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balinas
Total Posts: 4
Joined 02-27-2017 status: Newcomer |
Hello all. I have had a MOTIF6 for quite some time and I am still enjoying it! In the past I have tried to connect it to Sonar with no success. I am now using a ACT program called AZ Controller in Sonar PLT which has given my MCU-PRO complete abilities to control whatever in Sonar. I have now used AZ Controller to connect Sonar with my MOTIF6. I see functionality with the rotary knobs and the sliders, but I don’t see any functionality in the transport controls. I am sure others have used their MOTIF’s with Sonar. What can I expect as far as a control surface with MOTIF and Sonar? Will the transport buttons work, or not? Thanks for any responses! -Balinas |
meatballfulton
Total Posts: 3022
Joined 01-25-2005 status: Guru |
If you put the Motif into Remote Mode, it should control Sonar over USB as described in the Data List manual. I have no idea what this AZ Controller program is. |
balinas
Total Posts: 4
Joined 02-27-2017 status: Newcomer |
Thanks! I did find the Remote Control Assignments in the MOTIF manual.
And I think I have found out why. AZ Controller is a control surface plug-in specifically written to run control surfaces out of Sonar. The old, built-in Sonar templates are something that had been neglected in Sonar for sometime. AZ Controller and its documentation can be found at azslow.com . It is free. Through this plug-in, you can use control surfaces with either midi control, or through OSC. I have been using AZ Controller to expertly run my MCU-PRO. It allows you to see if even your midi messages are getting through to Sonar, thus allowing discrete programming of all buttons. Anyway, I have found that the MOTIF6 creates 3 midi ports, 6-1, 6-2, and 6-3. 6-1 in/out port is where the midi notes travel. And apparently the 6-3 port handles the ‘remote control’ control surface messages. All these years unknowingly I have been trying to connect the MOTIF6 as a control surface through 6-1, which actually has some connectivity, but NOT with the TRANSPORT buttons. When I switched the control surface settings to connect through 6-3, all of a sudden I get TRANSPORT button controls! And I get programmability through the buttons described in the Cakewalk remote control assignments in the Motif manual. Only now with AZ Controller, I can program them to whatever I like and find useful! So, if anyone is using Sonar and having any issues with their control surfaces, or would like to program them to different functions/commands, then look up Alexey’s program AZ Controller on azslow.com . I also have a iPhone on which I use TouchOSC for remote control of Sonar through wi-fi. I use this while sitting at my recording booth, which is a bit separated from my computer work station. thanks again! As I find out more, I will let everyone know. |