VCI-100, FW 1.2, 2 Decks, Traktor Pro (Scratching, Juggling, Great FX Control)

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VCI-100, FW 1.2, 2 Decks, Traktor Pro (Scratching, Juggling, Great FX Control)
Posted on: 13.12.2008 by Reece Murray
DL LINK NO LONGER ACTIVE!! THX FOR DOWNLOADING.

(Edited to reflect version 4 of the tsi)

Hey DJTT. I want to share this tsi, hope you like it. Please rate and give feedback. Apologies for the long-windedness, but I want you to get the most out of it. It's designed from the ground up for control of cue juggling, beat jumping, deck duplication, loop and cue management and (the part I'm really stoked on) FX control that makes sense, and always shows the right status via LEDs. It's for firmware 1.2, but once I get 1.3 I'll remap it. Owing to the way FX button 4 is locked to the "effect" button above "cue" in 1.2, the 4th button will always be lit if an effect is on. I made the 4th FX knob also always control wet/dry, no matter what unit you're working on, or whether chained or advanced. Doing things this way also gives you a way to see the FX status, and turn the unit on or off no matter where you're at. Also, keep in mind this layout does not have controls for any automatic loop lengths. You need to click in and out for a loop to be set.

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Modes: 1. Regular (standard transport, scratching), 2. Cue Juggle (w/FX on jogs) 3. Beat Jump (w/cue drumming on jogs)

Tips: First two small black buttons control modes.
Trigger sync at any time to focus and/or sync deck
Use the keyboard Q to turn off Quantize for looser cue juggling
Duplicate decks on time in mode 2 by holding preview and triggering left or right, then press preview again quickly to play in sync.
Duplicate functions work when "loading only in stopped deck" is checked in prefs. I don't know how it functions if this is off.
Use the keyboard spacebar to see the cue panel at any time.
The "effect" buttons are independent of the decks. The left one turns on fx unit 1, the right, fx unit 2.
Use C and X on the keyboard to switch between chained and advanced fx modes - the fx control layout will change accordingly.
The tops of the jogs control FX units when in cue juggle mode. Left=FX unit 1, Right=FX unit 2. If in chained mode, jogs only control the first effect slot in the respective unit.
Tops of jogs in beat jump mode skip to active cue of respective deck.

FX: The "effect parameter" button with the three leds controls either A - fx unit 1, B - fx unit 2, or when on Master, the four fx buttons control which unit each deck is sending to. (Buttons 1-2 are deck A inserts, 3-4 are deck B inserts).
Without selecting Master and inserting the decks here, you won't hear any fx.

Rock it!!

Details:

Global:

Cue/Loop Section:
(active for focused deck)
Button 1 - cue/loop in
Button 2 - cue/loop out
Button 3 - reloop active loop (loops only when Loop*4 on)
Loop*4 buttons - activate loop on respective deck

4 Black Buttons:
Button 1 - toggle regular transport mode (LED off ) / cue juggle mode (LED on)
Button 2 - toggle regular transport mode (LED off ) / beat jump mode (LED on)
Button 3 - delete cue/loop
Button 4 - store cue/loop

Key Buttons - key lock on respective deck
Balance Knobs - key adjust on respective deck
Vinyl Mode Buttons - toggle vinyl / cd seek
Tempo Sliders - tempo of respective deck
Sync Buttons - phase and tempo syncs and focuses respective deck
Low (low) Knobs - Filter respective deck
Cue Buttons - cues decks and focuses respective deck
Effect Buttons - channel A toggles effect unit 1 on / off
Effect Buttons - channel B toggles effect unit 2 on / off

Keyboard Q - toggles quantize on / off

Effects Section:

Keyboard C selects chained mode
Keyboard X selects advanced mode

Effect Parameter Select - Master Selects Unit in / out mode
Effect Parameter Select - A Selects Effect Unit 1
Effect Parameter Select - B Selects Effect Unit 2

In Master Select, buttons 1-2 toggle deck A effect unit in / out 1-2
In Master Select, buttons 3-4 toggle deck B effect unit in / out 1-2

