Reply to YAVM - (not) Yet Another VCI-100 Mapping (extensive 4D Layout for TPro)

Hi Guys!

After pulling my hair out and loosing a lot of time during the last weeks, I finally managed to get a decent VCI Mapping up and running. If I knew what efforts I had to undertake, maybe this would never have seen the light of day .....

Anyway ... so I thought I'd share my work, maybe someone likes this, too

And the efforts weren't for nothing because I did manage to squeeze a lot out of Traktor Pros very limited Midi Setup capabilites. I did this by using the modifiers as 1-bit switches, thus giving me much more states to work with. Unfortunately, this led to a LOT of additional commands needed and I really wished Traktor would give me more features like bitwise operation and more conditions, modifers, macros etc. So I ended up with 1100 commands, controlling about 250 Parameters .... ouch!

Basically, this Layout is a bit more "traditional" than some others and more or less tries to follow the original VCI Layout, but dramatically extends the controls by adding a SHIFT key and 3 distinct modes which also can be used together. Another goal was to enable seamless 4D integration and there are some experiments with UI Feedback etc. Also, this mapping has a very flexible FX Layout IMHO.

And here are the main features:

1) Seamless 4D Integration, all Decks have identical control configuration
2) Works with any FX Setup, controls both chained & advanced FX
3) FX Mode with simultaneous control of both FX Units via Jog & Faders
4) Special Loop Mode for working with Loops, works together with FX Mode
5) Beatjump & Hotcue Support
6) Setup Mode for configuring things
7) synchronized Traktor UI Feedback with Loop Mode, Setup Mode and Deck Modes
8) Use Jogwheels for List & Tree Scrolling

and last but not least ....

9) a Reset / Panic Button in case anything goes wrong

More detailed information and an overview of all Midi commands can be found inside the zip file, also the .tsi of course.

BEWARE: this is BETA! I have tested this for a while, and so far it's running nicely, but I didn't do any live performance using this mapping. So there might be still some bugs lingering around.

Sooooo .... let me know what you believe! Would also be thankful for bug reports, if any.

Thanks,
Frank

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