Seems that there’s no stopping Atomix. Hellbent on making VirtualDJ 8 work with anything with a USB port, they’ve now gone and managed something that we speculated might not happen. When we first saw the Numark NV (review here) during a Skype conversation with Numark, one of the first questions I asked was about mapping and screen use. I did get a very corporate response along the lines of “it’s designed explicitly for Serato DJ but there are some clever people out there who may well work out how to do it”. And now someone has, as VirtualDJ8 works with the Numark NV, screens included.
A brief email exchange confirmed that mapping was easy, but info about the screens definitely wasn’t forthcoming so Atomix worked it out for themselves. It would appear that much of the visual elements are stored on the NV itself, so the screens will still resemble the Serato DJ ones, but with info fed directly from VDJ.
VirtualDJ seems to be on a rampage right now, and largely succeeding. Having pulled off this seemingly impossible feat, I wonder if we’ll see Traktor hardware get the VDJ treatment? Want some of this VDJ action inside your Kontrol S8?
Aboout your question: I wonder if we’ll see Traktor hardware get the VDJ treatment?
Is it (technically) possible to map S8 with any other DJ Software than Traktor ? I think not but if so it could be interesting to see it work on VDJ although there is no doubt it fits best in Traktor. It could be good for people who are used to working on VDJ for a long time.
I want my S8 working with Serato………….. as long as the screens work as well. Then again I use my SZ much more due to the platters.
The thing that generally lets third party maps down is platter performance. But with the S8 that’s eliminated. I’m sure VDJ8 could be mapped in some sort of fashion to it. They clearly know how to access screens. It’s more of an open challenge really — as you say, the S8 is tailored to Traktor, so like any controller, it’ll always work best with the software it was specifically designed for.
Good job figuring it out! Sounds like Numark should just release the Dev kit.
“Want some of this VDJ action inside your Kontrol S8?”……………..
Absolutely NOT!! I would however love my S8 working with Serato screens and all.
Yes please. Give us a 4 channel jogless SDJ controller already.
VDJ8 blows away Serato.
I don’t know what to think about VDJ. If I’m in the market for a new controller the first question that comes to mind is: What software is it bundled with?
If Atomix really wants to mark some ground a full version of VDJ has to be in the box from the beginning – with their logo on the controller.
Sure, the VDJ fans have now just another great supported controller which is good. But I don’t think anyone will jump ship from SDJ to VDJ… so no additional market share for them.
Manufactures make their own choices, with their own criteria – questionable perhaps-, exactly like you have done yourself. So it’s just a matter of choices here. And VirtualDJ just does this.. gives you guys more choices.
Only problem with that line of thinking is you lose tightly mapped hardware.
This business model is how Vestax thought at one point and thus the VCI-400 was envisaged.
One size (kinda) fits all.
And Vestax is bankrupt now…
True but don’t think that was off the back of the 400.
The VCI-400 became a unit that tried to work with everything as a plan B, not by design.
What was it’s plan A? Traktor?
From my understanding, the Plan A for the VCI-400 was a sort of response to the change from Traktor 3 to Traktor Pro. There were enough options that if NI decided to make drastic changes to their workflow the VCI-400 would have enough flexibility to adjust within the existing paradigm, instead of needing a new controller altogether.
I purchased a controller that came with Serato DJ. I jumped ship to VDJ from SDJ. Even though Serato DJ was free (came with the controller) I purchased VDj8 because after using both softwares, VDj8 is better than Serato IMO.
What about Traktor support? And I’m not talking about user created TSI files. I’m talking about support from NI just like how Atomix supports this hardware.
It’s not official but it seems like NI stopped support for third party manufacturers long time ago.
That’s why I stopped supporting NI.
I wouldn’t mind some of that VDJ 8 action on my S2 Mk2. Since I have the program and barely every use it why not?
The S2 Mk2 is natively supported in VDJ 8, so go right ahead. :-)
mixvibes where are you . im one of your fans we need this
What happens when you load a video?
The same as what happens if you play a video in Serato video.