Cross on the new Pioneer DDJ-sz?

[PierreLePalm]

Hmm, ... damn.

Anyway, ... next friday i go buy a Pioneer DDJ-SZ anyway and i'll try to match it with Cross. I hope it works to create my own MIDI mapping.

[RoJeC]

It might be best to send a PM to FigDJ, so he can point you to the latest mapping version available. It will give you a head start.

[PierreLePalm]

Hi guys,

Just to let you know, ... today i went to a Pioneer Store in the Netherlands to buy an DDJ-SZ and they've never heard about Cross before (shame on them) so i've connected my Macbook in the shop and tried out the DDJ-SZ before purchasing it.

Well, ... using the DDJ-SX mapping you could use the most features of Mixbives.

- rotating knobs to select a song from your collection = ok
- Select players A, B, C of D = ok
- Play, Cue, HotCue, auto loop, Toggle auto-cue, loop in, loop out, seek, pitch, reverse playing, sync, ... they all work. You can even make 8 cue points in one track because there are 8 pads
- audio driver = ok
- there is even a button on the left top of the DDJ-SZ that standard selects 2 of 4 players
- needle search works fine
- slip mode works fine
- jog wheel works fine
- Nice feature on the DDJ-SZ is the Oscillator
- At the Pad keys, ... functions HotCue and Roll works fine, ... Slicer doesn't seem the have a function
- At the Pad Keys, ... if you use a sample deck you can use the 8 pad keys to make samples and you can use the Shift+keypad to delete a sample

The things that won't work very good are the FX settings because the DDJ-SZ has more knobs than the Cross functions and the text on the DDJ-SZ buttons doesn't 100% match the functions in Cross.

But i've tried to add MIDI mappings by duplicate the DDJ-SX mapping and it works.

So, everyone out there, ... the DDJ-SZ is a great controller for MixVibes Cross and please forget Serato!!! Cross Rocks!!!

ps: by the way, ... even the video mixing does work with the DDJ-SZ

ps2: Maybe MixVibes can come up with a perfect MIDI mapping?!

[PierreLePalm]

Lol, ... while typing the earlier text i've discovered a new feature on the DDJ-SZ. ... If you're nog playing any music the controller seems to go in a standy mode, ... all the lights goes flashing and it seems like a christmas tree!

... But luckily, when you touch a button it goes back to normal mode.

[FigDJ]

Lol, ... while typing the earlier text i've discovered a new feature on the DDJ-SZ. ... If you're nog playing any music the controller seems to go in a standy mode, ... all the lights goes flashing and it seems like a christmas tree!

... But luckily, when you touch a button it goes back to normal mode.

Pierre
I created a map for the DDJ-SZ which I posted in this

http://forum.mixvibes.com/viewtopic.php?f=358&t=33433 thread.

Would you care to download it and give it a try in order to finalize the map?

[PierreLePalm]

DDJ-SZ(Pioneer).mappings

Hi guys,

After a few hours using the DDJ-SZ, here are some MIDI MAPPINGS for Cross!

- effect knob 1 = amount
- effect botton 1 = FX on/off
- effect knob 2 = depth
- effect button 2 = select effect
- effect knop 3 = titler text size
- effect button 3 = channel deck
- effect rotating knop 4 = select text prefix
- effect knop 4 = save current text prefix

Also added:
- stop/start time knob
- Auto loop 4 beats
- adjust loop 1/2x and 2x
- panel button (top left on controller) = browse track list

For now, this is not an official MIDI MAPPING from MixVibes but it works for my setting and maybe it can help some of you.