Hi
 
Im looking to upgrade my basic MIDI 3 octave keyboard to a 61 key MIDI contoller. I have looked at M-Audio and Behringer but they do not ofically support Sonar as its not part of the 'big' DAWs!
 
The obviuous choice is the Roland A-800 61 key as this is built with Sonar in mind... I have also looked at Novation SL Mk11 which reports to be compatible with Sonar...
 
What do other users prefer as it seems the options are more limited for Sonar?
 
Thanks
 
Martin

For what it's worth I have an M-Audio Oxygen 25 and it works with X2. I just plugged it in and I was able to play without drivers or anything. There don't seem to be any preset maps for the knobs and stuff though but it's not too hard to map that stuff manually... except for some of the broken stuff in X2 but I don't think even the Roland stuff works with those controls from what I've been told.

Novation has actually made their controllers a lot more DAW friendly. A guy at Guitar Center showed me how the latest controllers automap to every major DAW: http://us.novationmusic.c...i-controllers/sl-mkii/

I enjoy my APro800...although I am not sure if it is 61 keys...wow...I should know this..LOL

I have an A-Pro 800 and it's an excellent keyboard with nice action and great build quality. I wasn't going to be influenced by the fact that it's a Roland but in the end I liked the feel of it more than other keyboards I tried in the same range. 

I should mention that if I had more money I would not have bought an M-Audio Oxygen. But it does work and was cheap so I'm happy enough with it.

Do you just want to use keys and controllers, or are you also looking for DAW functions like play, stop, record, etc.?

For keys and controllers, most things work fine--including M-Audio and Akai.

Cakewalk makes the A-800 pro keyboard with 61 keys.  It would probably work with Sonar.  Just look above under their hardware products.

Beepster


For what it's worth I have an M-Audio Oxygen 25 and it works with X2. I just plugged it in and I was able to play without drivers or anything. There don't seem to be any preset maps for the knobs and stuff though but it's not too hard to map that stuff manually... except for some of the broken stuff in X2 but I don't think even the Roland stuff works with those controls from what I've been told.

I used to have one as well but I was not using the contoller buttons and knobs just the keyboard. I now want to start to use a contoller with these functions for drum pads, transport etc...

Frostysnake


I enjoy my APro800...although I am not sure if it is 61 keys...wow...I should know this..LOL

LOL! i think the a 800 is only 61 keys...