Add Ddj- Rb Controller To Mixxx

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Description

based on hrudham's DDJ-SR mapping, with lots of modifications to make it work on the SX2.

use Mixxx v2.0 for this mapping.

How do I use it?

if you just want to get your controller working with Mixxx without bothering about the details much, then do the following:

  1. clone this repository, or download it as a zip.
  2. copy bin/PIONEER_DDJ-SX2.midi.xml and bin/PIONEER_DDJ-SX2-scripts.js to [Mixxx Directory]/controllers. This will probably be one of the following locations:
    • Windows: C:Program FilesMixxxcontrollers
    • Linux: /usr/share/mixxx/controllers or /usr/local/share/mixxx/controllers
    • OS X: /Applications/Mixxx.app/Contents/Resources/controllers/
  3. make sure your Pioneer DDJ-SX2 is plugged in and turned on.
  4. open (or restart) Mixxx, and enjoy using your (almost-fully-functional) controller

Controller Setup

the DDJ-SX2 uses a sysex to go into serato mode, so we trick the controller into 'this is Serato'. no extra setup is involved.

What's implemented?

Ddj-
  • crossfader
  • deck
    • play/pause
    • volume
    • trim
    • equalizer
    • filter
    • cue
    • sync
    • needle search
    • headphone cue
    • tempo tap (seems like it is not working though)
    • grid adjust/slide/set
    • quantize
    • keylock
    • slip mode
    • tempo slider
    • loop functions (except slot select)
    • crossfader assign buttons
    • censor/reverse
    • tempo range
    • vinyl mode on/off
    • pads:
      • hot cue
      • roll
      • slicer!
      • sampler
      • cue loop
      • saved loop (uses hotcues as workaround)
      • slicer loop (maybe buggy)
      • velocity sampler
      • sampler bank switching
        • to be expanded to 8 banks for Mixxx 2.1
  • jog wheels
    • scratching
    • pitch bend
    • skipping
  • browser
    • selector
    • selector toggle
    • back button
    • view/area
    • load prepare
  • load buttons
  • panel select
  • input select
  • effects
    • since Mixxx uses a different effect framework, the effect panel wouldn't have worked properly, but i did it anyways
    • check out EFFECTS.md for instructions.
  • crossfader curve (maybe buggy)
  • sampler volume
  • channel/cross fader start
  • parameter 1 and 2

What's missing

  • slicer with different precisions

What's not possible at all?

  • flip
  • track number, song and artist buttons
  • grid clear

I found a bug.

awesome! go to the 'Issues' section, and create an issue.

I want to help.

you can fork this repository, clone it, install this mapping, and modify it using Mixxx and your favorite text editor (don't use Notepad though (unless you're an Insider), it does not recognize LF line endings). then copy the changes back to cloned repo, and commit.

make a pull request when done.

Description

This is my attempt at mapping the Pioneer DDJ-SR for Mixxx.

This was originally written for Mixxx v1.11.0, but I'm in the process of updating it to Mixxx 2.0 as of January 2017. This is very much a hobby project though, so updates may be intermittent.

How do I use it?

If you just want to get your controller working with with Mixxx without bothering about the details much, then do the following:

Ddj Rb Drivers

  1. Download the following two files:
  2. Copy these to the [Mixxx Directory]/controllers folder. This will probably be one of the following locations:
    • Windows: C:Program FilesMixxxcontrollers
    • Linux: /usr/share/mixxx/controllers or /usr/local/share/mixxx/controllers
    • OS X: /Applications/Mixxx.app/Contents/Resources/controllers/
  3. Make sure your Pioneer DDJ-SR is plugged in, turned on, and set up to use DJ software other than Serato (see your user manual, or the Controller Setup section below)
  4. Open (or restart) Mixxx, and enjoy using your (semi-functional) controller

Controller Setup (important!)

By default, your Pioneer DDJ-SR will be in 'Serato-mode'. This means that some functionality quite simply won't work in Mix until you turn it off (for example, keylock for the pitch controls). To change this, do the following.

  1. Turn off the Pioneer DDJ-SR
  2. Hold down Shift + Play on the left deck, and turn the power on.
  3. Turn the left deck's keylock on.
  4. Restart the controller.

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To use the controller with Serato again, repeat this process and turn the keylock back off again.

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What's implemented?

  • General
    • Cross-fader
    • VU Meter LEDs
  • Deck Controls
    • Volume
    • Play / pause
    • EQ
      • Highs
      • Mids
      • Lows
      • LPF / HPF Filter
    • Cue button
    • Sync button (although this works differently than in Serato; still to be fixed)
    • Performance Pads
      • Hot Cues
      • Rolls
      • Sampler (without LEDs however)
  • Jog Wheels
    • Scratching
    • Pitch Bending

What's missing?

  • Some button LEDs
  • Performance Pads:
    • PAD Plus functions
    • Slicer
    • Sampler LEDs (but sampler itself works)
  • Effects
  • Slip
  • High resolution knobs

I'm a developer. How do I build this?

In order to make things a bit easier to understand and modularised, I've written a basic build process for this mapping. This allows me to do things like define all the midi-mappings in JavaScript, and then let Node build up the final XML file that Mixxx understands. In order to do this, you'll need to do the following:

  1. Install NodeJS if you haven't already
  2. Get all of the node dependencies for this project:
    1. Open a console, command prompt or powershell.
    2. Navigate go to the project folder.
    3. Enter npm install
  3. Build the project
    1. Open a console, command prompt or powershell.
    2. Navigate go to the project folder.
    3. Enter npm run build

The final results of this will be placed in your bin directory. They will also be copied to your process.env.LOCALAPPDATA + '/Mixxx/controllers' folder, so Mixxx should detect them immidiately as well.

You can also optionally run npm run watch, which will rebuild the project any time you edit a JavaScript file in the source folder.

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Development Tips

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  1. Run Mixxx from a terminal with the --controllerDebug --developer arguments. This gives you all debug output there from your controller, enables the Developer menu, and also provides you with additional development information in control tooltips.
  2. Mixxx does not recognise console.log(..), but you can use engine.log(..) instead.
  3. You do not necessarily have to restart Mixxx for it to detect changes, but it sometimes helps ;-)