@Algy_Taylor Thanks for your reply. Yes The LD Systems Maui 5 Go is a heavy thing to lug around, but it’s Audio quality, bass and spread are perfect for playing outside. Covers a wider area being a column array system.
Here are 2 photos I dug out. Was going to make a proper photo, but this is faster (everything is on this wobbly table. and you can see the PA system there as well)
It’s actually the same system I practise on and livestream with at home! only difference is that the Ipad and controller take power from the wall, and the Yamaha Mixer is taking power from a laptop (used for streaming). Uh, and I have a better, higher and more stable Dj Booth to mix on inside
@Sebastian_Kaye I’m using the Baseus 11 in 1 USB-C hub. Although, I probably wouldn’t recommend this for a portable, battery powered setup as the status LED and internal electronics draw power that drain the iPad battery faster.
@Slak_Jaw Thanks for that! I am guessing I can use any USB Powerd hub, so long as I use it with the camera adapter from apple (to connect it to the lightning port of the iPad Air 3).
@Sebastian_Kaye if you’re using an older iPad and the Apple camera connection kit, then you’ll likely need a powered USB-A hub. I’m using a new iPad with a USB-C hub.
I’ve been working on some custom MIDI mappings for my DJ TechTools Midi Fighters to create a portable setup that uses a headphone splitter cable instead of an external soundcard. This all runs off the iPad battery, but I have an external power bank for longer sessions.
Equipment: iPad Air 4, DJTT Midi Fighter Spectra, Midi Fighter Twister, Baseus 11 in 1 USB C Hub, two DJ TechTools USB-B to A cables, Native Instruments Headphone Splitter Cable, Aux cable and Ultimate Ears MegaBoom speaker.
I’m quite happy with how this is working. I have full hardware control of Beat Jump, Loops, Hot Cues, Transport, Instant FX, Neural Mix, Manual FX, Neural Mix EQs, Standard EQs, Library Navigation, Song Loading, Tempo, Nudge, Channel Volumes, Headphone Monitors, Headphone Volume and Master Volume.
@Slak_Jaw
Love the look of the MF setup, would save masses of desk space over my enourmous SX2, which needs two big lads and a wheelbarrow to cart around!!!
Plus, if I sell the SX2 I could reasonably cover the outlay for these.
My main issue / question is, how the hell do you remember what controls what? I’m sure I’d get lost!
Probably just a steep learning / memorisation curve to get used to them.
Any issues or missing functionality of the interface that you’d class as problematic?
I’m sorely tempted to invoke the wrath of HWMBO and go for it……
I found personally that mapping a controller manually helps memorise it. Add the stuff that seems intuitive to you, use it for a bit, add more stuff, use it for a bit. You don’t need everything all at once, and you can change it if something seemed like a good idea at one point then turned out not to be.
@sooteee well I do a couple of things to help me remember which button/encoder is which:
I use colour coding of the LEDs in my mappings to help me remember what the different functions are. Ex. Green for Play and Orange for FX (see my cheat sheet above).
I make a cheat sheet for all my mappings that I can reference as needed via my phone or iPad.
After using the setup regularly you’ll find you have to look at your cheat sheet less and less as the muscle memory builds. It’s good for the brain! Also, I usually custom map all of my controllers so even when there are labels on the unit, they rarely match the controls anyway. You just get used to it.
Sometimes I miss having jog wheels for manual beatmatching, but usually I find it a worthy sacrifice for the portability.
@sooteee also, I’m hopeful that Algoriddim will eventually add the ability to MIDI map the different djay GUI display states. This way you could map the MFs to change the GUI to Hot Cues when you select the Hot Cue Bank on the controller. Or switch to the Looper screen when you select either of the Looper Banks on the controller.
Cheers @Slak_Jaw, I’m seriously considering the MF set up, and looking at the price of decent secondhand SX2s on fleabay, I could cover the costs of the two units and have a few hundred in change!!! Bonus…
Fully with you on the GUI changing in relation to what the controller is doing, I’ve seen it mentioned elsewhere on here as well, but no joy yet on that front. It would be a massive help, especially for beat skipping, bounce looping etc, as currently I keep pressing my skip increase so I know it has to be on 64 and then decrease, whilst halving in my head as I can’t see the numbers….after a few ‘small sherries’, it can (and has) gone terribly wrong!!!
I can live without platters as long as I can map the tempo nudge to midi buttons as not always is Sync on point.
Cheers for the reply and I’ll update when the deal is done and I’m in the process of tearing my hair out mapping them, although chances are I’ll acquire yours off TT to get me started!
Nice! Good luck with your mapping. Make sure to download the MF Utility. It has a bunch of stuff for customizing LED colors, banks, MIDI messages, etc.
(everything is on this wobbly table. and you can see the PA system there as well)
