ok, yes step missing... oops.
In controller/surface properties, (on menu bar in Plat, dont remember about x3 though), choose the main unit and click the little properties button.. on the bottom right of the new window there is a layout button.
click that, then use the first pot/knob to scroll through channel choices on both the unit and ext.
When set, press that button again.
It should save the setup and you should have 16 channels in the order you chose.
 
I always had issues until Platinum, now it works great.
https://www.cakewalk.com/...xternalDevices.07.html
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FastBikerBoy
You just need to assign each surface to it's own bank of tracks in the Mackie properties box.
 

1. In the Sonar main menu click on "Utilities--->Macke Control -1"
2. Click on the configure layout button (Bottom right corner)
3. Use V-pot 1 on each unit to assign the banks
4. Click on the "Press again when done" button in the Mackie properties box

 
That should sort it. You can also set a lot of other preferences there such as what the f-keys control.
 
HTH

I have a question, how do you get these DLL's working?

I tried backing up the shared surface folder and copying over the dll files from here:
https://github.com/Cakewalk/Cakewalk-Control-Surface-SDK/tree/master/Bin/x64

It does not work - everytime I hit apply in preferences -> Control surfaces the setting disappear (for VS700 and Mackie control).
 
I'm using Dorchester. (I was surprised to see that the latest DLL's do not ship with Sonar?)

Doktor Avalanche
I have a question, how do you get these DLL's working?

I tried backing up the shared surface folder and copying over the dll files from here:
https://github.com/Cakewalk/Cakewalk-Control-Surface-SDK/tree/master/Bin/x64

It does not work - everytime I hit apply in preferences -> Control surfaces the setting disappear (for VS700 and Mackie control).
 
I'm using Dorchester. (I was surprised to see that the latest DLL's do not ship with Sonar?)

Hello,
 
I believe if these were not present on you system before you may have to use "regsvr32" to register the dlls. IHTH

I have tried with ACTController.dll, and it works ok.
 
If you see the plug-in name in parentheses (like "(VS-700)"), Sonar could not load it. Either it was not found, you attempt to use it in 32bit Sonar or some DLL which is used by plug-in is not found (MS Runtime).
 
 

Yeah that's exactly what I did...  I downloaded and tried ACTController.dll... Everything is 64 bit inc what I downloaded. I don't think I need to register the DLL in this instance as an earlier version is already there (which I had renamed to .old previously). I guess I'll try again....

The issue was that I could set it all up in preferences correctly, but it would then disappear after hitting apply. If I reverted back to the earlier DLL things would be back to normal...

For me it really has triggered some rescanning first... Sonar memory consumption was over 1.5G (when empty, it is normally under 0.5). But it worked than.
 
I have installed the latest MS runtimes (all versions!) when fighting against RP bug (as suggested by CW). So may be you have something outdated (the DLLs was obviously compiled several years after the original plug-in, but before Platinum, can be some intermediate VC).
 
Not that I understand why you want to use that limited, outdated and not supported DLLs without future...The alternative is in active development and supersede any of these plug-ins  in functionality, especially for not genius VS700 and MCU devices.

azslow3
I have installed the latest MS runtimes (all versions!) when fighting against RP bug (as suggested by CW). So may be you have something outdated (the DLLs was obviously compiled several years after the original plug-in, but before Platinum, can be some intermediate VC).
 

 
Yup maybe.
 

azslow3
Not that I understand why you want to use that limited, outdated and not supported DLLs without future...The alternative is in active development and supersede any of these plug-ins  in functionality, especially for not genius VS700 and MCU devices.

The whole point of github is to give it a future. Cakewalk DLL's are dated 2011 ot 2013 from memory? The DLL's appear to be more up to date:
https://github.com/Cakewalk/Cakewalk-Control-Surface-SDK/commits/master
 
If Cakewalk distributed updated DLL's that in turn would encourage developers to submit patches (the usual open source incentives). It would still probably have to go through their QA.

BTW 12419 Views on this thread.

So, has anybody got the fixes for the VS-700 yet? I'm not a programmer, so I have no idea how code works, but I'm wondering if anyone has fixed the fader issues of the VS-700 for use in Sonar X3e? Thanks in advance!

Hello, I am using 2 MAckie Control Universals with Sonar Platinum. Cannot get them to work independently.
YOu mention reassigning when you open a project. Would you please let me know what you mean by that?
thanks