VirtualDJ - Mapping plugin functions to controller buttons

PRO InfinityMember since 2013

I feel like it would be an excellent tool to be able to manually trigger a cut in milkdrop without needing to use the mouse, is there any way to do that?

Posté Sun 11 Sep 16 @ 11:05 pm

PhantomDeejay Country: GR

PRO InfinitySenior staffMember since 2007

effect_button 'milkdrop8' 2
or
deck master effect_button 'milkdrop8' 2

Posté Mon 12 Sep 16 @ 7:04 am

Serine

PRO InfinityMember since 2013

Fantastic, thank you. Is there any instruction manual to find out more about these instructions?

Posté Mon 26 Sep 16 @ 11:15 am

locoDog

PRO InfinityModeratorMember since 2013

http://www.virtualdj.com/wiki/VDJ8script.html
http://www.virtualdj.com/wiki/VDJscript_verbs_v8..html

and look for the long post on this thread for in depth information on repeat start scripts
http://www.virtualdj.com/forums/212660/VirtualDJ_8_2_Technical_Support/Proper_Echo_out.html

Posté Mon 26 Sep 16 @ 1:03 pm

locoDog

PRO InfinityModeratorMember since 2013

Also here's a tutorial on using repeating scripts and load_pulse to automatically perform actions when a track is loaded.
http://www.virtualdj.com/user/locodog/blogs/5458/How_to__Perform_A_Action_Automatically_When_A_Track_Is_Loaded.html

Posté Mon 26 Sep 16 @ 2:35 pm

Serine

PRO InfinityMember since 2013

I actually meant "Is there any instruction manual to find out more about [the instructions for the milkdrop plugin]?

I can see that your script just calls the second button on the milkdrop settings panel, I assume calling the other buttons is similarly simple. Your other resources aren't helpful to me in this specific case but I'm sure they will be in the future. Thank you for your time :)

Posté Wed 12 Oct 16 @ 8:49 pm

wickedmix

PRO InfinityMember since 2011

change the number u get the other buttons :-)

Posté Wed 12 Oct 16 @ 9:37 pm

PhantomDeejay Country: GR

PRO InfinitySenior staffMember since 2007

Serine wrote :

I actually meant "Is there any instruction manual to find out more about [the instructions for the milkdrop plugin]?

I can see that your script just calls the second button on the milkdrop settings panel, I assume calling the other buttons is similarly simple. Your other resources aren't helpful to me in this specific case but I'm sure they will be in the future. Thank you for your time :)

Every plug-in has buttons and sliders.
The logic to control them is always the same:

effect_button 'effect name' button nr
and
effect_slider 'effect name' slider nr

For sliders you can also set their value directly via vdj script:
effect_slider 'effect name' slider nr 38%

This is useful if you want to "save" a slider's position as a preset

Finally, for VST effects, all their buttons are treated as sliders (technical limitation of VST wrapper)
Therefore in order to control a button of a VST effect you need the following code:

effect_slider 'myVSTeffectname' 3 0% ? effect_slider 'myVSTeffectname' 3 100% : effect_slider 'myVSTeffectname' 3 0%

In this example, number 3 represents the third parameter of the effect.
On VST effects parameters get the order their author defines them on VST and all sliders and buttons have the same class. This means that on a VST effect parameter 1 may be a button, parameter 2 a slider e.t.c

Posté Thu 13 Oct 16 @ 11:57 pm