Hi everybody!!! I recently bought a Behringer Motor 61 that I want to use both as a master keyboard controller and a Mackie surface controller but it seem it not work in Sonar (I refer to the motorized faders and beyond)..... I take all the steps necessary to connect the Motor and Sonar, but Sonar constantly says "connecting" in the status window... Behringer told me that the keyboard respects the Mackie protocol so I must ask the Sonar technical support to help me.... so, is there anybody outhere that can help me?!?!?!? I feel so sad.....
 
thank you in advice...........

Hi, and welcome to this forum.
Make sure the Behringer Motor 61 is visible and checked in Preferences (P), MIDI, Devices.
To connect it deeper, you might want to check out http://www.azslow.com/index.php?action=downloads;sa=view;down=30
He is a fellow SONAR user, and made this especially (I believe) for integrating MIDI controllers, and see "what does what".
All the best.

Thanks Ken
But for "Mackie Compatible" devices I recommend other solution:
http://forum.cakewalk.com/FindPost/3449057
In that thread I explain why. I mean AZCtrl also will work, but moded original plug-in is mode "standard" (also open source, can be significant for some users).
 

brands
Behringer told me that the keyboard respects the Mackie protocol so I must ask the Sonar technical support to help me.... so, is there anybody outhere that can help me?!?!?!? I feel so sad.....

No, they do not. They have done that for X-Touch but not for Motor.
 

azslow3
Thanks Ken
But for "Mackie Compatible" devices I recommend other solution:
http://forum.cakewalk.com/FindPost/3449057
In that thread I explain why. I mean AZCtrl also will work, but moded original plug-in is mode "standard" (also open source, can be significant for some users).
 

Thanks for educating me, Alexey I know very little about these things.
All the best.

Hi Zargg and hi azslow3!!!! I am very excited and can not wait to try your solution as soon as possible, ie within the next two hours.... :-)   I've downloaded the MackieControl.dll file but I failed to download the MackieControl.ini file because I have not found it.... last but not least, I do not know in what folder should I place these files.... please, could you help me? It would be wonderful to see work properly my Motor 61 keyboard as a controller Mackie, in particular watching the movement of motorized faders!!!!!
 
thank you in advance.... :-)

I am not sure, but think it might go into (C:\Program Files\)Cakewalk\Shared Surfaces.
Others may know better.
 

brands
but I failed to download the MackieControl.ini file because I have not found it....

There is direct link in the same post as for DLL. When you press it, it opens SourceForge page. Find button "Raw" and press it. It will open test file. "File/Save as..." in your browser.
Also that is not important at the beginning, it is for ProChannel EQ...
 

 last but not least, I do not know in what folder should I place these files.... please, could you help me?

If you have only one version of Sonar installed, just use Windows Explorer to find "MackieControl.dll" on your disk. That file you should replace (do not forget make a backup copy of the original).

wooooooooooooooooooow!!!!! The Motor works fine now!!!!!!!!! Thank you!!!!!! I love you!!!!!!!!!
 
....except for the panpot knob, but I don't know if they are in the mackie protocol..... I put the .ini file in the same directory where I put the dll file... Correct?
 
thank you again!!!!!!!! :-) 

brands
wooooooooooooooooooow!!!!! The Motor works fine now!!!!!!!!! Thank you!!!!!! I love you!!!!!!!!!
 
....except for the panpot knob, but I don't know if they are in the mackie protocol..... I put the .ini file in the same directory where I put the dll file... Correct?
 
thank you again!!!!!!!! :-)

I am glad I could help.
 
With knobs I can not help. The documentation is typical Behringer... And I do not have the device.
 
ini file should be in the same folder, that is correct. When you find how to make encoders working and if you find where on Motör are "mode" switching, with this INI everything should work as specified in the documentation (open MackieControl settings and press F1 to open the help file).

thanks again, because I've restart the pc and now everything works fine, everything!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It's wonderful!!!!!!!!!!!! thanks a lot!!!!!!!!!!