Aa Vms4 Mixxx User Guide

American Audio VMS4 & Mixxx User Guide

This guide explains how the VMS4 is mapped by default in Mixxx.

Image courtesy of American Audio

Easy customization: We have provided the following customization variables at the top of the script you can set to your liking:

1. RateRanges: Set the pitch slider range each time you toggle it with Shift+Sync.

Just open the midi/American-Audio-VMS4-scripts.js file in your favorite text editor (Wordpad works too) and you'll see these variables right near the top. Edit & save, then restart Mixxx and enjoy.

Deck controls

Note that there are a number of different face plates in the wild so these images and control descriptions may not exactly match yours. The locations of the controls are the key things to pay attention to.

The controls are the same on both sides of the controller. The left side controls Deck 1 and the right side controls Deck 2.

• Sync/Range/Hot Cue button - Changes the BPM of this deck to match that of the other. When shifted, toggles the pitch slider range. (See top of page to customize.)
• Hot cue buttons - Press to set or recall a hot cue. The buttons light up red when one is set.
• 1.9.x: You can only access hot cues 1-4. Hold shift and press to delete the cue.
• 1.10.x: Hold shift and press to access hot cues 5-8. (The buttons light up blue for these.) Hold Vinyl and press to delete the cue. (Note: there is a bug in some firmware versions that causes hot cues 5 and 6 to be deleted simultaneously. We are in communication with AA about the issue.)
• Loop In - Set the in point of a loop
• Loop Out - Set the out point of a loop
• Reloop - Toggle a previously-set loop. Lights red when a loop is active.
• Loop/Smart
• 1.9.x: Toggle track repeat mode
• 1.10.x: Start a 4-beat loop. Hold Shift and press to toggle quantization (locking to the nearest beat.)
• Vinyl/Keylock - (Does nothing on its own when un-shifted at the moment.) When shifted, toggles key lock.
• << Search/ /2 - Fast-rewind
• 1.10.x: Hold Shift and press to halve the current loop length
• Search >>/ *2 - Fast-forward
• 1.10.x: Hold Shift and press to double the current loop length
• Wheel
• Move the wheel while touching the top to scratch the current track like a vinyl record
• Move the wheel without touching the top (so on the sides) to perform a temporary pitch bend

Effects section

• Select knob - Adjusts the LFO period for the Flanger effect
• Control knob - Adjusts the depth of the Flanger effect
• On/Off - Toggles the Flanger effect on this deck
• Parameter - Currently does nothing

Sample section

// 1.9.x: This section is currently unused. //

1.10.x: The left side of the controller controls Sampler 1, and the right, Sampler 2.

• Select knob
• Rotate to move the highlight in the library.
• Press to load the currently highlighted track into the sampler.
• Hold Shift and press to eject the current track from the sampler (when the sampler is not playing.)
• Volume knob - Adjusts the volume of the sampler
• Play
• Press to play the sample from the beginning. Press while playing for a stutter-play effect (play again from the beginning.)
• Hold Shift and press to stop playing.
• Rec - Currently does nothing

Mixer controls

• Midilog 1 - used only for analog source control, unused by Mixxx
• Midilog 2 - In "4 out" mode, this strip is used to control Deck 1
• Midilog 3 - In "4 out" mode, this strip is used to control Deck 2
• Midilog 4 - used only for analog source control, unused by Mixxx