In another thread I added two small tutorials for mapping in traktor.
It seemed like a good way to show beginning mappers where to begin, answer mapping questions, and see what other people are mapping.
This way every one can get new ideas and learn how to map their own.
The format is:
title with subject
description of the mapping, (maybe a very short video to show it)
text explanation in steps
screen shots of the mapping window.
How to map master select LED output.
Is also in the standard X1 mapping, but good to know, if you ever change it.
first picture is for the button assignment second for the LED
Master set to deck… button and LED output How to assign a button to the master tempo button for the corresponding deck, and make it light up if that deck is currently selected as master tempo. Add in: ‘Set to master’ to the button you want (‘set to master’ can be found under tempo.) o Assign it to the deck you want o Interaction mode: trigger Add out: ‘master tempo select’ to the same button (can also be found under tempo.) o Change the controller range min and max to the same number (according to the deck you want)
** Deck A = 0**
** Deck B = 1**
** Deck C = 2**
** Deck D = 3**
This mapping is standard in the X1 mapping, but it is explained how it works.
Advanced FX section, LED output When buttons are mapped to specific effects (effect select) and you want the corresponding button to light up when the effect is selected. The LED controller range needs to be set to the place of the effect in the list Effect: Delay, place in list: 1, range min. 1, range max. 1 Effect: beatmasher 2, place in list 15: , range min. 15, range max. 15 And so on. The mapping goes as followed Add out… FX advanced – Effect select o select your desired LED on your controller o condition 1: Fx panel mode = 1 o Assign it to the FX unit you want o In the LED options section, select the controller range as stated above
If you use an X1 and would like browser view when you go to select a track, and switch back to deck view when you load a track, here’s what you need to do.
You will need to add two extra commands, mapped to the browser knob and load button.
The first command you are going to add is to tell traktor that when you move the browse encoder, you want to switch to browse mode. So to do that, go into the controller manager, select the X1 and do the following:
Add In
Only Browser Toggle
Type Of Controller: Button
Interaction Mode: Direct, Value=1
Click on learn and move the left browse to map it.
Now by selecting direct and setting the value to 1, as soon as you touch the knob the value changes and will stay there until we use the second command to change it back to “0”.
Here’s what it should look like …
Now when you scroll through tracks the view will change to Browser Mode.
The second command you want to add is to tell traktor that one you have chosen your track, and go to load it, you want the view to revert back to deck view. So here’s how we go about that:
Add In
Only Browser Toggle
Type Of Controller: Button
Interaction Mode: Direct, Value=0
Click on learn and click the browse knob in to map it.
So now when you load a track, the view will change back to Deck View.
Duplicate these for the right knob and you are ready to rock.
Remember also, with the standard X1 mapping, SHIFT+LOAD toggles your view as well.
BONUS MAPPING
Now that you’ve got the deck/ browser view sorted, how about monitor cue toggles as well? Lets have a look at that.
Now of course you can have all 4 decks cued at the same time, what i like however is the deck that i just loaded a track into to be monitored, and thats it so here’s how you do that.
We’ll use Deck A as an example.
This first part is straightforward, Just add a monitor cue mapping set to Deck A, mapped to your load button but use “Direct” instead of “Toggle” which you will see why shortly.
Now here’s the tedious part…
You need to duplicate this 3 times, mapped to this same load button, but change the assignment on these to Decks B, C & D respectively and change the value to “0”.
Now go ahead and test this out. Select the monitor cues and Decks B,C & D and load a track into Deck A with the load button you just mapped. Deck A will be cued but all the other decks wont be. Its not magic, its science baby!
Rinse and repeat for all the other decks and we’ll see you next year
Modifier condition list These have the same effect as modifers but aren’t triggered by buttons. These are triggered by events, preferences and current status. FX panel mode o 0 = chained o 1= advanced Is in loop o 0 = when assinged deck is currently looping control won’t work. o 1 = when assinged deck is currently looping control will work. Play/pause o 0 = control will only work if assigned deck is paused o 1 = control will only work if assigned deck is playing
this is useful if you want certain commands to work only if something other than a modifier is on.
