A couple questions about using MIDI2LR with (two?) Midi Fighter Twisters

[Jeff Roberts]

Hi there.  I've been toying with the idea of getting a midi controller to work with my Lightroom workflow for quite a while, but never found the right midi controller to give me enough knobs/powered switches without taking up too much desk real estate until I saw a video of the Midi Fighter Twister working with LR.  I immediately bought one after seeing that it could work with MIDI2LR, and after a couple hours of thought, I ended up buying another in hopes that they could be used side by side to give me even more control (I plan to use the bottom 3 rows of knobs to control the hue/saturation/lightness sliders for each of the colors and the top row to control the sliders in the basic module...alas, I'm one short from having all 9 needed for the basic module, but I've got ideas for that, too).  

Questions:

1) Will it be possible to use two of these simultaneously?  I know it's possible to use two midi controllers simultaneously, but I haven't confirmed that two of this make/model would work together.

2) Is it possible to have the knob do a separate function when I press down and turn at the same time vs just a standard turn of the knob?  It's a feature of the Midi Fighter Twister for DJ use but I'm wondering if MIDI2LR supports that function.  Given I rarely use the "Hue" slider compared to the other two sets of color adjustment sliders, that would then free up an entire row of 8 sliders that I could undoubtedly put to good use.

3) Along the same lines as #2, is it possible to program a knob so that when I press down and turn it acts as though I'm holding the "alt" key and turning (basically for finding my white and black points with the white and black sliders) on knobs that without pressing the knob down would do a standard (alt-less) white or black adjustment?

Thanks in advance, both to the developer (I plan to donate generously if I can get this all to work) and to the community!  I am so ready to have my mind blown by this and my workflow streamlined.

[Jeff Roberts]

Oops...not sure where my head went, I'm *three* knobs short of controlling the 11 sliders in the basic panel.  Not sure where I got the idea of there being only 9 sliders.  I guess this makes question #2 all the more important, as freeing up a row of knobs would be fantastic to then give me a total of 16 knobs for the 11 sliders in the basic panel and another 5 for other various functions (sharpen, noise, etc).

[noalorama]

Hi Jeff,

1) It should be possible, I can't say if it works with every model, but this is what I'm using without problems :) 2 X-Touch minis + Korg on the left is mainly for presets. As for 2,3 I'm afraid not.

[Rory Jaffe]

The "alt" key trick doesn't work with MIDI2LR--it's a bug in LR--LR ignores the alt key when sending information to it via the LR API, which is how MIDI2LR communicates with LR.

[Michael McPherson Jr]

How is this set up working for you now? Have you upgraded your set up since then?

I'm currently having a problem with using my Xtouch Compact with my LaunchPad S. The Plan was to have my LPS for my presets. The plugin is reading both Midi controllers on the same channel and I have yet found a way to separate the two so I can continue my set up.

Here is my set up: