jkreibich said:
Anyone interested in the Loupedeck should have a look at MIDI2LR.
https://rsjaffe.github.io/MIDI2LR/
MIDI2LR allows you to control most of LightRoom's tools using any MIDI control board. A popular one is the BEHRINGER X-TOUCH MINI, which costs a whole USD$50.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B013JLZCLS/ Even better, the whole system is fully customizable, so you can assign whatever LR controls you want to the physical controls of your particular MIDI system.
I spent a lot of time looking at the original Loupedeck, but it is rather expensive. After hearing about MIDI2LR in some comments, I tried it and have never looked back. Having physical controls is a HUGE speed boost, but there is no need to expensive custom hardware. Don't worry about MIDI hardware... most of these systems are USB based, and simple easy to setup and use.
I'm getting away from the Adobe *rental* model of tools....
Right now, I'm using On1 RAW in lieu of LR....and Affinity Photo in place of PS.
I would really like a physical controller for use with those apps.
I've looked a bit into the MIDI thing....that Beringer unit, just from looks..appeared to be lightweight, plastic and cheap....just from appearances. If not, please let me know...for a control unit I'd want one solid that would sit on the desk and not move about ,etc.
But I'm not up on midi that well...can it be set to control ANY part of an application, or do the apps themselves have to have an API open to allow the functions to be controlled externally...and if so, how do you find out which controls are available, and how to connect each physical controller to each on screen control?
I'd originally looked into this type thing, but found out it only works really with Adobe products, but I did like the modularity aspect of it:
https://palettegear.com
Looks really cool, but again, likely won't meet my software needs....
Anyway, if you have more info on how to make these units work with more software I'd really be interested.
I'd really like to get one unit that I could map to say, ON1, Affinity...AND Davinci Resolve and FCPX....is there such a generic hardware beast that can be readily mapped to a number of different applications?
cayenne