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Numark V7

Beta. This mapping works on paper and has a picture in the Controller Editor, but nobody has tried it in openDJ on the real controller yet. If you have one, tell us how it goes: what works, and what doesn't.

Getting started

Plug the V7 in with its USB cable and it picks this mapping by itself. One V7 plays one deck: set its deck switch to A for deck 1 or B for deck 2. With two V7s, set one to each.

The mapping is Mixxx's, written in 2012. Nobody has tried it in openDJ on a real V7 yet, so tell us how it goes.

  • The platter spins with the V7's own motor, and the track follows it as a record would: hand on it to scratch, let go to play on. MOTOR OFF stops the motor and turns the platter into a jog wheel. START and STOP set how fast the motor spins up and brakes.
  • Holding SHIFT and pressing MOTOR OFF turns scratching off while the motor runs.
  • PLAY, CUE and SYNC do what they say. REVERSE plays backwards while it's on.
  • PITCH has a fine and a coarse half, so it moves in very small steps. RANGE steps through 8, 10, 16, 50 and 100%. KEY LOCK keeps the key as the tempo changes, and PITCH BEND −/+ nudge the tempo while held.
  • HOT CUE 1-5 set and play hot cues. Press SHIFT (it stays lit), then a hot cue, to delete it.
  • Loops: LOOP MODE switches between manual loops (LOOP IN, LOOP OUT, RELOOP) and auto loops of 1, 2, 4 or 8 beats on the same buttons. LOOP ½ and ×2 halve and double a loop, and RELOOP/EXIT leaves it or goes back into it.
  • STRIP SEARCH jumps through the track.
  • TAP sets the track's BPM when tapped in time.
  • The FX section plays a flanger on the deck, as Mixxx did before 2.0: FX ON turns it on, FX AMOUNT sets its depth, FX PARAM its speed and FX SELECT its delay (press to reset). It plays through the deck's Pad FX, so holding a Pad FX pad at the same time takes it over.
  • BROWSE scrolls the library, the list buttons step through playlists, and LOAD A / LOAD B load the selected track.

When you try it

  • Play a track with the motor on and check it stays in time with the platter, then scratch it.
  • Turn the motor off and nudge and scratch with the platter as a jog wheel.
  • Try both deck switch positions, and two V7s if you have them.
  • Set, play and delete hot cues; try manual and auto loops.
  • Turn on the FX and move its controls.
  • Check the lights follow what's on screen and turn off when you quit.

Every control

Mapping by Mike Bucceroni, from Mixxx · Mixxx manual page · Forum thread

openDJ supports 27 of the 27 controls this mapping sets directly. The rest of the mapping runs as a script, which isn't counted here.

This mapping doesn't describe its controls one by one, so there's no list here yet. The Mixxx manual page above shows the layout.

Generated from res/controllers/Numark V7.midi.xml. If something here is wrong on your controller, tell us.