Audioicon
Very very interesting:
First I have to tell you, the Presonus is growing into an industry giant and they and bringing out some really great stuff. I am thinking about switching to Studio One just because of the controllers alone, I really love what's going on down there....

 
I was thinking about getting the Faderport 16. The 16 faders would look cool, but then I already owned an X-Touch and with the way Studio One works, (with a push of a button on the X-Touch,) I can show AND control, audio, instruments, busses, and VCA, either separately or any combination.  I don't usually need more than 8 faders. In addition with an iPad running SO Remote, I do have 16 channels.
 
With this set up plus my Corsair Gaming Mouse, it is rare when I have to use the Keyboard.
 
Walt

WallyG

Audioicon
Very very interesting:
First I have to tell you, the Presonus is growing into an industry giant and they and bringing out some really great stuff. I am thinking about switching to Studio One just because of the controllers alone, I really love what's going on down there....

 
I was thinking about getting the Faderport 16. The 16 faders would look cool, but then I already owned an X-Touch and with the way Studio One works, (with a push of a button on the X-Touch,) I can show AND control, audio, instruments, busses, and VCA, either separately or any combination.  I don't usually need more than 8 faders. In addition with an iPad running SO Remote, I do have 16 channels.
 
With this set up plus my Corsair Gaming Mouse, it is rare when I have to use the Keyboard.
 
Walt

This is really cool setup. I use the Mackie MCU and Some Xtenders. Works very well with Sonar.
I know Behringer released the Xtenders for the X Touch and so you can cascade.

The MCU are great but they have a screen problem when the LCD goes Dark after 4 years. Not sure why Mackie will not address that but something to keep in mind.

Thanks a sharing that image.

I just got my FaderPort 8 maybe 3 weeks ago and I love it.  It's amazing how much it has improved my workflow.  Plus my wife thinks it's creepy when the sliders start moving themselves when I automate a track.  

Midiboy
I just got my FaderPort 8 maybe 3 weeks ago and I love it.  It's amazing how much it has improved my workflow.  Plus my wife thinks it's creepy when the sliders start moving themselves when I automate a track.  

What are your thoughts on the Pan knob. So far I like everything except the Pan which does not zero out.

Have you noticed that?

I don't use the Pan Knob.  Even though technically, it does Zero out, it just doesn't display it in the scribble properly...

I hit the Pan button and use the sliders instead. 

Read the manual please! The pan knob only needs to be pushed in order to centre it!
 
I would not connect a monitor either with 50 ft of cable to your display port either. You may suffer picture quality loss when you do this. Well this used to happen trying to feed screens over a long distance and it may be better now but I still would not do it.
 
Faderport 8 and 16 still work way deeper with Studio One than any other program as well. It is designed for Studio One.  The rest are just extras. 

Jeff, nice!  I should read the manual!  lol.  What I like about it, I didn't need to get it up and running.  It was pretty self explanatory to me.  That's a good tip though. 

Jeff Evans
Read the manual please! The pan knob only needs to be pushed in order to centre it!
 

 
Are you sure?

The knob on my Unit does not Push in, by the way, by nature and instinctively, that was the first thing I attempted to do. My Mackie MCU does have the feature to pushed in and centered.

Jeff Evans
I would not connect a monitor either with 50 ft of cable to your display port either. You may suffer picture quality loss when you do this. 

I have no signal loss and never experienced issues. I am not doing graphic design or playing video games which would be of signal concerns.

I am using an EVGA, NVIDIA GForce GTX 6060TI, this support ups to 4 independent monitor connectivity. With an ASUS Sabertooth X79 MOBO.

Midiboy
Jeff, nice!  I should read the manual!  lol.  What I like about it, I didn't need to get it up and running.  It was pretty self explanatory to me.  That's a good tip though. 

If one have to read a manual to operate the FaderPort, then either you are a total MIDI novice or the FaderPort is extremely complex. I have to say that I have the Yamaha Montage and Korg Kronos and have not read the manual.

The FaderPort did not come with a manual, I think there is a reason, however there is a manual on Presonus website.

Audioicon
I have several Mackie MCU/XT, the main MCU unit is connected to the computer via USB but I do not keep the device on when not in use. When I turn the MCU off, it's USB port under devices in Sonar disappears. When this happens, the FaderPort jumps to another MIDI device port.

Ok, thats it.
That is known Sonar bug. Introduced in some 2017 update. After that update, Sonar hates any changes in MIDI devices and break all Control Surface assignments once such change is spotted. Sometimes it does that without showing (so you still see correct ports in Sonar preferences, but it really use different ports). Sometimes INI file has to be removed before it can work normally again.
I guess nothing can be done with that till new owner starts the development (and consider that issue is a priority problem).
 
The only proved workaround: read lock INI file and always start Sonar with the same set of MIDI devices powered (and attached to the same USB ports).
That is not feasible for me and one of the reasons I was running fast once Cakewalk was closed...