How to make a 3 bar beat jump with one button push ?

[zestoi]

fyi here's my slicer lua code - with some stuff removed for clarity:

traktor beatphase to animate the pad leds:

    capture(app, beat_event, ALL, 0, function(d2, e2, v2, p2)

            -- turn off current pad
            send(d, pads[slicer.data[sid].step], OFF, p)

            slicer.data[sid].step = slicer.data[sid].step + 1
            
            local jump = 0
            if slicer.data[sid].step >= 9 then
                slicer.data[sid].step = 1
                if slicer.data[sid].loopmode then
                    jump = -8
                end
            end

            if jump ~= 0 then
                slicer.send_beatjump(app, jump, deck, beatjumps)
            end

            -- turn new pad on
            send(d, pads[slicer.data[sid].step], ON, p)

pressing on pads to beatjump:

    for i,e in ipairs(pads) do

        -- map back from pad name to slicer step
        slicer.data[sid].pads2step[e] = i

        capture(d, e, ALL, p, function(d, e, v, p)
            if v > 0 then
                if slicer.data[sid].active == false then
                    return
                end

                local jump = slicer.data[sid].pads2step[e] - slicer.data[sid].step - 1

                -- send beatjump and turn old pad off
                slicer.send_beatjump(app, jump, deck, beatjumps)
                send(d, pads[slicer.data[sid].step], OFF)
                slicer.data[sid].step = slicer.data[sid].pads2step[e]
            else
                -- make sure pad led stays on (lpd8)
                send(d, e, ON, p)
            end
        end)

[mrjezza]

the whole time i was doing this i was wishing i could code things (incrementing vars or using counters to keep track of position), which would have made things WAY easier. i can see that's exactly what you've done with your code, which is making me even more strongly consider going with translator/intermediary software

unfortunately i'm on osx/mac so i would need to find a mac or cross platform solution. any suggestions?

[zestoi]

the whole time i was doing this i was wishing i could code things (incrementing vars or using counters to keep track of position), which would have made things WAY easier. i can see that's exactly what you've done with your code, which is making me even more strongly consider going with translator/intermediary software

unfortunately i'm on osx/mac so i would need to find a mac or cross platform solution. any suggestions?

ah bugger... then you're limitted to something like bomes - which can do what u want.

my code will/should work on a mac too - it uses the cross platform RtMidi lib for the core stuff- but i'm 99% sure i'd need to test/debug some stuff on a mac.

i just need to get access to a mac somehow to compile/test the C++ i guess...

i had thought about using osx in a virtual type session - but not sure i fancy paying for osx for something like this and/or using an illegal version.

maybe i need to find someone who has a mac that i can ssh into or something. i could/might release the source code - but not planning on that at the moment.

[zestoi]

just noticed i could maybe get some osx web hosting... anyone know of anyone good/cheap with at least ssh access so i could compile on?

i already have 2 servers (one linux, one freebsd) so not looking for any major hosting - just something i could use to compile on - and then maybe wack a few websites on since i'd be paying for it anyway...

[bascurtiz]

Zestoi, I saw u posted a reply in the String Theory article... Any luck on getting your script up and running?
I'd love to play with it / configure it to the Twitch to get the Slicer mode working in Traktor

[zestoi]

Zestoi, I saw u posted a reply in the String Theory article... Any luck on getting your script up and running?
I'd love to play with it / configure it to the Twitch to get the Slicer mode working in Traktor

yep - i had the slicer working fairly well on my lpd8 a while ago - midimasher is avail for download in my sig - as always.

i will be implementing the idea from the blog tho - which is to drop a hotcue when the slicer is enabled and always jump back to that before beat jumping.

will be working on that today or tomorrow and push out a new release.

it's still pc-only tho i'm afraid. don't have any access to a mac to build/test

[bascurtiz]

that'll be awesome!

Time to buy the Twitch ...finally

Let me know how u progress.