Just felt the need to leave a big thank you here for Cakewalk and Softube to allow the Console 1 to control the DAW and vice versa.
In combination with the motorized Fader from the Faderport htis is truly an amazing combination.
Just created a little Video so you can see how Faderort and Console 1 work together to control the DAW. Because you can now select the tracks in your DAW with the Console 1 and because they BOTH can control the Daw FADER and panning every change you make with one device gets mirrored through the DAW to the other device.
Effectively, this now allows me to use the Long Fader in the Faderport while completely turning of the screen and mix with my eyes only.
Thank you Cakewalk!!! This is just too much fun. For anyone on owning Console 1 and Sonar: I truly would urge ou to at least demo this with a Faderport.

Here is the Video.
https://www.dropbox.com/s...023%2026%2042.mov?dl=0

I didn't watch the video, but based on its subject matter, it might be worthy of a YouTube upload.
 
Anyhow, all this positive talk about Console 1 is making me consider it for use with my DAW.

This looks attractive, maybe a hardware solution that finally "works".  If one was starting out fresh, it looks like a good way to go.
 
I've already invested in MCU and SSL type plugs, so I'll make the best of what I have. 

FWIW, Softube have posted their update to work with the Console 1 support SONAR added in 2016.10.
 
Any bad news? Depends on your perspective.
 
Softube have switched to Goobler for installs and updates, so you need to set up an account and install their app.
 
Let's see, I've now got:
 
Cakewalk Command Center
Goobler
iLok License Manager
Native Access
Toontrack Product Manager
XLN Online Installer
Waves Central
 
What next? Sheesh.

While Softube requires you to create an account on Gobbler, the installers are available from your new account on their website https://www.softube.com/index.php?id=mydownloads and may be downloaded directly from there.

Hi Guys,
 
I'm also really pleased with the console 1 integration.  Having used console 1 for about a year I'd agree it's generally a controller solution that 'just works', and the new integration brings the workflow to a new level.  
 
Having said that, I am finding the new sonar implementation a little flakey - first time I've had the connection between console 1 and sonar dropping out.  Hopefully this will be smoothed out soon.

Under that the controller , is their channel strip sounds great ?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOuAG3qtFMI
 
Watching the above video, the fader/pan movement in Sonar doesn't seem very precision oriented. Don't know if that's just the video or what?
Why no Fader?
 
Are all/any of the controls touch sensitive? And, I see that the DAW follows the movements of Console 1, but, does Console 1 follow the DAW?
 
Thanks
 

from what I can discern the console has been discontinued
 
BUT supposedly, a MKII version is around the corner at a lower price,  it was showing up in a major retailers catalog but not on their website

hello from alaska! 
 
i'm having issues with sonar / console 1 integration and was wondering if any one could help out? 
 
i just bought console 1 mkII  and received it in the mail today (8-22-2017). i also bought sonar professional yesterday because it's advertised to have complete daw integration with console 1, such as track naming, track numbering, and that the volume, pan, solo, and mute controls will control sonars pan, solo, mute, and volume for the selected channel.
 
i have installed softube and sonar and none of the integration is working for me.
 
to be specific, here's what i am doing and what I am experiencing.
 
1. I have console 1 (mkII, brand new) connected to my computer via the supplied usb cable and is plugged into a usb 2.0 port. my computer is running windows 7 pro, with a quad core 2.8ghz i7 processor and 16gb ram.
 
2. I have installed the console 1 software on my computer using the gobbler app and i have registered it with softube by linking my ilok account to my softube/gobbler account.
 
3. i have installed cakewalk sonar professional version 23.7.0 build 37. i downloaded this from the sonar website yesterday and it is the most current version (i actually installed sonar before I installed the console 1 software)
 
4. i open up sonar and on track 1 inserted the console 1 plug in on track 1's fx insert.
 
5. there is a message at the bottem of the console plug in when it opens that says: "the daw does not support automatic track name and numbers". according to the literature this should not be happening, i think. 
 
6. i put the plug in in solo safe mode. i turn the volume knob. it does not affect the tracks fader, but it does turn up / down the volume knob in the console 1 software plug in that is inserted in track . same thing happens with solo, mute, pan. they turn the knobs in the console 1 plug in but not in the daw. according to the users manual they should automatically be linked to track 1's fader, mute, pan, and solo, but they do not affect them at all, they only change the ones in the plug in itself
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7. i take the plug in out of solo safe mode. it doesn't fix the problem.
 
it seems like only a vst2 version of console 1 can be loaded in sonar? i don't know if this matters?
 
i don't see any thing in the users manual other then that these functions should automatically be working by default. i'm hoping there is some setting in cakewalk or in the console 1software that i'm missing, but i can't find it. i do see that i should be able to disable (they are supposed to be enabled by default) some of these features that are not working, according to the manual, by going into the settings of the plug in in the daw, but when i go into the console 1's plug in settings none of these options are available. i'm am talking about the vst2 insert console 1 settings, not the console 1's large gui that is outside of the daw. 
 
any ideas? anyone else have this problem with the newest version of sonar professional?
 
thanks!
-steven