Touchstrip LED Pitch Fader
Touchstrip LED Pitch Fader Posted on: 01.04.2012 by Jimmy Auch Many years ago, as a little bitty bedroom dj, I got my first taste of using hot cues when I bought a technics sl-dz1200, and soon after discovered midi; resulting in awesome visions of how gear could be... Finally, hardware manufacturers are closing the gaps between dreams and reality... analog and digital... turntablism and controllerism. But one thing that bugs me about decks that toggle between controlling 2 songs is that the pitch fader stays where you put it while setting song A's bpm when you toggle to song B. One workaround for this would be motorized faders, right? Yeah, maybe not... What if we could use something like the NS7's Stripsearch or Twitch's touchstrip as pitch fader?? With the LED's under neath the touch sensitive strip, song A's pitch "fader" position will be remembered when toggled to song B and back. Anyone with an iphone can tell you that a touchscreen isnt always capable of pinpoint action... but what if there was an encoder knob on the side of the touch strip? This would let you fine tune the tempo to your hearts most precise desire! touch strip.jpg Thoughts? Comments? | |
| Carey Leid 02.04.2012 |
Originally Posted by zestoi
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| Carey Leid 02.04.2012 |
Originally Posted by zestoi
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| Chasidy Heckenbach 02.04.2012 |
Originally Posted by kamjongill
with the 3 colours of leds, 6 layer buttons and three different modes for the main area (never mind all the various led feedback patterns u can use) they're just so bloody flexible. the downside of that is that i don't use them as much as i should as i haven't come up with the best way of using them yet i have code in midimasher that handles all the layers and led patterns so i don't use darouter. also means i have full control over what modes i want to use any layer for and how many layers i want... i did believe of having a 10 layer map using the 6 buttons at the top plus the 4 around the circle area but that would be a bit insane... |
| Carey Leid 02.04.2012 |
Originally Posted by zestoi
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| Jimmy Auch 01.04.2012 | Many years ago, as a little bitty bedroom dj, I got my first taste of using hot cues when I bought a technics sl-dz1200, and soon after discovered midi; resulting in awesome visions of how gear could be... Finally, hardware manufacturers are closing the gaps between dreams and reality... analog and digital... turntablism and controllerism. But one thing that bugs me about decks that toggle between controlling 2 songs is that the pitch fader stays where you put it while setting song A's bpm when you toggle to song B. One workaround for this would be motorized faders, right? Yeah, maybe not... What if we could use something like the NS7's Stripsearch or Twitch's touchstrip as pitch fader?? With the LED's under neath the touch sensitive strip, song A's pitch "fader" position will be remembered when toggled to song B and back. Anyone with an iphone can tell you that a touchscreen isnt always capable of pinpoint action... but what if there was an encoder knob on the side of the touch strip? This would let you fine tune the tempo to your hearts most precise desire! touch strip.jpg Thoughts? Comments? |
| Carey Leid 02.04.2012 |
Originally Posted by zestoi
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| Chasidy Heckenbach 02.04.2012 | true - tho i've also tried using them to control effects units, just one effect unit each. no moving parts mean they do function well tho for multiple layers with led's reset to where u were last on that layer. cool being so small and light as well. easy to add them to any other setup, tho all i have atm are small+modular (and cheap!) controllers... |
| Carey Leid 02.04.2012 |
Originally Posted by zestoi
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| Chasidy Heckenbach 02.04.2012 |
Originally Posted by kamjongill
with the 3 colours of leds, 6 layer buttons and three different modes for the main area (never mind all the various led feedback patterns u can use) they're just so bloody flexible. the downside of that is that i don't use them as much as i should as i haven't come up with the best way of using them yet i have code in midimasher that handles all the layers and led patterns so i don't use darouter. also means i have full control over what modes i want to use any layer for and how many layers i want... i did believe of having a 10 layer map using the 6 buttons at the top plus the 4 around the circle area but that would be a bit insane... |
| Carey Leid 02.04.2012 |
Originally Posted by zestoi
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| Elfriede Osbourne 02.04.2012 | Check out my topic with new Twitch Concept in General community , where i used touchstrips for pitch faders |
| Chasidy Heckenbach 01.04.2012 | nothing new sure... which is why i mentioned my scs.3d's. i'm not sure why they never became more popular really. i bought both of mine 2nd hand very cheaply... |
| Diogo Dj Dragão 01.04.2012 | It's a great idea, but not a new one. The original Otus has a touch strip for pitch, as does the SCS.3d. |
| Chasidy Heckenbach 01.04.2012 | i love the look of the stanton scs1.d's. i'd love a motorized platter for some of that old school feel... on the issue tho just having a single touch strip like the vmeter (or from my stanton scs3d's) is plenty... u could use it in absolute mode for big changes to get the basic ballpark, and then press some toggle modifier that then sends out relative "adjustment" messages to that original absolute value which would work fine if using a 14bit message like pitchbend. must admit having an actual motorised pitch fader is cool tho... seemed quite noisy tho from some vids i had seen. a physical fader instead of a touch strip would feel much more natural to use. |
| Jonathan Chiuchiolo 01.04.2012 | stanton scs.1d they have had a massive price cut recently so you can pick a pair of them up for around $700 with the mixer, they have dual layers with motorized pitch faders and direct drive motors... apparently like everything else it has poor intigration with traktor, It is now sold with vdj which has perfect intigration. |
| Elfriede Osbourne 01.04.2012 | Hi, this is good idea, i used it in my twitch upgrade concept http://community .djranking s.com/showthread.php?t=49487 |
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