Dj Hoya

i want to mix with a mixer mainly because i am heavily into scratching... want to use an actual audio crossfader so it feels exactly the same etc. It also simplifies the midibox not having so many componants in it. As for the LCDs i really feel that i don't need them, as tractor doesn't send such info out.... is there any other benifits to having LCDs that i am not aware of? ok that makes sense, i will definately plan for 2 cores yep...definately inspired by the Xone3D (first time i saw it i just about creamed myself). Anyways, yea a lot of jog wheels but i think it is the easiest way to do it...for me i need dedicated cue controls and i am always using my 3rd and 4th deck. About the combined deck browsing: you would simply browse tracks with the jog wheel and then use the dedicated load buttons (directly above and below the wheel) to load the track into whichever deck you wanted. I could of used only one browse wheel for all the decks but there is no central location to put it and i felt it would be akward on one side. yea there would be 7 pots on the left 'deck' and 8 on the right, so i could do that... can anyone tell me more about "changing the main.asm for unmuxed analog inputs and recompiling the code".???!!!! sounds complicated! anyways sorry for the long post i hope that answers/explains things and also thanks for the info, Again any suggestions/edits as to the layout are appreciated -Dj Hoya

hi i am fairly new to the whole custom midibox contruction thing but a definately in need of a very custom controller and am fairly competant around electronics. my idea for a tractor controller is to use a standard 3 channel dj mixer for the mixing and use 2 turntables and 2 midi controllers for the transport/effect controls of tractor. This entails setting tractor to the external mixer setup, and using a 4 channel sound card to route the tractor deck to my mixer. here is my proposal: i have a few questions... 1) since their are two seperate control units, should i use 2 cores, or 1? 2) just want to confirm... it will be using about 50 buttons, 10 rotary encoders, and 10 pots *PER UNIT*... DIN for buttons and rotary encoders, AIN for the pots... is this correct? 3) anyone have any suggestions/edits for the layout of the controllers? THANKS so much for any and all suggestions -DJ Hoya