Nice thread Peeps....got TouchDaw up in running in 10 minutes thanks to y'all.

I can't get it working as a surface in X2 or 8.5. It never connects and I get a "no response" message on the tablet. I know the MIDI is getting through because I can bring up MIDIOx and see it so it seems to be a Sonar problem. I tried deleting ctrlsurface.dat and ttseq.ini but that didn't do anything to help. Any ideas?

Huh...well,for one thing I don't have x2. But I suspect its similar.
So u see the new device in ur midi devices I sonar from the rtpmidi program?
I made new surface as a Mackie device , selected the midi device fromrtpmidi.after that I hit the nc in touchdaw and poof.

I have it working on my laptop with rtpMIDI and SP8.5 but not with TouchDAWthru and LoopBE. I was hoping to not have to install rtpMIDI and Bonjour on my DAW but it looks like I'll probably have to.

UPDATE: After much testing, I have at least gotten TDAW to work with X2 but only via rtpMIDI. I've posted a Q on the humanic forum. I'd really like to get it working with TDAWThru so a Bluetooth connection would be an option....

I use Guitar Pro on my Droid Razr All you have to do is open a file in Sonar then save it as a midi file, then open Guitar Pro and import the midi file edit it the way you want it and then save it as a gpx. Then use your USB cable or email or upload file to your Droid and you are good to go. I play SAX, and use it staff to read the music as the band plays and It just fun to use the phone to read the notes and play or JAM! Fred

ok, i must profess my incompetence here and request some clues.
 
I used to use a Tranzport but a recent alkaline battery incident left the unit a total loss.  sigh.
 
All i need is something to remotely stop, start, record, and rewind SONAR so that i don't have to race back and forth between the drums to the computer.  I do not wish to control keyboards or anything with the TouchDAW
 
i have done the following:

• installed rtpMIDI on my PC
• i have (allegedly) created sessions and directories in rtpMIDI such that they point to the PC, are enabled, and are connected
• Set SONAR control surface "ACT MIDI Controller - 1" to the 5004 rtpMIDI session.  This leads me to believe that rtpMIDI is functioning
• installed the full version of TouchDAW on my kindlefire, set the "DAW controller" to "SONAR", and the MIDI port to the the 5004 RTP session.  I presume the kindle must be able to connect to it since TouchDAW sees the rtpMIDI session names i made up
• After pressing <OK> for the last time in TouchDAW i sat patiently waiting for some signal that TouchDAW was communicating with SONAR but no signal was visible.  Periodically i see a message about "initializing DAW" at the top of TouchDAW but there is no eureka moment

Any thoughts on what i missed?
 
Thanks!

I use a wireless QWERTY keyboard and keyboard shortcuts for the transport. Works like a champ, cost me $20 or so from Office Max.
 
Don't know how far your drums are from the computer, but I do narration and the mic is sensitive, so I'm about 20 feet from the computer...no problem with QWERTY keyboard range. I could probably be further away but haven't tested it.

For TouchDAW you should use MackieControl ("ACT MIDI Controller" should also work, but you will need to "teach" it and there will be no feedback). Check that rtpMIDI is really working (you can see what is going on in the interface).
 
Alternatively, you can try http://www.azslow.com/index.php?topic=295.0 (TouchOSC is not free but not too expensive).
 
Or a transport "toy"  http://www.azslow.com/index.php/topic,288.0.html
 
 

I have been spinning up a somewhat more elaborate version of Alexey's layout/preset combo, with help/advice from him (mainly he had to persuade me that it wasn't sufficient to just muck about in the preset and try things out without really understanding what they do, as much instability can result... which you would think would fall into the Duh category but I'm an inveterate mucker-abouter in things I don't really understand). Based on the AZcontroller plugin and TouchOSC, and on his basic preset/layout combo, but oriented horizontally and with more buttons and knobs, more tablet-friendly. To me it's nicer than TouchDaw because of the feedback to the device, and because it's customizable. It's coming along nicely at this point, almost ready for someone else to try out, if anyone's interested... 
 







 
 

I would be interested. I use a bit simpler version of the template. Best thing that we added last year was the ‘Undo’ button. Saved me numerous 5 meter walks to the computer. Can you post it on Alexy’s site under The TouchOSC topic? Or whatever is convenient. Thanks!!