Traktor (Scratch) Pro - MIDI construction & Issues

ZeldaLeft · 1/10/11

If I have a loop going, and want to move the entire loop say, 16 beats in one direction or the other, how do I map this to two buttons?(one for each direction)
do I have to macro beatjump and loop set to the same command?

Californication · 4/10/11

Led Midi Range CDJ 2000

Hello everybody

I'm mapping my CDJ 2000 in Traktor 2.0.3 and I'm having a little issue here.

I've mapped my sync-statement to the tempo-range button and now I would like to make the outer rim of the Jog Wheel turn RED when sync is on, and turn WHITE when sync is off.
Thus, so far I've got:

Control - I/O - Assignment - Mode - Mapped To

Beat Sync - In - Device Target - Toggle - Tempo Range
Beat Sync - Out - Device Target - Output - Jog Illumination

With the second statement (the Out-statement), does anyone know which MIDI RANGE I have to choose to make the next table work:

Sync Off = WHITE Jog Wheel
Sync On = RED Jog Wheel

Its a similar behaviour like when the CDJ 2000 is LAN-connected to a DJM 2000 or 900; when it gives an "ON-AIR" status.

TDelgado45 · 4/10/11

This is a great thread to discuss.. thanks for all the helpful information.

CiscQ · 8/11/11

tried the search but no luck. probably an easy task but i couldn't figure it out yet.

how to map specific cue points?

for example, cue 1 to a button, cue 2 to another button ... and so on so i can directly jump to certain cues

DJ_Maggi · 8/11/11

it is named HOTCUE ;-)

http://www.traktorbible.com/en/t2_commandfinder.aspx

CiscQ · 8/11/11

DJ_Maggi said: ↑

it is named HOTCUE ;-)

http://www.traktorbible.com/en/t2_commandfinder.aspx
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wow that's great. much thanks :-D

thehammers · 29/11/11

traktor pro FX with hercules mk4

Please can someone help me. I want to control the effects in Traktor pro with a knob or slider on my Hercules mk4. I can switch on the FX on my mk4 but can only control the effects by using my laptop mouse. I understand this is done by midi mapping in the controller manager in Traktor, but due to limited buttons and sliders on mk4, I would like to know which would be the best option. Has someone done this and can give me some advice.
Many thanks for your help.

djlotus · 9/12/11

newbie midi mapping dicer issue

I have read all the forums and all the posts and can not find anything to solve or address the problem I am having. I will be as thorough as I can.

I am trying to simply (or as I thought) map the third layer of my dicers to trigger sample deck to start/stop. Sounds easy enough. I am new to midi mapping so I hope it is an easy solution. The following are the steps I am taking:

1)delete all midi mappings from controller manager and reset Traktor and dicer

2)Add->Generic Midi (from Device drop down)

3)set in and out port to Novation Dicer (have also tried All Ports)

4)Add In->sample deck->play primary

5)learn note->hit dicer button (Ch13.NoteC4)->unclick learn

6)set Assignment to Sample Deck 1 Slot 1

7)Load track to Deck A (track deck)

8)Load loop from Deck A to Sample Deck C Slot 1

When I push the assigned button on the dicer I get an error which states "Error loading sample slot from deck: Current active deck is not a track deck"

I am sure it is a simple solution but any suggestions are appreciated. I am running TSP 2.1.2 in external mode with deck A&B as track decks and decks C&D as sample decks with 4 slots each.

djmasterp · 11/12/11

When assigning a LED to this control. Is there a way to have is pick up a specific beat count. ex beat 01. then another led on beat 02 and another led on beat 03 and so on

djlotus · 12/12/11

Solved my issue. I am officially an idiot. I needed to assign it to Sample Deck 3 not Sample Deck 1. All is right with the world now and I can proceed to mapping the rest.

jtivo · 20/12/11

So i just got a Hercules Dj Control Mp3 e2. Installed it along with traktor pro. Everything seems to be working fine except the cross and volume fader aren't working. Been tryna mess with the configuration but nothin seems to be working. Could really use some help! Thanks!

cirkus · 7/2/12

I have got an EMU midi controller... In the controller setup its allows just the Deck A or Deck B mapping...(I can assign to the Deck A or the Deck B a midi knob) The problem is that the setup dont allow the mapping to the two deck...

Strange Beat 90210 · 7/3/12

HELP w/ Akai LPD8 Sample Decks Mapping

I use an x1 for most everything on tsp2. I need to add my lpd8 for sample deck control. I just mainly want to use it for triggering in one shots or loops over my mixes. I have looked on this board for the answer and on youtube. I did what I could find on youtube but it didn't work. When i went to controller manager and added my first pad, i don't think it was reading midi. Can i please get the missing info I need or a tsi for what I'm looking for. If I missed it on this site and someone knows where it is, please link me. Thanks in advance

dannybyrne29 · 28/3/12

try here for some TSI's...!

http://www.traktorbible.com/freaks/mappingone.aspx?id=52

phildebowl · 14/5/12

List select up/down midi command issue...

