MCU-Pro. Works without any problems. 

artist control...works fine for me...you need to program the keys yourself...changing color in sonar will not show in the artist control; all icons will be blue,  but everything else works perfectly (controlling plugins, faders, paning, naming track..etc)

Thanks to everyone for your suggestions. I will check them all out. I like the compactness of the Behringer but also like the Mackie having a time readout. Cost factors are a consideration too. Reliability is super important. Thanks again!

Whoah, did the X-Touch just have a major price drop? I seem to recall it listing for about $1000 when it first came out and now it looks like it's down to $600? (I'm in Europe right now though, and it may be getting the euro->dollar conversion wrong.
 

...wicked
Whoah, did the X-Touch just have a major price drop? I seem to recall it listing for about $1000 when it first came out and now it looks like it's down to $600? (I'm in Europe right now though, and it may be getting the euro->dollar conversion wrong.
 

I believe it's been $600 from the beginning.

Walt

I use to think it was the Behringer BCF200 because it was what I could afford at that time.  When I became able to upgrade to the Mackie Control Universal, I believed this was the best control surface for Sonar.   But in all actuality, it's whatever control surface you can use that will fit your budget.  If I could afford an SSL Nucleus to control Sonar Platinum in my studio, trust me I would buy it and exhort out loud  that the SSL Nucleus was the best Controller to support Sonar Platinum.  But since I don't have or own one, It's the Mackie Control Universal. 

jimoliver
Thanks to everyone for your suggestions. I will check them all out. I like the compactness of the Behringer but also like the Mackie having a time readout. Cost factors are a consideration too. Reliability is super important. Thanks again!

The X-Touch also displays time..
 
It's pretty hard to justify the current price of a Mackie, IMHO.
 
 

vs-700 still beats mackie control by far. works like charm in platinum and still provides almost all features from the 8.5 days. if you get one via ebay, i can only recommend it as it is also a mackie ctrl unit (though it works much better once you install the vs-700C driver and use it as designed). for win10 you need a slight mod to the 8.1 driver to get it working but that's all documented in this forum ... only search for the vs-700C (which is the ctrl surface), dont bother with the vs-700R (which is the audio interface)
 
i'm actually using the vs-700 extended by a midi translator to add features which were originally not there (e.g. custom ctrl to switch screensets, ...) - that's also something you could try to extend a standard mackie ctrl surface.

+1 VS - 700C , Anderton has one he has been trying to sale...  It would be worth your time to check it out IMHO..
 

Anyone using the new Presonus Faderport 16?