Ok, so with Traktor I've so far only used the standard FX that come out of the box. I've never really wanted to rely too heavily on FX as I'm more into turntablism but I now would like to map some up that I can solidly use in my sets and know how they are going to perform. Thing is I just don't know where to begin, there's so many parameters and FX types to think about I just need a few pointers.
I'm all about rotary faders when it comes to FX and not pushing buttons or using line faders. I'm using a NanoKontrol so I have 9 rotary dials at my disposal. At the moment I normally use the beatmasher, the beat slicer, the flanger and a filter on the 1st 4 knobs, and I have a button for each deck to arm the FX.
What I would like first of all is to be able to control the beat slicer and beat masher so they don't behave so randomly. I just kinda wing it with those 2 FX. Right now I have the Dry/Wet all the way to wet, and the FX turn on as I move the knobs above zero. Can someone suggest anything better? Maybe some chained shit or advanced shit or something, or at least so I know how it performs... I mean does anyone know how to catch a bit to mash up and fuck it up precisely? Like what if I change the increments in which the dial moves or something so it coincides with the track better?
Secondly I would like map some nice FX to the remaining knobs but unsure of how much dry wet to use & how to set parameters and what FX to use etc, I've been watching a lot of vids but they all seem to be for the VCI-100 so use multiple knobs, buttons and faders simultaneously, or they all have far too many buttons to push just to get the effect going like shift and modifiers and "the first click this does this", and "the second click does that". I just want 4 buttons that arm the FX buttons for each deck, and knobs that turn the effect on as its raised (think of say a Pioneer 800 mixer, you have your effect armed and all you do is turn a knob, no shift or modifiers or 3 different things to control it). As I have 9 dials to play with I might even forget the 4 buttons to arm the FX but have say 3 for deck A, 3 identical for deck B and 3 maybe slightly different that work on the master, all permanently armed but only turn on as the knob is moved). Or I could just have 9 FX with the on/off buttons on the decks.
I don't want to over complicate things and have a shit load of different crazy FX thats just gonna bog me down. I'd sooner use like 3-5 FX that I know inside out and leave them permanently mapped.
So can anyone help me get the ball rolling? Thanks
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