Home Studio 9 with Windows 7

My dad bought Home Studio 9 a few years ago and loves it.   He doesn't want to learn a new software unless he has to.  He now has a PC with Windows 7.  Does anyone know if it's compatible?  He does still have the serial number and original CD although the CD says it's compatible with 95/98/NT only.

thanks!
KC

He gave me the disc.  It says Cakewalk Home Studio 9 on it.  Dated 2001.  Says Twelve Tone Systems on it.

Could it be a different manufacturer?

cakewalk hs9 is a different story. probably wont run on windows seven..wouldnt even run on vista or xp..here see for yourself

http://www.cakewalkforum.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1958

you may try compatiblity mode but chances are very slim. with a program this old your best bet is to call tech support.if there is a way to get in going they will definetly know.thats why asked if it was regestered tech support wont help at all unless its a regestered product.

thanks for the help everyone.  We'll give tech support a call and take it that route first.  If that doesn't work, sounds like Music Creator would be a great start.

thanks again.
KC

Also, here's a photo of the disc if that would help any....  thanks again everyone.

http://www.box.net/shared/6z5n5gkphz

"My dad bought Home Studio 9 a few years ago and loves it. He doesn't want to learn a new software unless he has to. He now has a PC with Windows 7. Does anyone know if it's compatible? He does still have the serial number and original CD although the CD says it's compatible with 95/98/NT only. thanks! KC" It IS possible to use CWHS 9 with Windows 7, but in an "indirect" kind of way. You will also need the RolandED U-8 Digital Studio that was originally supplied with CWHS 9, and you will also need an external MIDI keyboard or other device to be able to play back MIDI. Audio can be played back by connecting the headphone output on the U-8 to either headphones or amplified speakers. If you don't already have the U-8 and an external MIDI device, this may not be a financially feasible solution (unless you are REALLY REALLY determined). VMware Player is a freeware program that allows you to set up a guest operating system inside of your host operating system (in this case, Windows 7). You can look up VMware Player's site and download the program from them. After installing VMware Player, you will need a Windows 98SE disc to install it as a guest OS under VMware Player. You will need to have the Win 98SE product code for your disc to do this. After your Win98SE guest OS is up and running, close it and close VMware Player. Go to Roland's web site on your host OS (Win 7) and find the Win 98SE driver for the U-8, download it, and burn it to a CD, or better yet, a rewritable cd. (Although there is a U-8 driver on the CWHS CD, the latest one from Roland will usually work better). Start VMware Player and "play" the Win 98SE guest OS. Put the CD with the U-8 driver in your disc drive, plug in the U-8 USB cable and turn it on. You should get the new hardware installation wizard window. Follow the instructions and tell it to look on your disc for the driver. After installation of the U-8 is complete, remove the disc, put the CWHS 9 disc in your disc drive and install CWHS 9, You will need the CD key and the product code to do this. Hook up MIDI cables to the appropriate ports on your external MIDI device and the U-8, and your ready to use CWHS 9. With the exception of your CD drive and monitor,Win 98SE on VMware player is unable to communicate directly with the hardware on your host computer (such as speakers, USB 2.0 devices, etc). However, it does seem to be able to communicate with 1.1 USB devices such as the U-8, which is why you need the U-8 to be able to hear anything being played on CWHS 9. Maybe there is some some other 1.1 USB device that would also allow you to hear audio and MIDI, but I don't know. To transfer a completed file made with CWHS 9 from it's Win 98SE environment to your host OS, you will need to enable folder sharing in your VMware player and set up a shared folder. You can read how to do that through VMware. (The Win 98SE environment can only read a disc your computer's drive, it cannot burn any files to it.) Anyhow, that's what worked for me. HTH Regards, Ty

I had the same problem now and stumbled over this thread during my search for a solution. I bought this program about a decade ago but never really found the time to check it out. Now I wanted to give it a try and installed on my Windows 7 system. When I tried to start it I received a message about an error in the sequencer DLL. I tried Windows 98 compatibility mode but no success. However now I read that someone used the program successfully on his Windows XP-system before he switched to Vista and so I tried Windows XP SP3-compatibility mode and the program started up just fine. I will report in case there are any problems but so far it's a promising start.

chuckebaby
there is no such thing as homestudio 9..

Sorry, but that's the funniest thing I've read today.
 
My 1st Cakewalk purchase was...........  Home Studio 9......... in 1999. Coming from an 8-track analog setup, I thought it would be sufficient. I've since upgraded and use the X series. No way "8 Is Enough!"
 
Obviously HS9 is no longer supported but the best way to see if it works is to install it. Windows will tell you if it can or can't. Once installed it may not work as expected or it may run just fine. It works perfectly on my XP sp3 machine. I actually have a few older programs made for Win98 and XP that work great on Win7 even tho people told me they wouldn't.
 
Steve

 
the link for the demo we recorded ...........  it didn't show up in my 1st post

That's weird, try the songs forum:
http://forum.cakewalk.com/Songs-f89.aspx
 
thanks.

lol, ok ............   I cannot put a link here? ...........   
 
try this: http://  
 
just copy the link and erase the space between the / and the 1st w