I’m happy to report that I’ve figured out the last piece of the puzzle. It took three 8 hour days to get the Roland VS Studio 100 functioning with Cakewalk’s Music Creator 6 Touch Win 8 64. It involved a series of firmware and software downloads and updates and a few Forum and Cakewalk support inquires. Fortunately it was Roland’s On-line Knowledge Database that ultimately provided what was needed to accomplish the task. Once I got all of the drivers and update installed and figured out MC-6, my last challenge was getting the VS-100 to function as a control surface using Roland’s ACT protocol. I now have everything connected and working. The VS-100 seems to be a worthy piece of hardware and I ‘ll be able to get back to working with MC-6, my new plug-ins and VI’s (for the next 5 years until I have to update it all over again). Thanks to Roland/Cakewalk and all others that assisted me. I’ll be checking the forums frequently to see if I can offer any assistance or tips from what I’ve learned.