Also, if you minimize and restore Sonar, the surface is gone (all the WAI colour markers disappear). You will need to delete it from the list of surfaces and then add it again. HOWEVER, there is a huge problem: If the Sonar application ever loses focus, the connection to the surface is lost. I still need to figure out how to configure the menus (if it is at all possible), but the faders and the jog wheel work nicely, smooth & quiet. Most antivirus firewalls let you configure tunnels for specific ports and applications, so if you know how to do it, turn the firewall back on, and just allow Sonar to go through.Īfter that, it all works wonderful. I use ESET security, and if I did not disable the firewall, Sonar would lose the surface within about ten seconds. Make sure you don't run any personal firewall! This took me a while to figure out. That would have been much more practical, not to mention elegant.) (I digress slightly: since it is a network appliance, it is difficult to understand why they did not implement a web server with all the config controls on the device itself. Your router must act as the DHCP server (which is fairly normal unless you are doing something really advanced your our network), otherwise the surface won't connect. While most modern network appliances will actually correctly disentangle it, but you might as well throw it in the garbage and use a regular cable on the off chance that your router will not like it. Inexplicably, it comes with the Ethernet crossover cable (like it's 1995 or something). Since the surface communicates with the DAW via Ethernet, you plug it into your local LAN. Install it, and after that you can fire up Sonar and add the control surface as usual. Get the 64 bit EUCON support for X1 from Cake: You can click on Show Info to see the firmware version. Doubleclick it to select (.), and move it to the right (My Surfaces) and then click Update Firmware below. You should see the control surface under the 'Surfaces' tab. Once you install it, you should be able to run their EuControl tool, the latest version is 2.6.2. The latest 64-bit drivers and utility software from Avid/Euphonix You need to download two pieces of software: I have had some mixed luck with the MC Control (rebranded as Artist Control after the Avid takeover) and 64 bit Sonar X1c running on Windows 7.

Euphonix Mc Mix Installer