Midi mapping - How do you turn on a button at the top of a knob or slider?
On Traktor Pro, I can’t figure out how to turn a button on at the right most position on a knob, or at the top of a slider. So when the knob is fully to the right it turns on a button. When you turn it left again, it turns off the button.
I have read how to turn things on at the half way point on a knob or slider and can do that just fine, but I would like to be able to additionally be able to turn something on at the very end as well.
I see that this type of control is on the VCI-100, so surely it must be possible on any other midi controller.
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Doing what you are describing turns the button on at just over 0% on the knob. In other words, when the knob is fully at 0 to the left, the assigned button with invert on this knob will turn on when you start moving the knob clockwise from 0.
I want to turn on this button only when at 100%. Then the button will turn off when I turn the knob down from 100%.
You will need the Bomes Midi Pro though because you will be using rules to create that kind of functionality where the knob will turn on button at the knobs 127(fully on) position then off as soon as its falls below 127.
Doing it that way also lets you do all sorts of other things like making the knob turn buttons on and off at any different position, controling different knobs at different scales to one another.
There might be a way to do it in Traktor but i personally do it this way if what i described before doesnt give the desired result. Bomes is alot more flexible when it comes to these sorts of smart knobs.
Am I correct to assume that you have to use the ‘Pro’ version of Bomes for this kind of translation? I downloaded the free Classic version and believe I could do it, but I think the issue is that the non-pro version does not have the virtual midi port, which I believe is what I need to pass through midi to Traktor. Am I correct here? Also, does using Bomes put any kind of additional load on your system, and does it pass through midi quickly to Traktor?
The midi latency is suuuppper low so i wouldnt worry about that - its cpu load is very low too so thats nothing to worry about either. You dont need virtual midi ports to do what you need, but you do need rules. You will be able to turn on an effect at the 7F/127 position but you will be unable to make it turn the button off when it leaves that position and gets lower than 7F/127 - this is where you will need rules.
Ok, I have been trying to get the trial Pro version to work and have been unsuccessful. I am setting the Midi-in in Bomes to my DDM4000. And then what do I set the Midi-out in Bomes to? A little confused on what to set everything at in Bomes, as it seems like when Bomes is open, I can’t pass anything through to Traktor. I know I need to make Bomes a sort of ‘catcher’ in the middle that directs traffic to and from Traktor, i’m just not quite sure how to set it up to do so.
If you could point me toward a tutorial on how to set up the inputs and outputs in Bomes to work with Traktor and also how to set up the rules you speak of above, that would be great.
If you just posted up a few screen shots even, I could take it from there.
In my opinion, Bomes has a steep learning curve. But once you grasp the way the coding works it becomes like a second language. There are a few of us here (led by the all knowing Bento) who can walk you through
Ok, so Bento says I don’t need a virtual port but you two say I do? Thoroughly confused now! Yes, a tutorial on how to do this with Bomes and preferably without a virtual port, would be GREATLY appreciated. Just some screenshots would be great!
Bento didn’t say you don’t need a virtual port, or am I completely mis-reading?
Only one application can accept the MIDI messages from a controller. So, if you tell Bomes to receive your VCI-100 messages, then Traktor can’t. So you need the virtual port to then send the data from Bomes to Traktor. Like a bridge.
I was saying he doesnt need the multi port functionality to pull this off (thats just an extra treat) but yes you will virtual midi ports installed to do this.
Sadly the multiport functionality hasnt yet made it to mac but its comming - either way you wont need this to proceed.
