Control surface, fader control, console view only?

I wouldn't use simple instruments and try to use a CS to control them.

I would and have had all the MIDI tracks in a folder and move them at the end of any audio tracks. This way the CS will see the audio tracks first.

Big thanks John and Jlein X, I was setting the following, expecting only tracks in Console view to be controlled. Go to Edit > Preferences > MIDI > Control Surfaces > check "Console View" under [WAI Display] and "Console View" under [Control Strips Visible in]. I guess I'll have to put midi tracks at the end of my tracks. Its to bad because I liked putting them in folders with the vsti track.

They may be unnecessary for you but its nice for me. As I said I put them at the end. Another reason I don't use simple instruments tracks.

Sonar gives flexibility.
MIDI tracks are not unnecessary. When I create midi tracks to control external sound generators and take those output to external mixer and keep choosing for patches I can very well use those MIDI tracks on the console window. once I record the output to audio tracks then simply hide them from the CV.
 
There is no norms, basically depends on personal preference. I keep all the MIDI Tracks together. Then once I record from MIDI Hardware instruments to Audio I push them into a Folder and before that I mark them as Archive.
 
And  in the console view I keep them as long as I need them otherwise hide them - individually or altogether depending on the situation.
 
Regards
S Ghose

I don't typically display MIDI tracks in the CV, but I always display audio and synth tracks in the TV - that's where you can see their waveforms and it's also where automation/envelope editing takes place.   Not necessarily important from a control surface aspect, but for everything else....