Looking for jog wheel or touch control to add to original X1 setup
So I’ve got a couple DJ rigs each with their purpose; one full size with turntables that I use at home for fun, my main portable digital rig with my Traktor Kontrol S8 and lastly my recently set up super portable rig with individual components making for easy use with a carry on bag with an X1 (not mk2), F1, Z1 and my Midi Fighter Twister. I primarily mix with Traktor with my setups.
Here’s the question I have. So I have the original X1 (without the touch strip for nudging a track or more importantly being able to search through a track to enable loop/cue points) and would like to have that functionality. I know I could get a new X1 Mk2 to do this but I do like having 8 cue/loop buttons as I tend to use them all. Does anyone have any suggestions for making this functionality work to add to my setup? I was considering maybe adding another small controller with jog wheels just to use the wheels (Numark DJ2Go2 or Hercules DJ Control Compact.) I know those 2 controllers have a bunch of other functionality that I wouldn’t be using and by default are designed for different software but I know they can be mapped with Traktor or at least I think they could hopefully without conflicting with the rest of my midi controllers.
So I’ve played around with mapping the twister to the seek position assignment for Traktor and am having all sorts of control challenges. I’m not sure if I’m not mapping correctly which is why it’s acting up. So if I select Direct for the interaction type it jumps through the track way too quick where it’s impossible to place a cue or loop on the start of a beat. If I select Relative I can change the Rotary Sensitivity but now it will move around the track weird where I can’t for example scroll back to the start where it stops prior to. These both are with Knob selected for the type. Is this normal and the best it would be? If so this doesn’t really work as I’m sure I’d end up having to take control with my mousepad to adjust a beat.
Thanks for the response back. Appreciate the suggestion. Might go the MK2 route if this is how it would function. Mapping the say Numark DJ2Go2 for seek position might be as spotty I’m worried as well.
Do you guys know of a good place to buy either of these controllers for a good price? The Denon SC2000 looks to have the advantage between that and the Reloop Contour as it has a pitch slider which would be nice to have.
I mapped the seek position command with a Twister knob. It mapped fine but the functionality wasn’t there. It lacked sensitivity when Direct was selected for interaction type and with Relative it wouldn’t allow for proper seeking back and forth through a track as it wouldn’t go past a certain point in the track not allowing me to completely seek back and forth.
Check your encoder settings in the MF Utility. Under “Encoder MIDI Type” select “CC” and then use Fader-Direct mapping for your Seek Position command. However this command alone won’t act in a same way as “MOVE” encoder on X1, S4, etc.
To do so combine three different commands in to one macro knob mapping:
(Be sure to use 3Fh encoder settings for this one)
Add In → Deck Common → Move → Size Selector (selects for how many beats track jumps in both directions)
Type: Button
Mode: Direct
Add In → Deck Common → Move → Mode Selector (selects ether JUMP to seek trough a track or LOOP to move loop trough the track) (you can also define this via dedicated “Is In Active Loop” modifier)
Type: Button
Mode: Direct
Add In → Deck Common → Move → Move
Type: Encoder
Mode: Relative (start at 30% sensitivity and adjust to your preference)
