# How to Preview songs without Mouse? MIDI Control to Seek Preview

**URL:** <https://community.algoriddim.com/t/how-to-preview-songs-without-mouse-midi-control-to-seek-preview/29067>\
**Category:** Questions\
**Tags:** macOS, Windows, iOS\
**Created:** [August 28, 2024, 7:41pm UTC](https://community.algoriddim.com/t/how-to-preview-songs-without-mouse-midi-control-to-seek-preview/29067 "2024-08-28T19:41:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![Michael\_Schmid](https://community.algoriddim.com/user_avatar/community.algoriddim.com/michael_schmid/32/11056_2.png) [@Michael\_Schmid](https://community.algoriddim.com/u/Michael_Schmid)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2024, 7:41pm UTC](https://community.algoriddim.com/t/how-to-preview-songs-without-mouse-midi-control-to-seek-preview/29067/1 "2024-08-28T19:41:05Z")

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First of all, I really love your software and I love using it live! For me Djay is the DJ Software of the future \<3

I am just missing one small but important function. I wanna be able to joggle/seek the song I am currently previewing with my MIDI Knob. this would make it much easier to scroll through the track list and quickly preview songs. At the moment I always have to use the mouse to scroll through the song, which I don’t like because I really don’t enjoy having to use the mouse at all when I play live.

Thank you so much \<3

 ![image](https://community-assets.algoriddim.com/original/2X/8/83d7415470063a4f7eec116cc4a0bde252f06f10.png)

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**Author:** ![Slak\_Jaw](https://community.algoriddim.com/user_avatar/community.algoriddim.com/slak_jaw/32/6517_2.png) [@Slak\_Jaw](https://community.algoriddim.com/u/Slak_Jaw)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2024, 7:46pm UTC](https://community.algoriddim.com/t/how-to-preview-songs-without-mouse-midi-control-to-seek-preview/29067/3 "2024-08-28T19:46:51Z")

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Hi @Michael_Schmid, these MIDI Commands are already available. Simply open the MIDI Learn Tool, press a button on your MIDI hardware, set the **Target** to **Music Library** and the **Action** to **Skip Forward Preview**. Then repeat that with another button and set the **Action** to **Skip Backward Preview**. Please see below.

 ![IMG_0044](https://community-assets.algoriddim.com/original/2X/d/d46aee6869bb086cdd8973423fa9f8137186fa8c.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![Michael\_Wisniewski](https://community.algoriddim.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/a88e4f/32.png) [@Michael\_Wisniewski](https://community.algoriddim.com/u/Michael_Wisniewski)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2024, 3:27am UTC](https://community.algoriddim.com/t/how-to-preview-songs-without-mouse-midi-control-to-seek-preview/29067/5 "2024-08-29T03:27:18Z")

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Also on the macOS keyboard

- the \< and \> keys are set Skip Back/Forward through a Preview

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**Author:** ![Michael\_Schmid](https://community.algoriddim.com/user_avatar/community.algoriddim.com/michael_schmid/32/11056_2.png) [@Michael\_Schmid](https://community.algoriddim.com/u/Michael_Schmid)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2024, 8:08am UTC](https://community.algoriddim.com/t/how-to-preview-songs-without-mouse-midi-control-to-seek-preview/29067/6 "2024-08-29T08:08:39Z")

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Aaah I just saw this is on iOS, but my problem is that on Mac I can’t find this MIDI Command for “Skip Forward Preview” or am I the only one? 🙂

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**Author:** ![Slak\_Jaw](https://community.algoriddim.com/user_avatar/community.algoriddim.com/slak_jaw/32/6517_2.png) [@Slak\_Jaw](https://community.algoriddim.com/u/Slak_Jaw)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2024, 2:48pm UTC](https://community.algoriddim.com/t/how-to-preview-songs-without-mouse-midi-control-to-seek-preview/29067/7 "2024-08-29T14:48:29Z")

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Hi @Michael_Schmid, it should be the same on macOS. Make sure you map it to a Button not a Knob. Then set your Target to Music Library and scroll down to the SONG LOADING section.

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**Author:** ![dj\_estrela](https://community.algoriddim.com/user_avatar/community.algoriddim.com/dj_estrela/32/10507_2.png) [@dj\_estrela](https://community.algoriddim.com/u/dj_estrela)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2025, 12:16am UTC](https://community.algoriddim.com/t/how-to-preview-songs-without-mouse-midi-control-to-seek-preview/29067/8 "2025-12-27T00:16:46Z")

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> [@Slak\_Jaw](#):
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> Make sure you map it to a Button not a Knob

can you please open this feature request?  
it is much more convenient to use a rotary encoder to both browse the library up/down, press the encoder to start the preview player, then while pressed, scrub the preview player

this is exactly what I’m missing from traktor (from the S4Mk3)  
thanks!

