Help Mapping Gain Knobs to Filter on/off
Hi Guys
Its been bugging me for some time… I dont know how to map my S4. Im trying to get the push button on the gain knobs for each channel to act as a switch to turn on/off the filters. I used to mix this way with my old kit and miss being able to filter out individual beats at the push of a button.
Can anyone spare the time to talk me through the mapping process, since it seems to be a lot different to my previous set up.
Cheers Paul
What’s the way you want to do it?
Do you want to twist the embedded mapping?
Do you want to remap you runit or use the midi mode?
I would like to build on the existing mapping, not using midi ode. Keep the filters on their knobs but disable the on off action on those and use the push button gains instead 
You can do it, but it will reset your gain value back to 0, you can’t override that.
As Padi said, it’s a bad idea on this control.
One thing to take into account is whatever the controller you won’t be able to fit either all options from the software and/or in some cases the options you may have liked previously, so he bit of adaptation (sometimes with regret is necessary).
However you could eventually if you’re running 4 fx units, map the filter on/off on each one of the free fx assign button for each deck. Otherwise you could use shift+ cue button as there’s nothing previewed there but I don’t think that’s really practical for what you want to do (well I won’t do it personally, that’s a function you want to have as an instant access).
last option, to remap the full unit…not worth it.
Yul…
I bow down to your infinite wisdom As you say re-mapping the whole S4 is a pain and would render certain great features redundant… But if you use the additional non lit button when in 4 banks mode… then it will work 
I’ll try this as soon as I get back on monday… fingaz crossed
Be careful as you won’t be able to map any led feedback on those buttons unless you use the beat phase monitor or volume output, they’re the only ones that can fit there.
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You’re too kind, you’re welcome.
I didn’t try as I don’t have access to my s4 right now, but I think that even if it’s off, moving the filter knob(s) will engage itself on. May be not exactly what you wanted but I guess there’s no way to negate that. Or may be I’m wrong, you should try.
Yes, moving the filter knob activates the filter automatically, then turns it off then it’s centered.
Yup it certainly does, but the plan is to dump alternating filters to swap the basslines during the mix… It also crossed my mind that deactivating the crossfader and using that as the on / off switch for the filters might be an option… but how to do that successfully might be a bit tricky ?
Then may be run 4 fx units and map a low kill on each free fx assign button for each channel.
As for the crossfader, for the time being, you can’t map a fader as a button with hid mode.
I tend to find the full kills a little tame when compared to other mixers, tried a couple of the eq options and couldn’t see any difference, might just stick to the filters… for now thanks for the input though, very helpful.
a low kill mapped to a button as an instant access feature is very convenient and will be better and more efficient than turning a knob if you’re looking for killing bass in a drastic way. My very subjective opinion of course but that’s something I tend to use on a regular basis.
I’m gonna have to look into this… it would save time, do you map two functions to the same button, to enable it to be toggled?
The Kills and having the knobs in the minimum position sound the same (at least to me) in the new update, so mapping the kill would become redundant.
Hmm, I propose to find the sweet spot on the filter, using the headphones prior to engaging a loop or mix, engaging the filter then dropping the loop or mix with the other track pre sweet spotted… then swap the basslines/sweet-spots to get the ultimate sound out of both
[quote]The Kills and having the knobs in the minimum position sound the same (at least to me) in the new update, so mapping the kill would become redundant. [/quote] whatever the result, I just like low kills on buttons. It’s a personal preference of mine, nothing more. Most of the time I set them on ‘hold’, not ‘toggle’ as it’s to play with them in rhythm and usually not for a very long period of time (a few beats). A gadget, may be, but not that redundant.
You could map the kills to shift + cue (as in monitor cue).
Yeah I tried that but couldnt get it to work at all, Im not sure how to disable the cue function when shift is depressed 
