Boss BR-800 and Sonar 8.5 LE

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2015/08/15 18:02:31 (permalink)

Boss BR-800 and Sonar 8.5 LE

Hello all,
 
I am in a bit of a pickle.
 
I sat down with four new tracks ready for me to lay some bass lines down but encountered a problem.
 
My PC recently updated to Windows 10 and now my BR-800 isn't recognised as a mackie control in Sonar LE.
 
Do I now have a £300 digital recorder that I cannot use with Windows 10? I'm guessing that it won't be updated with a new driver for quite a long time.
 
Any ideas?
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    Re: Boss BR-800 and Sonar 8.5 LE 2015/08/15 21:10:19 (permalink)
    Hi, Have you tried win8 drivers in compatibility mode? It might help.
    Best of luck.

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    Re: Boss BR-800 and Sonar 8.5 LE 2015/08/15 21:38:25 (permalink)
    I didn't know about that mode. I tried it but it didn't work.
     
    Thanks for the suggestion though, it was a good shout.
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    Re: Boss BR-800 and Sonar 8.5 LE 2015/08/16 10:34:56 (permalink)
    Try the Win7 drivers in compatibility mode?

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    Re: Boss BR-800 and Sonar 8.5 LE 2015/08/16 17:11:50 (permalink)
    I actually didn't try that but unfortunately the same thing happens.
     
    At the moment the only thing I can think of that will work is downgrading back to 8.1. 
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    Re: Boss BR-800 and Sonar 8.5 LE 2015/08/17 09:27:48 (permalink)

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    Re: Boss BR-800 and Sonar 8.5 LE 2015/08/17 20:10:08 (permalink)
    Yeah I've been all over that page.
     
    I have had it installed as it was carried over during the upgrading process, but it wasn't recognised inside of Sonar. So even if I managed to get it installed again I doubt it would work.
     
    I heard back from Boss today who said:
     
    "The Windows 10 drivers for the BR-800 are currently being reviewed by Microsoft as we speak.
     A release is due any day now but please keep an eye out on the official downloads page below where the driver will first be released"
     
    Hopefully that will be the case because I badly need to start on things.
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    Re: Boss BR-800 and Sonar 8.5 LE 2015/08/18 06:31:01 (permalink)
    The Win10 drivers will hopefully take care of your problems. Let us know how it goes
    Best of luck.

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