Midi Fighter set pan on selected track defaults to 0.8%R on center (in Reaper)

[captainshern]

Hello,

I am trying to use a Midi fighter to simply control the pan on a selected track in reaper.

Here are my settings:

When I move the knob on my Midifighter its center defaults to 0.8%R instead of the center pan.
I wondered if there was a way to fix this so that it goes to the 'center value' of the pan when the knob is centered.

Here is a screenshot of my pan in reaper:

Cheers.
Steven

[Benjamin Klum]

This is because you are using absolute control. This means 128 steps which is an even number, which means there can't be a real center (128 / 2 = 64 = slightly to the right ... and 63 = slightly to the left).

The best way to solve this is to configure the encoders to send relative messages, in the Twister editor. I always tell people to do so because leaving them in absolute mode is like not using the biggest advantage of endless encoders ;)

If you insist on absolute messages, you need to restrict source min/max so that you get an odd number. Or you write a small control transformation scripts that snaps to the center.

[captainshern]

Hey Helgoboss,

Thanks for the info, it helps. Although I checked the twister editor (MF utility) and they don't allow me to send relative message per encoder, maybe it's called differently?

This is what I have:

[Benjamin Klum]

https://github.com/helgoboss/realearn/blob/master/doc/controllers.adoc contains setup instructions.