Hi Everyone,
I know you're all anxiously awaiting more information from us. I mentioned previously that I try not to speak out unless I have any official details that I can reveal. The silence from me is a direct result of that. It doesn't mean the topic is being ignored however.
Please keep in mind that all things development related take time. The close to two months from my post above feels like a very short time on our end... and I'm sure an extremely long time on yours. There's quite a lot of projects under the works here at Cakewalk, but as all things we can only really release details when they're ready.
I do want to point out that the Problem Reports will never be closed on anything unless an update is actually available. This goes for anything VS-700 or anything Cakewalk related at all. The way the system works is the user logs a bug, we pull it into our internal system, do what we need to do, and when fixes are available... to customers... we got through and update the reports as "fixed". There is no point telling anyone a fix is available prior to that. I just want to clarify that if you haven't received updates on your Problem Reports, that is perfectly normal and intended, since we haven't released any SONAR X2 or VS-700 updates in the past two months.
There are some details in this that we cannot resolve as quickly as I'm sure some folks would hope. For example, we do not create the drivers for the V-Studio products in house. Windows 8 compatibility is a big focus that we have for future SONAR X2 updates and one that we want to make sure we do properly. How this ties into the VS-700 has to do with driver compatibility as well.
With that being said, this topic as well as control surface support in general is one that we are investigating. As with all things, all I can do is ask for patience (and I know it's asking a lot) until we have some more details that we're ready to release.
Best regards,
Ryan Munnis
Product Support Manager
Cakewalk, Inc.