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Maybe this is very simple but i can't figure it out...
Is there a way to map a macro control to a track's volume slider or send controls?
Is it possible to map a macro control to other track's volume sliders and create something like a gradual solo knob?

I want to use this with the smart mixer. In a smart mixer you can turn up the send of a track and through a system of multiband sidechain compressing, that track will have the dominant bass part in the song, supressing bass sounds in other tracks. Really great for DJing. But it would be heaven if by turning the send knob of one track up, the send knobs of all the other tracks would turn down...

Belvario's Smart Mixer: http://www.biglimemedia.com/smartmixer/

Any help appreciated!
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Hey Moodee,
I've been following your success with this on an alternate thread and I'm looking forward to incorporating it into my set-up. Thanks Plenty! I really want a smart mixer working behind it all, but I don't want to spend my money on Tracktor-?, nor spend my screen space on all the routing that is required of Belvario's template. So your approach has some potential. I remember giving up on toggles of the type you set up but I really want to see what you've done.
Out of the gate, I think you'll get some skeptics with your use of EQ3. I'm hardly the audiophile snob, so I'll take any down and dirty means of getting something done-to an extent. But many people report the eq3 to be less-than-par compared to a hardware dj's kill.
Bottom line, a smart mixer is really doing something else-solving the mix with a different approach. The side-chain signal is frequency sensitive, so where your peaks are triggering the side-chain is where your second channel will take a dip. In other words, it's really helping you to carve-out where the sound would otherwise overlap (i know I'm not phrasing this well).
On the other hand, other attempts at using compressors to respond to the situation tend to color the sound unjustifiably too-much-so, in my opinion. That is, if the device is turned off, you'll typically hear all the breathing-room, all the vitality of the track, return.
So on a hunch, the additional ingredient to your approach, I think, would be finding an eq that is neutral. Then perhaps consider some means by which you can literally cut the same frequency band of one channel, in direct response to where the peaks really are, to make room for that sound from the other channel. That is a lot of what good use of an eq is about-creating a clear mix.
I'll play with it when I'm in the studio this week.
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Maybe not well placed, but I think this subject is still open discussion. Take a look.

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