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Is there a way that the crossfader will start a deck to play when a song is cued, without having to hit the PLAY on the deck

Thanks
Bill

PS thanks for the free version..
 
Posted Sat 12 Nov 11 @ 9:31 am
calusa wrote :
Is there a way that the crossfader will start a deck to play when a song is cued, without having to hit the PLAY on the deck

Thanks
Bill

PS thanks for the free version..


It works on registered full version, I have done that in mapping my controller but i have used the Platter/Jogwheel when you touch the jogwheel it will play immediately (Once the Virtual DJ realize that you move the Jogwheel it will play by its on) without pressing the play buttons. I didn't try if it works in crossfader as well. Let me check and i'll let you know. I not sure because sometimes commands works according to the properties of the buttons/slides/platters etc. But you must registered first your Virtual DJ before you get the full benefits of VDJ functionalities not the FREE Version.
 
Thanks for the reply. I would be interested to know if the pay version can do it with the crossfader. It would be very helpful and easier to mix. I will wait for your follow up
 
cesarcastillo wrote :
calusa wrote :
Is there a way that the crossfader will start a deck to play when a song is cued, without having to hit the PLAY on the deck

Thanks
Bill

PS thanks for the free version..


It works on registered full version,


That is incorrect ... in the HOME Free version, you can set a keyboard shortcut to activate/deactivate the action - fader_start

Fader start will allow you to crossfade and have the deck you are crossing to automatically start.
 
calusa wrote :
Thanks for the reply. I would be interested to know if the pay version can do it with the crossfader. It would be very helpful and easier to mix. I will wait for your follow up



Hi calusa, try this one:

<map value="FADER_START_A" action="deck 1 leftdeck ? deck 1 fader_start : deck 3 fader_start" />
<map value="FADER_START_B" action="deck 2 rightdeck ? deck 2 fader_start : deck 4 fader_start" />

Goodluck....
 
I added fader_start as suggested by cstoll but it only works one way ( left deck to right deck) but it is an encouraging start

I copied your entire map cesar but I get a syntax error. Maybe I am doing it wrong? I do not show fader_start_a or b in my list of actions. Also I am only using 2 decks

Thanks for the replies
Bill
 
how about this..

crossfader 0% ? deck right select & deck right play & auto_crossfade 8000ms : crossfader 100% ? deck left select & deck left play & auto_crossfade 8000ms : auto_crossfade 8000ms

you can change the auto_crossfade time by changing the bold value, it's in milliseconds
 
Thanks synth that works really good and I will keep that in my mapping. Where do you all learn this syntax writing? :-)

I would still however like to be able to manually move the crossfader and have it start playing the deck...in both directions

Bill
 
you can stop the crossfader from moving by pressing the key again when in transition, when you press it to resume crossfading it will go to whatever deck is selected (in pfl). I have never used fader_start before but just tried it, must be a bug... Other than using that in your version you couldn't map it, as you would need to modify the action in the skin xml file... but you could do it in any of the pro versions.

To learn scripting check out the wiki it is a great resource, and you can also ask on the forums if you have any questions about it, but really it is just doing it a lot until you can think in it, but i pretty much knew nothing until I figured out how multiple variables work together, then I could make vdj do almost anything... pretty much overnight

http://www.virtualdj.com/wiki/VDJscript.html
http://www.virtualdj.com/wiki/VDJscript_verbs.html
http://www.virtualdj.com/wiki
 
Synth thanks for the links...dont know if this old brain can absorb that but will certainly keep them handy


Bill
 
Hi.. I managed to get the cross fader_start to auto start the deck left to right. I would like to to stop it from doing so. I have reset the mapper and it still continues to auto start the last song loaded on the deck, even if you clear the deck.

How do you now stop this autostart??

Mike
 


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