I'm also having problems with loosing LOR metadata after importing into LSP. I mean, the entire song comes in and its playable and all.
I organized (in LOR) track#1 channels into a certain logical order, similar to how Holdman did it. First organized by color, then organized by display items under each color. And those display iteams are organized into logical group (megatree, tree line, snowflake wall, etc.) ... which is often very different from how they are physically connected to the controllers.
I also added some organization via. LOR tracks ... in some sequences. BUt the problem is ... after importing ... you loose all of that, and your left just looking at channels per controller ... so a LSP controller-centric view of the channels ... with no organization, unless you happened to have organized them by controller previously.
Now you CAN use layers and virtual controllers to add significant organization to all this ... but I haven't found a way to make that organization "re-usable" yet ... so I've mentioned that the LSP as a highly desirable item for the wish list.
I'm thinking you almost need to re-organize in LOR first before importing into LSP.
The controller-centric view in LSP is difficult, esp. if you arranged your hardware based more on layout, extension cord and/or load balancing.
But you can add organization around that using "layers". Add a layer, then highlight a range of channels, right-click and 'add to layer' and select the layer.
There is also something called a virtual controller, which can be added, then you add channels to it the same as adding to a layer. You can then re-order the items in the virtual controller.
When you click on the layer or layers you want to see ... it then only shows those channels and controllers related to that layer.
But you nailed the problem I"m having ... LSP doesn't have a true concept of 'show configuration' ... which you can add to a sequence after importing it.
That means you stuck in tons of busy work per sequence, trying to get these organization things done manually for each sequence.