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Topic: Vinyl Brake Effects on STEMS part - Page: 1
Hello VDJ community, how’s everyone doing?
I had a quick question and was hoping someone might help.

Is it possible to assign different effects to the STEMS effects pads for MELODY, BASS, KICK, and HI-HAT simultaneously?

Right now, I have one button that applies an ECHO OUT effect to the instrumental part of a track, and another that does the same for the vocal part. While I’m happy with the vocal ECHO OUT, I’m not really a fan of how it sounds on the instrumental.

So I was wondering:
Is there a way to create a button that applies a VINYL BRAKE effect only to the instrumental part of a track? I'd like also to configure within the button the lenght of the Vinyl brake effect.

Any advice or tips would be much appreciated—thanks in advance!
 
Posted Mon 04 Aug 25 @ 3:25 pm
Sure

padfx 'vinylbrake' 1bt 50% 50% 0% 'stemfx:MeloRhythm'
 
Thank you Alex!

Is there a way to make the time a fixed number of ms instead of based on the beat? I tried making a script that uses get_bpm to calculate the beat value based on the desired fixed ms of brake time, but was unsuccessful.
 
AlexRdZaik wrote :
Sure

padfx 'vinylbrake' 1bt 50% 50% 0% 'stemfx:MeloRhythm'


Thanks! I will try it and let you know!
Is there a way to make those effects post fader too?
 
vinyl brake is a position fx it is always prefader.
 
locoDog wrote :
vinyl brake is a position fx it is always prefader.


Yes I was thinking about Echo Out...
 
Set fxProcessing setting to "post-fader"
 
PhantomDeejay wrote :
Set fxProcessing setting to "post-fader"


But this affects all effects... I was wondering if I could add a command to that script above...
 
interceptintercept wrote :
Thank you Alex!

Is there a way to make the time a fixed number of ms instead of based on the beat? I tried making a script that uses get_bpm to calculate the beat value based on the desired fixed ms of brake time, but was unsuccessful.


You could add effect_bpm_deck X, to have a fixed braking time on all songs, but I think it would affect all effects as well.
 
DJ Faber Zee wrote :
PhantomDeejay wrote :
Set fxProcessing setting to "post-fader"


But this affects all effects... I was wondering if I could add a command to that script above...


No, there's no way currently to have "some" effects operate in post and some in pre fader mode.

You CAN add a command on the script to switch fxProcessing to post, but you'll have to somehow "remember" to later revert it back to pre. Most likely with a repeat script. However while the fxProcessing is set to post, ALL effects will run in post as well.

AlexRdZaik wrote :
You could add effect_bpm_deck X, to have a fixed braking time on all songs, but I think it would affect all effects as well.

Yes it will override the timing of ALL effects.

However, you can use "BrakeStart" effect instead that it's parameter is in seconds and not beats. padfx 'BrakeStart' 25% 'stemfx:MeloRhythm'
 
PhantomDeejay wrote :
DJ Faber Zee wrote :
PhantomDeejay wrote :
Set fxProcessing setting to "post-fader"


But this affects all effects... I was wondering if I could add a command to that script above...


No, there's no way currently to have "some" effects operate in post and some in pre fader mode.

You CAN add a command on the script to switch fxProcessing to post, but you'll have to somehow "remember" to later revert it back to pre. Most likely with a repeat script. However while the fxProcessing is set to post, ALL effects will run in post as well.

AlexRdZaik wrote :
You could add effect_bpm_deck X, to have a fixed braking time on all songs, but I think it would affect all effects as well.

Yes it will override the timing of ALL effects.

However, you can use "BrakeStart" effect instead that it's parameter is in seconds and not beats.

Thanks VDJ fam!
 
"You CAN add a command on the script to switch fxProcessing to post, but you'll have to somehow "remember" to later revert it back to pre. Most likely with a repeat script. However while the fxProcessing is set to post, ALL effects will run in post as well."

Which is the code ? So I can add it to this script and test 
padfx 'ECHO-OUT' 1bt 50% 50% 0% 'stemfx:MeloRhythm'


Can you please provide us with the code to put back the effects to pre?
I have a Stem reset button and I can add that action.
For reference this is the code for STEM RESET button I have:

( stem_pad vocal ? : stem_pad vocal ) & ( stem_pad instru ? : stem_pad instru ) & ( stem_pad bass ? : stem_pad bass ) & ( stem_pad kick ? : stem_pad kick ) & ( stem_pad hihat ? : stem_pad hihat )


thanks in advance!
 
setting 'fxprocessing' 'post-fader' & padfx 'ECHO-OUT' 1bt 50% 50% 0% 'stemfx:MeloRhythm' & wait 5000ms & setting 'fxprocessing' 'pre-fader'

