VCI-100 with Traktor Pro (4 decks/1.2 firmware)
Hey there DJ TT. I’m proud to announce that I’ve finally had time to update my .TSI, and it now has many new and improved features, along with more to come. If you like it, rate it, and leave any suggestions or improvement ideas please.
The file is now available attached to this post
OPERATIONS
I have included a basic diagram of the buttons that are normally functional, but due to the high amount of shift states and modifiers, I will explain certain functions in more detail
To start, the UP button is a global clear, so anytime you load it up, press the UP button, or mess with the filter/cue buttons until they are both green.
Also, if you have the 1.3 firmware, you have to boot it up in 1.2, cause I am working on being able to have similar but not the same FX operations in 1.2 firmware, which makes other operations simpler.
NOTE! This layout is trying to get the most out of VCI-100 space and Traktor Pro features. Due to the firmware, visual feedback isn’t how I would like it, but for the most part there is an indication whenever you change states, or the state is a hold, and resets to 0 after you complete the action. The scratch button is a cramp in my side, but I’ll add some interesting things around it that I’ve been figuring out in the past few days.
(all buttons referenced to the included diagram)
Deck operation
-Deck A and C are available on the left of vci and B and D are available on the right. To switch between them, use the A, B, C, and D buttons. Green is the active deck, and orange means nothing, but it doesn’t go away.
-Pressing the active or green button again will activate the FX mode on the deck. Once in FX mode, chained and advanced are available by selecting the MOD button.
Loop section
-IMPORTANT. With any of the loop modes selected, the transport functions don’t work, so if you need to use that function, deselect the loop funtion.
-----Loading becomes loop out for all loop funtions—
—With a loop mode selected, holding a-d buttons next to it toggles a shift, so that only that deck will be affected by what you change, otherwise it affects all decks—
-Loop size
Clear becomes increase loop length
Copy becomes decrease loop length
Monitor becomes set all decks to 16 beat loop length
X-fader becomes set all decks to 4 beat loop length
-Loop In
Clear becomes move loop in bwd
Copy becomes move loop in fwd
Monitor becomes set all decks to loop length move length
X-fader becomes decrease all move lengths by 1
-Move
Clear becomes move loop bwd
Copy becomes move loop fwd
Monitor becomes set all decks to loop length move length
X-fader becomes decrease all move lengths by 1
FX section
-The FX section, from the effect selection buttons up, only does FX.
-Chained makes FX2 controlled from the 4 knobs and the 3 buttons, the usable ones light up and the farthest left knob is dry/wet.
-Advanced makes FX 2 advanced controlled from the 4 knobs and the 4 buttons.
-These selectors are toggles, so pressing the button will select that FX slot.
-Holding the buttons also produces a mode. If you hold advanced, buttons 1-4 toggle deck a-d fx1 on, if you hold chained, buttons 1-4 toggle deck a-d fx2. While holding either of them, you can turn the left knob to select the FX in the advanced slot, or the respective right 3 to select the FX of the chained slot.
Transport
-The LOAD button switches you into 4 deck minimized mode, so that you can easily see your tracks.
-the right jog wheel will scroll through your tracks, while the left jog wheel will scroll through the tree list. To expand a list, tap the right jog wheel.
-once you’ve found your song, tap 1-4 below the right jog wheel. These correspond to the decks, left is A, right is D. When done loading the tracks you want, re-press preview and it will hop back to 4 deck regular mode. You have to press a deck select button on the right and left side to return you to normal mode, or press clear to get A-B decks.
-Deck Copy is kinda weird, but it was the only solution that I have yet to come up with. Hold deck copy and you can copy decks. Press the 1-4 buttons below the right jog to select the deck you want to load TO, then the left 1-4 buttons below the left jog to select which deck you want to copy FROM. This has been the only way I can get this to work because of the way traktor pro copy’s decks, sorry.
-X-fader select basically allows you to select which side of the cross fader each deck is on. Hold it, and press 1-4 below the jogs on each respective side of the x-fader to select which side it’s on.
-Monitor functions just like all the other hold buttons, but instead of using the buttons below the jogs, just hold it, and use the deck select buttons that have the headphones next to them.
-With ALL of the hold functions in the transport section, you have to select your decks again after you release the hold, currently. I’m working on that problem
Deck modes (can be accessed by all decks)
Mod/Key
-the play button turns the key on or off
-the pause button resets the key
-the outside jogs increase/decrease the key in .25 increments
-more features to come in this mode
Cue mode
-1-4 selects 1-4 hotcues
-beatjumping feature to come
-tricks with cues to come
Loop mode
-1-4 selects 5-8 hotcues with loop active
-beatjumping feature to come
Due to the complexity of this midi setup, I don’t really recommend modifying it unless you have a pretty good idea of how the modifier system works in traktor pro. But as a side note, if you would like to see how to make things work with the modifiers, study this file. With a normal 2 deck layout VCI-100 setup, you have less than 100 controls you have to map. This .VSI file has the ability to map over 300 controls to a single VCI, with room to expand, however unlikely
Thanks again, and enjoy
DJ Phaidon
. But, on a brighter note, since I have been slamming my head against the modifier system in Traktor Pro for so long, I’m getting really quick about adding new functions and making sure they work correctly.
Right now I’m wishing that the LED problems were fixed with the firmware update, cause it would make this layout cake.