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ADVANCED FUNCTIONS

 

The Button Box has some features which advance on what the Vestax 

Controller One can do. In order to access them you have to press a 

multiple of 2 buttons at the same time.  

Below you will find a list of button combinations that allow you to 

choose different functions and settings. 

 

Reset keys to C3  

Press 

button 10

 (semitone UP) & 

button 11

 (semitone DOWN) at the 

same time to return to default C3. 

 

Reset Octave 

Press 

button 12

 (octave UP) & 

button 13

 (octave DOWN) at the same 

time to return the octave to zero. 

 

Reverse Pitch Buttons 

Simply press the rotary encoder button and the display will show an ‘N’ 

symbol for normal, or an ‘R’ symbol for reverse. 

 

 

Summary of Contents for V4

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Page 2: ...Bu on Box 1 Overview 2 Connections 3 Basic Functions 4 Advanced Functions 7 Reset Keys To C3 7 Change Octaves 7 Reverse Pitch buttons 7 CCmode 8 Change Midi Channels 9 Fine Tune 9 ...

Page 3: ...s a midi DIN socket for use with a midi cable As well as being able to control a turntable the unit can be used as a standalone midi controller through USB midi and a midi cable This means you are also able to use it with your favorite DAW or external hardware For example you could have this hooked up to Traktor Serato Ableton and to your turntable at the same time to control the turntable trigger...

Page 4: ... and to send USB midi communication The box can be connected to a computer and used as a standalone midi controller with any midi mappable software ie Traktor Serato Ableton Logic Protools and so on Midi DIN out Connect a midi cable to a turntable or any other midi capable hardware ...

Page 5: ...nd down buttons 7 8 The modifier pressed at the same time as the rotary encoder push button resets fine tune to zero Pressing the modifier button and turning the rotary encoder increases or decreases the step size of the fine tune 10 Semitone UP Moves all of the buttons 1 8 up by a semitone 11 Semitone DOWN Moves all of the buttons 1 8 down by a semitone NB Semitone shift up or down by default wil...

Page 6: ...fault scale Minor Scale Melodic Scale Dorian Scale Phrygian Scale Lydian Scale Mixolydian Scale Locrian Scale 14 a Rotary Encoder The rotary encoder also has a push button which will reverse the pitch keys from ascending to descending when pressed like so Normal CDEFGABC Reverse CBAGFEDC 14 b Rotary Encoder Pressing the encoder button and the modifier key button 9 will reset the fine tune option t...

Page 7: ...the rotary encoder will increase or decrease the fine tune steps 15 OLED Display The OLED display shows the following settings 1 CCmode 2 Reverse Keys 3 Midi Channel Number 4 Semitone Up and Down 5 Fine Tune 6 Scale 7 The Current Note Being Played and What Octave You Are In ...

Page 8: ... button combinations that allow you to choose different functions and settings Reset keys to C3 Press button 10 semitone UP button 11 semitone DOWN at the same time to return to default C3 Reset Octave Press button 12 octave UP button 13 octave DOWN at the same time to return the octave to zero Reverse Pitch Buttons Simply press the rotary encoder button and the display will show an N symbol for n...

Page 9: ...ects which gives you a powerful option when performing live or doing routines To access CCmode we press the modifier button and press a pitch button 1 6 this will then be shown on the display by a C symbol next to the CCmode section at the top of the display If we want the button to go back to outputting a note value we simply repeat the process by pressing the modifier button and the same pitch b...

Page 10: ...ch channel we desire Fine Tune Fine tune allows you to tune a sample currently being played on the turntable This is powerful if you are playing with traditional instrumentalists and the sample being played on the turntable is either sharp or flat You can also use this to tune hardware software synths or use it as a pitch sweep effect By changing the fine tune step times you can have slow or fast ...

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