ok maybe i was a bit hasty with that last post, just downloaded, started up, all seems well, i drop a track onto deck A and i get a critical error box saying "QThread:: Failed to set thread priority (the parameter is incorrect)
scrap that ive got it running ok now, ill get it set up with timecode cd later. a few observations though,
it seems very similar in looks to virtual dj, which isnt a bad thing however for me the ui doesnt really seem to give you the waveforms in enough detail, maybe ive just been spoilt with traktor.
the option for which timecode media you use lets you chose between traktor and serato vinyl but only serato cd, ill try the traktor discs later but if not ill just download the serato files, no big deal really.
i have to be honest and say on first impressions i am not as fond as i am of traktor however they have also had MUCH more money to spend than the guys @ mixxx, so fair play, theyve worked with what they had and done a good job of it. i will definately have a good play with it over the next week and will probably keep it as a backup just incas everything goes to tits with tp2. and maybe even install on my netbook which im thinking of converting to linux.
overall first impressions are that it doesnt seem amazing but at the same time certainly doesnt suck!.
no worries, i’ll stay a devoted NI fanboi for the foreseeable future
but the mixxx guys reverse-engineered the timecode for traktor as well as serato. why shouldn’t they be able to reverse-engineer NHL? open-source developers reverse-engineer protocols all the time. to give another example: how do you think your mac is able to access windows shares? well, it uses samba, an open-source software that reverse-engineered several of Microsoft’s network-related protocols.
Main things needed are keylock improvements and different waveforms, filters!!!
Otherwise they kinda hit it spot on. Custom EQ cutoffs, Better recording options and can have it make a .cue files, layered waveforms.
not out of the box sure. i’ve been experimenting with some hid code in my midimasher, admittedly only on a simple gamepad, but seems reasonably simple to add support for hid devices. just need to “teach” the system what bits change and what the limits are, when u move a control on the device.
NI not being open about their hid protocol is just stupid, as it’ll be reverse engineered anyway as soon as someone wants to.
downloading now and will def try it out over the weekend. i was impressed with the last beta i tried - a couple of months ago or so. i think it has a load of potential…
Well they also need to fix recording issues though XD just tried it and it kept saying it cant and could possibly be due to disk space… 66gb free… yeaaahhh
Currently there’s no mapping for the Twitch that we’ve heard of. It’s pretty easy to get up and running with MIDI Learn and if you want to customize it the mapping system is JavaScript so it’s pretty easy to customize it to your heart’s content.
Hmm. Not sure what the deal is there. What OS are you on? If I had to guess it’s because Mixxx can’t create the folder to put the recording in. It tries to put recordings in /Mixxx/Recordings. Does that folder exist?
Mixxx doesn’t have OSC support yet (it’s on the wishlist) but if you have an OSC<->MIDI bridge like Osculator or a custom script via PureData you can hook it up. More details here: TouchOSC for iOS 4.3.1 devices - Help & Support - Mixxx
I’ve personally used OSCulator and PureData to map TouchOSC to Mixxx. It works quite well. Right now I have a mapping for the 2 mix layout if anyone is interested.
Interesting – so beat lines do not show up in the waveform?
(dumb question) – did you turn on quantization? Hit the little magnet button in the above picture right below the vinyl widget.
Does it only happen with a specific track or does it affect all tracks you load?
If beats haven’t been detected for your music then quantization can’t work, though. So if there’s no beat grid then that makes sense.