What do you do when it feels like mixing just 2 decks isn’t enough? And what do you do when you have a midi controller like say a Numark Stealth Control?..
After about 3 days of on and off effort, I would like to share what I have come up with so far.
Please keep in mind that this mapping is only version 1 and is far from perfect.
Overview
The main idea behind this mapping is to allow for seamless moving from 2 deck to 4deck controls while not being too complicated(I think).
Layout
As shown by the image above you can pretty much get an idea of what I'm attempting to do.
FX Controls
On either side of the mixer section are the FX controls. In normal mode all knobs & buttons on the left control FX Unit 1 (Advanced or Chained) and the right, the same applies to FX Unit 2.
Engaging Shift 1 (Page Button) will allow for the assigning of FX units to decks A & B. This also allows for the control of the filters for both decks.
Engaging Shift 2 with Shift 1 will allow for the assigning of FX units to decks C & D. This also allows for the control of the filters for these decks.
Transport Controls
Basically, everything works as labeled. Engaging shift2 will switch from control over decks A & B to control over decks C & D.
Mixer Controls
These work as expected with kills on all each band by pushing down for decks A & B. Engaging shift 2 switches control to decks C & D.
Loop Controls
The loop button drops a loop which can be lengthened or shortened. Engaging shift 2, turns the loop length buttons into beat jumps (+4/-4).
Other Stuff
The sync buttons give visual feedback for the tempo of each deck.
PFL buttons double as deck focus buttons when shift 1 is used.
CUP copies decks A to C and B to D when shift 2 is engaged. By default it functions as Cue Play for decks A & B.
Somehow, I think some things are being left out. Hopefully, the image will help to fill in some of the gaps.
Possible changes
Using shift 2 to switch controls to only decks C & D and shift 3 to switch controls to FX units 3 & 4.
Using Shift 3 to control Deck C and Fx unit 3 and shift 2 to control Deck D and Fx unit 4
Anyhow, that's about it for now. It'd be nice to get some feedback/suggestion from others here. Updates to come soon. Feel free to check out the attached TSI file for Traktor 1.2+ if you have a Numark Stealth Control