I mostly use the job wheel and reset function buttons, and of course the volume fader function to get a mix into initial balance. I also put the red 'overs' reset on a button. I put the jog wheel on one of the rotary controls, and the transport controls on some buttons. The assignable controls on the X32 can be coordinated with the little Mackie utility that's included with SONAR. Choose it, select Mackie Control, push the Remote button on the X32, and it should spring to life.
I'll start with the generic basics, and then you can point me to where your interest actually is: Depending on how the ASIO driver sees the X_UF Firewire or USB interface, that will be one of the MIDI interfaces shown in the SONAR menus under the Preferences > Control Surfaces. I'm not sure about where your 'other post' is, and I don't exactly know what you're asking. Guitarmech111 Gary, can you reply in my other post about setting up the X32 as a controller?
I would also love to have the same 32-fader bi-directional, plus scribble strip support that the Reaper OSC functions have enabled for the X32. i would absolutely love to have the ability to toggle between track and bus fader control, but that doesn't work with the Mackie Control implementation in the X32.
In general I find that doing track volume automation with a mouse is fine with me once I've taken full advantage of the simultaneous changes and experimentation that's possible with a handful of 8 sliders to get the mix started in the right direction. I only use the Mackie Control features for quickly getting rough levels on captures before drawing volume automation.
I have an Audio-Technica condenser mic on the talkback channel.
Moreover, I have three sets of speakers that are controlled from the X32, so the monitor controller function that would be separately necessary on a conventional interface is fully integrated and flexible. Headphone mixes can have effects (reverb, compression) generated within the X32 with no concern about the latency settings of SONAR. Depending on the required number of input tracks, I can have untouched inputs right off the preamps and processed inputs (via the P16 bus) both recorded. The X32's flexibility while recording is what makes me content with my decision. I have also done remote recordings using the venue's X32 with a laptop that has my old Sonar 8.5. The company expects to issue regular revisions, each with a unique set of features driven in large part by user feedback.I have an X32 and an S16 that I use regularly as the central part of my studio with X3. XControl is part of the X32 ecosystem that Behringer has launched as an evolving platform. When combined with Behringer’s XiControl app for the iPad, the system delivers full remote mix functionality along with a lightning-fast tactile control surface. In addition, multiple instances of the application can be actively controlling the same mixer at the same time, allowing for sophisticated remote mixing, monitor mix and broadcast applications.
XControl software allows a user to connect to and control one X32 at a time by selecting from any number of connected consoles on one network. Operators can control mix and assign functions, set and adjust effects and even meter individual inputs and outputs in real time.Ĭonnecting the X32 to the computer is as simple as adding a network device just set the IP address and it’s done. The application replicates the X32 control surface with all faders, display screens and major controls right on the desktop. XControl also adds several important new features to the list found on the console. The new XControl application, available as a free download, provides near-complete control over the Behringer X32 digital mixer from a wired or wireless computer.