Question regarding MIDI in X2

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Question regarding MIDI in X2

I was a long time Sonar user (from version 4 to 8.5)  but got fed up with a few show stoppers/deal breakers.   One of my biggest (but not only) frustrations was when I used my outboard midi synths and hardware.  When ever I would open sonar,  the tracks I had assigned to my various modules would not be correct.  So I'd have to go in and change the midi channel and out put for every track again and again.  A tedious and incredibly frustration problem.   From what I understood,  it was because of the way Sonar reads the midi ports from windows. 
 
Has this been fixed or addressed?  I also use ableton and they handle it perfectly (It will simply be red if it does not find the correct midi ports instead of just assigning whatever midi port is there the way Sonar does).
 
 
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    Re:Question regarding MIDI in X2 2012/09/10 16:02:53 (permalink)
    http://forum.cakewalk.com/tm.aspx?m=1359380&high=midi+port+assignment
     
    this describes the problem a little better.  Its been going on for a while and was not fixed in 8.5.  Like I said, this is a deal breaker for me and I wont  be upgrading to x2 unless its fixed.  I really would like to stick with Sonar since I have so many songs and time invested.  But I cant deal with this annoyance anymore so I really need to know.  thanks
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    Re:Question regarding MIDI in X2 2012/09/29 10:09:21 (permalink)
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    I believe he's talking about midi "routing I/O" assignments. It actually happens quite often that Sonar will lose those. I used to think it was just upon a new install or update but it's happened to me at other times as well. I have a master template that has all my most used softsynths along with a click track and multiple midi and audio tracks. I also have three outboard hardware sound generators (my controller, an Alesis QS8 and a Roland TD10 and a Korg Wavestation SR) that are set on different and various midi channels. What happens I think is that any time you make a change or add a new midi device in your Global settings you run the risk of having all your midi routing changed as well. While there may be a "quick fix" (and if there is, somone please clue me in to it) I generally just go back and change all my individual tracks back one at a time and then resave the template or project. It is a PITA ain't it?


    now that x2 is out, does anyone know if this issue has been fixed? I quoted yorolpal because he describes the issue well.
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