presonus faderport issue

[Silvio Gazquez]

Hey there,

So i bought a presonus faderport classic to use it in cakewalk but i can't seem to have it work.

Cakewalk  does recognize it on devices tab but when i go to add a new surface I dont see it on control surface as the presonus website indicates. 

There's a list of other controllers but no presonus. I have attached a file to show that.

Already wrote to presonus support but maybe someone can enlighting me here. Thanks!

 

[msmcleod]

There's info on this on the Presonus website:

https://support.presonus.com/hc/en-us/articles/210040163-FaderPort-Classic-How-do-I-set-up-my-FaderPort-Classic-in-Cakewalk-BandLab-Sonar-

[Silvio Gazquez]

That's the info on the presonus website i was talking about... I just dont see my faderport in the list of surfaces as the tutorial indicates. (file attached)-

If you compare compare it with mine you will notice that I just have a cakewalk generic and 3 mackies

[msmcleod]

Looks like they no longer include the SONAR/Cakewalk control surface with the Universal Controller software (either that, or it's only installing the 32 bit version) - best to chase it up with Presonus.

[Robert Bone]

I have a FaderPort 16, and it works fine, but does use Mackie ACT settings to work.

Here are the steps for getting that to work - perhaps something like this would work for you?  These instructions follow making sure the FaderPort is declared in Midi Devices in Preferences (actually declared twice, because the Mackie protocols are 8-port, but that is only relevant for the 16 channels that the FaderPort 16 supports).  Anyways, perhaps the following might work for you, or get you close?

[jm52]

CLASSIC FADERPORT::: The trick is to copy the faderport.dlls to the cakewalk shared surfaces folders, and register them.

C:\Cakewalk\Shared Surfaces

I added '64' to the 64 bit file.

1) Close SONAR, if open.

2) Enter the Run prompt by holding the Windows key and pressing R

3) Then copy and paste the following into the Run prompt:

regsvr32 "C:\Cakewalk\Shared Surfaces\faderport.dll" 

regsvr32 "C:\Cakewalk\Shared Surfaces\faderport64.dll"

4) Press OK and you will see a message saying that DllRegisterServer succeeded

5) Open SONAR and add the FaderPort as a Controller/Surface, as outlined in the guide

[Green Needle]

SOLVED- FP NEEDED TO BE IN MCU MODE....

 

 

I recently built a windows 11 machine, and i cannot get the Faderport V2(single fader version) to work with it.

I have the lastest firmware 3.51

I see the faderport in the midi devices but the controller will not seem to work. I have tried all the Mackie modes and the Faderport mode(which is in brackets under the "controller/Surface" menu for some reason.

Any ideas?

In general i am having trouble getting all midi stuff to work with windows 11 and Cakewalk. Is there a fix or something?

Edited April 13, 2023 by Green Needle