The Fader, preset fading plugin
Knobroom, Lightroom 3 MIDI plugin
Knobroom version 0.1.8 (same as 0.1.7 but no expiration)
Requirements:
- Windows XP or later
- OS X 10.5 or later
- Lightroom 3.0
- some MIDI controller supporting MIDI Control Change events
Notes:
- Version 0.1.7 fixes linking problems with OSX 10.5.8
- Presets are probably not working on first start. Adjust presets from File/Plugin Extras/Knobroom/Assign Controls, then exit and restart Lightroom.
- This is alpha release and it is not yet recommended for production
usage. The version will expire by December 31, 2010.
- MIDI input is shown on every Lightroom start. This is to remind you
that Knobroom is running. MIDI input selection from File / Plugin
Extras does not work properly.
- If MIDI devices are not connected when Knobroom starts, the device
list is not properly updated later on.
- Sometimes, when photo is deleted, Knobroom stops working, and reports
with “nil” error message.
- Setting white balance does not work for JPEG images, or if RAW image
is not set to Custom white balance.
- Lightroom plugin spawns a separate server process for handling MIDI
input. The process is connected to Lightroom using TCP socket 56627.
If you are using special firewall software, you might need to open this
port manually or be prompted to accept connections.
Awesomness!!!!
The full path to the plugin file MUST contain no spaces or else the “Settings” dialog doesn’t work and for me it didn’t even capture any MIDI at all even though it “started up” and you could open the assignment window. This limitation is alluded to on the SUPPORT page, but this info should really be on the INSTALL/DOWNLOAD page here!!!!
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I just threw together a quick video showing the Novation Nocturn at work. I may put together a more refined one if people need it to show how to set it up, etc.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=1LJ7BXdNK00
Hi Gary,
I was fascinated by your use of this device and the plug in. Any additional info you can provide would be most useful. If you wrote a tutorial on how to get this system completely up to speed and working, it would be awesome!
Thanks,
Mitch
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Hi,
This looks really interesting. I have a question, though…
Using a Nocturn, say I set the (eg) Fill Light to 100 using pot 1 turning fully clockwise. Then I move to another image. This has Fill Light set to 20. If If turn pot 1 back a little, I guess the setting immediately jumps to 95 or something?
This will surely get confusing if I only wanted to make a small change, as now suddenly the picture is really bright…
So – is there a similar device to the Nocturn where the pots are digital free spinning to get round this problem?
Thanks,
Mike
Nocturn has virtual knobs so this is not a problem for it (or other virtual controllers, such as BCR2000). Knobroom sends MIDI OUT message to controller when picture settings change (e.g. you use mouse to modify, or move between photos) and the controller sets position based on that message. Similarly, motorized faders move into proper positions.
Thanks Jarno, that helped a lot.
Does your pluggin support LR in Solo mode? Ie using the Nocturn, is it possible to bind the Nocturn’s button(s) to open a given panel, use the knobs to adjust that panel’s controls/sliders, then move to the next panel? (Hope that makes sense!)
Lightroom plugin API does not support modifying the UI, so the panels do not change.
Ok, so if I manually select the appropriate panel with the shortcut key (eg Ctrl-5-Detail), can the Nocturn’s knobs then control that panel’s sliders, or always only the ‘Basic’ panel?
Thanks!
Mike
Nocturn has page up and page down buttons, basically you assign pages so that e.g. page 1: basic controls (for example MIDI control change 0-7), page 2 hue (cc 8-15), page 3 saturation (cc 16-23), page 4 lightness (cc 24-31). It doesn’t matter how Lightroom UI is setup or which panel is visible.
This is so awesome!
Thank you very much. Using it with a Noavation Nocturn and it´s working fantastic. Still learning to finetune it using the automap software. One small question: I like to use the alt + Exposure (Fill/blacks…) mode in Lightroom. Pressing alt and turning the knobs doesn´t work, how could I realize this behaviour with your plugin?
Thank you very much!
Flo
Unfortunately it’s not possible using the plugin API.