diff --git a/src/BizHawk.Client.Common/Controller.cs b/src/BizHawk.Client.Common/Controller.cs
index 071fd13dac..1b09dc3b0f 100644
--- a/src/BizHawk.Client.Common/Controller.cs
+++ b/src/BizHawk.Client.Common/Controller.cs
@@ -110,7 +110,10 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.Common
 			{
 				if (_haptics.TryGetValue(kvp.Key, out var strength))
 				{
-					finalHostController.SetHapticChannelStrength(kvp.Value.GamepadPrefix + kvp.Value.Channel, (int) ((double) strength * kvp.Value.Prescale));
+					foreach (var hostChannel in kvp.Value.Channels!.Split('+'))
+					{
+						finalHostController.SetHapticChannelStrength(kvp.Value.GamepadPrefix + hostChannel, (int) ((double) strength * kvp.Value.Prescale));
+					}
 				}
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/src/BizHawk.Client.Common/config/FeedbackBind.cs b/src/BizHawk.Client.Common/config/FeedbackBind.cs
index 49ba11c031..207e94d763 100644
--- a/src/BizHawk.Client.Common/config/FeedbackBind.cs
+++ b/src/BizHawk.Client.Common/config/FeedbackBind.cs
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.Common
 {
 	public struct FeedbackBind
 	{
-		public string? Channel;
+		/// <remarks>may be a '+'-delimited list (e.g. <c>"Left+Right"</c>), which will be passed through the input pipeline to <see cref="Controller.PrepareHapticsForHost"/></remarks>
+		public string? Channels;
 
 		/// <remarks>"X# "/"J# " (with the trailing space)</remarks>
 		public string? GamepadPrefix;
@@ -16,10 +17,10 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.Common
 
 		public float Prescale;
 
-		public FeedbackBind(string prefix, string channel, float prescale)
+		public FeedbackBind(string prefix, string channels, float prescale)
 		{
 			GamepadPrefix = prefix;
-			Channel = channel;
+			Channels = channels;
 			Prescale = prescale;
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/src/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/config/ControllerConfig/FeedbackBindControl.cs b/src/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/config/ControllerConfig/FeedbackBindControl.cs
index c7ac6023b8..7d896bff98 100644
--- a/src/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/config/ControllerConfig/FeedbackBindControl.cs
+++ b/src/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/config/ControllerConfig/FeedbackBindControl.cs
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 
 		public FeedbackBindControl(string vChannel, FeedbackBind existingBind, IHostInputAdapter hostInputAdapter)
 		{
-			BoundChannels = existingBind.Channel ?? string.Empty;
+			BoundChannels = existingBind.Channels ?? string.Empty;
 			BoundGamepadPrefix = existingBind.GamepadPrefix ?? string.Empty;
 			Prescale = existingBind.IsZeroed ? 1.0f : existingBind.Prescale;
 			VChannelName = vChannel;
diff --git a/src/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/config/ControllerConfig/FeedbacksBindPanel.cs b/src/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/config/ControllerConfig/FeedbacksBindPanel.cs
index 1b83c5b19c..ed7c52f44e 100644
--- a/src/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/config/ControllerConfig/FeedbacksBindPanel.cs
+++ b/src/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/config/ControllerConfig/FeedbacksBindPanel.cs
@@ -36,10 +36,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 			foreach (var c in _flpMain.Controls.OfType<FeedbackBindControl>())
 			{
 				if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(c.BoundGamepadPrefix)) continue;
-				foreach (var channel in c.BoundChannels.Split('+'))
-				{
-					saveTo[c.VChannelName] = new(c.BoundGamepadPrefix, channel, c.Prescale);
-				}
+				saveTo[c.VChannelName] = new(c.BoundGamepadPrefix, c.BoundChannels, c.Prescale);
 			}
 		}
 	}