Re: Next and Prior Track via Automation

I'd like to add my 2 cents regarding track changes. If you are using a playlist, you cannot override it and simply play the next track on the current CD using the ">>|" command; CDJ will move to the next item on the playlist (your CD player will change to the next song. This song will fail the time check that CDJ performs, indicating to CDJ that the last song has ended and it is time to move to the next song on the playlist. Which it does.)

If you are simply asking how to move to the next track, and you do not have a playlist loaded/active, just load the "cdj" device:

(in VB code)

sendname = "cdj"

recname = "cdjr"

' CDJ send and receive devices

X = Slinkx.AddDeviceText(sendname, "type=devtx", 1, 1, 0)

X = Slinkx.AddDeviceText(recname, "type=devrx", 1, 1, 0)

then, you can send the track change code however you want (keypress, button, etc) with:

X = Slinkx.Send(sendname, ">>|") 'next track

or

X = Slinkx.Send(sendname, "<<|") 'prior track

(Note that sendname is a string, here assumed to be declared globally and = to "cdj".)

You can use the recname device for feedback from Slink-e. You can see the help file, or my VB code from CDSaver for ideas.

Hope this helps!