Using DJ controllers with Flex 6xxx: Solution

I have both a Maestro and a Flex Controller where the Maestro is located at Studio B in my home. The Flex Controller is great but there are times more often than not that I wish I had more buttons and knobs. A 2nd Maestro was out of the question. I used a Hercules DJcontrol Compact with my Anan 8000DLE for a period of time and I wanted to see if this controller could be used with the my 6700 and put out queries elsewhere in the community and found out that there was a 3rd party code that worked some years ago but the dropbox links are all dead and wasn't making any progress. Then I remembered seeing something about N4PY software having some compatibility with a few controller so I looked up John K2MA thread and started on that path.

Downloaded the software and followed the instructions but no luck, so I emailed Carl N4PY asking what am I missing. Got a response later that afternoon and within a few hours he added my controller to his software and got a few buttons working. After a few more back and forth email I sent him details on every button, slider and knob and shortly after that he again updated his software with all the additions that included the new hcompact.ini file for my controller. Now I can easily edit the .ini file to assign whatever button/slider/knob to the desired Flexradio command. Support from Carl was just amazing, his instructions were clear and precise. His software also recognizes:

• Hercules DJ Control Compact
• Hercules DJ Control MP3 E2 and MP3 LE
• Behringer CMD Micro MIDI DJ Controller
• Behringer Studio 2A MIDI DJ Controller
• Numark DJ2GO2 DJ Control

I'm going to eventually print labels to put on the controller. This is a very nice addition to the shack and will be in conjunction with my Stream Deck.