Hi.
Thanks for your reply and the link to MIDI Basics . That is a nice addition to the info that I gathered until so far.
I my search for more information to get informed what is going on behind the MIDI Learn button and what more is possible to fine tune, I even once asked the Dutch Interface magazine Q&A if they had links for me for self study when I was (and still am : ) struggling with my EKS Otus to get it mapped in TP2 .
They kindly helped me out with this one , with the remark that it would probably not give answers to all my questions:
http://tweakheadz.com/how_to_get_started_with_midi.html
I found that very helpful as a start.
I know , I should follow (an very expensive long) course to learn more about MIDI.
But on the other hand ,there is so much one could learn by tutorials , articles and forums on internet for free, in your own time and tempo ; although I did not stumbled on it yet that takes you up from the very basics on.
I do not understand why large music shops and manufactures of MIDI gear make this ‘language’ not more clear to
customers ( plug and play and MIDI Learn is a good development these days though ).
For some, the fun of succes would mean getting more involved with expansion of gear I think.
The X Y trackpad sending out absolute ( CC ) massages like in a X Y Diagram I can follow .
If I would compare that ( in theory , ‘sort of reverse combined’) with two MIDI potentiometers for absolute CC, and in an other situation one or maybe more endless rotary encoders for relative CC , am I right then ?
I did not use MIDI-OX to read out what movement the X Y trackpad leaves behind when I for instance make a diagonal movement on this EKS Otus deck, and then maybe compare it to a trackpad on an other device that has one and functions smootly.
Now I even ask myself if that (trackpad )part of the EKS Otus isn’t sending out HID , because it is also functioning in other situations just like a normal trackpad or mouse ( and also in conjunction if I use an additional mouse ) when Traktor is ‘made smaller’/ running in the background.
EKS has a reputation, and I think that they well knew how to select a X Y Trackpad on such a controller in comparison to the other parts on the deck.
If possible , how can this X Y Trackpad be “tamed” in Traktor ; or what could be the cause of it not being as precieze as any other trackpad /mouse ?
In one of the other general issues that I find some clues about so now and then , about trying to map a ( random ) jogwheel for any software that allows something like that, I came across an article about MIXXX DJ with a link to this video that makes me realize that I have to learn so much more about how these commands translate
At least I can see what happens in the video what has to be programmed /altered ( when it concerns a relative signal that a specific jogwheel produces in that DJ software ) to get the most ,or any, use in that way of a MIDI controller that is not plug and play.
For me it is like learning how to read and write the first time this way , and I am sure several DJ software brands are using their own ‘codec’ to finetune such signals.
It is information that I was looking for so long ; although I ‘get it’ maybe for 10 % now at the moment how to detect and (re)write a mapping like that.
I might be very basic for a lot of U . I hope that someone maybe has a guidline how to go on from here in Traktor , Virtual DJ and Rekordbox DJ.
The EKS Otus had the EKS MIDI Agent controller editor software to it that has several pre mappings for Traktor up to 1.2 , Deckadance , Generic and VirtualDJ .
I feel so supid that I never understood what to do with it more than clicking on the name of the controller and software version that I tried use, with no clue what to else with the program ’
I sure would like to get familiar with it .
This Stanton SCS 3D that I got hold of lately has also a controller editor software for it : DaRouter ,but I have not looked in to it yet , and don’t know if these legacy products can be used in today’s versions of PC and DJ software.
I think better forget to try improve the use of that (short )S1 touchstrip slider for Seek/Navigate through Track in VDJ8 , and live with it until I can find out if /how I can map this with a modifier button or so to the circular C1 touchstrip slider.
In Stanton SCS 3D Generic presets I see that the S4 touchstrip slider can send absolute (FX, EQ) and relative (Vinyl , Deck) as well when a different deck mode is pressed.
I wonder if these two controller editor software programs can be entered so deep to set finer/the right increments for touchstrips, trackpads , or maybe even the jogwheel.
On my laptop , when I use my X Y trackpad in the DJ software, it (almost ) is on the spot when I hover and click ,or say, adjust the tempo on the screen , and also does not change position when I remove my finger from the trackpad.
Isn’t there a sort documentation (on the market ), that handles these alterations/modifcations and corresponding protocols that come with it that is written in laymen’s terms , that anybody know of ?
Happy spinning
