Latest DIY Controllerism on a $10 budget

[tauket2]

hey!

I love the idea. i'll get one of those and try using it as a pseudo-midi fighter. Only thing is that i've never mapped a controller in traktor. How do i go about doing it? I cant find information on it...

[steffanko]

Very easy,mate! I also did it for the first time when I mapped my numeric keypad.
Go to Preferences in traktor, then Controller manager. In there, click on Add under Device drop down list, and add a generic keyboard. Now you will have a blank Assignment table. By clicking od Add in... under it, you will get the function list of traktor that can be assigned. When you pick what you want, simply press the Learn button and press the button on your keyboard that you want to use for that.

And here's a little demo of what I did. Hope you will like it!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMFZl79AQh8

[tauket2]

good stuff! I bought the numpad but i'm having a bit of trouble understanding the controls in the mapping tool.

What do i need to select if i want to map the + and - buttons to go through the different loops sizes (1,2,4,8,16,32) so that the + will increase the loops size to the next one, and the - button will decrease the loops size to the previous one?

If you've got a link that explains the different what each title in the mapping tools does, by all means share it!

thanks
chris

[steffanko]

Sorry, I don't have a link or any manual. I just figure it out myself. You should play a bit. Set something that you think it could be it by its name, then try it out with some song.
Here's a print screen how I did it. You should set type of controller to Button, and Interaction mode to inc(rease) or dec(rease), depending do you want to make it longer or shorter.
Use the same setup, for example as I did to my + and - buttons, for change tempo. Use the Tempo function, with a slice difference that you can then change the "sensitivity" with Resolution setting.

[tauket2]

thanks! that's excatly what i was looking for! I wasnt aware of the increase/decrease parametres