I'm completely mapping my midi controller, a denon hd2500. I'm just a little ways into it and last night I mapped a knob to "list select up/down", and it worked great.

Get up this morning, and run through my mappings and when i went to scroll the list, it skips by pages, not even a page at a time. As a test of the knob, I set the same knob to "list select page up/down" and it works perfectly page by page.

As a test to make double sure it isn't a issue with the knob, I assigned to the knob that I was using for tree select up down that is working fine, and again, one click of the knob jumps probably at least 50 to 100 tracks at a time.

I've tried everything, shut down, restart everything, reset my controller to factory, deleted all midi mappings and created one for this single function, and it won't stop doing this.

I also tried changing to relative mode so maybe I could adjust the sensitivity of the knob down, and then the command doesn't work at all at any setting.

I'm really hoping there is a way to fix that command without too much trouble.

Thanks for any help.

Kostas Zarafonitis · 3/8/12

Hello dj's
i would appreciate if somebody could help me with a problem
i'm using hercules mk4 controller and Traktor version 1.2.4
my problem is that the tsi file that i have to import in controller manager doesn't match exactly.
Only some of the controller buttons "obey" traktor's operation like the play and cue buttons,synch,changing the bpm..just these.
Is there any friend that uses the same controller and software and has solved this problem sending me a more appropriate tsi midi file?

Andre Tech · 7/8/12

Hello Phill, or to anybody able to help me!

The TRAKTOR 'SCRATCH' PRO 2 version, can also it be controlled by MIDI inteface of the CDJ-2000? or is this only possible with the TRAKTOR PRO 2 version? thank you!

licky13 · 17/8/12

Hello all Dj's does anybody have link or smth else to download effects for ''Traktor Scratch Pro'' ?

jando_delrin · 5/9/12

mapping and headphones audio for numark total control

guys! i´m having so much trouble with the configuration of my traktor. i normally use virtual dj pro and that one works perfectly fine...however i´m trying to use something better, traktor pro 2.
i bought myself a numark total control dj mixer.
my 3 biggest problems are:
-i use an external audio card for my headphones, which until today i have not been able to make work appropriately with traktor pro 2 (it does work with virtual dj pro)
-the other big thing is, i downloaded a .tsi file for traktor pro and it just wont work... whenever i import it to traktor, it won´t even play.
-i use different effects when playing a song, and none of them do anything..... i even do it on my computer, not on the midi controller and NOTHING
god i´m screwed...
i would appreciate very much some help
you guys have a good day!

djchrislee · 29/1/13

PhilL said: ↑

This series of messages will take you from the very beginnings with modifiers all the way through to advanced switching and control. Each of the message titles will be prefixed with lesson(?) number, This one being [MIDI Modifiers] 100 – Basic Theory

As you’ve no doubt discovered one of the changes to MIDI control is the removal of the MIDI pages. On the surface this looks to be a HUGE impediment to being able to do some really fancy control trickery, until you realize the presence of the new MIDI Modifier feature(s). When you first look at it, you are no doubt going to be scratching your head going “What the hell is this and how can I use it?” Think of modifiers as MIDI pages on steroids. They offer much greater flexibility, instead of just 4 pages you have the capability now to do essentially 128 pages. You can just map the controls you need to a modifier or all the controls if you want to emulate the T3 control model.

To start with modifiers looks like a confusing mess, and while its true the learning curve is steep, its fairly short, at least to gain a basic understanding. As already noted MIDI modifiers replaces MIDI Pages. There is no analog for Keyboard Modifiers sorry to say, (not yet anyway) but keyboard keys can be used to trigger MIDI Modifiers.

So what are modifiers? The easiest way to think of them is as a bank of 8 rotary switches. Each rotary switch can be used to select a single value from 0 to 7. The switches have the additional function of reverting automagically to default value of 0 once the button or knob is done sending a message and the modifier is not locked at the new value. There is a way to latch the modifier value, that will be shown in a future lesson.

If you look in preferences | MIDI Mapping there are several new pieces that go to making up the whole MIDI Modifier landscape.

