stevethompson
I am still able to use DAW Remote HD on an iPad2, with less upgrade anxiety (at least from the app/Apple end)  -  
(older iPad is also still useful for storing midi sysex patches, manuals, many other uses). 

 
Same here.  I've tried a bunch of them, and DAW Remote HD still works the best.  I still have an iPad 2 that I keep in the studio for that and other music-related tasks.  It works just fine. 

In the future, I'm hoping Bandlab will consider developing an iOS native control app for Cakewalk.  Both StudioOne and Cubase have great control apps, and these days that's more and more of a selling point.  Third party solutions work "okay" but don't hold a candle to dedicated control apps.

checked out Splashtop. Looked great! But, from what I’ve read on the site, there’s no support for key combinations? ie: you can’t CTRL-Z to undo, say a botched start to a recording take on the tablet that’s remotely controlling Sonar across the room on a PC. Is that right? I’m a big CTRL-Z (undo, try again guy!) when at an instrument away from the desktop. Am I missing something? Thanks.

Does Daw Remote HD support a CTRL-Z function? Thanks.

Daw Remote HD is no longer available from the Apple App Store.

Billy86
checked out Splashtop. Looked great! But, from what I’ve read on the site, there’s no support for key combinations? ie: you can’t CTRL-Z to undo, say a botched start to a recording take on the tablet that’s remotely controlling Sonar across the room on a PC. Is that right? I’m a big CTRL-Z (undo, try again guy!) when at an instrument away from the desktop. Am I missing something? Thanks.

Get Frontier Tranzport, it's around $50 on ebay. It's discontinued, but still 100% works with Win10. It has special driver & firmware tailored for Sonar (works with CbB too). You can customized combination keys to do almost whatever you like. Believe me, its amazing!

I disable the NIC in my PC when I run Sonar.  I've had clicks and dropouts with the NIC connected.  Thus using a wi-fi connected controller is out for me.  However, I have a Frontier Tranzport that I still use, so I have a wireless controller if needed.  I don't use the Tranzport as much as I used to as it interferes with my Behringer X-Touch wired control surface in Sonar only (works OK in other DAWS).  Something in the Win 10 Fall Creator's Upgrade (Fall 2017) caused the Sonar problem.  Before that the Tranzport and X-Touch co-existed without problems in Sonar.  Our forum control surface guru, Azslow, confirmed its the way Sonar handles the devices.
 
 

One useful and often overlooked iOS tool for remote control of PCs is Microsoft Remote Desktop.

It’s not a DAW controller but duplicates the Windows screen on the iPad (or another PC, or a Mac). Handy for all sorts of things.

Maybe Bandlab could even code a CbB remote control app like Apple’s Logic Remote or the Studio 1 equivalent? Apps dedicated to specific DAWs seem to work much better than “general DAW control” ones. Especially as Sonar (as was) was never the easiest thing to get remote control of - ACT was overdue for a total overhaul/replacement years ago.

Was using Touchdaw for SONAR when was using ANDROID device.
Nowadays I prefer TOUCHOSC. Someday I think I'll check out LEMUR.

Thanks everyone for the replies. Will explore further.

Having done a bunch of research it looks like updates to remote control software has stopped several years ago. At least it has stopped for iOS. I guess there’s not a big enough demand. If anyone knows of any currently updated apps I would be surprised and interested.