I attempted to use this updated dll with Maschine MKII and it worked fine until it caused Sonar to freeze twice... both times forcing me to restart the computer as Sonar was so frozen it would not close at all. I did not attempt to reproduce it as I was worried about damaging something.

Hi. I have a small studio in my basement and just received the Behrenger BFC 2000. I also have the Octa Capture and just upgraded to X3 studio. I have read all the previous discussions on the protocol issue. Are there any updates to this issue with getting the BFC 2000 to work with x3? Thanks for any help in this. EC. 
 
P.S  I, and there are many like me, that are not that technically oriented. I am looking for an "easy way" to do this if there is such a thing. 

I just purchased a used Behringer BCF000 for 149.00 and it does exactly what I need.   Faders, pan, solo/mute!  I also use a Frontier Alphatrack if I want physical control over a single fader and / or  plugins and it works well so really, for the basics, I'm happy!    Otherwise I am OK using the mouse for more detailed tasks.     Eventually I guess one of these  HW units (maybe the X-touch ?) will provide good control over prochannel and effects bins too and eventually I may even be ready to move up to Windows 8 as touchscreens improve but again, for now I found a very good compromise!

Thank you for your response. Can you help a technically simple minded guy how you were able to get the faders, pans solo/mute to work with the x3 program? EC

I have Mackie Control and two extenders. I am feeling a little impatient. Desparately want to control all the ProChannel plugs. I've never used ACT. Can someone tell me, If I can use ACT to assign the controls for the various ProChan plugs to the buttons and pots on my Mackie and will SONAR X3 always remember those settings from now on?

I have a VS-20, which controls faders, record arm, transport functions (including record), and I set Midi Learn so the Master track output corresponds to the Output Level knob on the VS-20.  (I'm not using the audio interface, only the control surface aspect).
 
What additional parameters does the Mackie control offer w.r.t. Sonar?
 

OK, now we have 2015 and what new? Do you know if the newest Sonar finally cooperates fully with Mackie (in particular with plug-ins and FX control)? As you probably know, the previous versions of Sonar did not control these functions of Mackie. Any change in new Sonar Platinum?

I mean  MCU Pro, of course.
 

amax55
I mean  MCU Pro, of course.
 

My MCU pro and extender work much much better.
Recognizes them and settings right off the bat.
 
Having said that, I haven't used them for everything I've done with plat yet, but so far have found no problems.
This was my biggest issue with Sonar given the cost of the MCU system.
 
 Edit: I have mapped to a couple plugs successfully, but not tested much.
 
 
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I also would like to see some fixes in CS API...
 
But all my attempts to convince some owner of MC(U(P)) to spend 5 minutes ended with silence. That means everyone is happy or do not care.