Mapping Two different colors on a Xone:K1
Hello gentlemen, i have a simple question
Im Using a K1, and i want to map the following thing
Lets say i have a button mapped to an effect 1 in my group
I would simply like it to light - RED when it is not activated and when it is activated - GREEN
Thank you in advance !
Unlike many other controllers the K2 uses specific midi note that determines which color is going on display. Check the user manual to see entire button/color scheme.
Firstly disable latching layer system in your K2.
Since we will be using one note per color you we will need two different outputs for one button/command.
1st command: Button OFF STATE
Controller Range / min=0 / max=0
MIDI Range / min=0 / max=127
Note assignment / Note for RED color
2nd command: Button ON STATE
Controller Range / min=1 / max=1
MIDI Range / min=0 / max=127
Note assignment / Note for GREEN color
This should work in theory 
I sold my K2 so I can’t test it right now 
Uhm i tried it but… im not really sure if im doing it right.
Can you please walk me through it a bit more detailed…
And i dont know why i wrote X1 in the topic title when im talking about the K1… faceplam
fixed your title =)
Like I said before I don’t have a K1 or K2 to test this for you. Anybody here with K1 here can chime in?
Color switching on the K1/K2 are pretty buggy. The only workaround i found to make sure 100% that an altered state/modifier switches from one color to another (not from on to off or vice versa) is by using BEAT PHASE Midi-Out Assignment. It can’t be used for everything, only for states that are in the list of selectable conditions.
Use it like this (example for modifier#1 switching from 0 to 1):
Add Out —> Deck Common —> Beat Phase
Assignment: Deck A [B/C/D]
Control: LED
Interaction: Output
Controller Range : -0.5/0.5
Blend: X
MIDI Range Min: 5 (With the K1/K2 this means Color On)
MIDI Range Max: 127 (With the K1/K2 this means Color On)
Mapped To: [MIDI Key for GREEN]
Condition1: modifier#1 = 0
Add Out —> Deck Common —> Beat Phase
Assignment: Deck A [B/C/D]
Control: LED
Interaction: Output
Controller Range : -0.5/0.5
Blend: X
MIDI Range Min: 5 (With the K1/K2 this means Color On)
MIDI Range Max: 127 (With the K1/K2 this means Color On)
Mapped To: [MIDI Key for RED]
Condition1: modifier#1 = 1
Result: The Button will light GREEN when modifier#1 = 0, it will light RED when modifer#1 = 1.
WILL ONLY WORK if Deck A is running! So i personally do the assignment 4 times, once for each Deck [A, B, C, D] so it doesn’t matter which Deck is running.
Rationale: Beat Phase constantly updates it’s value, so the assignment is checked constantly and so the LED is activated constantly because the MIDI Range changes along the values. This works, although Value 5 and Value 127 express the same LED brightness (K1/K2 only knows on/off) but the change still registers.
Don’t bother to use “Global → Send Monitor State”. It’s buggy as it is, even more so with the K1/K2, and only puts a strain on the processor.
Thank you for your input Sulherokhh!
I didn’t knew that K1 and K2 suffer from that same issue…
The Send Monitor State command works perfectly fine on my i5 (Z2 audio) and i7 (Traktor Audio 2) which meets Traktor’s system requirements. And I’m using it for years in my mappings and I have never hear anyone who had reported a problem with pops and clicks in audio because of the mapping only until recently. Which was the Traktor version when you started to notice this issue? And do you use a PC or a Mac?
Those processors are pretty powerful and they shouldn’t be at all stressed about sending a couple of messages to the controller unless there are some problems with audio drivers.
I use a PC, not of the highest calibre. I use the Soundcard of the S4Mk1. Send Monitor State only troubles me when i have about 10 mappings in the oven. Obviously every mapping will get processed by the command and so i get spikes, sometimes cracks. Well, my system really isn’t optimal. ^^
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It all started with Traktor 2.8.1 i think. The version with Freeze/Slice Mode added where the Remix-Deck Bonus Bugs had their first appearance. STEM-Support made it even worse. I am still considering not to use any version other than 2.6.8. I don’t need most of the bonus features, although they are fun to map, and the inherent bugs (like recording levels being tuned by the main software gain) are quite managable. The only real gripe is the missing DualCore support. 
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Meh, f–k it, i quit trying to map this BS.
Im really disappointed in the K1’s LED functions.
No Brightness, only 3 colors, difficult to map… 
Thank you for all your help, gentlemen.
You are welcome.
Now I remember why I sold my K2 controller… It was useless for advanced mappings 
Bumping and hijacking the thread like an an asshat.
Anyways im in the exact same situation, jut got a K1 a couple of days ago and im trying to map exactly the same as strz.
I know the notes for each color, what im yet to figure out is, how to send a note for amber light when my deck isnt playing and green pulsating when it is playing? ive tried by using the “output load deck” but as soon as that deck stops playing, light goes off until i load a new track which isnt that bad, but i want it to always light amber when not palying, then green light when playing, right now im using Beat Phase output for the decks and works perfectly.
Any ideas welcome, im on Yosemite using Traktor
Add Out ---> Deck Common ---> Beat Phase
Assignment: Deck A [duplicate this assignment for decks B, C and D]
Control: LED
Interaction: Output
Controller Range : 0.0/0.5
Blend: X
MIDI Range Min: 5 (With the K1/K2 this means Color ON)
MIDI Range Max: 127 (With the K1/K2 this means Color ON)
Mapped To: [MIDI Key for AMBER]
Condition1: Deck Play [deck of your choice] = OFF
Add Out ---> Deck Common ---> Beat Phase
Assignment: Deck [deck of your choice]
Control: LED
Interaction: Output
Controller Range : 0.0/0.5
Blend: X
MIDI Range Min: 0 (With the K1/K2 this means Color OFF)
MIDI Range Max: 127 (With the K1/K2 this means Color ON)
Mapped To: [MIDI Key for GREEN]
Condition1: Deck Play [deck of your choice] = ON
That’s a total of 5 assignments, 4 for the AMBER static LED, 1 for the GREEN blinking LED.
If you are wondering why so many and why BeatPhase, read my previous posts in this thread. K1/K2 LEDs are kind of sticky.
Thanks for the help, unfortunately after mapping what you suggested LEDs behave erratically, like sometimes when i press STOP on the deck, the light will go off and it should be amber, on other times it lights green instead of amber and some other times it actually works as intended, im using a K1 is yours also a K1 ?
One question tho… by Condition1: Deck Play [deck of your choice] = OFF do you mean, selecting on the dropping menu on Traktor’s mapping window, or creating a modifier and calling it on each of the Deck Play outputs?