One is the loneliest number...
Posted: Fri Dec 14, 2007 6:04 pm
Hey,
I was wondering if anyone had any hot keys for changing vinyl control on and off for each deck when only using one physical turntable?
I am also having trouble with using two Maxi-patches in the Maxi-patch itself. It's probably not made for this but my problem is I will start Maxi-patch, then drop another Maxi-Patch_AO.mxf in the window to open another set of decks but I have a lot of trouble using the audio settings to change inputs and outputs of each set of decks.
I almost got it to work because I set one deck up and then opened the second. If I try and change anything after that, it only effects the last deck I changed settings on. Is there anyway to expand Audio Settings to work with 4 decks?
What I am trying to do is to set up Maxi-patch so that any deck can be cued by my physical turntable and heard through one of the inputs to my mixer. Simpler, let's say I have one maxi-patch up and running:
Input 1 (turntable) -> Left Deck(vinyl control on) -> Output 1
Input 1 (turntable) -> Right Deck (vinyl control off) -> Output 2
Then to change decks I simply turn off the vinyl control on the left deck and turn it on for the right one. What I want to be able to do is:
Input 1 (turntable) -> Left Deck 1(vinyl control on)-> Output 1
Input 1 (turntable) -> Right Deck 1(vinyl control off) -> Output 2
Input 1 (turntable) -> Left Deck 2(vinyl control off) -> Output 2
Input 1 (turntable) -> Right Deck 2(vinyl control off) -> Output 2
In this set up, to change the cuing deck I would do the same as the first example except I want Output 1 to follow vinyl control. If I were to cue up on the first right deck, it would then look like this:
Input 1 (turntable) -> Left Deck 1(vinyl control off) -> Output 2
Input 1 (turntable) -> Right Deck 1(vinyl control on) -> Output 1
Input 1 (turntable) -> Left Deck 2(vinyl control off) -> Output 2
Input 1 (turntable) -> Right Deck 2(vinyl control off) -> Output 2
It's a little bit confusing and I hope I am not the only one who wants to do this. I think it would be a cool thing to have. Essentially, this turns Maxi-patch into a 4x1 DJ set up, which is really cool because you can mix two beats on the go, then scratch with some random sound and have another mix ready to be faded in.
Obviously this is only important because I am using a PC for mixing, otherwise I assume I'd just use Binky Toy. There is a program out there already that does this called Quad. It's not that cool looking in my opinion and it would be better to do this in Maxi-patch because, if my computer didn't crash, I could even load 2 more decks in and even another 2. It would be mayhem! Exactly what everyone needs.
I was wondering if anyone had any hot keys for changing vinyl control on and off for each deck when only using one physical turntable?
I am also having trouble with using two Maxi-patches in the Maxi-patch itself. It's probably not made for this but my problem is I will start Maxi-patch, then drop another Maxi-Patch_AO.mxf in the window to open another set of decks but I have a lot of trouble using the audio settings to change inputs and outputs of each set of decks.
I almost got it to work because I set one deck up and then opened the second. If I try and change anything after that, it only effects the last deck I changed settings on. Is there anyway to expand Audio Settings to work with 4 decks?
What I am trying to do is to set up Maxi-patch so that any deck can be cued by my physical turntable and heard through one of the inputs to my mixer. Simpler, let's say I have one maxi-patch up and running:
Input 1 (turntable) -> Left Deck(vinyl control on) -> Output 1
Input 1 (turntable) -> Right Deck (vinyl control off) -> Output 2
Then to change decks I simply turn off the vinyl control on the left deck and turn it on for the right one. What I want to be able to do is:
Input 1 (turntable) -> Left Deck 1(vinyl control on)-> Output 1
Input 1 (turntable) -> Right Deck 1(vinyl control off) -> Output 2
Input 1 (turntable) -> Left Deck 2(vinyl control off) -> Output 2
Input 1 (turntable) -> Right Deck 2(vinyl control off) -> Output 2
In this set up, to change the cuing deck I would do the same as the first example except I want Output 1 to follow vinyl control. If I were to cue up on the first right deck, it would then look like this:
Input 1 (turntable) -> Left Deck 1(vinyl control off) -> Output 2
Input 1 (turntable) -> Right Deck 1(vinyl control on) -> Output 1
Input 1 (turntable) -> Left Deck 2(vinyl control off) -> Output 2
Input 1 (turntable) -> Right Deck 2(vinyl control off) -> Output 2
It's a little bit confusing and I hope I am not the only one who wants to do this. I think it would be a cool thing to have. Essentially, this turns Maxi-patch into a 4x1 DJ set up, which is really cool because you can mix two beats on the go, then scratch with some random sound and have another mix ready to be faded in.
Obviously this is only important because I am using a PC for mixing, otherwise I assume I'd just use Binky Toy. There is a program out there already that does this called Quad. It's not that cool looking in my opinion and it would be better to do this in Maxi-patch because, if my computer didn't crash, I could even load 2 more decks in and even another 2. It would be mayhem! Exactly what everyone needs.