( stem_pad vocal ? : stem_pad vocal ) & ( stem_pad instru ? : stem_pad instru ) & ( stem_pad bass ? : stem_pad bass ) & ( stem_pad kick ? : stem_pad kick ) & ( stem_pad hihat ? : stem_pad hihat ) & setting 'fxprocessing' 'pre-fader'
 
PhantomDeejay wrote :
setting 'fxprocessing' 'post-fader' & padfx 'ECHO-OUT' 1bt 50% 50% 0% 'stemfx:MeloRhythm' & wait 5000ms & setting 'fxprocessing' 'pre-fader'

( stem_pad vocal ? : stem_pad vocal ) & ( stem_pad instru ? : stem_pad instru ) & ( stem_pad bass ? : stem_pad bass ) & ( stem_pad kick ? : stem_pad kick ) & ( stem_pad hihat ? : stem_pad hihat ) & setting 'fxprocessing' 'pre-fader'


Tomorrow I will test it 🔥 thanks!
 
AlexRdZaik wrote :
Sure

padfx 'vinylbrake' 1bt 50% 50% 0% 'stemfx:MeloRhythm'


It works perfectly!!! thanks!

PhantomDeejay wrote :
setting 'fxprocessing' 'post-fader' & padfx 'ECHO-OUT' 1bt 50% 50% 0% 'stemfx:MeloRhythm' & wait 5000ms & setting 'fxprocessing' 'pre-fader'

( stem_pad vocal ? : stem_pad vocal ) & ( stem_pad instru ? : stem_pad instru ) & ( stem_pad bass ? : stem_pad bass ) & ( stem_pad kick ? : stem_pad kick ) & ( stem_pad hihat ? : stem_pad hihat ) & setting 'fxprocessing' 'pre-fader'


Can you paste the origial code without &apos atc etc?
Thanks
 
DJ Faber Zee wrote :
[quote=AlexRdZaik]Sure

padfx 'vinylbrake' 1bt 50% 50% 0% 'stemfx:MeloRhythm'


It works perfectly!!! thanks!
 
DJ Faber Zee wrote :
PhantomDeejay wrote :
setting 'fxprocessing' 'post-fader' & padfx 'ECHO-OUT' 1bt 50% 50% 0% 'stemfx:MeloRhythm' & wait 5000ms & setting 'fxprocessing' 'pre-fader'

( stem_pad vocal ? : stem_pad vocal ) & ( stem_pad instru ? : stem_pad instru ) & ( stem_pad bass ? : stem_pad bass ) & ( stem_pad kick ? : stem_pad kick ) & ( stem_pad hihat ? : stem_pad hihat ) & setting 'fxprocessing' 'pre-fader'


Unfortunately it's not working...

Tomorrow I will test it 🔥 thanks!
 
It doesn't work because the effect is named "Echo Out" and not "Echo-Out" with a dash.
I just amended to your script. I didn't proof read it.

Anyway, try this:
setting 'fxprocessing' 'post-fader' & padfx 'ECHO OUT' 1bt 50% 50% 0% 'stemfx:MeloRhythm' & wait 5000ms & setting 'fxprocessing' 'pre-fader'
 
PhantomDeejay wrote :
It doesn't work because the effect is named "Echo Out" and not "Echo-Out" with a dash.
I just amended to your script. I didn't proof read it.

Anyway, try this:
setting 'fxprocessing' 'post-fader' & padfx 'ECHO OUT' 1bt 50% 50% 0% 'stemfx:MeloRhythm' & wait 5000ms & setting 'fxprocessing' 'pre-fader'


Finish my coffee and will try it again...thanksssss!
 
DJ Faber Zee wrote :
PhantomDeejay wrote :
It doesn't work because the effect is named "Echo Out" and not "Echo-Out" with a dash.
I just amended to your script. I didn't proof read it.

Anyway, try this:
setting 'fxprocessing' 'post-fader' & padfx 'ECHO OUT' 1bt 50% 50% 0% 'stemfx:MeloRhythm' & wait 5000ms & setting 'fxprocessing' 'pre-fader'


Finish my coffee and will try it again...thanksssss!



It doesn’t seem to work… but I’ll manually set the effects post-fader whenever I need them.

I was wondering if you could help me better understand the parameters for the ECHO OUT or BRAKE FX effects. I’ve checked the script description page on the VDJ website, but I couldn’t find a detailed explanation of these parameters.

My main goal is to make the effect—BrakeFX in this case—a bit louder, as sometimes I can barely hear the instrumental and melody slowing down and stopping.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
 
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