Clone Decks in Virtual DJ

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Clone Decks in Virtual DJ

Hi people,

I’m using the Vestax Typhoon midi controller.
I got 2 problem here actually which I can’t seem to find an answer to.

  1. How do I clone a deck in Virtual DJ 7 like the way it is in Traktor and Serato by loading the same track in the other deck to clone it. I know you have the clone deck arrow buttons in Virtual Dj but the problem is you can’t assign a button to do this properly. For some reason it randomly chooses which deck to clone when it’s assigned to a button.

  2. I have searched high and low for this answer but no one seems to know.
    When I hit loop on my typhoon I want it to loop/snap on beat like it does with Traktor. In virtual dj it just loops whenever you hit the button. Does anyone know how I can snap the loops to the CBG please?

Cheers guys!

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clone_deck : clone the deck (load the same song on the other deck, and play it from the same position, ready for beat-juggling).

clone_deck_nopitch : clone the deck (load the same song on the other deck, and play it from the same position, ready for beat-juggling), but do not match the pitch (for timecode turntable pitching).

For two decks use

deck 1 clone_deck
deck 2 clone_deck

I guess for more then two decks you should use verb «select» first.

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Thanks Kay Jay! it worked

Do you know how I can get the loop mode to sync/snap too?

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deck 1 smart_loop
deck 2 smart_loop

Switching the smart mode for loops, you can map it to kbd or midi.

Or

deck 1 smart_loop on & deck 1 loop 4
deck 2 smart_loop on & deck 2 loop 4

It will allways turns smart_loop on & set loop for 4 beats at deck 1, if not in loop, or switch loop length to 4 beats, if in loop and loop length is not 4 beats, and exit loop, if in loop and loop length is 4 beats.

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Cheers but I know how to set the loops, what I want is the loops to snap to the beat grid. I want it to snap to the little squares so the loop hits on the kick or the snare perfectly.

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«smart_loop on» will save u. (:

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Tried that but couldn’t get it to snap on the beat grid.
Oh well, I think i’ll abandon virtual DJ and stick with Traktor for now. The more I use virtual DJ the more I get annoyed with it. THe CPU usage it way way too high compared to Traktor and Serato plus alot of other things annoy about that program. I will not even consider using it until they have a rotary speed setting for the controller.

Thanks for your help though!

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I use 3-years old notebook, Fujitsu Amilo Pa 3553 with Virtual DJ. When I play two video clips, CPU is about 35%-50%.

Rotary speed setting is something like param_multiply XXX% & …