How To Map Ddj400 On Mixxx
The VCI-400 mapping for Mixxx is based on the Serato Limited Edition overlay.
- This mapping introduces many new Mixxx features (v1.12) and combine some unique features never seen in Mixxx mapping, like the Reloop Beatpad 'iCut' mode ('Jog Scratch' mode that does automatic cut of the fader while scratching).
- Thank you for providing this mapping! We need the permission to distribute your contributions by signing the Mixxx Contributor Agreement. I have some initial technical remarks.
For regular use, make sure the “mixer select” switches are all the way to the left. If you move them to the right, the Play / Cue buttons will be used to select vinyl control modes instead.
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Most of the functions are exactly as they appear on the overlay, and the overlay is very nicely labeled so that's the best place to start.
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The four small buttons below the grouping of 8 buttons selects which mode the 8 buttons are in, either Hot Cues, Loops, Rolls, or Samples. Mixxx remembers which mode is selected on a per-deck basis, so when you toggle the deck-selection switches the mode may change. The button corresponding to the current mode will be lit so you know what mode you're in.
Button Modes:
- In Hot Cue mode, the 8 buttons will move Mixxx to the designated hotcue. If you hold the shift button, the hotcue will be cleared.
- In Loop mode, the 8 buttons will create a new loop at the current position from size 32nd note to 16 beats.
- In Roll mode, holding any of the buttons will temporarily create a loop anywhere from 32nd note to 16 beats.
- In Sampler mode, both sides of the controller launch the same set of 8 samplers. Holding shift will eject a sample.
Some of the buttons have special functions in Mixxx:
- The Vinyl / Slip button. While pushed, the jog wheel is in scratching mode (similar to if you push down on the platter). If you hold this button while spinning the jog wheel, you can let go of the wheel and Mixxx will still be in scratch mode. Great for backspins.
- The Param knob can be used to adjust the musical key of the current track. Twist to make the tone higher or lower. If you hold the shift button (3), use this knob to scroll quickly through the track. Pushing this knob will reset the key.
- Auto Loop knob. Twisting this will change the size of the current loop, either doubling or halving the size. If you hold shift (3), twisting this knob will move the loop left or right by 1 beat per click. Pushing this knob will enable or disable looping.
- The Master FX button enables the 1st FX bank to be applied to the master output.
- The FX Mode button toggles which effect is in the first FX bank.
- Controls FX1 Parameter 2
- Controls FX1 Dry / Wet
- Enable/Disable Keylock
The four small buttons in the center, Area, Panel, Back, and Prepare, don't do anything. Neither does the sampler volume slider.
Some additional functions are accessible with the shift button:
- Shift + Play while the deck is playing does a breaking stop.
Description
This is my attempt at mapping the Pioneer DDJ-SR for Mixxx.
Teamviewer for mac cross platform free. This was originally written for Mixxx v1.11.0, but I'm in the process of updating it to Mixxx 2.0 as of January 2017. This is very much a hobby project though, so updates may be intermittent.
How do I use it?
If you just want to get your controller working with with Mixxx without bothering about the details much, then do the following:
- Download the following two files:
- Copy these to the
[Mixxx Directory]/controllers
folder. This will probably be one of the following locations:- Windows:
C:Program FilesMixxxcontrollers
- Linux:
/usr/share/mixxx/controllers or /usr/local/share/mixxx/controllers
- OS X:
/Applications/Mixxx.app/Contents/Resources/controllers/
- Windows:
- Make sure your Pioneer DDJ-SR is plugged in, turned on, and set up to use DJ software other than Serato (see your user manual, or the
Controller Setup
section below) - Open (or restart) Mixxx, and enjoy using your (semi-functional) controller
Controller Setup (important!)
By default, your Pioneer DDJ-SR will be in 'Serato-mode'. This means that some functionality quite simply won't work in Mix until you turn it off (for example, keylock for the pitch controls). To change this, do the following.
Ddj 400 Firmware
- Turn off the Pioneer DDJ-SR
- Hold down
Shift
+Play
on the left deck, and turn the power on. - Turn the left deck's keylock on.
- Restart the controller.
To use the controller with Serato again, repeat this process and turn the keylock back off again.
What's implemented?
- General
- Cross-fader
- VU Meter LEDs
- Deck Controls
- Volume
- Play / pause
- EQ
- Highs
- Mids
- Lows
- LPF / HPF Filter
- Cue button
- Sync button (although this works differently than in Serato; still to be fixed)
- Performance Pads
- Hot Cues
- Rolls
- Sampler (without LEDs however)
- Jog Wheels
- Scratching
- Pitch Bending
What's missing?
- Some button LEDs
- Performance Pads:
- PAD Plus functions
- Slicer
- Sampler LEDs (but sampler itself works)
- Effects
- Slip
- High resolution knobs
I'm a developer. How do I build this?
In order to make things a bit easier to understand and modularised, I've written a basic build process for this mapping. This allows me to do things like define all the midi-mappings in JavaScript, and then let Node build up the final XML file that Mixxx understands. In order to do this, you'll need to do the following:
- Install NodeJS if you haven't already
- Get all of the node dependencies for this project:
- Open a console, command prompt or powershell.
- Navigate go to the project folder.
- Enter
npm install
- Build the project
- Open a console, command prompt or powershell.
- Navigate go to the project folder.
- Enter
npm run build
The final results of this will be placed in your bin
directory. They will also be copied to your process.env.LOCALAPPDATA + '/Mixxx/controllers'
folder, so Mixxx should detect them immidiately as well.
You can also optionally run npm run watch
, which will rebuild the project any time you edit a JavaScript file in the source
folder.
Development Tips
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- Run Mixxx from a terminal with the
--controllerDebug --developer
arguments. This gives you all debug output there from your controller, enables theDeveloper
menu, and also provides you with additional development information in control tooltips. - Mixxx does not recognise
console.log(..)
, but you can useengine.log(..)
instead. - You do not necessarily have to restart Mixxx for it to detect changes, but it sometimes helps ;-)