Light desks · alphaWolfmix

Every beat over OS2L through WTOOLS. Untested.

How it works

The Wolfmix has no network, only USB and DMX. The tempo comes through the maker’s app WTOOLS on the computer the Wolfmix is plugged into. LJ Link talks to WTOOLS over OS2L (Open Sound to Light, the way VirtualDJ does it) and sends every beat with its number, not only the tempo. Every fourth beat is the one of the bar, matching the beat grid of the player.

Step by step

1. Plug the Wolfmix into the computer by USB and start WTOOLS. Switch on OS2L there.

2. In LJ Link: Light desk link → Wolfmix (OS2L, WTOOLS) – Alpha.

3. Address 127.0.0.1 if WTOOLS runs on the same computer, otherwise the address of the WTOOLS computer. Port 5000. Save.

4. Send test: eight beats at 120 BPM.

5. On the Wolfmix push the first encoder in the FX rack, so the effects follow the BPM.

What is sent

• A beat message for every beat of the deck under SEND BPM, with beat number and tempo.
• change after start, a jump (cue, loop), a track or deck change or a tempo step, so the desk finds the phase again.
• A standing deck sends no beats. Serato and Ableton Link have no position: there the beats run freely at the tempo.
• If WTOOLS is not running, LJ Link shows it in the status and tries again every 5 seconds.

What is not known yet

• Whether WTOOLS reads the messages exactly as sent.
• Whether WTOOLS accepts connections from another computer.
• How much delay USB adds between WTOOLS and the Wolfmix.

The full alpha guide: Wolfmix guide on GitHub (German).