Is there a map language that says "When I push this button, do this one particular effect, to this deck ONLY"?
With most controllers I own, I like to assign a button to do simple effects, like the cut effect. I'll map it to (for this example) the "FX 1 ON" button on the left deck, and it works great. The next step is to do the same thing to the opposite deck, I map the cut effect to "FX 2 ON" on the right deck...and it doesn't work. Instead, the moment I push that button it activates the left deck.
I'd just like to assign effects to specific sides without messing with the other and it almost always seems that when I map one side, it will more than likely affect the other. What am I doing wrong?
Thanks in advance for your advice!!
With most controllers I own, I like to assign a button to do simple effects, like the cut effect. I'll map it to (for this example) the "FX 1 ON" button on the left deck, and it works great. The next step is to do the same thing to the opposite deck, I map the cut effect to "FX 2 ON" on the right deck...and it doesn't work. Instead, the moment I push that button it activates the left deck.
I'd just like to assign effects to specific sides without messing with the other and it almost always seems that when I map one side, it will more than likely affect the other. What am I doing wrong?
Thanks in advance for your advice!!
Posted Mon 24 Dec 12 @ 2:53 am
synthet1c
the guys at atomix have actually thought about it and made it easy for you to map dual deck controllers, by making the deck designations in the definition file... so to map the same thing to both sides, just map one side of the controller and drop the "deck left/right" business
eg.
effect 'cut' active
eg.
effect 'cut' active
Posted Mon 24 Dec 12 @ 7:36 am
I guess I should be more specific. Some buttons do work. Then there are some buttons that simply don't play nice.
I add that exact map script to a button on deck left, but then it starts to effect the right deck instead..
Perhaps I should make a youtube video to show you what I'm talking about.
I add that exact map script to a button on deck left, but then it starts to effect the right deck instead..
Perhaps I should make a youtube video to show you what I'm talking about.
Posted Mon 24 Dec 12 @ 1:36 pm
cstoll
If you are looking to activate a specifc action to a specific deck then just preceed the command with 'deck' and it's number.
deck 1 effect 'cut' active
deck 2 effect 'cut' active
* Remove the effect name if you just want to activate the effect that is currently loaded to that deck's effect slot.
Alternatively, you can replace the deck number with the side names - left or right.
deck left effect active
deck right effect active
* Works on which ever deck is selected as the left or right deck in a multi-deck setup.
Btw - here is a great page in our Wiki that tells you all this -- http://www.virtualdj.com/wiki/Referencing%20a%20specific%20deck.html
And the table of contents page for other great examples - http://www.virtualdj.com/wiki/VDJScript%20Examples.html
deck 1 effect 'cut' active
deck 2 effect 'cut' active
* Remove the effect name if you just want to activate the effect that is currently loaded to that deck's effect slot.
Alternatively, you can replace the deck number with the side names - left or right.
deck left effect active
deck right effect active
* Works on which ever deck is selected as the left or right deck in a multi-deck setup.
Btw - here is a great page in our Wiki that tells you all this -- http://www.virtualdj.com/wiki/Referencing%20a%20specific%20deck.html
And the table of contents page for other great examples - http://www.virtualdj.com/wiki/VDJScript%20Examples.html
Posted Mon 24 Dec 12 @ 5:33 pm
That's it! That does the trick. Great work.
Posted Mon 24 Dec 12 @ 7:33 pm