Reply to Taking the X1 a bit further... 2 Decks, 4 FX, 1 X1

So I'm really digging the X1, but ive been trying to come up with a solid FX section mapping thats both straight forward, powerful, and caters well to my play style.

Firstly, I've ditched the FX assign buttons completely and have opted for the left FX controls on the X1 to always be assigned to deck A, and the right controls assigned to deck B in order to cut down on confusion mid-performance as to which FX unit is assigned to which deck...

Secondly, I've enabled all 4 FX units, with units 1 and 3 assigned to deck A, and 2 and 4 assigned to deck B. FX units 3 and 4 are now the DEFAULT controlled units, and are set to chained mode. These are controlled just like the default setup of the X1, with the dry/wet on the SHIFT page instead of the normal page to make room for:

FX units 1 and 3 are in advanced mode with the filter:92 in DJM mode as the default. This is controlled with the DRY/WET and ON controls on the X1 (very top of controller).

So each side looks something like this:



The reason I've set it up this way is because i cant stand any of traktors preset filters, they are all either too dramatic with the resonance or not dramatic enough, so ive set up the filter:92 with a res setting i like to act as my default filter control. This also puts the filter BEFORE the other chained effects i have in FX units 2 and 4 to allow for some cool filtering effects not possible with the internal mixer's filter controls, which are placed after all FX in the signal path.



NOW, what I want to do is use the row of FX assign buttons on the X1 to create some advanced functionality a-la ean's midi-fighter mapping.

For example, im believeing of setting up a button that will simultaneously switch one of the FX banks to the beat slicer, set all of its parameters to zero, activate it with 2BAR, and put the effected song into a 2 bar loop, all with one button, which will also re-map the X1's top half of controls to allow for control of the beat slicer AND the chained FX on a single deck, e.g. all top half controls on the X1 would be effecting a single deck when in the "Sampler" mode for that deck.

This would look like:

(with the slicer ON and probably something else in the "beatmasher" slot on the chained FX unit)

To switch everything back to normal control, youd press the same button to "de-activate" sampler mode. This would of course put modifiers into heavy use.



So my question is not really on HOW to do this (i have a pretty good idea and am already working on it), but if there is anyone else actually attempting something like this, and if so, what are some other clever tricks that could put the X1 to maximum good use.

Since I've freed up the entire row of 4 FX assign buttons on the X1, im trying to believe of other cool things i could do with those buttons.

Thoughts?