Hi All.

I expected that when you change a color for a track on Sonar as that change will be applied on the xtouch also.
The window is still in black after change.
There's a way to do it?
 
Regards
 
 

X-Touch is working throw Mackie protocol with Sonar and that protocol has no colors.
But real problem is that I have not seen the message to change the color on X-Touch, otherwise I could try to make it work (Sonar has corresponding API, which I have not tried so far).

I know that MC is the reference, but it could be interesting to ask this specific protocole at Behringer.
Xtouch fully compatible with Sonar could be very intersting indeed.


 

I have searched one more time... and this time I have found RE document about Xctrl protocol (the way X-Touch communicates with X-Air). And colors are mentioned.
 
As the next step I have to check that Sonar really export color (I mean check that API is working on Sonar side).
If that is the case, than it is theoretically possible to get colors on X-Touch from Sonar (with a limitation in colors, X-Touch support limited set of colors, so it can display only "nearest possible" to actual Sonar strip color).
 
Practical part does not look as good:
a) I will have to find time. It can happened that sending colors is not compatible with Mackie mode, in this case the whole communication should be replaces. In the documentation, color information is sent with text content, which in turn is sent not as for Mackie. So display operations should be replaces in any case.
b) I do not think I am ready to work remotely with that, too many unknown variables and the documentation is not official. I do not have the device and I have no plans to buy one myself. So community will have to sponsor one X-Touch. Probably that is also a good way to check some people really want that happened

ok so this is promising.
I see : www.azslow.com - Control Surface Integration Platform for SONAR 
Maybe just integrate the device into your road map for 2017.
Behringer could lend you one? Why not.
 
 

danardf
Behringer could lend you one? Why not.

So far companies I have asked was not cooperative... Even in terms of internal documentation.

If you want, i could make some tests for you and why not, be able to send some dumps and other traces.

danardf
If you want, i could make some tests for you and why not, be able to send some dumps and other traces.

Thanks. I will let you know when I need some checks. Not today...

No problem.
I use Xtouch with Midi over Ethernet.
It could be easy to make some captures with WireSark between my workstation and Xtouch.

Let me know anyway if you need anything.