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Located in Landskrona in the South of Sweden. My website for my DIY rotary DJ-Mixer projects: http://www.Bozure.com And Facebook pages for the site is: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Bozure/148264061894553 |
Wed 21 Feb 07 @ 11:57 am
This is the first version of my Joystick/Gamepad to VDJ MIDI mapper. What is does is that it makes any Joystick or Gamepad into a MIDI device that you can control VDJ with.
How about a $10 MIDI controller ? Just buy a cheap joystick and make it into whatever you prefer. Sample controller, video controller, deck controller, MIDI mixer etc .
You can download the mapper in the Download-Plugins-External Tools section.
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VIDEO Controller Example
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I don't use VIDEO but here is an example of what you can use it for.
Just buy $10 USB Joystick, a 19" 1U panel, some buttons and a potentiometer. Drill the holes, add the buttons and pots, solder the wires to the buttons. Then put it beside your Controller (DAC3/DAC2 etc) in your setup.
Or use a really small cheap box and put it anywhere you want on your setup.
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DAC-2 / DMC-1 Extension Controller Example
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Here is another example of what you can use it for.
I got a DMC-1 that i really like and see no reason off changing it to
a DAC-3 or any of the new controllers on the market. The only thing i
don't like about it is that it has to few buttons. This project is
to solve that. So this one i'm building for myself and it will be
above my DMC-1 in my setup.
This is using 2 cheap USB Joysticks and 1 use a 19" 1U panel.
The image is just showing 1 channel.
By using the 2 shift buttons i got a total of 32 extra buttons
per deck.
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Installation
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** You need the .NET 2.0 runtime on your computer for it to work, if you don't have it
you can download it for free at the Microsoft website.
1: Download the file to a local folder on your computer and Unzip it.
2: If you don't have a MIDI Out hardware on your computer you need to install
a Virtual MIDI Cable. I use Maple that works really well. You can download it here:
http://www.hurchalla.com/Maple_driver.html
After you downloaded it, just install it.
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Using the Mapper
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To start the program, just click on: Joy2VDJ.exe
- Select a MIDI out Port to use.
- Select a Joystick/Gamepad to use.
- Check the SEND MIDI DATA to VDJ checkbox to start sending MIDI data.
The first time you use it you have also to set up the MIDI mapping in VDJ, this is done in the same way as you set up Keyboard shortcuts.
- Select Config in VDJ
- Select the Remote Control TAB
- Check the ENABLE MIDI checkbox
- Click on Config..
- Add/Change the functionality that you want
- Click OK to close the MIDI Config window
- Click OK to close the Settings window
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XML Settings File
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The program has an XML settings file where you can change Channels, notes, Controls etc. You can also set the potentiometers (Axes) to work in reverse mode by changing
<Potentiometer Name="X" Direction="Normal" MidiChannel="0" Ctrl="3" />
to
<Potentiometer Name="X" Direction="Reverse" MidiChannel="0" Ctrl="3" />
Reverse settings is indicated by that the Axes label is red in the program.
