The exception was the Frontier Design Tranzport. BIAB had native support for that. I say "had" because the Tranzport is discontinued for a few years now, though there are still many out there. The Tranzport offered transport control but not mixing control.

The reason I suspect the Tranzport was discontinued, and other full control surfaces like my Tascam were also discontinued, is that iPad apps running by WiFi offer so much more functionality. With the exception that the faders are swipe based instead of physical motorized capacitance-activated faders, everything about my iPad controller is so much better. I use V-Control Pro, and have encouraged PG Music to become one of the many DAWs and other audio software that are supported. I believe that direction is the near future, not dedicated hardware control surfaces, at least until you get up into the pro recording studio level.

BIAB 2025 Win Audiophile. Software: Studio One 7 Pro, Swam horns, Acoustica-7, Notion 6, Song Master Pro, Win 11 Home. Hardware: Intel i9, 32 Gb; Roland Integra-7, Presonus 192 & Faderport 8, Royer 121, Adam Sub8 & Neumann 120 monitors.