How to map Traktor Kontrol X1 with Serato, easy setup

A tutorial for Serato Scratch liver users to set up the Tractor Kontrol X1 midi controller. This will walk you through some things that are omitted from DJ Konix's tutorial. If you download my mappings, there are easy to follow instructions to get your controller working in minutes.

Please check out the full article on this at: http://nycelectro.com/2011/05/16/how-to-set-up-kontrol-x1-for-serato/

My Mappings:
http://www.mediafire.com/djcolortv_kontrolx1
Go to the page, and select all 4 files, then click "Download Selected"

Check out Konix's how-to video on this:
http://www.youtube.com/user/SeratoTutor?blend=5&ob=5#p/u/25/qALRfhykqpY

Category:

Music

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• Traktor
• Kontrol X1
• midi
• controller
• audio
• electronic
• music
• DJ Color TV
• Color TV
• tutorial
• NYCelectro
• easy
• setup
• how to
• how
• to simple sound

[ejektro]

Thank you so much! I was so frustrated trying to set up the led lights on my effects to on off and I was about to bang my head against the friggin wall! finally it works!!

[DJColorTV]

@ejektro Great! Glad this helped. Getting the lights to act right is definitely tricky.

[ford50stang]

How did you get the scroll knobs to automatically change the size of the loops? I have been trying to do this and only thing I can get it to map to is making the thing scroll through the different loop sizes like if you were to actually click the arrows it just moves the screen and doesn't change loop sizes.

[DJColorTV]

@ford50stang I think if you activate the loop first, you should be able to the adjust the loop length with the knob. Did you get this to work yet?

[djbestby]

hey where did you get the custom vinyl decal from?

[DJColorTV]

@djbestby I made them myself with sticker paper and a circle cutter.

[TheTechnics1200]

Thanks this really helped. But my X1 Kontrol is still lighting up entirely

[mierecords]

do these mappings work with all version of serato? i have kontrol hooked up, its set to midi, and serato recognizes it, but it still doesnt work. right now im using the mappings that came with kontrol and were the same on their website.

[DJColorTV]

@DjStazen Hey, Im not exactly sure why you cannot load the mappings. Have you gotten it to work yet?

[DjStazen]

for some reason i can't load the colour tv mapping .mipi into the editor :S do you know why?