I got my Dicer’s for quite some time now and I really don’t want to miss them. Djing with the Dicer’s has made the whole digital-dj-thingy more intuitive and failsafe. I’ve never hit the wrong button like it happend all the time with the keyboard or other MIDI controllers. So I think it’s time to share my current Mappings for Traktor Scratch Duo (Version 2.1.1 at the moment).
I’ve created three separate Mapping files, so that you can choose which banks you want to use. And more importantly, it is very easy to exchange one bank with another mapping. That way you can use a bank with your own mapping very easily.
Bank 1: Cue points
This is a very basic mapping taken from the defaults. Use Bank 1 to set and delete Hotcues. The picture shows the Dicer with cue point 1 and 3 set while 2, 4 and 5 are not set for the currently loaded track.
| Button | Top Layer | Shifted Layer |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Set/Jump to Hotcue 1 | Delete Hotcue 1 |
| 2 | Set/Jump to Hotcue 2 | Delete Hotcue 2 |
| 3 | Set/Jump to Hotcue 3 | Delete Hotcue 3 |
| 4 | Set/Jump to Hotcue 4 | Delete Hotcue 4 |
| 5 | Set/Jump to Hotcue 5 | Delete Hotcue 5 |
Bank 2: Pitch bend and loops
Basically this is the bank that I activate while I’m “in the mix”. It delivers pitch bend functionality and loop control. Button 1 and 2 are used to pitch bend the track and also indicate the phase meter. That means button 1 will get red when the track is too slow while button 2 indicates, that the track is too fast. The Loops are controlled by button 3, 4 and 5. Button 3 enables and disables the loop and the other two increase or decrease the loop size.
| Button | Top Layer | Shifted Layer |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pitch Bend (faster) | Beatjump forward |
| 2 | Pitch Bend (slower) | Beatjump backward |
| 3 | Toggle Loop On/Off | |
| 4 | Decrease Loop Size | Move Loop backward |
| 5 | Increase Loop Size | Move Loop forward |
Bank 3: File browsing
This one is useful when the laptop is a bit too far away to easily reach the keyboard. Button 1 loads the currently selected track and the other four are used to navigate through the library in different ways.
| Button | Top Layer | Shifted Layer |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Load selected track into deck | Set master |
| 2 | Select previous | Page up |
| 3 | Select next | Page down |
| 4 | Select previous folder | Collapse folder |
| 5 | Select next folder | Expand folder |
