# deck focus mapping/qquestions! **URL:** \ **Category:** Controller Mappings\ **Created:** [June 9, 2011, 12:39am UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/deck-focus-mapping-qquestions/25437 "2011-06-09T00:39:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![drennnon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5f9b8f/32.png) [@drennnon](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/drennnon)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2011, 12:39am UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/deck-focus-mapping-qquestions/25437/1 "2011-06-09T00:39:18Z")
**deck focus mapping/qquestions!** hey guys, im looking into making my own type of midi fighter mapping for my maschine, but i have concluded that the most organized way of having a ton of effects, is to have like a deck focus row like the midi fighter has, a row of buttons where if i press it, it will show me led status that deck “a” for instance is the focus, and when i de select it the led will turn off. are there any indicators within the software that shows which deck is the focus? any help or advice i could get here would be great 🙂 thanks guys ---
**Author:** ![zestoi](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.djtechtools.com/zestoi/32/13946_2.png) [@zestoi](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/zestoi)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2011, 1:18am UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/deck-focus-mapping-qquestions/25437/2 "2011-06-09T01:18:29Z")
> [@drennnon](#): > > hey guys, im looking into making my own type of midi fighter mapping for my maschine, but i have concluded that the most organized way of having a ton of effects, is to have like a deck focus row like the midi fighter has, a row of buttons where if i press it, it will show me led status that deck “a” for instance is the focus, and when i de select it the led will turn off. are there any indicators within the software that shows which deck is the focus? any help or advice i could get here would be great 🙂 thanks guys the very short answer is you can’t easily without extra software… the slightly longer answer is someone else asked the very same question only about a day or so and we came up with a solution using banks in mashine. the ‘search’ button is your friend 😛 ---
**Author:** ![drennnon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5f9b8f/32.png) [@drennnon](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/drennnon)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2011, 1:25am UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/deck-focus-mapping-qquestions/25437/3 "2011-06-09T01:25:22Z")
okay ill look right now 😛 any idea how the midi fighter’s mapping seem to have been able to pull this off? i looked into them and couldnt find anything usefull 😞 ---
**Author:** ![zestoi](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.djtechtools.com/zestoi/32/13946_2.png) [@zestoi](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/zestoi)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2011, 1:27am UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/deck-focus-mapping-qquestions/25437/4 "2011-06-09T01:27:40Z")
> [@drennnon](#): > > okay ill look right now 😛 any idea how the midi fighter’s mapping seem to have been able to pull this off? i looked into them and couldnt find anything usefull 😞 pull what off? the changing banks/decks or what it actually does? a lot of it is just mapping multiple items to single buttons - like load fx + enable fx + enable fx unit in mixer etc - so you dont need to press much to get a nice result - hence the name i presume 😉 the 4 banks mode switching is internal to the midifighter - depending on which top row button is pressed last determines what note values the remaining 3 buttons send out… ---
**Author:** ![drennnon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5f9b8f/32.png) [@drennnon](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/drennnon)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2011, 1:29am UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/deck-focus-mapping-qquestions/25437/5 "2011-06-09T01:29:43Z")
OHHHH is that how it works? damn that makes sense. crap lol i used the search button but couldnt seem to find it what should i search for? ---
**Author:** ![zestoi](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.djtechtools.com/zestoi/32/13946_2.png) [@zestoi](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/zestoi)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2011, 1:33am UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/deck-focus-mapping-qquestions/25437/6 "2011-06-09T01:33:02Z")
> [@drennnon](#): > > OHHHH is that how it works? damn that makes sense. crap lol i used the search button but couldnt seem to find it what should i search for? just searching for maschine worked for me… > **[Maschine being a midi fighter mapping help](https://forum.djtechtools.com/showthread.php?t=31417&highlight=maschine)** > > hey guys,i am very new to mapping and ive done my best at making a maschine midi fighter for the instant gratifictation but the problem i have is that i cant switch the deck focus, i get all the effects to work on deck a but thats it, it seems like...