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dunlopj said:
Hey Rick, how hard is it to change the screen resolution of any particular skin?
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It's easier to change your screen resolution ;)

Seriously, it is... I do that lots of times, when I want to run a particular skin, and have it fill the whole screen, etc. Only takes a couple clicks.


If you really want to change a skin, you have to resize the background bitmap, then resize and/or move all the controls in the skin file.

One neat little trick you can do though -- if you are using a skin smaller than your current screen resolution, you can change the skins overall dimensions to match your resolution. Anything bigger than the actual skin background, will show up in black, and hide the Windows desktop :)
 
Comes out like this :)

Edit: Changed the pic to show how you can use the queue popups outside the main skin.


dj-200.gif
 
Hey!

I've never seen that skin before! Any chance you can change the right side to be an auto-mix que and send me a copy?

Oh, and eliminate the computer tree and expand the library tree to fill it up!

Geez, I'm one demanding high-maintenance little bi*ch ain't I?
 
dunlopj said:
Hey!

I've never seen that skin before!
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Probably because I just started making it yesterday, and it's not done yet... :)

Any chance you can change the right side to be an auto-mix que and send me a copy?
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That is the popup window -- whatever queue you click on will appear in there -- you can change them at will -- try it with any skin. Right click over Deck A, choose View Deck Waitlist, and leave the window open. Then right lick over the corssfader, and choose View AutoMix Queue -- it will replace the contents, and update the header and footer :sqbiggrin:
 
Thanks Rick for having the patience to field requests and inquiries with your product. It makes me proud to have such caring sponsors on this site. I love my ROCKIT.
 
Rick,

1) Is that new skin shown above available for public consumption?

2) Is there a way to tweak a cue point? The only way I know how to set a cue point is to pause and name it. If its off a smidge, I delete and try again.
 
dunlopj said:
Rick,

1) Is that new skin shown above available for public consumption?

2) Is there a way to tweak a cue point? The only way I know how to set a cue point is to pause and name it. If its off a smidge, I delete and try again.
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Not yet... I've just been being lazy, and trying to take some time off from the computer since the release -- lots of work to do on the farm this time of year :)

It's mostly done, I should have it up on the skins page of the website within a day or two...


Yeah, you can change the cue points -- right clack a track, and choose Extended Track Properties :)


Two things to remember though...

1) In that screen, you only have one second resolution. It might work better the way you are currently doing it. Try both, and see which works best for you.

2) Rockit saves cue points in the library -- not in the MP3 tag. If you trash your library, you lose the cue points.

The cue points are the only thing Rockit doesn't save to the tags (hence the Extended Properties), because I didn't want to write private/non standard fields in there, like our friends from FL did... ;)
 
djsarge said:
Guess I need to read the manual. I don't know how to open the pop up window.
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Sarge,

I'd tell ya to pop on over to Spotsy, and ask my brother -- since Rockit pays a good portion of his bills.

Unfortunately, I'm not sure he knows how to open the popup... :sqerr:


Never trust retired military to read manuals -- only those of us that got kicked out properly, can do that :sqlaugh: :rofl:
 
BTW Rick, that new "add only new files" feature in the V4.2 library tab works great!

That's so much easier then the way I had to do it with....ummm....you know.....Red 5.2...
 
Ok, I finally finished this new skin. It's not on the skins page yet, but you can download it here (425kb) :)

http://rockitprodj.softjock.com/downloads/RockitDJ-200Skin.exe

It's sort of similar in coloring to another audio program I saw, and is a very simple two deck interface, with no queues, AutoMix is hidden, etc. The list and trees will look cool on Vista -- boring on XP.

DJ-200.gif
 
ok now where is automix hidden? and can some colors be added to volume peak eg (green/yellow/red) just to brighten the scene a bit? other than that i like it,thumbs up.
 
CMWAT said:
ok now where is automix hidden? and can some colors be added to volume peak eg (green/yellow/red) just to brighten the scene a bit? other than that i like it,thumbs up.
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AutoMix is always available -- just right click on the crossfader :)

Have a blast changing the colors... I actually had them colored at first, but changed them :D
 
CMWAT said:
now i need a tutorial to change the colors.
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Nah -- you need a tutorial on how to use Photoshop, or MS Paint, or any other graphics program. There are simply two bitmaps for the meters -- usually vudark.bmp, and vulight.bmp. Change the light one to be whatever colors you like :)


Or, you could just look for this in the skin file (hint, it's at the bottom) :)

Code: 
	<!-- Meters. -->
	<!-- Can be gradient. Use pcolor1, 2 & 3 for gradient colors. -->
	<!-- If you want solid color, use the same for all three.     -->
	<!-- Can run reverse also, use 1 for reverse.                 -->
	<!-- There are 7 specials. Use H1-H4 or V1-V5 in the value field to check out. -->
	<!-- We even have simulated LEDs :) Use vu in the value field, and put images in the image fields. -->
	<meter		action="a-leftmtr"			visible="1"		x="386"	y="208"	w="007"	h="089"	bkcolor="000000" reverse="0" pcolor1="004000" pcolor2="ffff00" pcolor3="ff0000" orient="vert" border="0" value="VU" imageon="vulight.bmp"		imageoff="vudark.bmp"/>
	<meter		action="a-rightmtr"			visible="1"		x="406"	y="208"	w="007"	h="089"	bkcolor="000000" reverse="0" pcolor1="004000" pcolor2="ffff00" pcolor3="ff0000" orient="vert" border="0" value="VU" imageon="vulight.bmp"		imageoff="vudark.bmp"/>

	<meter		action="b-leftmtr"			visible="1"		x="610"	y="208"	w="007"	h="089"	bkcolor="000000" reverse="0" pcolor1="004000" pcolor2="ffff00" pcolor3="ff0000" orient="vert" border="0" value="VU" imageon="vulight.bmp"		imageoff="vudark.bmp"/>
	<meter		action="b-rightmtr"			visible="1"		x="630"	y="208"	w="007"	h="089"	bkcolor="000000" reverse="0" pcolor1="004000" pcolor2="ffff00" pcolor3="ff0000" orient="vert" border="0" value="VU" imageon="vulight.bmp"		imageoff="vudark.bmp"/>
 
good,now its done not to total satisfaction,i need a bit of practice with those colors and the % on the scale of green/yellow and red,but i will get there with some practice.dj-100/200 will be my 2 choices right now so i just have to fine tune them,i like the hidden menus also,it makes for just a simple look with powerful guts behind it.
 
Hey Rick...

Just to let you know...RockIt and Red 5.2 will run at the same time on an XP laptop. I had cocktail music playing in a separate room using that small skin on mixer channels 3 & 4 with a new Gigaport HD through a wireless speaker setup.

Meanwhile, Red 5.2 was running using a Gigaport AG on channels 1 & 2 in the main room playing more upbeat music.
 
For the skin freaks out there, I finally finished the skinning reference :)

Actually, I'm sure I forgot some things, and made a few errors, but this is the definitive guide to skinning Rockit (wonder if any of my documents will ever make the best seller list...? :D).

Anyway, you will find it at the bottom of the Tutorials page here - PDF format, so you can print it or save it. Let me know if you find any errors/omissions...

http://rockitprodj.softjock.com/rockitprodj-tutorials.htm



@Jim,

Why not just use the jukebox for the cocktail music -- that is what it is there for... ;) :)
 
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