Complete Beginners Question

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Complete Beginners Question

Hi Guys,

Sorry for the complete beginner question,

My DJTT Custom VCI-100 arrived today, and so i’m just setting it up. I installed the Traktor 3 LE which came with it and then upgraded it to Traktor Pro. I then went to the DJTT mapping section and downloaded the VCI-100SE 2_4 (Tpro 1.2).tsi.

So then having downloaded, installed and activated Traktor Pro, i then went to “Preferences” in Traktor, went to “import” in the bottom left corner and imported the tsi, leaving everything ticked.

So having the usb connected from vci to macbook pro, i can’t seem to get the two to recognise each other. I’m pressing buttons, sliding faders etc, but not seems to be happening on T-Pro.

Have i missed out something blatantly obvious?

Thanks,

Stephen.

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have you turned it on?
has the macbook recognised that something is connected?
have you checked the right box(es) in the midi setup options? - i assume this is in the same place as all the other preferences? still use T3

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It’s plugged in via usb from vci to macbook. The lights are on, so it’s pretty much on :stuck_out_tongue:

Not sure if the macbook has recognised if it’s connected or not, how do i find this out?

As for midi setup options, do you mean the options you are asked once loading the .tsi file?

Thanks,

Stephen.

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Looks like youre using a tsi file for “Traktor pro” ..

Try one for traktor 3 instead :slight_smile:

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I’m using Traktor Pro though, i mentioned that i upgraded Traktor 3 LE to Traktor Pro.

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sounds on :wink:

use windows so not sure, do macs make a noise when things are connected? that would be a good indication

erm… looks around for karlos or bento to save me

i think, if what i’ve googled is correct, it’s a seperate option in the preferences tab - at least it is/was in 3, under midi settings you had hotkey set-up, midi set-up and midi device (or something like that), i guess it might be the same in pro? if so, look to see if the box next to the vci is checked

or read the manual

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he’s running pro

so it’s the tsi he wants

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I’ve gone into “preferences” and into “controller manager”. Here it has “Generic Keyboard” selected as it’s default option. I have the drop down option to change this to “VCI-100 - Generic MIDI” which sounds good.

But upon leaving the preferences screen, the controller resets back to “Generic Keyboard”.

Heres a screenshot of what’s going on :slight_smile:

Stephen

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well, first time i’ve seen the t-pro prefs screen, but it looks right to me, all the stuff i’d expect to say vci/vestax/whatever it was calling it said [that]

what does the ‘edit’ button under generic midi do? could you remove keyboard as an option? thinking if so that might force it to stay on vci?

also, i notice the audio has a red square over it and the big red bar saying ‘check output routing’ would that have an affect? what interface are you using for sound?

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just looked again at the pic, what does the device target drop down do? saw it was set to ‘focus’, does that just mean the target deck, i.e a,b,c or d or whichever is in ‘focus’, or is that related to which control it uses?

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I don’t have an interface as of yet.

Spent all my cash on the controller, macbook and T-Pro that i’m going to buy monitors and headphones next month.

Was hoping just to mix songs just through the laptop speakers for now just to get used to T-Pro until my next pay-cheque :stuck_out_tongue:

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and i don’t see how/if that would change anything in terms of controller, more thinking ‘out-loud’

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Device Target Drop Down Menu:

Device Target:
Focus
Deck A
Deck B
Deck C
Deck D

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ok, yeah that’s the decks, leave that on focus.

tbh i’m out of ideas, and don’t have the spare cash to buy a t-pro download and have a proper look right now :stuck_out_tongue:

might be worth going through it all again from the start with the manual and make sure you didn’t miss anything