Mapping something (e.g. loop size/out) to jog wheel

I changed all 16 instances of this:

 WiresGroup {
   enabled: !gridAdjustEnableProp.value && module.active && !deckLoading
   Wire {
     enabled: !loopActive.value && !((deckBeat == 8) || (deckBeat == 1)) && deckPlaying;
     from: "%surface%.jogwheel_ring.1"; to: "turntable.lights" ;
   }
...
}

to this:

 WiresGroup {
   enabled: !gridAdjustEnableProp.value && module.active && !deckLoading
   Wire {
     enabled: !loopActive.value && !((deckBeat == 8) || (deckBeat == 1));
     from: "%surface%.jogwheel_ring.1"; to: "turntable.lights" ;
   }
...
}

removing every instance of '&& deckPlaying', so the turn LED work even when cueing and not playing.

Explanations:

The first WiresGroup (line 88) is for the turning LED, which work when you are not using GridAdjust ('!gridAdjustEnableProp.value'), when the turning deck is focussed ('module.active') and when the loading animation is not active ('!deckLoading').

enabled: !gridAdjustEnableProp.value && module.active && !deckLoading

As you can see the sign '!' means 'not'.

The second WiresGroup (line 183) is for the loading animation LED, which work when you are not using GridAdjust ('!gridAdjustEnableProp.value'), when the turning deck is focussed ('module.active') and when the loading animation is active ('deckLoading').

enabled: !gridAdjustEnableProp.value && module.active && deckLoading

Extra info for particular LED's (1-8) for turning lights:

The expression of, for example '!((deckBeat == 8) || (deckBeat == 1))' can be translated as

• not (either deckBeat value equals 8 or deckBeat value equals 1), or equivalenly
• neither (deckBeat value equals 8) nor (deckBeat value equals 1)

and so i could write it as '( !(deckBeat == 8) && !(deckBeat == 1))', or as '((deckBeat != 8) && (deckBeat != 1))'.

I hope this helps. Test away.

Edit: More Info...

I put in the code

 !((deckBeat == 8) || (deckBeat == 1))

as a way to invert the LED display. As you know i initially had it so that only two LED would light up, the rest staying black. The code i used was

((deckBeat == 8) || (deckBeat == 1))

and so i just put a '!' in front to invert the LED display with the smalles code change possible.

🦋

instead of this:

(deckNoEmptyProp.value!=0)

you could try out this:

(deckNoEmptyProp.value == 1)

or this:

(deckNoEmptyProp.value == true)

or this:

deckNoEmptyProp.value

or this:

deckNoEmpty

or this:

(deckNoEmpty == true)

Foremost it may be better to call the values deckLoadedProp and deckLoaded to avoid the logical double negation in the name NoEmpty.

Awesome! I am happy you got this working to your satisfaction. If you need any more assistance for further projects, just let me know. If you develop any more of your ideas, i am sure i would not be the only one happy if you let us know as well. :)

At this point i would once again like to say thank you to everyone supporting my efforts to make this way to customize NI controllers a bit more accessible to users, which is a driving motivation. You know who you are. 🙏

All right, so what is your question? :)

This is the code that calculates the beats (8 in total) in the qml mod i did for the s3:

AppProperty { id: deckElapsedTime; path: "app.traktor.decks." + deckIdx + ".track.player.elapsed_time" }
AppProperty { id: deckGridOffset; path: "app.traktor.decks." + deckIdx + ".content.grid_offset" }
AppProperty { id: deckMixerBpm; path: "app.traktor.decks." + deckIdx + ".tempo.base_bpm" }
AppProperty { id: remixBeatPos; path: "app.traktor.decks." + deckIdx + ".remix.current_beat_pos" }

readonly property var jogwheelTurnSpeedFactor: deckMixerBpm.value / 4 // Tempo varies with track's bpm
readonly property var deckBeats: deckTypeProp.value != 1 ? (((deckElapsedTime.value * 1000 - deckGridOffset.value + 10) * jogwheelTurnSpeedFactor) / 7500.0) : parseInt(remixBeatPos.value) * 2
readonly property var deckBeat: (deckBeats < 0.0) ? (8 - (parseInt(Math.abs(deckBeats) % 8))) : parseInt(Math.abs(deckBeats) % 8) + 1

I don't have the Moonbeam mod at hand to have a look how it is done in there, but i am sure it will look somewhat like that. The Moonbeam beatcounter likely shows only 4 different beats, but i don't know. In the last bit of code (replicated below), every '8' in the code line references the number of beats:

readonly property var deckBeat: (deckBeats < 0.0) ? (8 - (parseInt(Math.abs(deckBeats) % 8))) : parseInt(Math.abs(deckBeats) % 8) + 1

The variable 'deckBeat' is the integer number that counts from 1 to 8 to indicate the beat the track sits currently. You would have to add a bit of code to the file to create a midi out signal for traktor eventually using the traktor midi out mapping commands. Currently there are 8 on-off midi toggles (buttons) and 16 continuous (knobs/faders) real type midi signals (from 0.0 to 1.0) that you can code an output to.

I've corroborated with @Stevan for the S4MK3 mod we did in this thread to achieve that, so we know it is possible. If you can post the file from the Moonbeam mod that contains the beat-counter code, i may be able to provide some code snippets that will trigger 8 different midi out signals per deck (or just for the master deck).

If the Moonbeam mod only counts to 4, i can also implement an additional (separate) counter that will count to 8.

Is this something you would like me to do for you?