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MIDI in Scratch LIVE 101
by Josh Lloyd, Serato

MIDI in Scratch LIVE 101

Deciding which controls to map

Since I'm using turntables, I decide against mapping any of the internal mode playback controls (pitch, play etc) to the MicroKONTROL, and focus on the more advanced performance controls. My list is:

Cues

Temp cue

Loops

Auto loops

Library navigation

Looking at my controller surface, I decided which MIDI controls would suit mapping to what SSL controls, and came up with the following:

 

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So down each side of the trigger pads, I have the first 4 cue points for each deck, then at the bottom in the center there's the temp cue point and trigger for each deck.

 

On the keyboard, there's all the auto loop keys for each deck across the white keys, loop in/out and loop on are up on the black keys, and in the middle is load left and right, directly below the knob I'll assign to navigating the library.