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**Author:** ![Slak\_Jaw](https://community.algoriddim.com/user_avatar/community.algoriddim.com/slak_jaw/32/6517_2.png) [@Slak\_Jaw](https://community.algoriddim.com/u/Slak_Jaw)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2025, 2:34pm UTC](https://community.algoriddim.com/t/how-to-preview-songs-without-mouse-midi-control-to-seek-preview/29067/9 "2025-12-27T14:34:44Z")

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Hi @dj_estrela, I recommend that you create a new suggestion topic for this and include as many details as possible. This will allow us to keep the discussion organized and for you and other users to upvote it. Thanks!

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**Author:** ![dj\_estrela](https://community.algoriddim.com/user_avatar/community.algoriddim.com/dj_estrela/32/10507_2.png) [@dj\_estrela](https://community.algoriddim.com/u/dj_estrela)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2026, 6:55pm UTC](https://community.algoriddim.com/t/how-to-preview-songs-without-mouse-midi-control-to-seek-preview/29067/10 "2026-05-02T18:55:38Z")

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good point

I’ve now created the suggestion [Preview Player: enable Seeking with MIDI encoders](https://community.algoriddim.com/t/preview-player-enable-seeking-with-midi-encoders/42175)

**please vote there!**

this is the workflow, BTW:

 ![image](https://community-assets.algoriddim.com/original/3X/f/0/f02add6b8e4b132859cbe97da48ce7b47b593e14.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![Slak\_Jaw](https://community.algoriddim.com/user_avatar/community.algoriddim.com/slak_jaw/32/6517_2.png) [@Slak\_Jaw](https://community.algoriddim.com/u/Slak_Jaw)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2026, 6:58pm UTC](https://community.algoriddim.com/t/how-to-preview-songs-without-mouse-midi-control-to-seek-preview/29067/11 "2026-05-02T18:58:36Z")

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Thanks for sharing

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**Author:** ![dj\_estrela](https://community.algoriddim.com/user_avatar/community.algoriddim.com/dj_estrela/32/10507_2.png) [@dj\_estrela](https://community.algoriddim.com/u/dj_estrela)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2026, 12:16am UTC](https://community.algoriddim.com/t/how-to-preview-songs-without-mouse-midi-control-to-seek-preview/29067/12 "2026-05-03T00:16:23Z")

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I’ve now added two 1-minute videos [here](https://community.algoriddim.com/t/preview-player-enable-seeking-with-midi-encoders/42175) to show this feature:

[https://www.youtube.com/watch/BYNpNWP25qY](https://www.youtube.com/watch/BYNpNWP25qY)  
[https://www.youtube.com/watch/Ai7aMea3FNM](https://www.youtube.com/watch/Ai7aMea3FNM)

**\>\> please vote for this on that thread ! \<\<**

> [@Preview Player: enable Seeking with the Browser encoder](https://community.algoriddim.com/t/preview-player-enable-seeking-with-the-browser-encoder/42175):
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> Desired behaviour: (Traktor) a) enable seeking the Preview Player with the Browser MIDI encoder b) enable interaction “hold” on the “preview selected start“ . Explanation video: [https://www.youtube.com/watch/BYNpNWP25qY](https://www.youtube.com/watch/BYNpNWP25qY) TSI mapping: [dj\_maps/sets\_preparation/Preview Player Demo at main · pestrela/dj\_maps · GitHub](https://github.com/pestrela/dj_maps/tree/main/sets_preparation/Preview%20Player%20Demo)Current behaviour: (Djay) seeking: only buttons are supported ([previous discussion](https://community.algoriddim.com/t/how-to-preview-songs-without-mouse-midi-control-to-seek-preview/29067/8)) start player: only toggle is supported . Explanatory video: [https://www.youtube.com/watch/Ai7aMea3…](https://www.youtube.com/watch/Ai7aMea3FNM)

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**Author:** ![Slak\_Jaw](https://community.algoriddim.com/user_avatar/community.algoriddim.com/slak_jaw/32/6517_2.png) [@Slak\_Jaw](https://community.algoriddim.com/u/Slak_Jaw)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2026, 1:07pm UTC](https://community.algoriddim.com/t/how-to-preview-songs-without-mouse-midi-control-to-seek-preview/29067/13 "2026-05-04T13:07:19Z")

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Thanks for the videos - I’ve shared this with our devs