Question re: Sonar w/MCU Pro and Extenders

i dont think what youre looking to do is possible. its either tracks or busses.

Thanks guys.

John - what do you mean by this, not sure I understand it:

Now as to mixing tracks and buses like "some" do Sonar has a nice little bus button on the MC just for this.

Ok, thanks John, that's what I thought you meant, but I was hoping I had missed something

Hey - I'm doing another post now about setting up the MCU with an extender (or two), but I'll ask here as well:

In the Options - Instruments/Controllers menu, you can choose "Mackie Control" and/or "Mackie Control XT". With an extender or two hooked up as well as the MCU, do I select "Mackie Control," assign it to USB in and out, and then create a new controller and choose "Mackie Control XT" each extender I have (and presumably choose the USB(1), USB(2), etc.)?

Or do I just choose "Mackie Control," like I did when I had only the MCU, and the channel number will increase from 8 to 16 or 24 or whatever?

I ask b/c I tried very briefly to add an extender this morning unsuccessfully, though I'm sure I was doing something wrong (I did the physical connections correctly, I think, it's just in Sonar I'm sure I did it wrong) and because...

This (may?) tie in to my previous question re: control over tracks and busses simultaneously. Specifically, if you do use the XT instrument in/out in Sonar for each extender (and if you don't, why are they there?) then theoretically you could assign one of the XTs to the buss section, you know, right click on the bottom/console view or left/track view and select "Move Mackie XT Here." That would be cool. You could assign them all to tracks on the MCU (tracks button) but then in Sonar assign either the MCU or one of the XTs to the busses(?)

Thanks in advance.

Thanks John, I picked up on that just after I posted. The XT isn't configuring, but at this point I think it's the MIDI cable b/c it's showing signs of an iffy connection and it's one of the longest MIDI cables I have (used it with e-drums), so I think I have the know-how now, I just need to make it work.

Thanks again.

Ok, got it going, it was clearly (1) loose cable combined with (2) not configuring it and (3) doing it all in the correct order.

Certainly helps to get controllers menu up, then select the Mackie, then hit F1. It gives a very detailed explanation of how to connect and configure.

But when you search the general help under "Mackie" nothing comes up. Would be nice if they fixed that, simply b/c I think a lot of people, like me, might assume there are no help files when in fact there are many detailed help files on a wide variety of third-party products.

Thanks again.

In the control group of the MC overlay for Sonar you have tracks, aux and mains. Aux are the buses. Those buttons determines whether you are working with tracks buses or the outs of your gear with the MC.

John,

You have much more of a clue than Mackie! Their instruction manual is useless, and SONAR help is pretty unhelpful. It doesn't mention the Configure Layout where it should. You really have to dig to find help on that (That's an assumption; I still haven't found it).

Your off-the-top-of-your-head instructions were what I needed to set up my MCU PRo extenders! THANKS!!!!

(These instructions should be made clearly available somewhere.)