Xtouch mini - Change profile with the fader ?

[Christophe Mely]

Hello everybody,

Just getting a Xtouch Mini AND Midi2LR (thank you for this software !) and trying to configure it.

Do you know if it is possible to change a profile based on the fader value ?

In Xtouch Editor, it is possible to restrict the value taken by the fader. I would like to affect profile_A to value 0 of the fader, Profile_B to value 1 of the fader, ... you get the idea :)

How could I do that ?

Thank you for your help.

[Ernst Bokkelkamp]

I suggest you ignore the fader, soon enough you should notice why the fader can not be used for that purpose.

It helps to read the documentation in the wiki: https://github.com/rsjaffe/MIDI2LR/wiki

Also see #18 in the FAQ as this is the basic problem with the fader.

[Christophe Mely]

Thank you Ernst for the quick answer :)

I was hoping to avoid affecting profiles to xTouch button, in order to keep them free free for other functions.

[Ernst Bokkelkamp]

You do not need (*) to use buttons for profiles. In the MIDI2LR settings you can specify which profile is loaded when a module / tool is selected.

(*) exception: the color adjustments panel works best with one button each for Hue, Saturation and Luminance.

[Ernst Bokkelkamp]

This is my setup. The photo of the X-Touch Mini shows the "old" configuration, the function "INF J" (Note B1 & B-1) is now one button to the left  in layer B (Note A#1) and has been replaced with the function "FullRefresh" (on Note B1 & B-1). It is highly recommended (=must) to press this button after pushing a layer button to force a refresh of the cached midi state. 

[Christophe Mely]

Thank you, Ernst for your setup : this is really interesting for me and your screenshots are very informative.
Some "good food for though" :) ... and one week at least to figure out how to do my own setup :D

It seems that the library's"quick develop" commands are not usable within Xtouch Mini ? Am I right ?

[Ernst Bokkelkamp]

The Lightroom SDK does not have any APIs for quick develop. I do not know of any keyboard shortcuts that might be usable.

The only way for this panel is to use the mouse.

[Max]

Ernst is right, the fader is almost useless.

The only use I found for it is for the temperature fine adjustment (I got the idea from the LrControl plugin settings) and split toning balance (since the value is set to 0 at the beginning, and I usually keep the fader at 0).

For these two uses it works well enough. 

[Christophe Mely]

Thank you Ernst and Max :)

Maybe the fader could be use for scroll up / scroll down in library view ?

[Walt Zubak]

Ernst

 How do you get this to setup ? 

[Ernst Bokkelkamp]

Simple: enter the profile names in the settings menu on the profiles tab. see https://groups.google.com/d/msg/midi2lr/XvuvNAlTB0M/Uxo8DxcpBAAJ