I had a thought about how this could be done with either AHK/Bomes or via a firmware upgrade to the midifighter... here's the steps you'd need to do, programatically-speaking:
- Read the tempo of Traktor via midi
- Upon a midi trigger, start an internal clock (counting in seconds) and start the 'Slicer' effect (done using Traktor mappings)
- Upon a 2nd midi trigger, stop the clock and the 'Slicer' effect
- Calculate how many measures/bars have elapsed based on the tempo of the tune and time in seconds that were counted
- Send midi commands to Traktor to beatjump by the calculated number of measures/bars (these beatjumps would need to be sent one after another, in quick succession)
The upshot of this would be the ability to use the Slicer effect for as long as was needed. As soon as you've finished slicing, Traktor would automatically beatjump to the correct part of the track (determined by the amount of time that has passed). This would allow for very short or long slicing - something that almost certainly wouldn't be possible using Traktor mappings.
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