When I choose to upgrade to Virtual DJ 6 Pro I found that there was one feature in particular that was no longer available with the standard Hercules DJ Console RMX MIDI map. With the OEM version of Virtual DJ 5, when you pressed the “Loop-In” button (Button 1 on the RMX) after already having the loop set, it would divide the loop in half. This was useful for creating your own custom “Benassi style” build-ups before a song’s climax.
After a few minutes of digging on the Internet it became apparent that I would need to write my own VDJScript to get the effect I wanted. Thankfully the solution to the problem was extremely simple:
loop ? loop_half : loop_in
If you go ahead and stick that in to the RMX button map of your choice using Virtual DJ’s built in MIDI map editor you’ll be cutting down your loops in no time. Make sure your RMX is connected or Virtual DJ will not let you edit your RMX map file. If you don’t have your RMX handy, just open up the ‘Hercules DJ Console RMX mapping.xml’ file using your favorite text editor and edit the <map> tag of your choice:
<map value="BUTTON1" action="loop ? loop_half : loop_in" />
Practice and enjoy!