ABOUT

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1 - CobalTouch-MFT

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CobalTouch-MFT has the same settings as the CobalTouch application, with additional commands for the Midi Fighter Twister (MFT) controller.

This page only documents these additions.
For the documentation of the "X-Touch Mini" part, please go to this page.

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CobalTouch-MFT is an interface initially conceived for my personal use and that I make available here.
It is intended for stage managers and lighting technicians working with ETC's Cobalt software and wishing to have control surfaces for faders, machine attributes, independents and sequence transport keys.
It offers a pre-assignment of the X-Touch Mini and Midi Fighter Twister buttons optimized for Cobalt and its visualization via a graphic interface. It was developed under Max and runs under Windows.

The application communicates in MIDI with the two controllers, and sends information in both OSC and MIDI to Cobalt. The application is not bidirectional, it does not receive any information from Cobalt.
 

Additional features offered by the addition of the MFT:
 

• Control of the main attributes of the automatic projectors (Pan, Tilt, Zoom, Focus, Hue, Saturation, Iris), with coarse and fine adjustment for each attribute.

• Control of 4 independent knobs and 3 independent switches.

• Main wheel.

• Crossfader emulation with transfer speed control.

Once the application is opened, it works in the background. 

 

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3 - Why these controllers ?

 

For a quick description of the Fighter Twister and the reasons for this choice, you can go here.

For the choice of the X-Touch Mini, it is here.

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IMPLEMENTATION

 

1 - Setting up the MFT

 

First of all, the controller must be configured internally using the Midi Fighter Utility, the dedicated editor provided by DJ Tech Tools:

 

 

You will need the configuration file specific to the use with CobalTouch-MFT "Config_MFT_CobalTouch-MFT.mfs" (Google Drive link):

 

 

 

 

Once you have downloaded these files and installed Midi Fighter Utility on your computer, connect the Fighter Twister to your computer via USB without using a hub.
You can use a hub later on to use it, but it is not recommended to use a hub to configure it.

- Open Midi Fighter Utility.
- Go to File/Import at the top left and select the configuration file "Config_MFT_CobalTouch-MFT.mfs".
--> The Bank 2 view on the right should look like the one in the picture below.
- Click on the blue "SEND TO MIDIFIGHTER" button at the bottom of the editor to transfer the configuration to the controller.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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The bank used with CobalTouch-MFT is bank 2. The other banks are not used in the application.

To navigate between the MFT banks, use the middle buttons on either side of the controller.