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All good..just that it doesnt remember which knobs i have activated once

i close and re open cakewalk..the A pro remembers?

Woo Hoo!!  Got it!

yep a little confusing at first (for me) but once i read everything  carefully I worked it out

and now it does exactly what i want..so thank you

OK getting closer.

Thanks aszlow ,i now have the AZ controller and the x touch mini preset installed and is responding to sonar.

but i still cant assign both Layers A + B . i can ONLY get one or the other...

i dont care about any other functions e.g  transport mutes etc

all i want is to assign 16 discrete rotaries to 16 knobs on my EQ via ACT..simple ,right? well not for me.

Also  the lights on my x touch mini  that indicate layer A or B are not working (they did before)

that would be inconvenient..any idea whats happening there?

anyway good piece of software and thankyou for taking the time to help me.

OK the lights are back on...

the only time i can get ACT to function in my plug in is when Layer B is LIT UP

other wise the x touch just controls pan..vol etc

still cant get A + B to affect 16 knobs

Thanks Azslow..it was the behringer editor that was open..

Ok so now it works in ACT Midi

Im getting closer to what i want to achieve but have hit a stumbling block.

i am using the in built cakewalk ACT template with a good degree of success.

As some of you know the X touch has 2 layers... A and B..

i can map layer A to bank 1 of the template

and also layer B to bank 2 but i cannot stop certain encoders (once mapped) from affecting others

EG. layer A encoder 1 ,2 ,3 are fine but 4,5,6,7,8, also control Layer B 1,2,3,4 etc

this means when i want to map a VST plug with ACT learn

when i get to knob 4 it not only controls say eq band 1 but also controls eq band 5

this is not workable...so either i limit myself to Layer A encoders and forget about the other layer

or perhaps someone much smarter than me knows the solution to this problem

made so much more frustrating seeing that i am so very close to achieving my goal

anyway thanks for reading.

Thanks for that...

now when i connect the  x touch mini i get...

midi device failure...there is not enough memory available?????

i have been using windows a long time and have never seen that one.

any one know whats going on?

thanks

been doing some research...

1. it seems its a mainly cakewalk/sonar based problem (please correct me if i am wrong)

2. ive looked in device manager hidden devices and found that i have minimal midi devices ,

still i deleted what i thought i could  but no luck

3.is it my imagination or are these problems more present when the behringer x touch series is involved?

looking forward to your replies.

Hello..I have just recently purchased the X-touch mini

in the hope that i would be able to control plug-ins EG. eq knobs etc

in the same way i can with my  roland A300  keyboard which responds to Sonar ACT.

ive tried for a few hours and it seems that the X touch will not respond to ACT.

is this correct? am i doing something wrong?

Its just that the A300 is quite large to put on the desk every time i want to mix tracks

and i was hoping to utilize the small footprint of the x touch.

Thanks

good replies thanks

from appearing everytime i want to split...i seem to remember years ago

(sonar days) being able to turn it off .

and for that matter any dialog box?

how? thanks

Thanks aslow

i already have a Behringer x touch

which works fine..what i want to do is get something small for my studio desk that will learn (thru ACT?) 

the vst plugins  (Knobs /sliders) EQ /comps etc..i find ACT much easier than going thru the XTouch presets

so what i want is something like Behringer Mini/korg Nano that i can assign buttons quickly

like i can do with my A300 with ACT

Thanks

thanks for your detailed response..

i will try all this when i get home from work

thanks

thanks azlow, thats precisely the information i need,

do you know if the Korg Nano works with ACT as well.

it is more attractive as it has 8 sliders plus the rotaries

thanks but thats the first thing i tried...no can do

i cannot assign seperate midi  channels from within cake walk..

very frustrating

ok still mucking around with this

i have Kontakt up with 2 different sounds;  keys and strings 

how do i control the keys with midi ch 1 and the strings with ch 2 the only i have been able to do this is by changing the channel manually on my external KB controller .

i would have thought that i would be able to change the ch internally( without manipulating by ext kb) but if that is so i cant work out how to do it.

thanks

Thanks all...so which is it? use omni coz it doesnt matter or use a separate midi channel for each soft synth.

ive been checking youtube for something that might help..but nothing yet

thanks

so if i have two synths

and i want to send to them on two different channels

where do i tell the synths what channel to respond to..in the synth itself..or somewhere in the track options?

thanks

Hi all.. im a bit new to this and its a bit confusing...

my question is ..how do the pro's control several soft synths..ie all on OMNI or dedicated midi channels.

 whats the best practice for using several soft synths.

 if some one could answer/point me to a tutorial/youtube clip etc

that would be great

Thanks

thanks Traveler..now i know its not just me.

yeah i can automate mute from the track screen

just weird it doesnt work.

Sorry its me again..

I am trudging thru the very brief and not in depth MCU help file in Cakewalk

so please bear with me...most things ive got sorted but i might take the liberty

of your knowledge and experience with the things i dont/cant understand.

Right now i cant automate the mute button ..the pan and fader automates fine

and im sure im following the instructions correctly 

but i cant get the X Touch to affect the mute button..it works from within Cake but not otherwise.

Also (not important) the MCU help file indicates that i should be able to switch 

auto read on and off with the (yes) the read /off button but it doesnt do that.

PS ...any links to more in depth manual/tutorial etc will be greatly appreciated.

thanks

Thanks steev but thats the the kind of experiment i am trying to avoid by 

makng this query

i have the X touch the one with 8 motorized faders and the jog wheel

and yes i know it can can control the plug ins

but its not as easy as when i use my A300 and just assign whatever buttons /faders i want

so without having to buy something only to have it not do what i want

does any body else have a suggestion?

i appreciate that the x touch does plug in control..

but it is still not as intuitive as just ACTing the few buttons i need

rather than deciphering the led s on the x touch

all i need to know is if the nano works with ACT

it is so much simpler to just touch and assign the button/knob/slider i want to control..

this is the only ability i want ..i have the x touch to do everything else.

also prefer the nano coz it has knobs AND sliders

thanks for that..

so are you saying it will work the same as the A300...

i press ACT learn on the vst ,touch a knob on the

nano and one on the vst and hey presto it controls the knob?

Hi all.. I already have a Roland A300  pro which does ACT learn/control of my plug ins knobs perfectly.

 I also have a behringer X Touch which also works perfectly.the only thing is that i am restricted for space

so when i am not using the A300 for midi input i would like to find some thing much smaller i.e no keyboard which will do 

ACT learning and control my plug ins .E.G does the  x touch mini have ACT capabilities?

thanks

thanks just had a look at that ..it still looks like it creates "copies" of the clips

not  repeating the one original clip. 

what i want to avoid is filling my hard drive with thousands of loops in cake work files

i figure i can do that by using one instance of a loop and repeating it.

thanks Scook..i know i can paste 60 discrete loops ..what i want to do is import one loop

and have that ONE loop repeat as many bars as i indicate.

like when you klik and drag a groove clip .