So new issue. It seems I have no access to my I/O panel for the VS-700. It's not listed and I have no way to turn on fantom power without it. Roland really screwed the pooch with this. I will never trust that company again.

Was it moved or something then because I don't have it.

Also, can you explain what you mean by "not listed"? Not listed where?
 
I bet this is something fairly simple that we can work out.

Ah, that's a bit of a clue actually. There *is* an application, the "VS700 I/O Editor", which can be launched outside of Sonar. I'm guessing that if you don't have that installed, you don't have the internally launch-able one either.

Sounds to me like you are missing both the I/O editor, and the "control surface plugin".
 
They're both downloadable from here:
 
http://www.cakewalk.com/S...Product/V-Studio%20700
 

V700c up and running on Windows 10!
Thanks for the code hack.

Well many people won't buy a Volkswagen again, and many may apply the same sort of thinking to Roland. Too bad so sad...

I only have the VS-700 Console and this worked great for me when I used the vs700c_w81d_v201 driver and modified it by pasting the code below in the inf file per dustriplin's advice above. 
 
I also would like to point out to those that are using the Mackie control profile in "controller/surface" to nix that and download this file I'll link below which will put the 700c profile back in as an option.  This gets you almost all the functionality back that you may have had in sonar X3 or earlier.


Apparently I can't post a link right now but maybe this will work...just remove the arrows.

<------www.cakewalk.com/Support/Knowledge-Base/2007013201/V-Studio-700-Control-Surface-Plug-in-version-1-2-update#----->
 
 
Code to past for Console only driver support

;---------------------------------------------------------------;
[Manufacturer]
%MfgName%=Roland,NTamd64.6.2,NTamd64.10
;[ControlFlags]
;ExcludeFromSelect=*
[Roland]
;; Windows7 - Windows XP 64
;; not supported
[Roland.NTamd64.10]
;; Windows8
%RDID0088DeviceDesc%=RDID0088Install, USB\VID_0582&PID_00FC ; VS-700C
[Roland.NTamd64.6.2]
;; not supported
;===============================================================;
 
 

As far as I'm concerned, this will be the last Roland product I buy. I was planning on getting a V-Drum TD-30KV this year too. I'll be looking more into Yamaha and Alesis instead. If they refuse support for a flagship product regardless of their relationship with the DAW it was made for, who knows how long they'd support their other products.

Well this is good news indeed.
I guess for a while I don't really have a need to upgrade to Windows 10 but I always feel a little bit weird using older operating systems. I assume they will support 8.1 for a good long time?
 
I wonder if Roland will authorize this as an official work around?
 
WSS

Mr. A., anxious to see how you make out after this process. Please comment with your outcome. Thank you.

 

I can't see to disable driver signatures...I get to this point:
 
After it restarts again, you will be given a list of startup settings. The one we are looking for is “Disable driver signature enforcement”. To choose the setting, you will need to press the F7 key.
-Your PC will then reboot and you will be able to install unsigned drivers without any error message.
 
The numbered options show up, but when I type F7 (or 7), nothing happens. If I hit "Enter," nothing happens. The screen stays up and I have to hard boot to get back to Windows. Any clues?

 
Anderton
Unusual error.....
 
Just for reference, I used this URL to figure out how to disable the driver signatures, it has pictures which I desperately needed to figure things out  :
http://www.top-password.com/blog/how-to-disable-driver-signature-enforcement-in-windows-10-8-7/
 
 
... did some poking around about your error and found these url's:  They are for windows 8 but they are the only things I found in my quick search
 
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows8_1-performance/unable-to-use-7-f7-or-any-other-keys-to-choose-the/37def703-4cd8-46e1-8074-8e8f3f2e0e46
 
https://community.spiceworks.com/how_to/68543-disable-driver-signature-enforcement-in-windows-8-1
 
In short, from my readings, there can be problems with Microsoft Surface II and you might need to follow the first URL to figure that out.   
 
The second URL, down in the comments section talks about a problem with a keyboard that has "Action Keys".  If on the keyboard you have "Action Keys" , they are keys that adjust brightness/music controls/volume controls that share a key with the F keys. With Action Keys enabled, you might have to press Function + F7 to get the standard F7 behavior. Meanwhile the F7 key without the Function key might be doing other things.  You can also disabled the Action Keys in the BIOS and this might help you be able to Disable Driver Signature Enforcement.
 
I also read somewhere else where someone needed to make sure and press the f7 fast enough for it to accept the change...
 
Anyway, hope somewhere in this is something that helps!
 
 
 
 
 
 

Has Mr. Anderton made any progress on this "work around"?

I am interested to know if you get it working Jayson.  Keep us informed, please

I've tried to follow the instructions exactly, altering the .inf and booting into the mode that allows unsigned driver installs, but my installer stalls out at the "Ready to install the driver" screen and the "Next" button never goes clickable.
 
Does anyone know if there is something different that has to be done to the .inf with the latest version of Win10?