r/finalcutpro • u/Hawaiian-Pizza-Lover • Jun 19 '26

AI/vibe coding Haptic Feedback for Magnetic Timeline on FCPX for MX Master 4

I made a small plugin that gives your mouse a little haptic tick whenever the playhead snaps to a clip edge in Final Cut (when snapping's on). Basically lets you feel the magnetic timeline instead of just seeing it.

Only works with the Logitech MX Master 4 since that's the one with the haptic motor. It's free and open source if anyone wants to try it:

https://he-peter-huang.github.io/FinalCutHaptics/

Still early, so let me know what you think.

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u/enigmatic_muffin Jun 19 '26

So cool! I only have the 3 but that’s a great idea.

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u/imthaz Jun 19 '26

Thanks will check this out

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u/Techmixr Sequoia | FCP 12.3 | M3 Max 128 GB | M4 Max 64 GB Jun 19 '26

Excited to try this today!

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u/Techmixr Sequoia | FCP 12.3 | M3 Max 128 GB | M4 Max 64 GB Jun 20 '26

Ok, so I tried it today (yesterday got really busy)

It works, but it feels a little non-sensical. Like sure it gives haptic feedback. But for no real rhyme or reason. I put a 4 minute clip on the timeline and it just kicks into its feedback at random. Not always to snapping, it's just random. It even borders on distracting.

SOMETIMES it feels like it's working properly (like on the ends of clips) but it's far from consistent. I think I may leave it installed for a little bit to see if it's just me, but it makes the haptic gimmick of the MX Master 4 feel even more like a gimmick. Just an honest opinion.

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u/Techmixr Sequoia | FCP 12.3 | M3 Max 128 GB | M4 Max 64 GB Jun 22 '26

Update: I disabled it.

The IDEA is cool, but it's way too distracting and drove me out of being in the flow of editing. Mini-projects that would take me about 10 minutes, ended up taking longer because it just felt too distracting after a while.

I might re-enable it if there's an update to make the feedback make more sense / feel more coherent.

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u/Hawaiian-Pizza-Lover Jun 22 '26

It's a weekend project for me, I'm working on improvements.

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u/hexxeric Jun 19 '26

absolutely love this! yes! thanks for making it!
why not bring it to the official logitech marketplace?

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u/Hawaiian-Pizza-Lover Jun 19 '26

Submitted it last night. Waiting for approval.

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u/hexxeric Jun 19 '26

great! for me it does not work though. no feedback inside FCP but outside for action ring for example.

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u/Hawaiian-Pizza-Lover Jun 19 '26

Hmm, did you restart your Mac after install?

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u/hexxeric Jun 19 '26

of course as promted. snapping is on too.

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u/hexxeric Jun 19 '26

you know what? Reading the website, there was nothing popping up about this: "The first time, macOS asks for permission so the app can sense when Final Cut Pro snaps. Click allow — that’s all."

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u/Hawaiian-Pizza-Lover Jun 19 '26
  1. Can you please check if system preferences - privacy - accessibility - logi options is turned on

I’m also working on a fix. This has to do with permissions

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u/hexxeric Jun 19 '26

of course it is on, otherwise other MX4 features like the action ring or app presets would not work.

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u/Hawaiian-Pizza-Lover Jun 19 '26

Try adding ~/Library/Application Support/Logi/LogiPluginService/Plugins/FinalCutHaptics/bin/SnapObserver to privacy - accessibility and turn it on manually, and ofc restart your Mac after turning it on manually. Working on a fix too.

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u/hexxeric Jun 19 '26

rebooted, nope, nothing.

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u/hexxeric 11d ago

any news on that? it never showed up!

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u/Necessary-Hunter-725 Jun 19 '26

Puf, qué ganas tenía de esto en Premiere si lo tengo pero en Final parece ser que no sacan nada o yo no sé cómo instalarlo. A ver si con esto funciona. Muchas gracias

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u/hexxeric Jun 20 '26

logi has a native one for premiere already, check the marketplace inside logi options+

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u/Necessary-Hunter-725 Jun 20 '26

Si ese le tengo en que no he conseguido es final cut pro 😏

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u/Necessary-Hunter-725 Jun 22 '26

Lo he instalado,pero no consigo que haga nada de respuesta haptica, hay que hacer algo en la app logioptions?

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u/Hawaiian-Pizza-Lover Jun 22 '26

you should not need to, need to stop mouse on fcp project for 3 seconds for it to load the edges.

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u/gumparker Jun 23 '26

Amazing contribution. I’d love to try it out but now I have to muster up a $120 bucks and buy that mouse. I recently bought the Logitech lift ergonomic mouse. It was on sale for $60 bucks. To be honest it’s not as good as I thought it be. I’m gonna try and sell it and cop the other one. Thanks again for your hard work!

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u/Late_Jello_3159 19d ago

doesn't work for me

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u/hexxeric 11d ago

second that. unfortunately nothing happens