ccm.murphy
November 28, 2025, 5:17pm
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Hey there, new user here. I recently got a Console 1 Fader MKI, not realizing the lack of integration with Pro Tools, which lead me to BOME!
I’m trying to get a sense of much functionality I’d be able to get out of the Fader 1 by using BOME midi translator.
For example, would I only be able to control 10 channels or is there a way to use the page function on the Console 1 Fader to control every fader in my session? Similar with panning, there’s only one pan knob, but can you map it so when you select the channel on the Console 1 Fader, the pan knob is set to control the pan on the select channel?
I feel like it will be a pretty big undertaking to get this all set up if it’s possible but if it can actually do this stuff, it would be way cheaper than buying a new fader controller to use with Pro Tools!
Any insight or feedback would be much appreciated!
SteveC
November 28, 2025, 5:43pm
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Hi and welcome to the Bome community!
Does your console 1 have just one fader and one pan knob?
Please plug it in to your computer and use the trial version of Bome MIDI Translator PRO to test.
Select your console 1 for input and then open the log window.
Select MIDI IN so we can monitor what is coming from your controller.
Move the fader and capture what it is sending.
Then do the same for your pan knob. Then copy and paste the results in a reply on this forum. I can look at what it is sending and hopefully determine how to use it in ProTools.
If you want to move to a different fader, determine which buttons for ‘next track’ and ‘previous track’ that you want to use.
Then capture the MIDI they send in the log window and send that along too. Please annotate what you were doing with every MIDI message that you see.
Steve Caldwell
Also available for paid consulting services: bome@sniz.biz
ccm.murphy
November 28, 2025, 7:01pm
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Thanks for the quick reply. So the Console 1 Fader has 10 faders and the ability to page through banks of faders.
Here’s the MIDI In logs:
First fader:
1: MIDI IN [Console 1 Fader]: B0 0A 7F
Pan Knob (with no specific channel button selected)
1: MIDI IN [Console 1 Fader]: B0 78 1A
Second Fader
1: MIDI IN [Console 1 Fader]: B0 09 7F
Selected new “Page” and moved fader 1:
1: MIDI IN [Console 1 Fader]: B0 20 00
Selected specific fader channel and moved pan knob
1: MIDI IN [Console 1 Fader]: B0 3D 7F
Does this help? Here’s a screenshot of the controller
So you can see there are 10 channels with the ability to select individual ones, solo/mute, toggle between pages of channels, etc.
SteveC
November 28, 2025, 8:40pm
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OK, that is enough to get started. Find the attache project file
Make sure you sent your input and output ports to the same virtual port within ProTools and Bome MIDI Translator Pro
Here are my ports. I’m using a different controller to emulate yours.
ProTools looks like this:
I have only set up 2 faders and one VPOT (Pan knob)
Translator 1.0 handles the 2 faders. It sends a touch command (1.1) when the knob is first moved and after 100ms of non-movement it sends a release command (1.4) which is handled by a timer.
Translator 1.3 handles the Pan action for the current channel. I I would need to know the value for each selected channel to expand that beyond the current channel. Right now it is just set to the channel of the last fader move.
Console-1-MK1.bmtp (4.1 KB)
Steve Caldwell
Also available for paid consulting services: bome@sniz.biz
