Thanks for making this video and sharing the love for the Twister with the world. We really appreciate it - support like this really helps a small business like ours able to continue to thrive.
love the twister. size, versatility, durability, and feel - its got em all! I also love endless encoders. some don't because they cant feel the position without looking, but for contextual mapping endless is the only way to go to avoid jumps or needing to reset before switching. The only drawback for me is that i tend to prefer faders to knobs for a lot of applications, but I used a twister as a cornerstone of my setup for years and loved it. Great video as usual Mowgli!
It is true that faders are also very useful, especially for fast changes but for smooth transitions and adjustments pots perform better. I've used all kinds of controllers and over the years I've gravitated to endless encoders but different tools for different people and different styles!
@@mowglitv agreed. i think the change in preference actually has correlated with a change in the genre of my usual gigs, from genres with smoother evolution towards genres with harsher and faster transitions. i gravitate back towards knobs when i work in genres like house, techno, and trance. midifighter needs to come out with a fader box and the trifecta will be complete! lol
@@djtechtoolsI think just having the option to add in faders in the midi fighter toolkit would be nice. I like to use faders, and it would be cool to use 3 midifighter devices instead of 2 + a larger controller like apc40, or launch control, etc that has faders but also more buttons and sliders. I don’t always need all of that, I just want to add faders ya know? Thanks for the reply! Would love to chat sometime
I never use the buttons to trigger clips. I use the mouse to trigger the clips. All the buttons are for strobes efects colors etc. using for clips is a waste of button in my opinion. im watching this as they discontinued the mkii and theres no alternative for VJs
Hello, I have a Push 2. Is it with using or should I buy something else like the one you recommend? And how do you set up the mapping with the Push 2? Cheers
It's hard to know what's going wrong without more details. I take you are using this: store.djtechtools.com/pages/midi-fighter-utility to change the colours. It is quite self explanatory, you select your colours and then upload to the MIDI Fighter.
Hello, I have a Push 2. Is it with using or should I buy something else like the one you recommend? And how do you set up the mapping with the Push 2? Cheers
Ok thanks for the reply. I need to find a way to map it. Do most controllers come with a mapping template? Maybe a template someone has configured and made available online?
I'm intrigued, clunky how? It has an outstanding build quality. Unintuitive? It has great feedback through the customisable LED rings and a very straight forward interface, what you see is what you get. Would you care to expand?
@@mowglitv sure. Let’s start with the fact there’s no one off switch. The software it comes with leaves very little customizability options to where you have to buy css for another $80 to simplify the twisters ease of use (and even then it’s far off). To customize it you have to go in and out and in and out over and over again closing and reopening your daw. This is extremely inefficient and wasteful You have to continually remap, and the guidance available on the dj tech tools sight is very sparse. It isn’t user friendly. The sequence mode is very attractive yet almost no info exists on the set up It’s a $80 product with bells and whistles.
@@Blueblackngold I do agree that having to go in and out of your editing software is a drawback. But I have no idea what this css buying that you mention is. I've found the editor app to be extremely comprehensive and the light feedback can be fully controlled with MIDI feedback from your application. You mention a DAW and this video is about Resolume. Out of all the MIDI controllers that I have (and I have a few!) most don't have an on/off switch.
It is perfectly possible to trigger clips using the push functionality. Having said that, the push action of the encoders is not ideal for quick-fire triggering in the way an arcade button would be as they need more force to trigger.
@@mowglitv Thank you so much for the reply :) I suppose it is also possible to use a keyboard as a button trigger, along with the midi fighter twister?
I just got a twister based on your recommendation, but I'm seriously struggling to get it to interface with resolume. Midi mapping simply won't work. any tips?
@@ethanmorris9713 are you on Facebook? if you are, post on the Resolume group, it would be easier to troubleshoot from there. In the mean time, have you tried using it with other software?
Thanks for making this video and sharing the love for the Twister with the world. We really appreciate it - support like this really helps a small business like ours able to continue to thrive.
love the twister. size, versatility, durability, and feel - its got em all! I also love endless encoders. some don't because they cant feel the position without looking, but for contextual mapping endless is the only way to go to avoid jumps or needing to reset before switching. The only drawback for me is that i tend to prefer faders to knobs for a lot of applications, but I used a twister as a cornerstone of my setup for years and loved it. Great video as usual Mowgli!
It is true that faders are also very useful, especially for fast changes but for smooth transitions and adjustments pots perform better.
I've used all kinds of controllers and over the years I've gravitated to endless encoders but different tools for different people and different styles!
