How can I migrate control surface settings from 8.5p to x3p?

Author
Post
Essentials Only Full Version
Stringrazor1
Max Output Level: -79 dBFS
  • Total Posts : 579
  • Joined: 2003/11/10 23:20:06
  • Location: Southern California
  • Status: offline
2014/10/13 00:48:14 (permalink)

How can I migrate control surface settings from 8.5p to x3p?

Against the advice of many folks I know who have abandoned Cakewalk, I recently caved and upgraded to X3p. I had a control surface set up for the Korg nanoKONTROL and had all the Generic controls and transport settings saved for in 8.5. The control surface file is called "nano" and I found it buried in a "cakewalk\shared presets" folder under my Windows User Profile on my old DAW. I tried to copy it to the same folder on the new DAW AND also to c:\Program Data\Cakewalk\Shared Presets   but it never shows up in the list of Control Surface presets that I can load. I would hate to have to reenter it all. How can I migrate these settings?
 
Long time since I visited here. Can't say I like what they've done with this place. 
#1

4 Replies Related Threads
    thomasabarnes
    Max Output Level: -43 dBFS
    • Total Posts : 3234
    • Joined: 2003/11/11 03:19:17
    • Location: Milwaukee, WI USA
    • Status: offline
    Re: How can I migrate control surface settings from 8.5p to x3p? 2014/10/13 02:08:07 (permalink)
    If it's a saved preset for the ACT MIDI Controller or the Cakewalk Generic Surface Controller, you can use the Cakewalk Plug In Manager to go to the Control Surface section in the Plug In Manager, click on whichever controller it's a preset for, and export from 8.5 and import it to X3 using the Cakewalk Plug In Manager.
     
    Hope that helps.


    "It's not a song till it touches your heart. It's not a song till it tears you apart!" Lyrics of Amy Grant.

    SONAR Platinum X64 (jBridge), Windows 10 Pro 64-Bit, Core i7 990X Extreme Edition Processor 3.46 GHz 6 Cores, Gigabyte EX58-UD5, Crucial Ballistix 24GB 1333MHz DDR3 @1333 MHz, TASCAM UH-7000, Behringer X-Touch, EVGA GTX 980TI Superclocked 6GB, 1TB Samsung EVO 850 SSD, 150GB, 320GB, 1TB 7200rpm HDDs
    #2
    Stringrazor1
    Max Output Level: -79 dBFS
    • Total Posts : 579
    • Joined: 2003/11/10 23:20:06
    • Location: Southern California
    • Status: offline
    Re: How can I migrate control surface settings from 8.5p to x3p? 2014/10/13 16:13:02 (permalink)
    That worked, thank you! I was able to export both the generic (console) and ACT (transport) settings I had saved as "nano" in 8.5 on the old DAW and into X3 on the new machine. I'd never used the Cakewalk Plug-in Manager before. It's always cool to learn something new.  
    #3
    thomasabarnes
    Max Output Level: -43 dBFS
    • Total Posts : 3234
    • Joined: 2003/11/11 03:19:17
    • Location: Milwaukee, WI USA
    • Status: offline
    Re: How can I migrate control surface settings from 8.5p to x3p? 2014/10/13 18:11:44 (permalink)
    It's good to hear you're good to go. It's a bummer to have to keep setting up a control surface from scratch, so I know how you must feel.


    "It's not a song till it touches your heart. It's not a song till it tears you apart!" Lyrics of Amy Grant.

    SONAR Platinum X64 (jBridge), Windows 10 Pro 64-Bit, Core i7 990X Extreme Edition Processor 3.46 GHz 6 Cores, Gigabyte EX58-UD5, Crucial Ballistix 24GB 1333MHz DDR3 @1333 MHz, TASCAM UH-7000, Behringer X-Touch, EVGA GTX 980TI Superclocked 6GB, 1TB Samsung EVO 850 SSD, 150GB, 320GB, 1TB 7200rpm HDDs
    #4
    Stringrazor1
    Max Output Level: -79 dBFS
    • Total Posts : 579
    • Joined: 2003/11/10 23:20:06
    • Location: Southern California
    • Status: offline
    Re: How can I migrate control surface settings from 8.5p to x3p? 2014/10/15 16:13:35 (permalink)
    Yeah, I remember it being quite tedious! Had to program each of the 8 channel strips 3x (for each bank) plus the ACT transport controls. Using your plugin mgr tip, it only took a few minutes to get everything working. Whew.. did NOT want to repeat all that - thanks again!  I think I paid $20-$30 for the Korg nanoKontrol but it's a pretty useful little USB CS. 
     
    Even cheaper (not counting the Android tablet/phone ) is Humanic's Touch DAW. This $5 (and there's a very useful free version too) app emulates a Mackie Control 1 surface (and more) and implements MIDI over WiFi, Bluetooth, and USB tether. The author has now introduced "MidiHub" for the PC side so no 3rd s/w like rtpMIDI is needed anymore. Very cool!
    #5
    Jump to:
    © 2025 APG vNext Commercial Version 5.1