VS 700 + Reaper?

Sorry i have no exp with reaper....

What version of Sonar are you running and what vst's are caseing problems?
What type of crashes ?

It would be good to know so the rest of us can watch out just incase we come across the same problems :)

Norrie

Hi Clada,

What is your system ? Most of users often incriminates the hardware environement

@Peter 434:

The PC was build by Roland Belgium, 
it came as a complete package,  Intel Core 2 Quad CPU Q8200 @ 2.33 Ghz, 4 gb Ram running on 64 bit with windows 7 

Your pc may be the problem, actually it most likely is the problem.  Many issues could come up if your Ram is having issues, HD isn't reading fast enough, maybe even the CPU is having a difficult time.  Honestly, If you only have 4 Gig's of ram, you sould make sure you runs Sonar in 32-bit mode, in the Win 64 bit, but honestly you should have win 7 32 bit installed instead of 64 bit if you don't have more then 4 gig's of ram, simply because it can cause issues with instability with programs and the way the processor handles things.

Great news Clada... very cool. Interesting the HDD wasn't able to be identified as the culprit earlier but great that is is now sorted out for you. Cheers.

Hi there, I am also looking at Reaper as an alternative DAW in light of Sonar's situation.  Love Sonar, but I'm really starting to like Reaper right now.  it's only been 4 days, but I feel like I'm ready to make the switch.
 
As for the VS700, I was able to get about 30-40% functionality.  Right out of the box, the transport, track faders, pans, track mute/solo/arm, and jog/shuttle wheel all work once you set the control surface as Mackie.  Then, through the actions lists you can assign any action in that list to a button on the console.  Most buttons.  Some aren't coming up such as Save, Undo.  So all of the edit buttons can be mirrored exactly, and some of the View buttons.  Then, others are already assigned to different/weird functions.  For example the fader views buttons (track, buss, master) all assign different automations to a selected track, which is not really desirable for me.  Lastly, the track levels don't light, and the fader banks don't switch so looks like i'm stuck with just 8 plus the master.  At least, so far.
 
However, I have literally only spent about 30 minutes on this.  I'm sure there is more to discover on this and that's what I like much about Reaper so far.  Setting up what I have so far has been pretty darn easy, and with the functions I have now I can run my studio pretty well already.

Hi poetnprophet,
Very good to read your response here as I just downloaded the Reaper demo.  I'm positively new at the VS-700 and then the news came re: Cakewalk/Gibson.  So, I'm making my switch.  Have decided that Logic will be my main daw but Reaper will be my Windows platform backup.  
 
How difficult is it to assign the buttons to any other than the default Mackie functions, or is it?  Are "action lists" similar to "learn" functions?  I'm very hopeful to make use of my VS-700 (if I cannot sell it).  
 
Thanks!
-SE

Many thanks for the info!

-SE

And....I just found this, so I'm going to give this a try and I'll let you know.  Most noteworthy are the channel LEDs and fader bank button functionality.