Apc40 vu meter?

Apc40 vu meter?
Posted on: 13.04.2011 by Hyman Landez
Hey guys,
So I'm trying to make a set of 5 vertical buttons in to a LED responsive VU meter. I'm stumped as to how to make the buttons light up as if it were a real VU meter. I have a .2 range for each button so it will devide evenly over the 5 buttons. I'm just not having any luck setting them up.
Please help!
Elvina Zwally
19.04.2011
Originally Posted by mikerudinski
Hey guys,
So I'm trying to make a set of 5 vertical buttons in to a LED responsive VU meter. I'm stumped as to how to make the buttons light up as if it were a real VU meter. I have a .2 range for each button so it will devide evenly over the 5 buttons. I'm just not having any luck setting them up.
Please help!
I'm trying to do exactly this, but I can't for the life of me figure out how to tell traktor to output the signal to the buttons on the APC40.

Do I make 5 different maps for each button? If so, which parameter do i need to create 5 of? add out>Output>master level?

I have googled myself sick and I can't find any instructions on how to do this. There are tons of .tsi's that have VU meter's built in, but I would rather use the one I have spent hours making.

If anyone can lend a hand, or perhaps point me in the right direction I would be quite grateful.

Fake Edit: I will upload my mapping once it's finished!
Hyman Landez
13.04.2011
Hey guys,
So I'm trying to make a set of 5 vertical buttons in to a LED responsive VU meter. I'm stumped as to how to make the buttons light up as if it were a real VU meter. I have a .2 range for each button so it will devide evenly over the 5 buttons. I'm just not having any luck setting them up.
Please help!
Suzette Datka
11.08.2012
sorry if this is redundant but what do I do with that file ? I have never written scripts for the apc40 but I do make my own templates and want to use VU meters in my set. If anyone could help point me in the right direction that would be much appreciated!
Gretchen Stulpin
11.07.2012
how do you do this exact same thing but with ableton live?
Elvina Zwally
22.04.2011
So even after putting the apc40 into dumb mode and mapping each button in the "scene launch" lane to the master vol out with a .2 difference between them, the vu meter didn't react at all.

I could program the lights color, but they would not move with the level of the master, they would just stay a solid color.

Any ideas on what would cause that?

Here is a quick and dirty guide for setting up a VU meter I just whipped up.

http://www.djranking s.com/community /sho...295#post272295

Thanks for the help guys!
Elvina Zwally
19.04.2011
Thanks for the quick reply!

That is exactly what I was looking for I appreciate the help. I'll give this a shot once i get home from work.
Demetra Pinizzotto
19.04.2011
I already answered it sort of, but anyway here it goes:

All LEDs are different assignments
Add out master level on all 5 LED's
change the min value of the LED's to decimal between 0 and 1.
for instance:
bottom LED: min 0,01 max 1
second LED: min 0,1 max 1
third LED: min 0,3 max 1
fourth LED: min 0,5 max 1
fifth LED: min 0,7 max 1

that way when the volume is at 0, no LEDs are lit.
when the volume is at 50 percent all leds up to the fourth are lit.
etc.

tell me if it's not clear
Elvina Zwally
19.04.2011
Originally Posted by mikerudinski
Hey guys,
So I'm trying to make a set of 5 vertical buttons in to a LED responsive VU meter. I'm stumped as to how to make the buttons light up as if it were a real VU meter. I have a .2 range for each button so it will devide evenly over the 5 buttons. I'm just not having any luck setting them up.
Please help!
I'm trying to do exactly this, but I can't for the life of me figure out how to tell traktor to output the signal to the buttons on the APC40.

Do I make 5 different maps for each button? If so, which parameter do i need to create 5 of? add out>Output>master level?

I have googled myself sick and I can't find any instructions on how to do this. There are tons of .tsi's that have VU meter's built in, but I would rather use the one I have spent hours making.

If anyone can lend a hand, or perhaps point me in the right direction I would be quite grateful.

Fake Edit: I will upload my mapping once it's finished!
Jacquelyne Amponsah
15.04.2011
Mine takes almost no CPU, that said I have a hexacore 3.1 GHz processor
Demetra Pinizzotto
15.04.2011
You will have to set the min value to the .2 steps, and the max value to 1.
Maybe you should change the highest LED to .6 instead of .8
at .8 it will not light up that much.

make shure the VU meter doesnt use too much of your CPU, a VU meter has the be updated constantly. So it's heavy on cpu
just so you know
Jacquelyne Amponsah
14.04.2011
Give this a try bro. I have it set up with 2 decks, deck A taking the fourth column and deck B taking the sixth column. I also have the master channel taking the ninth column. You don't necessarily have to have yours set up like this, just use it as an example.
It's also not yet complete.

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