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Audio Interfaces and Control Surfaces


Andrew Mayo (AJ)

  • Transport SONAR user Andrew Mayo (AJ on the forums) has created a custom-made control surface software package that takes advantage of the transport controls on computer multimedia keyboards. The program (and source-code) is available for free from here.


John Vargas (jhonvargas)

  • Transport SONAR user John Vargas used AJ's multimedia keyboard control surface concept to make another version that works similarly. The program (and source-code) is available for free from here.



Art



Behringer

  • BCF2000 (http://www.behringer.com/BCF2000/index.cfm?lang=ENG) control surface.
  • Behringer BCF2000 and SONAR - Part 1 (http://www.blades85.com/bcf2000%20tutorial%20project%20part%201.html) Cakewalk forum member "Blades" created a free tutorial video on configuring the BCF2000 and SONAR to work together.
  • Behringer BCF2000 and Sonar - Part 2 (http://www.blades85.com/bcf2000%20tutorial%20project%20part%202.html) Another video from "Blades"--this one teaches how to use the BCF2000 to control SONAR.

Creative Labs



Edirol



E-Mu



M-Audio

  • Audiophile 2496 (http://m-audio.com/products/en_us/Audiophile2496-main.html)4-In/4-Out PCI Audio Card with MIDI and Digital IO
  • Audiophile 192 (http://m-audio.com/products/en_us/Audiophile192-main.html)High-Definition 4-In/4-Out PCI Audio Card with MIDI and Digital IO


Mackie

  • Big Knob (http://www.mackie.com/products/bigknob/index.html) Big Knob control surface
  • Mackie Control Universal (http://www.mackie.com/products/mcu/index.html) control surface


MOTU

  • Traveler (http://www.motu.com/products/motuaudio/traveler/) Firewire Audio/MIDI interface
  • 828mkII (http://www.motu.com/products/motuaudio/828/) Firewire Audio/MIDI interface
  • 896HD (http://www.motu.com/products/motuaudio/896/) Firewire Audio/MIDI interface


Presonus

  • FirePod (http://www.presonus.com/firepod.html) Audio interface
  • FireBox (http://www.presonus.com/firebox.html) Audio interface



RME


Samson

  • Samson USB Mic Instructions for successfully getting the Samson USB microphones working with SONAR.


Tascam

  • US-122 (http://www.tascam.com/Products/US-122.html) USB Audio/MIDI interface
  • US-224 (http://www.tascam.com/Products/US-224.html) USB Audio/MIDI interface and control surface
  • US-428 (http://www.tascam.com/Products/US-428.html) USB Audio/MIDI interface and control surface
  • US-2400 (http://www.tascam.com/Products/US-2400.html) USB Audio/MIDI interface and control surface
  • FW-1082 (http://www.tascam.com/Products/fw1082.html) Firewire Audio/MIDI interface and control surface
  • FW-1804 (http://www.tascam.com/Products/fw1804.html) Firewire Audio/MIDI interface
  • FW-1884 (http://www.tascam.com/Products/FW-1884.html) Firewire Audio/MIDI interface and control surface



Yamaha

  • 01X
  • i88X


Instrument Definition Files

Alesis

Korg

Kurzweil

Roland

Yamaha


MIDI Controllers

Edirol


M-Audio


Novation

MIDI Interfaces

Edirol


M-Audio


DAW Tweaks -- Get More from Your Machine

  • Pagefile Settings for Windows XP-based DAWs Excellent paper written by Sonar user Richard Sincovec regarding virtual memory / pagefile paper for digital audio workstations.
  • Reclaiming SATA for Audio (http://forum.cakewalk.com/tm.asp?m=45491) is a SONAR forum post started in January, 2004 which discusses issues and solutions pertaining to problems with using SATA hard drives in digital audio workstations. It has been several years and this post keeps growing.
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