[Mac:Patchbay] Dual VCI-100

Si Se Puede! (You can do it!)

http://www.djtechtools.com/forum/att...6&d=1238310060

What you need

1 Mac computer
2 VCI-100, works with firmware 1.3
Midi Patchbay (Free) http://notahat.com/midi_patchbay

http://www.djtechtools.com/forum/att...4&d=1238309780

Once you hook up the two vci's open Audio Midi Setup and rename the vci's.
VCI-100 #1 & VCI-100 #2 so you can tell in MidiPatchbay which vci you sending all the midi to channel #2

http://www.djtechtools.com/forum/att...1&d=1241400450

Once that is taken care of save you setting on MidiPatchBay. And Open Traktor up and goto the midi settings. If both vci's show up ur good, now its time to remap the 2nd vci to decks C/D. BTW there is no midi out for the 2nd vci.

http://www.djtechtools.com/forum/att...3&d=1238309748

But what about the PC guys? Well I was able to change the midi channel thru Midi Ox. But I dont have traktor installed on my VmFusion so if anyone in L.A. wants to meet up I would like to give this a shot.

http://www.djtechtools.com/forum/att...0&d=1238353012

pixnowplz

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Originally Posted by djhipnotikk

pixnowplz

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Sounds like we need to let our powers combine and form captain planet, err captain vci

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Originally Posted by mpetersen3

Sounds like we need to let our powers combine and form captain planet, err captain vci

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i'm so down. i've been trying to map out how it would work in my head but i really want to try this.

thanks for the info!

i have a temp *.tks ill post it in the morning when I wake up...Im faded ATM to remember where the hell I left it...BTW happy Cinco De Mayo!

Does this work with firmware 1.2, and would it even be necessary to switch all the controls to deck C/D since you could just use the modifier to do that from the DJTT TSI?

This shouldnt be a problem with fw 1.2 being that your changing the midi ch outside of traktor. In regards to the modifier, im not big on T-PRO, so I couldnt answer that question.

When I open midipatchbay only one VCI controller shows up. Could this be a result of only having 1.2fw

thats fine if only 1 vci shows up, send all msg to midi ch 2 and open traktor up and start mapping

but how does that work if I want one VCI to be on MIDI CH 2 and the other on MIDI CH 1

do I add a patch? to get 2 to appear to rename them?

Maybe I'm missing something horribly obvious here, but couldn't you just set one controller to midi channel 1 and the other to midi channel 2 and you'd be all set? :confused:

I just realized I missed the step with the Audio Midi setup in Mac, unfortunately my Mac isn't detecting the VCI in the Audio Midi setup? Both VCI's are plugged in

hook up 1 vci and rename it to VCI-100 #1, then unplug it, hook up the 2nd vci and rename it to VCI-100 #2 then plug both in. I should be home in 1hr to give it a try.

I got the 2 VCI to show up in Audio MIDI setup but changing the settings in MIDI Patchbay doesn't do anything. Both VCI's are still sending the same msgs.

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just hotmail

if you guys live in the states i would be able to help you over the phone if you want, gotta love MetroPCS (Broke Mans Fone)

Hey so I just did a simple channel change on the VCI with firmware 1.2, that made it much easier. Now comes the hard part, mapping it all together. If someone can help me sort this out i'd really appreciate it. I'm using the latest TSI file, what I want to do is have the 2nd VCI control all deck C/D functions. The only thing i'm concerned about is how can I have all the beat juggle, and Fader FX modes enabled for decks C/D without interfering with my Decks A/B. Here's a scenario, so i'm set in beat juggle mode on decks A/B, if my partner changes the modifier on his controller to Fader FX mode, then it changes my mode to Fader FX in A/B. Hope that makes sense

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Hey so I just did a simple channel change on the VCI with firmware 1.2

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I'm looking at setting 2x VCI's this coming Sunday and really need to know how to do this.
I've read on multiple occasions that you can hold a button down when booting up the VCI and it switches it to channel 2, but I haven't managed to find out exactly what this button is...
Little help?

@ PILX 1st off you do u have a mac or pc?

Both :)

The mac is newer and thus faster than the PC (both lappies), but I am much much more literate in the ways of PCs than MACs.

Both running Traktor Pro v 1.0.
One of the VCI's is firmware 1.2 and I think the other is 1.3.
The second one was only purchased about a month ago, so I'm assuming it came with 1.3 from the factory.

I'm hoping I can boot the v1.2 VCI in channel 2 mode and then configure that for decks C/D, although from what I've been reading recently, I'm not totally convinced that will work..

if you haven't flashed either vci-100 they have firmware 1.2.

hook up one vci and rename it to vci-100 #2 & remap it to ch 2 then hook up the other vci and leave it on midi ch #1

I'm assuming I have to do that through midipatchbay on the mac?
Sounds easy enough, is remapping it to channel 2 done in a simple few clicks and then all the output signals are changed? So i don't have to configure each button individually to channel 2..?

i only this is slightly offtopic, but i am trying to use midi patchbay to get the itouchmidi.com apps to run on a different channel. so far so good. but for some odd reason it doesnt seem to remap all messages. for example CC(30) now always gets send on the original channel 1 and on the remapped channel.

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i only this is slightly offtopic, but i am trying to use midi patchbay to get the itouchmidi.com apps to run on a different channel. so far so good. but for some odd reason it doesnt seem to remap all messages. for example CC(30) now always gets send on the original channel 1 and on the remapped channel.

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are you re-assigning all the notes from ch 1 to ch 2? I know that I messed up the 1st time when I did it.

hmm how do you reassign? at any rate, i fixed my issue by simply disabling the original midi device in traktor and only using the virtual one set in patchbay.

the point is to have 2 controllers on the same system

Just thought I'd ask, I don't use midi patch bay, but another program which I think would do a similar job is midipipe
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macos.../midipipe.html
it enable you to route various midi signals, clock etc into one stream.
I've used it for arkaos (which is VJ software) which can only recognise one midi input, with midi pipe I can use as amny devices as I want and just tell arkaos to look at the midipipe output for the signals

sweet mr coops, ill check it out. cuz i had issues re-routing iTM Dj to ch #2 but havent had too much time to work on it.

PILX - I believe holding down the first of the small black buttons on the left while powering up a 1.2 vci100 will set the unit to channel 2. Doing the same thing with an SE/1.3 will NOT set it to channel 2, but instead will temporarily revert it to 1.2 firmware. Confusing enough? Basically, if you want to use two 1.3 vci's on one computer, I think you've gotta use a method like JesC is describing.

Has anyone got this method working on Tpro, I still get everything on channel 1

You trying this with 1.3? A translator will do the trick. 1.2 on one or both? Then the first black button on power up will change the unit to channel 2.