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Forum: VirtualDJ Technical Support

Topic: Novation Launchcontrol XL 3 - Page: 2
You mean something like this ?


Settings window is resizable..
 
Must be a resolution thing, I'm stuck with 13 lines, likely 10-11 before I lose the condition hint
 
One can stretch the Controller's mapping window across 2 screens to max out the horizontal width.
This allows for me a total of, 2040 fully viewable characters, (and spaces), max, in the "Action" pane.
(it once was much larger before the larger controller icons were added to the top, decreasing the height of the Action pane)

Below is a screenshot, of the full screen, of one monitor, after stretching the non-editor parts, off to another monitor.




I would be so useful, (and amazing), if the Action pane was able to be resized vertically, (when needed).


Phantom, how do you get what appears to be about 21 lines vertically (almost double what I able to view)?
(the font resizing in VDJ does not affect the characters in the editor, seems to affect only the browser's characters)



Win 11
3840 X 2160 screen resolution
 
DPI Scaling (of your monitor) matters.
My screenshot is at 1920x1080 @100% DPI Scaling
 
Are you using Windows?

I attempted to change the DPI scaling from the recommended 300% to 100% > many changes to Windows, but Edit Action pane remained unchanged

Also changed the display resolution from the recommended 3840 X 2160 to 920x1080 at different scalings, and it did not affect the Action pane.

also attempted to change the text size in the OS, also did not change the the Action pane font.

Is Action pane, font size, hard coded or is it a variable in the skin's xml ?
 
@IIDEEJAYII. Yes, the rotaries are a bit stiff, have no center click and are smallish. The stiffness is not a problem for me, they are simply different. If you move slowly, the values changes slowly. If you move fast, it feels stiffer but the value changes much faster. The main advantage is that you can have several pages of buttons to change everything you’d like to change without having pots that are not aligned with the software controls. The faders are great too.

I partially implemented what is required to DJ with it and I prefer it to mouse and keyboard. However, it was a playlist played in the exact order, with auto synch. I still have to figure out how to replace the jog wheel and put together a track selection method.
 
@phantomdeejay,

I see 3 use cases. One similar to the existing Mk1 #1 template, one similar to the #2 template, and the third one being a complete controller. #1 and #2 can complement a controller, while #3 makes for a very portable one.

The Mk3 can be setup either in MIDI or DAW mode. Midi mode can be customized with the Components software but it has limitations: Limited custom text, special buttons unavailable, and most importantly for me, no pan mode for knobs.

Pan mode will put the LED blue when the knob is less than 63, white for 63-64 and yellow when the knob is right (or more than 64). It's important to have visual feedback since there is no center notch available. If colors can be customized, I would want to have the deck color when centered, a blue-white on the left and a yellow-white on the right, with varying intensity the further away from the center position. This will allow easy identification of non centered filters.

There are two DAW modes that can be used to easily switch from one configuration to another. I guess the track button can be used to change the layout within a config. An example could be to easily swap the pads for transport controls when the Mk3 is used as a controller.

I finally guess it's better to wait to know what are the available options before drawing configurations. To give an example: There is a play button. Is it possible to change it's LED color? This could allow to use it to start a specific deck. Another example would be the pan knobs. I think I read it's necessary to put an entire row in pan mode to use them.
 
We have received a sample device and we are working on it.

Some things to keep in mind:
1) The unit will work in DAW mode* with VirtualDJ
2) You will be able to control the color of all the LEDs via VDJ script.
3) Yes, ALL the leds are RGB, including play button, page scrolling buttons e.t.c.. Only SHIFT and MODE buttons don't provide control over their leds
4) There is no "PAN" mode. That being said, each ROW of knobs can be set to absolute or relative mode. In other words it can work as a slider or as an encoder. You WILL be able to control that if you wish.
5) The way I see how this is going to end up, is that you won't be able to use the "native templates" and to be honest that's not their purpose. The "templates" are a means to control different external MIDI equipment via the DIN sockets, where all the processing of MIDI data happens on the device itself before sending out.
6) However you will be able to have multiple "pages/templates/functions". Just not via the RAW MIDI way of the device, but via VDJ Script


*Technically the device has 2 working modes. The stand alone mode and the DAW mode. VirtualDJ will use the DAW mode, as that mode gives full control over all the elements, including the screen.
Then the device has working "templates" which in DAW mode they are just a variable (device firmware does not change MIDI messages depending on current template)
There is a third mode of operation (HUI) as well, but it's much more limited than "DAW" mode, so there's no point to go that way.
 
That’s great! Can’t wait to test it!

Yes, for sure DAW mode is the best if we have to choose.

A #4 use case would be a lighting controller. I’m no expert with this but the layout would meet my basic needs. I wonder if a pro could use it? If it’s the case, the MIDI mode would also be required since it’s the only one able to drive the DIN outputs. It’s not possible in DAW mode. User mode 16 has fixed CC to button assignment so it could be used as a starting point.

I don’t think providing the two modes can prove difficult since they are using different ports. Maybe it could be two devices in the controller selection. One is for DAW mode, the other for MIDI (RAW) mode. I don’t think the fact that they are mutually exclusive would be a problem for the user.

Thanks for clarifying the pan mode I confused with relative mode. I now just hope you provide us with a good example of matching the LED intensity to the absolute value of the knob. Although I understand Lab, XYZ and RGB color coordinates, I,m not too sure how to do it.