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Midi Pipe Tutorial- EQ with a crossfader.

Published by Ean Golden on July 14, 2008 in DIY Tutorials, Digital Dj Tips- Advanced, Traktor Tips and VCI-100 Articles. 3 Comments

Lets say you want a single button to select an effect or your crossfader to also act as an EQ fader. These kind of functions are just not possible with 99% of dj midi gear out of the box, but there are a small group of software programs that allow you to customize the way your midi gear works inside the computer. They are called Midi translator’s and today I want to show you how to perform one of the examples above using a translator called “Midi Pipe”. Midi-Pipe is a great tool that is free and easy to use but sadly only runs on Macintosh.

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Ean Golden’s personal VCI-100 layout for Traktor

Published by Ean Golden on November 9, 2007 in Controllerism, DIY Tutorials, Traktor Tips and VCI-100 Articles. 51 Comments

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VERY IMPORTANT UPDATE**** 1/29/08

Editors note: It has recently come to light that the first run of VCI-100’s that were sent out had a completely different mapping layout than all the subsequent “Firmware V2″ VCi-100. You can find out which version you have by holding down both jog wheel buttons at the same time. If the jog wheel lights turn off and your pitch bend no longer works then you have the NEW firmware and my layout will NOT work with your VCi-100. Your new vci firmware is sending out completely different note values and they will result in NOTHING working as I designed. if you have the OLD firmware then by all means enjoy the layout bellow. Otherwise wait until march when you can get your hands on a VCI-100 that ships with these performance mods already installed

After 2 months of intense button pushing, code twisting and testing, I think its almost done. Here is the near final version of my programming for the VCI-100. In the coming months you will be able to get your hands on a limited edition set of plates (hopefully gold and black) that match this exclusive layout. What is different? Almost everything, but the general idea is to give you hands on immediate access to do really cool things without looking at a screen. This is the testing phase so only people with a Macintosh computer will be able to use the layout. Once the controls are finalized Vestax will make available a firmware update that will give the VCI all of this functionality without any extra programs.

So if you have a Macintosh follow the instructions bellow and PLEASE give me feedback here on this post.

If you have a WIN machine you can try out this patch for BOME Midi translator.

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