Vestax VCI-400: Nonagon Template Walkthrough

[dmoates420]

Really Nice.

[TheEissman]

Brilliant. Now that I know what you have mapped out, time to rewatch your session!

[paperized]

Hej,

maybe you want to make a video-instruction, on how to setup such M4L-Patches? Would be very interesting to see, how complex it is, to made such patches … can you estimate the time, spend on the mapping of the controller at all?

[nonagonsf]

@smashcorefilms It depends a lot on how you want to use Ableton. The APC40 is built to be a physical manifestation of Live's Session View, which is great if that's the way you work and/or you want lots of faders (APC has 9 + a crossfader). The VCI-400 has more variety in the controls it provides (touch-sensitive encoders, encoders with push button action, etc), so if you have performance ideas that map more easily to those, the VCI would win.

Not a simple answer, but it's the best I've got =).

[smashcorefilms]

This or APC 40? If you're gonna use Ableton.

[dboynton1030]

bows

[iriesmiletube]

thanks!!!

[iriesmiletube]

Great!!

What is software?

traktor pro?

[nonagonsf]

@iriesmiletube Everything in this video was done with Ableton Live and Max for Live.

[weltraumpapst]

awesome!! do you have some kind of sketch-up with all the midi in & out messages of all mappable controlls the vci400? cheers..

love the track and the idea of using it for ableton..

[nonagonsf]

@weltraumpapst Unfortunately I never recieved a MIDI implementation chart, though I imagine that Vestax will make one available when the VCI-400 is actually released.

I actually wrote a utility patch in Max for Live that loops through every CC in every channel, sending every value from 0-127 in order to help quickly figure out which CCs were mapped to which LEDs on the controller. This was particularly helpful when in determining which channel / CC controlled the VU meters.

[weltraumpapst]

@nonagonsf thanks for your answer.. the vci actually is released over here in europe :)