Made my own Softube Console 1 alternative with a Midi Fighter Twister

Two months ago, I came upon a reddit post as I was looking for a cheaper alternative to the Console 1 after getting an ad for the MF Twister and its endless encoders. The post said how they setup their own mixing system with it so I bought it during Black Friday When looking for an alternative controller or one I could map myself, most of them had physical buttons/knobs/faders so I figured as soon as I changed tracks and plugins the fact that the physical position would be locked, it might mess up stuff if I accidentally touched a setting I didn’t have to and it would jump to the value matching physical position of the controller With its 16 knobs, 20 buttons and 4 banks of pages, what I was able to setup right now is multiple modes: for track navigation and for plugin control using Control Surface Studio. Currently, my default mode is used to navigate between tracks, volume, panning, enable/disable track, it has a visual feedback on the MF Twister that lights up knobs to indicate what plugins I have on the selected track. On bank 2, I setup pretty much the same, but for my mastering plugins Then for each plugin I mapped, a mode where the knobs control the desired parameters. That means that for each plugin, I can have 64 knobs, 80 buttons across the 4 pages of programmable buttons and knobs to control whatever parameter I want. The big plus, is that it’s all stored in the controller script that is generated in Control Surface Studio, and did not have to make multiple midi presets/configs/templates and store those in Ableton. And recording automation by moving knobs, tweaking settings on plugins is more satisfying than using a mouse and going through each setting one click at a time It took me a week to setup everything as it is now, and I will surely be adding more plugins and functionalities as I start to use it in mixes. It’s small, compact, and definitely cheaper than a Console 1, even with a license to Control Surface Studio, it all cost me about half of a Console 1 and can use any plugins I want (which the console 1 that now offers that fuctionality to act as a midi controller will be able to do as well) The good $240 + $85 (USD) = $325 vs $700 Fully customizable MIDI mapping to any plugin you want Mapping in a way that makes sense to you The encoders are not tied to a physical point to register values 64 knobs, 80 buttons PER MODE Satisfaction of setting it all up and pushing it to its limits One script runs all, no multiple presets to save in DAW The not so good Higher price point compared to basic MIDI controllers (fair, due to digital encoders) Not plug and play, spent a week on setup Learning curve for initial setup is steep for control surface studio Configuring new plugins takes time. Big plugin, maybe 30 min. Small 15 min. Limited ressources (YT videos, Forums), and no one will hold your hands through it Can’t open devices automatically (Ableton API limitation) Devices in grouped have to be accounted for (would need to spend another week for a workaround) Requires additional software for advanced features (Control Surface Studio, which is only for Ableton) 00:00:00 MF Twister 00:00:39 Navigation 00:01:50 Plugin Mapping 00:03:46 Why the MFT 00:07:19 Price 00:07:58 The Good 00:10:45 The Less Good 00:16:40 Programming it 00:22:49 MORE PLUGINS 00:30:14 Some exceptions 00:32:27 END 00:32:50 Bloopers Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/2Gqwb... paypal.me/kougan_music   / kougan_music   bandcamp to download/buy: https://kouganmusic.bandcamp.com/