Hi everyone,
Recently I switched over to djay Pro from Traktor after the v5.0 update. The beat grids are just magical.
However, I was mapping my MIDI controller and miss one feature from Traktor: Beat Jump with the Auto Loop length.
In Traktor, alongside with beat jump values …16, 32, 64… they have a “LOOP” option. This takes the auto loop length and makes that the beat jump length.
Like the Traktor X1, I like assigning the Auto Loop length to an encoder, and having two beat jump buttons for back and forth.
The current workaround I have now is assigning the same encoder to change the loop and beat jump length. However, auto loops go from 1/32-32, but beat jump lengths go from 1/32-64. Due to the beat jump having an extra length value, if I turn my encoder too far, I can easily get them out of sync without knowing (and also having it like this anyway is a bad as they can be de-synced for other reasons).
The implementation can look like this below. In the “Manual / Skip” section, along with the “16 Beats”, “32 Beats”… there could be a “LOOP” option in the “carousel selector”… most likely the last option at the end.
For example, if I have my auto loop set at 8 beats, and the “LOOP” option selected like the screenshot above, pressing the beat jump forward or backward button will jump 8 beats. Also, since the beat jump length is coupled to the auto loop length, I can easily check the set length by looking at the auto loop length (the number inside the loop icon, next to the BPM).
I plan to use my iPad and Xone:K2 as my primary DJ setup. It would be awesome to implement this function.
Thank you!