@@mowglitv agreed. i think the change in preference actually has correlated with a change in the genre of my usual gigs, from genres with smoother evolution towards genres with harsher and faster transitions. i gravitate back towards knobs when i work in genres like house, techno, and trance. midifighter needs to come out with a fader box and the trifecta will be complete! lol
Noted@@SeanBowes re: fader box. Would it just be the modularity that is powerful here versus something like the APC series?
@@djtechtoolsI think just having the option to add in faders in the midi fighter toolkit would be nice. I like to use faders, and it would be cool to use 3 midifighter devices instead of 2 + a larger controller like apc40, or launch control, etc that has faders but also more buttons and sliders. I don’t always need all of that, I just want to add faders ya know? Thanks for the reply! Would love to chat sometime
I never use the buttons to trigger clips. I use the mouse to trigger the clips. All the buttons are for strobes efects colors etc. using for clips is a waste of button in my opinion.
im watching this as they discontinued the mkii and theres no alternative for VJs
Hello, I have a Push 2. Is it with using or should I buy something else like the one you recommend? And how do you set up the mapping with the Push 2? Cheers
I'm afraid that I don't have a Push so I can't help.
Heya! Just got the midi Fighter Twister for Resolume. I can’t figure out the colors and banks. My colors aren’t synching with the utility app. -sigh-
It's hard to know what's going wrong without more details. I take you are using this: store.djtechtools.com/pages/midi-fighter-utility to change the colours.
It is quite self explanatory, you select your colours and then upload to the MIDI Fighter.
@@mowglitvFigured it out, it was displaying reverse colors. Little different from what I work with. 😅 Guess I’m just tired lol.
glad you resolved it
Hello, I have a Push 2. Is it with using or should I buy something else like the one you recommend? And how do you set up the mapping with the Push 2? Cheers
I suggest using what you already have if you can. Having said that I have no experience of the Push.
Ok thanks for the reply. I need to find a way to map it. Do most controllers come with a mapping template? Maybe a template someone has configured and made available online?
I regret buying the twister. It’s so non intuitive and unnecessarily clunky. Don’t buy
I'm intrigued, clunky how? It has an outstanding build quality.
Unintuitive? It has great feedback through the customisable LED rings and a very straight forward interface, what you see is what you get. Would you care to expand?
@@mowglitv sure. Let’s start with the fact there’s no one off switch.
The software it comes with leaves very little customizability options to where you have to buy css for another $80 to simplify the twisters ease of use (and even then it’s far off).
To customize it you have to go in and out and in and out over and over again closing and reopening your daw. This is extremely inefficient and wasteful
You have to continually remap, and the guidance available on the dj tech tools sight is very sparse. It isn’t user friendly. The sequence mode is very attractive yet almost no info exists on the set up
It’s a $80 product with bells and whistles.
@@Blueblackngold I do agree that having to go in and out of your editing software is a drawback. But I have no idea what this css buying that you mention is. I've found the editor app to be extremely comprehensive and the light feedback can be fully controlled with MIDI feedback from your application. You mention a DAW and this video is about Resolume. Out of all the MIDI controllers that I have (and I have a few!) most don't have an on/off switch.
@@mowglitv control surface studio. Scripts to organize your twister without having to keep remapping. What’s the point of banks without them
Hey Mowgli long time buddy xx
Hi, yes long time indeed!
@@mowglitv BTW I agree that the APC40 is over rated, I've started using the Intech modular controllers and so far so good... :)
cant wait for BR32. it will be fine with mine setups
Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for watching!
would it be easy to trigger clips using the push buttons on midi fighter twister? (as opposed to having an extra touchscreen to do so)
It is perfectly possible to trigger clips using the push functionality. Having said that, the push action of the encoders is not ideal for quick-fire triggering in the way an arcade button would be as they need more force to trigger.
@@mowglitv Thank you so much for the reply :)
I suppose it is also possible to use a keyboard as a button trigger, along with the midi fighter twister?
yes
@@glowburger
I just got a twister based on your recommendation, but I'm seriously struggling to get it to interface with resolume. Midi mapping simply won't work. any tips?
Hard to say without more details. How are you mapping it? What do you mean by "won't work"? Can Resolume see it?
@@mowglitv Resolume can see it in the preferences tab, but when I go into the midi shortcuts tab it's unresponsive
@@ethanmorris9713 are you on Facebook? if you are, post on the Resolume group, it would be easier to troubleshoot from there. In the mean time, have you tried using it with other software?
@@mowglitv thanks, I'll try asking on Facebook as well as seeing if I can get it to communicate with Logic Pro x or cathodemer
Id love to see how you have your controller setup!
I will make a video showing that.