Ddj-sx and Traktor ......

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Posted on: 17.01.2013 by Jewell Contardi
Just after some advise regaurding the ddj-sx and remapping for traktor ,

Im fairly new to controllers ( check my setup topic ) so excuse me for my newb questions

how stable is the midi mapping ?

can i change back and forth when i need to ?

if i map the touch pads with similar effects as whats on there with serato dj , then with traktor can i plug in an f1 for remix decks ? i asume that would be plugged into laptop anyway .

these are just some uneducated questions of a setup i would like to try if possible , any answers would be awesome and i hope pioneer bring out a high end traktor controller as alot of others would too ! im not up with traktor either so take it easy on me if anyone has pics or a setup with extra controllers with the sx and serato or traktor as an idea would be cool .

thanks for any answers !
Yong Aptekar
05.02.2013
Originally Posted by dj gullum
There is no DDJ TX and I highly doubht there ever will be
not yet there isnt, but i dont doubt that they will release one.
Ashanti Andreacchio
05.02.2013
Originally Posted by dripstep
Why not get the ddj tx that is made for traktor instead of getting a serato controller and remapping it?
There is no DDJ TX and I highly doubht there ever will be
Ashanti Andreacchio
17.01.2013
this is my setup now
Jewell Contardi
17.01.2013
Just after some advise regaurding the ddj-sx and remapping for traktor ,

Im fairly new to controllers ( check my setup topic ) so excuse me for my newb questions

how stable is the midi mapping ?

can i change back and forth when i need to ?

if i map the touch pads with similar effects as whats on there with serato dj , then with traktor can i plug in an f1 for remix decks ? i asume that would be plugged into laptop anyway .

these are just some uneducated questions of a setup i would like to try if possible , any answers would be awesome and i hope pioneer bring out a high end traktor controller as alot of others would too ! im not up with traktor either so take it easy on me if anyone has pics or a setup with extra controllers with the sx and serato or traktor as an idea would be cool .

thanks for any answers !
Yong Aptekar
05.02.2013
Originally Posted by dj gullum
There is no DDJ TX and I highly doubht there ever will be
not yet there isnt, but i dont doubt that they will release one.
Random X
04.02.2013
Still believe this is one of the illest controllers at the moment.
Ashanti Andreacchio
05.02.2013
Originally Posted by dripstep
Why not get the ddj tx that is made for traktor instead of getting a serato controller and remapping it?
There is no DDJ TX and I highly doubht there ever will be
Ashanti Andreacchio
05.02.2013
I got the F1 before I got the DDJ SX but yes the F1 is better for remixdecks but if you only going to trigger 4 samples bers deck the DDJ SX will do just fine. Whit the F1 you get the best controll there is over the Remix decks.
I have the Machine set to build in soundcard then cable from line out to one channel on the DDJ SX only way I figured out how to separate the volume between Traktor and Maschine.
Cherlyn Sorich
04.02.2013
Well,
Great setup Dj Gullum; may I ask you some questions ?
Why did you get an F1, is it better to use for playing samples than the DDJ-SX ? Or another one reason ?
Is it simple to shift to real (vinyl f.i) mode ?
I've got Maschine too, did you play on the same computer using the DDJ-SX soundcard + input plugging ?
Thank You
Yong Aptekar
29.01.2013
Why not get the ddj tx that is made for traktor instead of getting a serato controller and remapping it?
Mellisa Grecu
25.01.2013
thats a dope ass setup ! i havent heard good things about mapping the ddj sx with traktor , but im sure theres a way to get it down, just wait for the ddj tx , i know thats coming out soon
Jewell Contardi
17.01.2013
Nice ! just what the doctor ordered ! Where do you buy or download your samples ? im a house man ( deep,tribal,tech) all things in between but with good energy a got some free loops from loopmasters lately .
Ashanti Andreacchio
17.01.2013
this is my setup now
Jewell Contardi
17.01.2013
Thanks guys ! sounds sweet i cant wait now ! hopefully in the next few weeks ill have mine . i like using serato because its simple and straight forward to use but its limited for other things . the extra plug ins and controllers for traktor is hugely appealing and i cant wait to learn it . i understand if you dont but do you have pictures of your setups ? cheers
Kandra Fagler
17.01.2013
the VIPER mapping V.6.2 is pretty good, gets you going, but you really cant emulate the jogwheel performance as good as Serato in Traktor - this seems to be reserved purely for native instruments controllers (i owned both the S2 and the S4 and those are the only controllers i ever tried that has decent jog performance - and trust me i tried a lot of stuff)

if you are not into scratching, the VIPER mapping will do - i am kinda hoping someone else will take over his work and continue to improve it, as i heard he has stopped any progress on the ddj-sx as he sold his unit or something


im going to point out one thing that not many people seem to notice - the line fader curves when you use the DDJ-SX as an analog mixer / Serato DJ - is almost completely different with Traktor's line fader feel

i dont know how to explain this but as i spend a lot of time with PIO mixers (800/900), i am accostumed to their line fader (linear) setting, in Traktor the line faders seems to have a little bit of a curve, rather than just linear (did that make sense?)

When you use the DDJ-SX with Serato or as an analog mixer it has pretty much the same line fader curve as their 800/900 mixers, i dont know if im just OCD for noticing this but i thought i'd point it out haha
Ashanti Andreacchio
17.01.2013
Yes slipmode( Flux mode) works and vinyl mode too
Sha Westermeyer
17.01.2013
slip mode works with traktor?
also generally DDJ-SX's jogs have same function like CDJ's (slip mode,vinyl etc)?
Ashanti Andreacchio
17.01.2013
I have the DDJ SX and use it with Traktor for 2 months now no problems. but I'm not a scratch DJ so can't realy coment on how good the jog wheels are for scratching in Traktor. I also have it mapped to VDJ, CrossDJ and Djay and it works fine with all of them.
When mapped to any software it will not affect the functuanalety of other softwares as you are not making any changes to the controller at all only a file for the specific software to tell the software what does what. only when switching from and to Serato Dj to any other DJ software you need to change the controller setting from Serato mode to midi mode on the controller and it takes only a few seconds to switch.
I also have a F1 and it connects to the laptop and has no affect on the DDJ SX.

hope this answers you questions

IMO this is by far the best controller on the marked. I sometimes use 2 CDJ 2000 and DJM800 with traktor when DJ'ing at a club and the feel of the DDJ SX is verry much the same.
Jewell Contardi
17.01.2013
oh yeah the reason im asking about the sx is cause of its size and i love the look of it . and the reason im asking about the f1 is of its controlling.

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