1/ the first piece is to look at is when you click the Add Button, there is a new function group called “modifier”. It contains a sublist with Modifiers #1 – 8 in it. Each of these modifiers is MIDI trigger-able. You can use any control that generates a midi message to trigger the modifier. A common use is a button type control. When triggered the modifier has its value set to what ever is defined in the button options. Possible range of values is 0 –7. Zero is special in that its the default value, if no other value has over-ridden the default value, then zero is set for the modifier. This lists of modifiers lists all the available modifier switches in Traktor Pro. Its not user definable or changeable, it doesn’t need to be. The list of modifiers is fixed at 8. The list of values usable for each modifier is 8 (ranging from 0-7). You may think that is not enough for what you want to do but consider that each modifier has 8 possible values AND you can apply 2 modifiers to each MIDI control then you have tremendous flexibility. During testing I created working presets with over 800 Midi controls and throughout that I used just 4 modifiers and 4 values to do everything I needed. You could get much more complicated than that but trying to remember and understand your logic ladder later on will become impossible. The critical point to take away from this this section; when constructing your preset remember K.I.S.S. Keep It Simple Stupid! Just about every single propellerhead in the world who sees this functionality and grasps its use will first construct presets that are totally magnificent, but so complicated and intricate that they will ultimately fail. We’ll cover the modifier control types and what you can do with them later. For now we’ll simply be using the hold type with a button.

2/ The second piece of the puzzle is the Modifiers section that has been added to the preferences MIDI Mapping page for every MIDI control. There are two pairs of items Modifier/Value, Modifier/Value. Well come back to how they work in second.

3/ The third and final piece is in the Assignments Table list, MOD1 and MOD2. These are the Modifier and Value pairs (noted in piece 2/) defined for a control. Each MIDI control you setup can have from 0 to 2 modifiers defined. Any control that has zero (0) modifiers defined will always work no matter what modifier is pressed. So, say for example you have your controller layout setup so that no matter what modifier is set you always want your deck volume controls to be accessible then you could a) add additional mappings for each state you have or b)not to add any modifier at all and its always accessible.

So to sum up so far:
Modifier Switches are listed as Modifier #1 through Modifier #8 and are also noted as M1, M2 ... M8.
All modifiers have a default value assigned. That value is always zero unless the modifier is triggered.
Mod1 and Mod2 are essentially list filter criteria. Say you have a MIDI controller that when you press a button that produces MIDI message CC1(ch1). You define a Modifier set to value = 1 (and set it to button and hold mode). When you press that button, Traktor first updates the modifier table it keeps in memory, setting the new value for M1 to 1 then it evaluates all the MIDI controls to see which controls are also assigned to message CC1. When it filters down to those controls, it next looks to see if Mod1 or Mod2 have an entry defined for that control. If nothing is set, the control works always, regardless of the modifier and value being set. If Mod1 and or MOD2 has been set then Traktor gets the tag/value pair for the control and looks up the modifier number (M1) in the lookup table to see what values are currently set. If the value in the lookup table and the value from the control (1) match, then whatever action the MIDI control says to do, actually gets done. If the values don’t match the control operation is ignored.

So now that we’re done with the theory lets do something semi-useful. First off save your current Traktor Midi preset by exporting the MIDI section in preferences.
To make it easier to see you may want to delete all your current MIDI controls after you have exported, you can import again after experimenting.

First control entry we’ll create is Modifier#1. Set it as follows: Interaction mode = Hold, Type of controller = Button, Value = 1. Do not set M Numbers or values for either modifier If you did then this modifier will get filtered based on those entries and this demo will not work. Use learn to set a MIDI controller button to this control entry.

Next Control Add a control entry Mixer | Key on, set it as follows: Interaction mode = Toggle, Type of controller = Button, Assignment = focus. Set the first modifier to M1 and value to 1. Use learn to set a second MIDI controller button to this control entry.

Next Control entry Add Mixer | Monitor Cue, set it as follows: Interaction mode = Toggle, Type of controller = Button, Assignment = focus. Set no modifier at all right now.
Use learn to also set the second controller button to this control entry.

Turn Learn off and press button 2, monitor cue will turn on and off. Key on state will remain as it was.
Press and hold Button 1 then press button 2. Both Monitor Cue and Key on will change state. This occurs because the Modifier Button is triggering the modifier so the filter gets applied, that means key on gets evaluated and therefore changes. Also, since no modifier at all is applied to Monitor Cue it always works. Take care later on when making your presets, failing to set Mod 1 or 2 to zero when necessary can result in unexpected behaviors.
Next step lets go back and edit the entry for Monitor cue. Change the modifier entry for MOD1 to be M1=0.
Now press button 2 and you’ll see the same behavior as step 1 above.
Press and hold Button 1 then press button 2. Monitor Cue will not change, But Key on will change state. This occurs because the Modifier button is now triggering the modifier so the filter gets applied. That means 'key on' gets evaluated and changed state since Modifier#1 = 1 now since Monitor Cue was set to on act if M1 = 0 , it doesn't get acted upon.

So that’s the most basic of setups. It should be enough to get you started experimenting. We’ll begin covering more advanced options in next lessons in the coming days. We’ll look at Toggling, Latching, Using multiple Mod values, Jog wheel scaling, control reuse, preset design guidelines and rules among other items.
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Hi, is there an up to date sticky on this? will this example work on the latest version of scratch?

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