With buttons it is unclear... I have not reworked buttons yet. For that I need the following info:
In different fader modes, which messages are sent by buttons? I mean all of them. Can be that some buttons are the same (f.e. SEL), but what is with ON and SOLO?
I thought something went horribly wrong. Going back to previous versions and testing functions that I know worked in them, I was getting no feedback at all. Then I started to notice that NO MIDI was arriving at 01V... and the MIDI lights at the bottom of SONAR were only showing MIDI IN and no MIDI OUT.
I closed Sonar and restarted, and got all the feedback returning. Sonar glitch??
Let hope that was Sonar glitch... but let me know id that repeats.
The ON and SOLO buttons are now syncing correctly - again because of above... And it wasn't a HW mode, it was the Transport, Arming, Automation, Edit mode. BUT, I checked the MIDI messages anyway.. just to be sure..
I have started to rework Select and On. Many things are touched, everything can be broken:
* I have removed your "Does that course problems?" in ON Input 9-RT. So something can go wrong again with selection when you press ON. The preset assume that 01v sends "Select" when you press "On". It will a kind of "ignore" it (immediately selecting "correct" channel). If that re-selection interfere with something 01V for some channels/returns, that can produce problems. If 01v is configured to NOT send SEL on ON (is there such option? reading the documentation, I remember some options for "auto" choosing for different things...), then the preset will skip next real SEL... We have to clarify that.
* I completely reworked ON feedback, including MODE feedback. Please check all modes and corresponding feedback.
* In AUX/FX Fader modes (so current Sends logical mode), ON buttons should control (and indicate) corresponding Send Enable.
* 17-24 "ON"s should be mappable and Dynamic Buttons (some people report difficulties in mapping buttons in plug-ins, at least the first time).
Also I have not configured the Master fader yet. It controls the first WAI bus, but without feedback and only in Home fader mode...
So, which messages it sends in other fader modes?
Probably required SysExes are is some of your posts... but I think it will not take much time for you to check
Master Fader sends the following messages in each HWFaderMode
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All these messages are correctly calling Faders Input 00(). With the Paging I had setup before and WAI 14+1, I was able to move WAI to correct bus (matching sends on fader) and control busses 2-15 (1 at a time) with Master Fader. Currently broken, but not stressed.
It should "back to life", with feedback, in all Fader modes (controlling corresponding Bus Send).
HALLELUJAH !!!
For all my efforts over the years to try and get ACT working with the 01V since Sonar 6 or 7 came out... This is the first time I have had even the slightest success!!! THANK YOU!!! I was able to map the first 6 faders to control the Sonitus compressor.
and of course it worked flawlessly - with feedback !!! just like all the you tube videos I have seen of Mr Anderton explaining how easy it was... Alexey, You're a champion - a god among men!!!
Thanks
But to really work with that reliably (so, how it had to be all the time but was and partially is broken in all Sonar versions):
1. in the Windows explorer, open
%APPDATA%\Cakewalk\ACT Data directory. And REMOVE everything you see there. It is garbage already in Sonar distribution, future bugged by Sonars before 2017.01. Even more, in the form you see files there, it CAN NOT work correctly with "ACT Learn", even theoretically. Funny? Yes it is
2. Download AZ ACT Fix and read
http://www.azslow.com/index.php/topic,297.0.html .
3. To make things predictable, every time you have "ACT Learn"ed some new plug-in:
3.a. Exit Sonar !
3.b Start Sonar.... Does plug-in in question still mapped correctly ? Do ANY OTHER (previously mapped by you) plug-in still mapped correctly? Remember the answer...
3.c Exit Sonar !
3.d Run AZ ACT Fix. So, the mapping was correct? Then press "Save and exit" (that will create a backup). If you have broken mapping (yes, it CAN be completely broken, including ALL plug-ins mapped before! thank to MS XML library and several Sonar bugs...), select backup you know was ok and press "Save and exit" (you will have to re-do the latest mapping and hope it works this time).
If you want ACT Learn VST3, read in the linked page how to do this.
That was a kind of bad side of dynamic plug-in mapping.
The good side is that as long as you do not use new plug-ins (yes... not only do not map since once you open new plug-in, default mapping for it is created, and it can be broken out of the box...), the mapping will stay in tact. And with AZ ACT Fix and its backups (easy to create, just do not forget to CLOSE Sonar before doing that!), you can return working mapping within seconds.
When I map something, I "clear" default mapping first (using the utility). Recent Sonar versions have one related nasty bug fixed, but still starting from scratch is simpler.
Current test preset is not yet complete for Dynamic mapping (even in case ON buttons work). 8 faders is not sufficient for most plug-ins, there will be 4 banks of faders+buttons, directly selectable using 4 SOLO buttons (with indication which it the current). We can make more banks if required.
Also to indicate what is what (without using a bit inconvenient ACT Tab inside AZ Controller), I will add AZ Controller Display (you have already "discovered" it). It will show current plug-in name and currently controllable by faders and buttons parameters. Size, font and color are configurable, and we can use one SOLO button to open/close it. An alternative is iPad/iPhone/Android ... can be used as touch sensitive extra display for 01v
But we should solve all basic problems first.