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Midi feedback for motorized faders #1382

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@Off-IT Off-IT commented Dec 21, 2022

I have a midi control surface with motorized faders.
When moved, those faders get back in their original positions.
These forum topics are describing the issue:

https://www.qlcplus.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=29&p=66484
https://www.qlcplus.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=14190

With the help a of midi sniffer, I found that qlcplus don't send any midi feedback. It is needed to keep the sliders in place.
Here is a flow for a simple project with only one slider and its external input mapped to a pitchweel message :

  • fader moves
  • midi controller sends a pitchwheel message to qlcplus
  • VCSlider changes its value

To make the fader stay in place, this extra step is needed :

  • VCSlider sends feedback (pitchwheel) to the controller

I added a sendFeedback call in vcslider.cpp and it works great (at least for my Icon Platform M+).

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I'm not sure if this is OK for every motorized fader controller.
I need to test it with my BCF2000. IIRC sending a feedback while moving a fader will block the fader itself.

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Off-IT commented Dec 26, 2022

There could be an option on the Input profile, under midi global settings.

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Off-IT commented Dec 26, 2022

I also found a little bug when retrieving the original midi channel, in Omni mode, when the slider is on an even page of a frame.

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