Midi Fighter Pro dissapointment

**towifer** · 08-31-2011, 11:21 AM

I got the 2500! in the post today and i'm bitterly underwhelmed, the build quality is nice, but the mapping that I got for it is atrocious and for the effort i'll have to put into it to make it useable for what i want a cue point juggler as i thought 'cue-master' would mean? I cant be arsed and will be sending it back.

**Publicservice** · 08-31-2011, 11:41 AM

as far as im concerned if I ever bought one in my mind im paying for the controller. The mapping is nice yeah, but as soon as I took it out of the box I would be playing around trying to map it even better. Sorry you feel it was a waste though

**towifer** · 08-31-2011, 11:51 AM

Hindsight has hit once again... your right. I'll just map it for me! since its a personalized piece of gear too i guess its kinda unique to an extent, so i'll keep it... i'm just a little let down by the 'stock' mappings!

**Coldfuzion** · 08-31-2011, 12:30 PM

What's wrong with the mappings? Something a lot of people don't understand is that even if you buy a cool piece of gear or a really expensive piece of gear it doesn't mean you'll be able to pull it out of the box and use it like you see people in the promos using it. It takes a lot of practice and effort to use good gear to its potential.

I'm not saying you're part of the category, but keep that in mind

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**Flash101uk** · 08-31-2011, 12:47 PM

Originally Posted by Coldfuzion

even if you buy a cool piece of gear or a really expensive piece of gear it doesn't mean you'll be able to pull it out of the box and use it like you see people in the promos using it.

great point. The midifighter mappings also take a little while to get used to and explore to their full potential.
Theyre quite complex and have many layers of functions you might not be aware of yet.

What mapping are you using out of interest?

**towifer** · 08-31-2011, 01:13 PM

I was using the basic cue master mapping, but i've dropped the TSI for the arcade buttons and set them as cue points on the bottom 8, loops on the one above, transport on the top and left the super faders the same

I'm kinda getting my head round how i want it now, playing with some basic cue poing juggles

**sidetrakd** · 08-31-2011, 04:00 PM

Originally Posted by towifer

I was using the basic cue master mapping, but i've dropped the TSI for the arcade buttons and set them as cue points on the bottom 8, loops on the one above, transport on the top and left the super faders the same

I'm kinda getting my head round how i want it now, playing with some basic cue poing juggles

In the cue master mapping when you hit shift and slicer(while slicer isn't activated) the lower 8 buttons are for cue points
As Flash101uk said there are lot of layers there!

**guywithknife** · 08-31-2011, 04:05 PM

I got my Beatmasher yesterday and was playing around with it a bit, but it wasn't until today when I was told that the shift button actually has a purpose that I realized how awesome the stock mappings really are.

I'm basically using the Beatmasher as a cue point juggler, as you put it, and it works very well.

The important thing to remember is that it will take a little time to learn the mappings - you won't just magically know everything about it instantly!

So here's the parts of the mapping I didn't immediately discover - I believe it's the same on the Cuemaster:

Shift + Record Slice = cue point mode
While in cue point mode, the bottom 8 buttons will set/recall that cue point. Shift + bottom 8 buttons resets that cue point.

Record Slice, and then Shift + Record slice = slicer mode, the bottom 8 buttons now control the slicers parameters.

There's more that I haven't figured out yet. I think the stock mappings will be able to do exactly what you want, but you will need to take some time to figure them out.

EDIT: Try here for some instructions., especially this image.