help with mapping please
ok i am looking to start a freash mapping for my hercules steel
what i want to do is when “shift” is lit up i want to be able to use the kill switches and bass,med,treb for effects 1,2,3 same on both sides of the deck
and when shift is not lit up i want them to just control eq as normal with kill switches
so i have noidea what this is called or how you do it but there are alot of people who have been here and are good at this so if anyone could help would be great
I don’t have a Hercules, but I’m going to assume that when you press the Shift key it changes the messages the buttons send.
If that’s the case then just program the buttons when the shift key is held to do whatever you want like you would any other command.
If it doesn’t change the messages but sends its own MIDI message when pressed then program it as a Modifier and then program the modifiers for the buttons.
and how do i do this i am a noob i am sorry
Hey check this out. it’s pretty basic but it’s the best way I can describe it. also check the site, Ean has done some great articles about modifiers. You will find that with modifiers and mapping sometimes common sense makes the most well um… sense. Remember that you can piggy back midi messages together. like the knob can work as the on button so that way you save space on the steel.
Good luck, I hope the video helps.
video is no longer there
once i get it i will be sweet,its just getting the first steps right
as i have a idea in my head what i want i just dont no how to get it down
it’s just processesing, give it a minute i just upload it. maybe check it in about 30mins to 1 hour
ok thanks very much
i really cant figure this out and the worst part is i know its really simple
so am i setting “shift” to modifier 1?
You’re on the right track Casso, Modifiers are the way to go
You want to set the modifier so when it reads zero the Eqs are Eqs
When it’s set to 1 the Eqs can then be reassigned to do whatever you want
And adding another layer is easy too this way, I reuse the Eq knobs and buttons on my BCD to control loops and jumps aswell when the modifier is at 2 for example in a 4 deck setup with other modifiers so I can switch deck views and stuff.
Keep it simple and methodical when you’re mapping it out and it’ll start to make sense in no time m8.
Agree! Just dive into it, read Ean’s articles and follow that short video, all you have to do is dive in and you’ll get it.
thanks guys
can you hook me up with ians articles please.
its amazing how i can be such a tech head build computers and laptops
but cant bloody work out midi setup lol i will get this tho
just look up midi modifiers in the search. i think there is a basic and an advanced. the blog entry should have a pimped out mini coop
DONE IT at last i get it done deck A so when shift is pressed all eqs are effects
and when its not pressed its just normal all so assain all the hot cues as well
i think i am getting the hang of it now
the only problem is now the leds on the hercules dont light up?
all so now my hot cues wont work they look the same as deck b and deck b works fine but in deck a when i click the 1,2,3 hot cue buttons i have mapped cue just flashes no triggers,they only work when the track is playing
well the hercules only has like 6 leds i think i mean the eq’s, and the 6 buttons don’t have lights
yeah the eqs kils dont light up now for some reason
right nearly there with the mapping one thing left
is pitch bend/fader where is it?
on the controller i want the pitch bend to be pitch bend but in traktor opitons i cant find it whats it called?
ok all i need to figure out now is why my kill eq lights dont light up anymore
anyone?