In A Select, button and knob 4 control unit 1 on / off and wet / dry
In A Select, buttons 1-3 and knobs 1-3 control unit 1 on / off and parameters depending on chained or advanced mode

In B Select, button and knob 4 control unit 1 on / off and wet / dry
In B Select, buttons 1-3 and knobs 1-3 control unit 1 on / off and parameters depending on chained or advanced mode

FX Selection: Dependent on position of "effect parameter" button - On A, fx knobs and buttons control fx unit 1, on B, fx knobs and buttons control fx unit 2. Mas only controls insert points (knobs not used)

Effects Select - (Advanced Mode) - HOLD top black effect select button, rotate 4th FX knob
Effects Select - (Chained Mode) - HOLD top black effect select button, rotate FX knobs 1-3 to select in respective slot.
Bottom effect select button not used.

Modes:

Regular Transport Mode: (black button 1 LED off)

Up - list up
Down - list down
Left - load A
Right - load B
Preview - loads and plays preview, toggle to stop preview
Transport Controls - Standard
Scratching On Top of Jogs
Pitch/Tempo Bend Outside of Jogs

Cue Juggle Mode:
(black button 1 LED on)
Cue juggling with jog wheel FX control
Preview - hold and press left / right to duplicate deck, release and press again when loading to play in sync
Right - loop shorten by half (start point) (active for focused deck)
Left - loop lengthen by half (start point) (active for focused deck)
Up - loop length decrease
Down - loop length increase
Transport Buttons - 1-4 cue juggle cues 1-4 respective deck
Top of Jog Wheel - FX on, parameter 3 in advanced mode, effect 1 amount in chained mode
Outside of Jog Wheels - pitch/tempo bend

Beat Jump Mode: (black button 2 LED on)
Cue juggling with beat jumping
Preview - same preview function as in Regular Transport Mode
Right - beat jump indicated amount forward (focused deck)
Left - beat jump indicated amount backward (focused deck)
Up - beat jump amount increase (both decks)
Down - beat jump amount decrease (both decks)
Outside of Jog Wheels - beat jump forward or backward (respective decks)
Top of Jogs - active cue jump
Reece Murray
31.12.2008
Thanks! So yeah, I do have plans for deck c-d control. Actually, the only thing holding me back from releasing that right now is that TPro is not recognizing the soft takeover command for controls doing double duty when switching decks, and the volume/parameter jumps that come with that don't fit into my workflow. If NI addresses this in an update, I'll put out the 4 deck version immediately. In the meantime, stay posted. I've got a few changes I'm making that will improve this tsi - namely fx control on the jogs in cue juggle mode, and active cue jumping on the top of the jogs in beat jump mode for drumming. Also I'm adding pitch bend in cue juggle mode and tempo slider control that is always active. I'll post when these things are done.

31.12.2008
just got to say that this is an EXCELLENT mapping of the vci-100 especially the effects controls - i really love those!

the ability to have access to all my fx with visual indicators is really awesome..

I really recommend this for anyone just using 2 decks...

any way of switching to decks c+d possibly in future releases? otherwise, a totally rad template - will be my standard one until i find something better...
casey rascal
20.12.2008
Very interesting. Looking forward to giving this a go!
Reece Murray
20.12.2008
Alright, I found that in TPro, if "load only to stopped deck" and/or "stop playback at end of track" are checked in prefs, deck copy-autoplay will not work without some tricky modifiers. I use these preferences, so just be advised that deck copy might not work as expected in this tsi unless those options are checked. New updates to the tsi are reflected in the original post and include:

1st black button (Cue Juggle Mode) is the only mode with deck duplicate functionality.

2nd black button (engaging beat jump mode) is now a toggle. Transport controls revert to normal in this mode. Scratching is now included in this mode. Preview works in this mode.

Direction of loop/cue start point controls swapped for both buttons and jog wheel: left/back=back, right/forward= forward. More intuitive.

Deck focus without sync added to cue buttons.

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