Faderport 8.5.3, and X1: appears to be working now. Virtual MIDI ports were the culprits
Have not used the Faderport for many months. It would regularly act skitzo when opening some Sonar projects: fader moving,....
Would often have to have to remove the FP as a control surface and restart sonar. So quit using it.
And it would not save presets, in the 32 bit version of Sonar, windows 7 32. Presets were saved using W7 64, and Sonar 8.5.3 64.
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Been changing the studio and evaluating all hardware and software for redemption, or not.
Connected the FP to computer.
Opened Sonar 8.5.3
Enabled the FP midi driver
Added FP as a control surface
Fader and pan control worked, but a bit jerky
No response from the buttons.
When clicking the buttons for mute, solo,.. in sonar the FP buttons would light.
Checked for updated software.
I had installed the 1.3.3 firmware in an attempt to fix the issue described above.
So I started the process for installing 1.3.5.
Stopped the MIDI over Lan, and Loopbe services as instructed.
Pressed the 3 buttons and connected the USB cable, and the wrong lights were blinking. Tried again. No joy.
I had a short cable connected to a generic extension. I changed this to a single, heavy duty cable with gold plated connectors.
Pressed 3 buttons, connected the cable and smiled.
Clicked next,... And all went well.
Started Sonar 8.5.3
Fader and pan control worked smoothly
No response from the buttons.
I checked for midi signals with a midi tool: all buttons were transmitting.
It occurred to me it may be one of the virtual midi devices was interferring.
So, I disabled Loopbe, Midi-Over-Lan, and all the Maple midi ports, and the FP ports.
Removed FP as a control surface.
Closed Sonar, Opened sonar.
Enabled the FP ports, added FP as a control surface and was rewarded with happiness.
All buttons performed as expected.
Then I enabled each of the other ports, and tested. All good.
Closed Sonar, Opened sonar. Still good.
Closed Sonar, restarted computer. Opened Sonar. Still good.
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Opened Sonar X1 and disabled all non-hardware midi ports. Restarted Sonar X1.
Enabled only the FP ports, added as control surface. And was still happy.
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I have had the erratic fader movement when opening older projects in Sonar 8.5.3.
I disable all the virtual midi stuff.
Restart Sonar add the FP and then the other ports and all is well again.