in the ass

No problem at all, thanks for trying out and letting me you your thoughts !

The fx units 3 and for 4 do auto set to:
-> Delay (green buttons)
-> Slicer (blue buttons)
-> Beatmasher (red buttons)
(unit 3 is locked to deck A, unit 4 is locked to deck B)

I didn't suggest the filters for unit 1 and 2 did I? They are not set automatically yet.

But my suggestion is:
FX UNIT 1 (chained)
-> ICEVERB
-> MULHOLLANDDRIVE (something like that )
-> PEAK FILTER

FX UNIT 2 (chained)
-> DELAY
-> GATER
-> BEATMASHER

(2 of these filters are also on the fx unit 3 and 4, but now you have the possiblity to freely play with the dry/wet and amounts)

The SYNC button is exactly working as the standard SYNC button on Traktor itself, the button isn't map to anything else. Maybe you can check the BPM-unit on top (if you have enabled its view via the preferences). In that BPM-unit you have the option to set the BPM yourself, automatically or via your midi device. I've mine set to manual, then both decks will work fine (also the sample-button will work best with sync on).

EDIT: I see you addition to your post now , my effects are my suggested fx for units 1 and 3, feel free to use your own prefered ones.

[TommyQuiet]

i still dont get

-> Delay (green buttons)
-> Slicer (blue buttons)
-> Beatmasher (red buttons)

i get

-> mash (green buttons)
-> Slicer (blue buttons)
-> iceverb (red buttons)

and i still cant figure out this sync problem