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Topic: Track Reverse Mapper....

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I hate to admit it, but I can't guess this one out...I need the a dedicated button on each deck side to play the current track in reverse when pressed and to play back forward when the button is released......

**Not like the "forward reverse" effect either.....it advances the song while in reverse.....I need reverse and the playback from the spot reversed to. Like echoing a phrase, or pulling the record back on a scratch, the scratch backwards "reverses" the track, then it's released, same phrase repeats......

Thanks...
 
Posted Thu 26 Jul 12 @ 7:02 pm
just map a button with "reverse while_pressed" ;-)

reverse : play the song backward
dump : reverse the playback direction while dump is active, then when deactivated, start again forward from where the song should have been if it had been playing forward during the dump.
 
that's exactly what I needed.....i had tried em all...lolol
 
The script reverse while_pressed I have not tried on a controller yet, but mapping it to a key on the keyboard does not work...What is missing Syn?....Gimme the FULL script...Please........
 
The above is the script you need to use for a midi controller.
If you use that for a keyboard shortcut, it will work for the selected deck.
You can also try to assign 2 keyboard shortcuts (one for each deck) as..
deck 1 reverse while_pressed
deck 2 reverse while_pressed
 
That script I mentioned above from Syn wouldn't even work (mapped to the keyboard) on the selected track. I tried that, no response.......I'll try the same script frm. Syn on a controller and the 2 scripts that you mentioned on the keyboard in the morning...Getting late in my neck of the woods....Will try, thanks DJ Dad!!.......
 
it probably doesn't work on a key press because when you hold a key it repeats(pause)sssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss

I know you can use

"isrepeat ? first press : held after the pause"

but not sure it will work properly in this case. You could probably open up a skin xml and change the behaviour of a button or add a rightclick.

rightclick="deck 1 reverse while_pressed"

then you could use the mouse....

EDIT---------------------------------------------

Actually disregard what is above... "deck 1 reverse while_pressed" works fine on my netbook. I won't delete the top bit as you may find an interesting use for it ;-)
 
I'll try your original script suggestion: reverse while_pressed mapped to EACH (in my case "Sync" buttons on EACH deck SIDE) in the morning on an actual controller,..it is midnight Fri. AM where I am.......Sorry to have been blowing you up with messages lately, but I was having soooo much trouble mapping out my controller, I had to put it away for a while and I am just now getting bk into things and having A LOT more fun.....Like I had mentioned in one of my earlier pm messages to you,.... sometimes the scripting difficulties take too much away from the creativity opportunities...At least VDJ is easier to map than Traktor.......imo..... =D I'll keep u posted, Syn....

btw, that script reverse while_pressed doesn't need the verb "play" or single quotes around anything?......
 
Make sure you have safe mode turned off, I know a few things don't work when it's on...

for the mapping, don't use quotes that are at the beginning and end

"deck 1 reverse while_pressed"

I put them in to show where the script starts and ends, I generally use an apostrophe when naming something within a script, these need to be included eg

"deck 1 effect 'flanjet' active"
 
Good to know Syn....You need to let ppl. know this up front....I have gotten sooo many script tips from you in the past couple yrs and several (most) didn't work for me......As I saw them posted,I didn't realize what the disconnect was.....lolol.....not understanding how you wrote things out....Seriously, it all makes much more sense now.....I'll try the script out and post back in say 12 hrs...have a good wknd.....


**and why would I ever be running my PC in Safe Mode when DJing or writing script??.....lolol...What aren't I getting here?......
 
LOL... good luck with it blaze :-P
 
great thread!

I've been wanting to do something like that with my Hercules Rmx, and also a button to do the slow break and not have to click it.
 


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