Using Bome Translator & midi2lr at the same time

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Is it possible to use the bome translator pro and lightroom or other midi applications at the same time?

I have the problem that the midi controller is blocked when using it with lightroom and midi2lr. But i want to enhance some functions, what midi2lr doesent has.

So the question is: Can i define, that bome translator only uses some of the midi controller knobs and leave the rest free?

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Hi,

What you would do is direct all traffic on your MIDI application to use one or more of the Bome MIDI Translator’s Virtual MIDI instead of the actual controller/application. You could then set up tramslaators within Bome MIDI translator Pro as a middle man to process certain MIDI messages and pass through other MIDI messages to your MIDI application untouched via MIDI through routes you set.

Steve Caldwell
Bome Q and A Moderator and
Independent Bome Consultant/Specialist
bome@sniz.biz

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The issue with this, is that Midi2lr simply listens to any midi. You can't set a port, channel or device. It seems Midi2lr is getting midi from the moment it enters the usb connection on OSX.

So even with Bome it's not possible to be a traffic cop for midi2lr. It's frustrating and it seems not easy for the developer of midil2r to implement this.

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Hi,

Maybe this will work. Apparently MIDI2LR scans for attached controllers when it starts up so leave your controller disconnected so it won't be found but leave Bome MIDI Translator started so it will be found. After MIDI2LR starts, then attach your controller and use it with MT Pro. Since MIDI2LR will not be aware if it, it should ignore direct controller which is what you want.

If this doesn't work then the only recourse is to go back to the MIDI2LR developer to get the application to "play nice" with other MIDI applications.

 

Steve Caldwell
Bome Customer Care

Also available for paid consulting services: bome@sniz.biz

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Hi, Midi2lr has a test version where you can enable or disable specific midi ports. Just look into the forum. You can route your device first to Bome and from there to midi2lr and just adapt the knobs how you want. Before I did same what Steve mentioned, it works but it was unhandy and it conflicts with my other midi devices.

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Thanks for the update!

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Are there any upates do midi2LR that allow channels? I didn’t find anything and it seems poorly upheld by it’s maker. I believe I have the latest version which is 6.2.0.1

I’m using an akai APC mini which seems to only output on to channel 1. So I may have to use BMTpro to send the faders and 2 rows of buttons I use for LRC as channel 2 and hope that Midi2LR picks up those. Not sure how to do that yet or if I should change the hardware output settings using the built in functions.

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I’m sorry we do not track functionality of non Bome products.

You can use Bome MIDI Translator Pro to either change to a different MIDI channel or a different MIDI port depending on the conditions that you set within the project.

For instance, you can always have certain note numbers directed to MIDI channel 2 from your APC-MINI. Or you can have the MIDI directed to a different port number depending on the note number (but still on MIDI CH 1).

If you provide an example of what you want to do, I’m happy to provide it. Simply provide the incoming message and port and the desired outgong message and port.

Steve Caldwell
Bome Customer Care

Also available for paid consulting services: bome@sniz.biz
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Thanks for the reply! Is there a video on rerouting to ports/channels? Also what technically is a port in this case? Does it show up as a different midi device in other words creating a virtual midi device perhaps with a custom name that software can receive from?

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There are two tutorial links I provided. One for MIDI aliases and the other for device (port) selection.

From the another application point of view, the port names are usually displayed as BMT 1 through BMT 9, however you can display long names if you wish instead but you cannot rename the virtual port names to anything that you like (at least not using Bome MIDI Translator Pro )

You may also want to take a look at the Bome User Manual (Press help Menu of F1 within Bome MIDI Translator Pro to open up as a .pdf document)

We have a bunch of Bome MiDI Translator Pro tutorials.

Steve Caldwell
Bome Customer Care

Also available for paid consulting services: bome@sniz.biz