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Topic: Default filter and color fx filter
Hi everyone,

I noticed that Virtual DJ doesn't use the color fx filter but the default filter where the resonance can be changed from the program options (default, strong, subtle).
If I map a custom button with effect_show_gui 'colorfx' it opens the panel of the currently selected color fx. All the color fx panels light up and work except for the filter which remains off, but if I move the knob in the virtual dj skin the default filter works.
In my DDJ-RZX I managed to map the color fx filter to work and I also mapped the resonance in its panel to the color fx parameter knob in the DDJ-RZX, it works and I can adjust the resonance to any value without problems but it often happens that, when I switch from a different color fx (for example flanger) to the filter, the two filters (default and color fx) add up and remain activated together.
Is there a way to completely disable the default filter? But above all I would like to know why Virtual DJ doesn't directly use the color fx filter instead of the default one.

Thanks to anyone who can help me.
 
Posted Thu 18 May 23 @ 9:59 pm
You should use filter_selectcolorfx to select a color fx, that way there should not be any duplicates.
To change the resonance, you can indeed use the filterDefaultResonance option, and it can be scripted using
setting filterDefaultResonance as well.
 
Adion wrote :
You should use filter_selectcolorfx to select a color fx, that way there should not be any duplicates.
To change the resonance, you can indeed use the filterDefaultResonance option, and it can be scripted using
setting filterDefaultResonance as well.



Thanks for the reply Audion,

Yes indeed I use filter_selectcolorfx to select the filter and effect_activate 'colorfx' filter to activate it (filter_activate activates the default filter) but this only works on the RZ and not on the RZX.
Unfortunately, as explained, the filters can overlap and add up based on the mapping being modified, this can also be tested without any controller connected to the VDJ, just last night I did some tests:
With the color fx filter selected in the skin I mapped a custom button with effect_show_gui 'colorfx' and opened its panel from this panel the filter is turned off.
I loaded a song and sent it to play, touching the filter knob in the skin the default filter worked, if I turned on the other filter on the open color fx panel, the two filters add up and from the panel I could adjust the resonance of the second filter.
If I opened the color fx list curtain and clicked on filter, the default filter turns off, while the other continues to work but in this case even moving the color fx panel knob on the VDJ skin in the color fx knob does not work moves.
This is very strange, it seems that they are two color fx where, however, only the default filter is such. It would be much more convenient to have the filter panel that I opened as the main color fx operation panel, as is the case for all other color fxes.
I noticed that practically all the controllers are mapped with the default filter as color fx, in the RZ I managed to solve and make the second filter work well with the separate panel and also make the knob move in the VDJ skin. I thought I could use the same settings in the RZX too but it doesn't work well here, I think due to the presence of the screens and the single and multi setting of the color fx. I've tried some changes to both the controller and screen mappings but I still haven't figured out how to fix it, because in the RZX both filters work at the same time.
This is also visible in the multi color fx setting, in the RZX screens all other color fx selectors show "color fx on" as soon as the filter is pressed the setting in the screen goes to "color fx off" but the filter still works . I managed to get "color fx on" also for the filter but in this case 2 filters will work simultaneously for this I would like to understand how to deactivate the default filter at least using the RZX.

Thanks and sorry for the long post :)
 
as colour fx for my everyday filter, I have a virtual fx that calls on the filter plugin. My reasoning is I want my filter postfader.
 
locodog wrote :
as colour fx for my everyday filter, I have a virtual fx that calls on the filter plugin. My reasoning is I want my filter postfader.


I don't mind the sound of the VDJ filter, it's classic and fine for me however if you add both filters the frequencies swell especially if you play with resonance. I'm going to do some more tests in the xml of the RZX screens and mapping let's see if I find a solution, otherwise an alternative would be to leave the default filter and assign the RZX color fx parameter knob filter_resonance to control the resonance with it and it should work. I would still prefer to have the Filter which has its own control panel like all the other color fx's and hence what I was able to do on the RZ.
 
After some tests I managed to solve it also in the RZX but I had to keep the default filter and assign the filter_resonance command to the color fx parameter modification knob to modify the resonance. It's not the solution I wanted because it seems strange to me not being able to use the color fx filter as I managed to get with the RZ, the result is still very similar even if this filter doesn't have a control panel to open with effect_show_gui 'colorfx