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  • SOLVED Where is Cakewalk Generic surface data stored? (p.3)
2015/12/29 18:34:24
fireberd
The Korg nanoKontrol isn't widely used and probably why it was not included in presets.  I bought it on a M/F stupid deal of the day as a backup for my BCF2000 that is a little flakey.  I'm on the fence on whether to replace the BCF2000 with the new Behringer X-Touch.  The motorized faders impress clients. 
2015/12/30 06:19:16
BobF
fireberd
The Korg nanoKontrol isn't widely used and probably why it was not included in presets.  I bought it on a M/F stupid deal of the day as a backup for my BCF2000 that is a little flakey.  I'm on the fence on whether to replace the BCF2000 with the new Behringer X-Touch.  The motorized faders impress clients. 




I keep kicking around the idea of picking up a BCF.  I have several devices with faders that are NOT motorized.  What a pain that becomes when the 9th track is added to the project.
 
If I had clients to impress I would already have one.     I take it the BCF works well with Platinum?
2015/12/30 06:57:36
fireberd
The motorized faders don't really do anything, just eye candy.  The automation in each track actually controls the volume levels, at least how I use it.  That's why something like the basic Korg nanoKontroller would work just as well for me and why I haven't laid out the $400 or $600 for the new X-Touch control surface models.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2015/12/30 10:17:50
BobF
I looked around again.  I'm thinking the BCR might be a better choice if values are maintained as one navigates thru "banks" of tracks.  That's the kicker for me with non-motorized faders.  I need to do more research.
2015/12/31 09:05:01
azslow3
fireberd
The nanokontrol (name I gave it) is not listed.  I exported the nanokontrol (renamed it nanokontrol2) from the Win 7 Platinum and tried to import it into the Win 10 Platinum Control Surfaces but it does not show up.

Do you mean you have saved a preset "nanokontrol" in Generic Control Surface window and it is not should in the Plug-in Manager for Control Surface ?
I am using export/import function (for my plug-in) for X2 32bit to Platinum as well as in reverse direction all the time. I have not tried the same for Generic plug-in and I can not next days...
2015/12/31 09:25:12
fireberd
No.
As my original post, I have the nanokontroller set up in Sonar Platinum in Win 7.  I wanted to use the nanokontroller in Win 10, Sonar Platinum.  I wanted to import the Generic Control Surface from the Sonar/Win 7 installation to the Sonar/Win 10.  I've tried many different ways.  The last thing I did was export it from Sonar/Win 7 as "nanokontrol2" file name.  I imported that into the Sonar/Win 10 control surfaces but it never showed up. 
 
As everything I tried (including registry entries) did not work, I manually programmed the nanokontroller in Sonar/Win 10 Generic Surface.  Everything is set up as it was in Win 7 and works.   However, there should be a way to export/import that device but I haven't found a way.
2016/01/01 08:38:33
azslow3
The following sequence should work. If it does not, that is a bug which should be reported. I will check that myself once I am back home:
 
In Win7:
1) open current Generic Surface property page (from Utilities menu or Control Bar), type lat say "NKWin7" into preset name field (top left) and press save (diskette) button
2) from Utilities menu open Cakewalk Plug-in Manager, select "Control Surfaces", then "Generic Control Surface". Press "Export..." button under the list. Select only "NKWin7" from the list (by default all presets are selected), specify file name, let say "NK_Win7_preset" (different from the preset name for clarity) and press Save.
 
In Win10:
3) from Utilities menu open Cakewalk Plug-in Manager, select "Control Surfaces", then "Generic Control Surface". Press "Import..." select "NK_Win7_preset" file ("NKWin7" should appear in the list and selected) and press "Open".
4) open current Generic Surface property page (from Utilities menu or Control Bar) and select "NKWin7" in the presets drop box
 
If at stage (3) you do not see "NKWin7" when you select the file, please write what you see in the list. It can be empty (the file format is not recognized) or something like "<<something>>" (the preset is not recognized as Generic Control Surface preset).
 
If at stage (4) nothing happens, the preset could not be loaded correctly.
 
In both cases that is a bug.
2016/01/01 08:43:14
fireberd
What is shown after importing my file is what was shown (listed) before importing.  The imported file is not shown.  Restarting Sonar does not make a difference.
2016/01/02 13:22:47
azslow3
I could successfully export Generic Control Surface preset from Sonar X2 32bit under Windows XP and import it to Sonar Platinum 64bit Windows 10. So the problem is not generic.
 
I can only suggest to either publish exported file to the community for future confirmation or submit a bug report  with this file attached.
 
Note that I assume you have followed the procedure strictly, I mean the preset name and the file name with this preset are different, you could see the preset name correctly during importing and so on.
 
2016/01/02 15:54:39
fireberd
I did it exactly, however, I'll try again.  BTW, I'm a computer tech. 
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