# PS3 Controller + Traktor? **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [April 29, 2012, 3:12pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/ps3-controller-traktor/41488 "2012-04-29T15:12:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![afferik](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.djtechtools.com/afferik/32/12920_2.png) [@afferik](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/afferik)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2012, 3:12pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/ps3-controller-traktor/41488/1 "2012-04-29T15:12:59Z")
**PS3 Controller + Traktor?** So, i just thought that maybe it was possible to use my PS3 controller with Traktor. If anyone knows how to do this, id reeeeaaally appreciate all the info i can possibly get. What software do i need? I have looked around on the internet and i haven’t really found too much info yet. Thanks! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Serkan\_Yerdan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.djtechtools.com/serkan_yerdan/32/14766_2.png) [@Serkan\_Yerdan](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/Serkan_Yerdan)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2012, 3:36pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/ps3-controller-traktor/41488/2 "2012-04-29T15:36:59Z")
I am soo curious why you want to do something like that even there are amazing things that you can do with playstation ? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![zestoi](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.djtechtools.com/zestoi/32/13946_2.png) [@zestoi](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/zestoi)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2012, 4:11pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/ps3-controller-traktor/41488/3 "2012-04-29T16:11:00Z")
you’ll just need a hid-to-midi app. there’s a few around. there’s a sticky in one of the other subforums. midimasher also supports hid devices, i’ve used a usb gamepad with it before to emulate a midi fighter in 4banks mode, quite fun to use… ---
**Author:** ![big\_traktor\_al](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d9b06d/32.png) [@big\_traktor\_al](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/big_traktor_al)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2012, 4:28pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/ps3-controller-traktor/41488/4 "2012-04-29T16:28:47Z")
I seen a DJ using a wii controller, cant really see the poiint myself ---
**Author:** ![zestoi](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.djtechtools.com/zestoi/32/13946_2.png) [@zestoi](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/zestoi)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2012, 5:06pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/ps3-controller-traktor/41488/5 "2012-04-29T17:06:26Z")
me either - when playing out - but to have some extra controls to midi map and experiment with at home it’s not a bad idea. my only real interest in using a gamepad was to add hid support to midimasher - tho some people have built some very cool homebrew controllers around gamepad brains. ---
**Author:** ![Ed\_Paris](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.djtechtools.com/ed_paris/32/13850_2.png) [@Ed\_Paris](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/Ed_Paris)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2012, 5:31pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/ps3-controller-traktor/41488/6 "2012-04-29T17:31:50Z")
i´m using a guitar hero guitar sometimes when gigging out. have some fx´s mapped to it. just a funny gimmick ---
**Author:** ![daftnoize](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@daftnoize](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/daftnoize)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2012, 12:47am UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/ps3-controller-traktor/41488/7 "2012-04-30T00:47:41Z")
Just wrote an article about this will post link when its published. Its Really easy though if you download xpadder and map that with keys and then make those keys shortcuts in traktor. No midi neccessary ---
**Author:** ![zestoi](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.djtechtools.com/zestoi/32/13946_2.png) [@zestoi](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/zestoi)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2012, 1:03am UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/ps3-controller-traktor/41488/8 "2012-04-30T01:03:23Z")
personally i’m not a big fan of keyboard shortcuts since u have to make sure that traktor is in focus. for people only running traktor or at least not switching to another app like ableton often i guess this isn’t an issue tho. ---
**Author:** ![afferik](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.djtechtools.com/afferik/32/12920_2.png) [@afferik](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/afferik)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2012, 2:37pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/ps3-controller-traktor/41488/9 "2012-04-30T14:37:13Z")
> [@daftnoize](#): > > Just wrote an article about this will post link when its published. Its Really easy though if you download xpadder and map that with keys and then make those keys shortcuts in traktor. No midi neccessary Shit, i tried it and it worked 😃 I used something called DS3 tool instead of xpadder. Only problem (a pretty big one) is that there’s a big delay between me pressing a button, and something happening on the screen 😕 ---
**Author:** ![zestoi](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.djtechtools.com/zestoi/32/13946_2.png) [@zestoi](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/zestoi)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2012, 5:06pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/ps3-controller-traktor/41488/10 "2012-04-30T17:06:09Z")
> [@afferik](#): > > Shit, i tried it and it worked 😃 I used something called DS3 tool instead of xpadder. Only problem (a pretty big one) is that there’s a big delay between me pressing a button, and something happening on the screen 😕 xpadder (or ds3 i guess?) is only reading the gamepad info and emulating keystrokes, so shouldn’t be any delay in theory. so long as you’re not using a gamepad connected over wifi/bluetooth or something… there’s no delay that i can notice when using my gamepad via midimasher, which is sending midi to traktor. xpadder should be as good as it’s meant for gameplaying etc? can u remove the soundcloud player from your sig - before a mod sees it 😉