I’ve got a problem on my hands that I hope someone who has experienced this before can help me with. I’ve recently gathered with another aspiring digital DJ to try to get our Vestax VCI-100’s to work simultaneously with Traktor 3, to create a setup to elegantly control 4 decks.
Because the devices send identical signals, we translate the MIDI signals of the second device to another channel (CH2) with MIDI-OX. Traktor was still confused cause of the two vestax inputs, so we put both VCI’s through each a MIDI-YOKE channel. Now some controls work: the deck C & D equalizer and volume control responds perfectly to the second Vestax. But there’s still very random stuff happening with the other buttons.
For instance: the effect knobs all work, but none of the effect buttons do. Even stranger is that the monitor cue buttons on the second vestax work if assigned to deck A in hold mode, but don’t evoke any reaction in Traktor if assigned to deck C or D (and even B), or even if it’s simply switched to toggle mode! On top of that, the jogwheels display utterly random behavior: sometimes they work, sometimes they do not. And so on and so on. Note that I’ve tried to map the device by copying the existing mapping to a CH2/deckC&D equivalent, as well as fucking around with the learn function.
I can’t see any logical explanation anymore. Anyone experience with dealing with two identical devices? Recognize the description above? Does someone who knows more about Traktor 3, the VCI, MIDI-OX and/or MIDI-YOKE have any idea what’s going on here or what can be done to let the two VCI’s peacefully coexist?