X-Touch Extender(s) with Sonar Platinum 2016

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2017/08/17 16:38:53 (permalink)

X-Touch Extender(s) with Sonar Platinum 2016

I purchased two Behringer X-TOUCH Extenders to go with my X-touch and only one extender will work at a time in Sonar Platinum. Tried this in both SONAR and presonus studio one. It seems they are conflicting as USB MIDI Devices in my windows 10 workstation. I get an error message every time I try to select the second X-Touch Extender in MIDI devices under preferences.
 
Under Device Manager in Windows they both do appear as independent devices with different names/identifiers. I tried posting in the Behringer support forum and they replied with this:
 
"I'd recommend contacting Cakewalk and PreSonus. 

Here's a note I found on page 10 of the Quick Start Guide:

IMPORTANT NOTE: Not all DAWs support more than one hardware controller of the same type.

Please post back and let us know what you find out. 

Good Luck,
Ken"
 
Is there a fix for this or am I doing something wrong? I don't have current technical support with Sonar since my license expired at the end of 2016, so I am using the version that is current as of 12/2016. Hopefully I don't have to return one of these extenders.
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    chuckebaby
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    Re: X-Touch Extender(s) with Sonar Platinum 2016 2017/08/19 00:20:20 (permalink)
    Is there any way you can run one extender in to the other using midi ?
    I run my Mackie Through midi using the Mackie control.
    It might be something to look in to.
    At any rate, I hope the bump helps and someone sees it with better insight than I.

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    Re: X-Touch Extender(s) with Sonar Platinum 2016 2017/08/24 06:38:40 (permalink)
    I'm considering this myself... did you do it this way?  https://youtu.be/WX0uo1JXers

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    Re: X-Touch Extender(s) with Sonar Platinum 2016 2017/08/24 09:53:46 (permalink)
    Behringer says: Multiple X-TOUCH and EXTENDER units can be combined to emulate a large-scale control surface.
    https://www.music-group.com/Categories/Behringer/Computer-Audio/Desktop-Controllers/X-TOUCH-EXTENDER/p/P0CCR
     
    That maybe up to the usb-interface. Try to use 2 different usb-interfaces. So to say, 1 usb-controller for 1 extender.
    Just to test it.
    Maybe you have to give every unit a number (you have to ask Behringer)
    Under SONAR: Are 2 controllers installed in the controller setup?

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    Re: X-Touch Extender(s) with Sonar Platinum 2016 2017/08/25 13:00:32 (permalink)
    You can daisy chain them with USB cables. Should be able to connect 2, 3, 4, etc. together. If Sonar doesn't allow this then maybe a feature request is in order.
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    Re: X-Touch Extender(s) with Sonar Platinum 2016 2017/10/15 03:30:55 (permalink)
    I don't have an additional USB interface card but I can look into that as those can be had cheaply. No matter what port I use or if I Daisy chain them Sonar will give me an error once I try to use the second one saying the port is in use. Reaper works fine with it but I really hope I don't have to switch as Sonar is my preferred DAW. The extenders don't have MIDI in/out unfortunately or else I'd do that for one of them for sure. Thanks everyone for your suggestions I hope I can get this going eventually.
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    Re: X-Touch Extender(s) with Sonar Platinum 2016 2017/10/17 04:38:52 (permalink)
    OK Just to follow up on this in case anyone else has this issue... I found a solution. RTPmidi works with the ethernet port to set it up that way! Working great now.
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