I have a Denon DN-MC6000, and spent a good 3 hours trying to get the lights to work using the MIDI charts that came with the controller to no avail. Setting the button mapping is also an exercise in patience, which I have yet to complete, but at least it provided some results.
Thanks to people like djmagicmoments, I discovered that ‘simply enabling the “MIDI Out” checkbox’ box ‘simply’ doesn’t work for the MC6000. If it wasn’t for people like him, I’d only have highly paid hype-creating advertising consultants & web-site designers to believe, thus leaving me in an utter state of insanity. Actually, had I spent as much time investigating these forums regarding the MC6000 prior to my purchase as I did attempting to get the controller to work properly with the DJay Pro software, I probably would have at least postponed my purchase, not only for the lack of hardware support from the software, but also, until recently, the long delay from the forum administrators in responding to some customer issues (especially regarding the MC6000 controller), as well as the lack of transparency communicating any type of planning or progress.
Since the controller has been out some years already and is considered one of the top most-versatile and used devices on the market, I understand completely the customer’s frustration when such an issue has been known for quite some time, yet not resolved. I was surprised and disappointed learning this, which does not make for a good first impression, nor viral word-of-mouth marketing.
As a software developer, I also know that programming something considered ‘working’ is easy and quick, but creating something high quality worth using takes thought and time. I understand that the developers have a special case with this controller, which requires extra time learning the peculiarities of the controller, in addition to the coding and testing. I’m overjoyed that their project leaders have finally allowed them to allot some time in order to complete this long overdue feature.
I’m looking forward to the release of DJay Pro with Denon support, and will savor every button-push, knob-turn, and light flicker, while fondly thinking of the developers and appreciating all the effort they’ve put forth.
So, thanks djmagicmoments for your perseverance and thanks to DJay for proceeding with implementing this and communicating with us!