There is deck mode and tempo range too in the condition menu, but I don’t really see the use for that
Mapping a “dual” knob One knob controls two parameters when modifier button is hold We are going to make a button (modifier) wich, when pressed and hold, will make one knob control two parameters. This way you can adjust two FX parameters with one knob, or control the parameters with their own knobs. Steps: Put FX unit 1 into chained mode. (this does not effect the mapping process but I find it easier to have a visual of the actual controls in the software.) Assign a modifier to an un used button. In this case modfier #1(I use the on/off button for the FX. In chained mode this button has no use) o Set the value to 1 o Button mode = hold o condition 1: Fx panel mode = 0 (0=chained, 1= advanced)
Assign the first knob to effect 1 amount like normal Assign the first knob to effect 2 amount o Condition 1: M1=1 (modifier 1 = 1) Map effect 2 amount to FX knob 2 (like you did for FX 1) Now when you press and hold your button in chained mode, the modifier 1 value will be 1. This will cause the first knob to control effect 1 amount and effect 2 amount. When the button is not pressed the knobs will control the corresponding FX parameter.
Loading FX and FX chains when in chained FX mode This is a very easy mapping tip. You can choose to assign one effect to a button. Or a whole chain. This tip is only to LOAD the effects into the unit, not tweaking parameters or settings. Add in… ‘Effect 1 Select’ to the button you want. (in FX chained) o Make sure the interaction mode is set to direct o Assign to the desired FX unit o Set the value to the effect you want the button to load. o Set the FX panel mode to 0
To load a chain repeat the same steps to the same button, each time with a different effect. o Do this 3 times to load all three effects in the effect slots.
Now when you press the button the selected FX unit will change to the effects you mapped. You can repeat this process with another button to store more chain presets.
This is not really a mapping tip, but non the less very useful.
I did not know traktor had this feature till today.
Alot of people will propably know already but for everyone who doesn’t, here you go!
in the deck details tab, there is a part named deck heading. Here you can select what information is shown above the waveform. (track title, artist, BPM etc.) These are my settings. In the bottom row you see “beats” and “beats to cue”. These are the ones I discovered. “Beats” gives you the count from the first beat to the position in the song you are. “Beats to cue” counts down the beats till the next cue point.
44 is counted in 4 bars, or 16 beats. 2 is counted in 1 bar, or 4 beats 1 is counted in beats. This feature is very usefull, to see if songs are at the same place in a build up, not only in sync. Get to know this feature and it can be of much help.
per joostiisme’s request here are some of my mapping videos to add to the thread.
Sorry about not quite following the posting format. Some videos will walk you through step by step, others just tell you what you need to map. So if you can’t figure out what to do from the video, come back to it after learning some of the more more basic midi mappings.You also may have to go to the youtube description to get the values to map.
thanks vangogo!
nice collection you have there, dont worry about the format.
Maybe If the thread starts rolling we could make an article out of it for the main page.
So not only forum members with mapping questions see it.
just a thought for the future.
alright, looks to be the first question in this thread…
i have a Numark Mixtrack and an Akai MPD26 just came in the mail today. what i’m trying to set up right now is having deck A and B controlled with the Mixtrack, including cues/hotcues/etc for those decks. decks C and D i would like to set up to control hot cues like sample decks with pre-put-together tracks that are just sets of 8 samples in a row that i jump around with hot cues, if that makes any sense, using the MPD26. the MPD26 would also be used for deleting hot cues on all 4 decks, faders and knobs for effects/filters, etc.
so, i finally figured out how to map the hot cues for the sample decks on C and D with the MPD26, but now when i press the assigned button to set or delete a cue in one of those it does the sample action on the same hot cue number in deck a for c, and b for d. why is it doing this and does anyone know what i did wrong so i can change it so the hot cues are only controlled on c/d and not a/b simultaneously. i changed everything on the Mixtrack so it’s on CC#1, and all controls on the MPD26 are on CC#2, so it’s not a matter of overlapping controllers.
@Tombruton, as far as im concerned you can add these tips and tutorials to your book, mine at least. you could ask vangogo, about his.
I scrolled thru your book. looks very good!
Hi there trying to use maping for mpd24 like Tom B But it conflics with my midifighter how can i use all without conflics .What i have is tsp 1.2.7 the rest is in my sig any help would be greatly appreciated .Trying to learn to map but for some reason my mpd is sending signal to traktor but is not doing any thing. When I install Toms maping All it does is key and one cue point thats it.
What are peoples tips on how to approach mapping (sorry if this has been answered in vids, i cant see them at work).
I started mapping last night and seem to realise its best for me (unless i’m missing something0 to split the sections of the mapping into there own tsi’s. I set up a deck a tsi a deck b tsi and a global tsi. This way i could then duplicate just my A to make a B and i could do the same with A to make a C etc … Ive read somewhere there is a tsi merger if i remember right so i can put them all together once ive finished.
Am i along the right tracks or am is there some wonderful functionality i have missed somewhere?
