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Novation Dicer Control |
The Novation Dicer is a novel midi controller designed to sit in the 45 adapter slot of a Technics turntable. It was the first controller to get support within xwax.
Connect the Dicers to your computer via USB and then launch xwax with the --dicer flag followed by the Dicer's ALSA device name.
e.g. --dicer hw:Dicer
(Note that version 1.3 or older uses the -dicer flag, with a single hyphen)
The Dicer has 3 different modes, selected by the three small buttons on the controller. Currently the third mode is unused.
Buttons with a cue point set to them are lit, those without are dimmed.
| Mode | Button | Function |
|---|---|---|
| Cue | Dice Button | Jump to the specified cue point, or set it if unset. |
| ::: | Dice Button + Mode Button | Unset the specified cue point |
| Punch | Dice Button | "Punch" to the specified cue point, or set it if unset. Returns playback to normal when the button is released, much like slip-mode on Pioneer CDJs. |
| ::: | Dice Button + Mode Button | Unset the specified cue point |
| Unused | n/a | n/a |