I need my BPM out of Traktor?!
I need my BPM out of Traktor?! Posted on: 23.03.2011 by Joya Pomerinke Hi!As i'm doing a show with a friend who is doing Visuals and lights i'm looking for other ways to get the BPM out of Traktor than the Clock function. He uses Martin Lightjockey and there isn't a "sync to midiclock" function. Can i (and if so: how?) get the BPM out of traktor as a midi on off, a tick or something else? | |
| Chasidy Heckenbach 23.09.2011 |
Originally Posted by 2BaysDJs
a quick google came up with some info that lightjockey can trigger stuff from midi on/off events - but couldn't see anything about actual "sync"
Using MIDI note commands LightJockey can launch sequences (flash sequences, see cue control), cues, background cues and cue lists.
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| Chasidy Heckenbach 23.09.2011 |
Originally Posted by 2BaysDJs
i havent any clue about the padkontrol - but if it has a real midi "THRU" port which will route the midi you are sending it (via usb or midi "IN"?) then a midi cable from that "THRU" to the "IN" of the 2nd laptop should work in theory. you're using a "midi 2 usb" adapter thing on the 2nd laptop to get the real midi input into it? what happens if you try sending other midi data from traktor (like a beatphase monitor) to the padkontrol? have you tried running something like midi-ox on that 2nd laptop to see if it sees any data? too many variables atm to know who the culprit is... i presume when you mentioned S4 that's only in reference to the traktor version you are using - as the S4 controller wouldn't come into play here afaics. |
| Joya Pomerinke 23.03.2011 | Hi! As i'm doing a show with a friend who is doing Visuals and lights i'm looking for other ways to get the BPM out of Traktor than the Clock function. He uses Martin Lightjockey and there isn't a "sync to midiclock" function. Can i (and if so: how?) get the BPM out of traktor as a midi on off, a tick or something else? |
| Chasidy Heckenbach 23.09.2011 |
Originally Posted by 2BaysDJs
a quick google came up with some info that lightjockey can trigger stuff from midi on/off events - but couldn't see anything about actual "sync"
Using MIDI note commands LightJockey can launch sequences (flash sequences, see cue control), cues, background cues and cue lists.
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| Tesha Zazzi 23.09.2011 | I've got the midi out of the actual S4 Controller, into the midi in on the padkontrol. I am trying to send out a midi timecode from traktor on one laptop into lightjockey on another. the reason I'm going through the padKONTROL is because that is what I have in my arsenal, and I didn't want to go out and spend the money if the pad would work. Right now I can get midi-ox on the second computer to read timecoded signals coming in, but I cannot get LightJockey to recognize them. I've set up lightjockey to have the MIDI timecode device as padKONTROL 1 midi in. I don't know if I'm missing something. |
| Chasidy Heckenbach 23.09.2011 | a quick look at the spec says the padkontrol only has a midi in port and out port - so no thru port. back in the day when real midi ports were more common i remember a couple of my synths being able to use their out's as thru's but i presume you'd need to configure that somewhere? an out just xmits any data generated by that instrument, while a thru routes any data that came in back out again so you can daisy chain a whole bunch together without needing midi thru boxes. edit: you could probably use a virtual midi device on each laptop and then use a midi to ip app to transmit, but as they're going to be close together anyway why not just buy two cheap usb-to-midi adapters from ebay for a few quid each and then just use a midi cable direct between them? i.e: take the padkontrol out of the equation... |
| Chasidy Heckenbach 23.09.2011 |
Originally Posted by 2BaysDJs
i havent any clue about the padkontrol - but if it has a real midi "THRU" port which will route the midi you are sending it (via usb or midi "IN"?) then a midi cable from that "THRU" to the "IN" of the 2nd laptop should work in theory. you're using a "midi 2 usb" adapter thing on the 2nd laptop to get the real midi input into it? what happens if you try sending other midi data from traktor (like a beatphase monitor) to the padkontrol? have you tried running something like midi-ox on that 2nd laptop to see if it sees any data? too many variables atm to know who the culprit is... i presume when you mentioned S4 that's only in reference to the traktor version you are using - as the S4 controller wouldn't come into play here afaics. |
| Tesha Zazzi 23.09.2011 | I believe midi clock would be the best solution. I'm trying to send signal out my Traktor S4 midi output through my padkontrol midi into another window 7 laptop with LightJockey, but I can't get light jockey to read the signals incoming. LightJockey. I've set up the MTC device as the padKontrol 1 Midi in, but when I try to log the midi timecode it doesn't register anything. I'm relatively new to using midi so I might be overlooking something. |
| Chasidy Heckenbach 23.09.2011 | if u just need an on/off for the beats then use the beat phase monitor - tho there's one for each deck. if you're going to feed this midi into something else then not sure why the midi clock isnt the bed solution anyway? |
| Tesha Zazzi 23.09.2011 | Zster, I'm trying to work around the same problem. Have you found any good solutions? |
24.03.2011 | most visualisation programs should have the option to read an audio input and determine BPM by themselves. |
| Inez Marcinik 24.03.2011 | does the bpm change a lot in your sets? most people just type the bpm in seperately rather than have it sync'd its usually a bit more hassle than its worth. |
| Joya Pomerinke 24.03.2011 | I'm using good ol' fashioned 1210's - the master is set to auto and it changes from deck to deck as it should. There is midi out on the Audio 8 soundcard but i would prefer some kind of WIFI solution |
| Neville Blackinton 23.03.2011 | Hi, Well you need to provide a MIDI out from your setup to your friend. Do you have a MIDI interface? What kind of controller are you using? If you don't have a MIDI interface then that is probably where you need to start. |
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