Midi Controller to FX Bin Plugin

You have to change how the plugin is used in Sonar.
 
I am running on mental fumes this morning, so if I whiff on this, someone please kindly correct my info for the poster - and thanks.
 
You want to tell reconfigure the plugin properties so that Sonar uses it as a SYNTH, rather than an AUDIO plugin.  To do this:
 
1.  Remove the plugin from your track.
1.  Go to Utilities>Cakewalk Plugin Manager.  
2.  Once there, find the audio plugin you want to change, highlight it, then click (under VST  Configuration) on Plug-in Properties.  This will open up the VST Plug-in Properties dialog box.
3.  You will see a check box for 'Configure as synth'.  Check the box for that and click OK.  I believe you may have to rescan your plugins, as well, to pick up the change you just made.
 
Once the above is done, you should be able to re-insert the plugin, but this time, you want to insert it as a SOFT SYNTH, rather than an audio plugin.  
 
I am out of time for the moment - my 16-year old 6'8" son got invited to practice with the Georgetown University varsity team this morning, so I have to leave to go do that with him.   I am hoping someone else can finish assisting you.
 
The part that is remaining to explain is on how to set things up to control the synth-configured plugin to respond to the controller data from your pedal.
 
Bob Bone
 

Thanks a million guys that works but.......am I the only one who thinks that converting effects to synths is.....clumsy let's say ? It seems counter intuitive to have effects show up in the synth list and of course that screws up any previously created custom Plugin Layouts. Certainly just allowing all effects to receive midi would be better ?
 
So I thought I'll just convert the FX Bin to an FX Chain, load a knob, assign that to the parameter I want to control then midi learn it to my controller but that doesn't seem to work either.  The FX Chain does not show up as an option in the output of a midi track and an effect configured as a synth can't be converted to an FX Chain......
 
So I guess the next question would be how do you get midi to an FX Chain ? Learn is there as an option so I assume it's possible ?  Thanks again for any help.
 
 

Well that's a shame and quite frankly a bit of a surprise.  So no way to control an effect's parameters with a midi controller when it's in an FX Chain ?  Apparently the only solution is to have an effect configured as a synth which then makes it impossible to use in an FX chain. Again it all feels somewhat clumsy especially for a DAW as mature as X2.
 
Oh well such is life...Thanks again for your help.
 
 

EDIT: Post removed

I'm trying that now.  I came back to edit my post above to say woa woa wait a minute:
 
Active Controller Technology (ACT) allows you to control whatever plug-in effect or soft synth 
 
Yes I'm giving it a go on my other computer now. I'll let you know how it works.  I thought there had to be something other than "configure as synth"......
 
I had already configured ACT for Sonar's Transport Buttons so it shouldn't be hard to figure out effect plugins control........
 
EDIT: Holy crap that was easy..........assigned my pedal to the Wah in Amplitube 3 in just a couple of minutes.Thanks Chuck for the correct information.
 
I've deleted my post above since it was related to the "configure as synth" stuff.......
 

SONAR only records the incoming audio stream, any software effects on the track will not be recorded at that time.

Seriously, would this thread serve as confirmation?

It does not even require a bounce, you can either apply effects or freeze the track but effects cannot be applied recording the track. Well, you can but it requires a loop back through the interface and recording the result on another track which I do not believe is the solution being sought.

Yeah, I did not mention the VST recorder option either for the same reason I skipped the loop option. The last time I used a VST recorder, the Voxengo was skipped due compatibility issues with 64bit OS. I used HGS Wav Recorder.