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Topic: Jump to cue and then back to previous position = possible?
Is it possible to jump to a cue, say cue 1, and at the touch of a button (aka vdjscript) jump back to the position where you where when you pushed the cue 1 button?

What I want to achieve is to insert a break (a specially prepared, edited piece of a song, like a beat pattern, that is part of the same sound file but is located 5 secs. after the end of the song) into a song and then continue with the song, all seamless...
 

Posted Tue 03 Sep 24 @ 3:52 pm
just use 2 hot cues
 

Posted Tue 03 Sep 24 @ 5:32 pm
No time for that. With the push of a button I need to pause the song and jump to the break, play that looped, and then at the push of another or the same button be able to return to the song (un-pause) and continue to play it (from where I paused it)...
 

Posted Tue 03 Sep 24 @ 5:46 pm
hot_cue 2 while_pressed
 

Posted Tue 03 Sep 24 @ 7:13 pm
Thanks @PhantomDeejay. What does the "2" mean?

"With the push of a button I need to pause the song and jump to the break, play that looped, and then at the push of another or the same button be able to return to the song (un-pause) and continue to play it (from where I paused it)"
What would the entire vdjscript line be to achieve this (with the same button)?
 

Posted Tue 03 Sep 24 @ 9:07 pm
locoDogPRO InfinityModeratorMember since 2013
maybe something like this as a up/down button
down ? set_cue 20 & hot_cue 1 : hot_cue 20 & delete_cue 20


or something like this as a latch

has_cue 20 ? hot_cue 20 & delete_cue 20 : set_cue 20 & hot_cue 1
 

Posted Wed 04 Sep 24 @ 5:45 am
VJ Corny wrote :
Thanks @PhantomDeejay. What does the "2" mean?

"With the push of a button I need to pause the song and jump to the break, play that looped, and then at the push of another or the same button be able to return to the song (un-pause) and continue to play it (from where I paused it)"
What would the entire vdjscript line be to achieve this (with the same button)?


It means that the track will jump and keep playing from hotcue 2 while you are holding down the button.
When the button gets released, the track will return and keep playing from where it was.

YES, in order to use it you need to put the minimal effort in and create a hotcue (which can also be a saved loop BTW) before your special "brake" part. That would be necessary on ANY possible case though, since the program can't guess WHERE to jump.
 

Posted Wed 04 Sep 24 @ 6:16 am
Thank you both for sharing your wisdom! I'll go and experiment with what you gave me.

I intended to make cues for the start of the break parts but didn't think it could be loops. Thanks for that Phantom! I'll look into that too!

Very happy.
 

Posted Wed 04 Sep 24 @ 7:27 am
yes, you can
 

Posted Fri 06 Sep 24 @ 2:29 pm