At Winter NAMM 2008, Gearwire's Henry Bianco sits down at the Cakewalk booth where a new protocol not only makes SONAR 7.0.2 sound like its a secret program in Mission Impossible [starring Tom Cruise]. Instead, it allows users to incorporate uber-pricy but uber-awesome Euphonix controllers with Euphonix EuCon compatibility.

Benefits of EuCon control:

• High-speed Ethernet networked control including Gigabit Ethernet
• High-resolution (12bit) fader & knob control
• Control includes EuCon, HUI & Mackie Control Protocols
• EuCon transports trackball & keyboard over Ethernet simplifying cabling
• Works with Mac or PC
• Controls multiple workstations & applications simultaneously
• Control switches to match software application
• Industry leading DAWS such as Nuendo, Logic Pro, Pyramix and Sonar support EuCon
• Allows hardware surface direct access to software application command sets
• Allows DAW plug-in control from channel strips
• Supports multi-format metering, EQ & Pan curve displays with EuCon aware software applications
• Euphonix Artist Series Support