VS-700C and win 10

Hei- have been out of the game for some years, but heading back now with Sonar and my beloved console VS-700C.


I see there is no easy way of getting my 700C to work with win 10 (which is already installed) - and have tried some of the tips here on the forum.
I have not upgraded the firmware, and not the drivers - so I wonder where to start. It seems to me that to upgrade the firmware I need to have the new drivers installed, and to install the newest drivers I need to have upgraded the firmware first.  Is that correct - and if so - what do I do? 

I'm actually afraid to upgrade to windows 10 and the latest version of sonar for fear that something else in the VS 700 won't work anymore. So I just sit tight on X3 and widows 8 where I am.

Maybe one of the wonderful VS-700 system users who had a successful driver modification experience to Win10 could put together a step by step tutorial for us non computer programmer types. Then I think I would delve into this a little deeper if it was a little more idiot proof. I don't trust myself to do the driver mod as described. I'd hate to render my tool useless and I would like to reap the benefits of the updated os. Just a suggestion 

TerraSin

It's right here. Really not that hard. You just need to follow the instructions: http://forum.cakewalk.com...-drivers-m3206046.aspx


Where should I begin posting my questions, if I take the plunge......I will need some support when I hit a wall, and I would hate to have to wait a day or two for someone to answer a question while I'm trying to work through the issues. And for the record.......I'm a carpenter, not a computer programmer. (Not trying to sound snarky)

Let's start with where my system currently sits. I'm running Windows 7 home premium and the instructions are based from a system running Win 8.1

Do I uninstall both 700 & 700C drivers?
Do I need to uninstall the I/O Editor?

Step 2 mentions "transferring" my copy of 700 v2.02 to the desktop. Is this just a matter of copying the folder to my desktop?

When modifying the .inf do I include the brackets [ ] shown around the text?

Thanks Terra, just so I'm clear, I just have to move the .inf file to the desktop? And a stupid question.......how do I open it in notepad? Maybe just a little more clarification on this part and I should be ready for the big plunge.

I've done the backup / disk image of my system so I should be ready to disembark from Windows 7 and head over to Win 10 where I hope to see my VS-700 on the other side.

After some issues upgrading to Win.10 I finally made it. Now.......
I've downloaded the 2.02 drivers and moved them to the desktop.
Then I extracted them and went through the file.
I found the RDIF1089.inf file and edited them.
Once edited and saved, do I keep the extracted folder on my desktop and run setup from there?
Does the folder eventually end up where it needs to be?

Glad you're up and running. Enjoy.

Question.....I ran into some issues with win 10 and needed to reinstall it. I still get audio but my vs console is not working......does this sound like I need to reinstall the drivers or are my control surface settings messed up. Could somebody list the input and output settings that need to be checked off? I've been scratching me head for a while now and can't seem to get it right?
For some reason when I'm I preferences>control surfaces under add new controller it does not list the vs-700 but it is listed under in ports and out ports. Hmmmm

You need to make it a mackie control surface.

Yah, I'm not sure whether that was a Cakewalk thing or a Roland thing but it won't come up as its own surface name anymore.

Shouldn't there be a .dll file tied to the vs700? Curious.......in your shares surfaces file, what is listed? I have three .dll files, ACTController.dll , GenericSurface.dll and MackieControl.dll why don't I have one for the vs700? There are .dll files in the driver files.

keneds
Shouldn't there be a .dll file tied to the vs700? Curious.......in your shares surfaces file, what is listed? I have three .dll files, ACTController.dll , GenericSurface.dll and MackieControl.dll why don't I have one for the vs700? There are .dll files in the driver files.

The vs700.dll should be in Cakewalk/Shared Surfaces (together with about 15 other default dlls) ...

Anyone?

I contacted Cake support and they sent me this link. I loaded it up and ran this. I opened the shared surface folder and there are more controller options now including a HTML file labeled Sonar VS700, But still there is no .dll file like all of the other ones listed have with them. Could it be that i might need to reinstall the VS700 2.02 drivers again with the modification? ( just a reminder from another thread I posted in, When I originally did the windows 10 driver mod / install...everything worked great before the crash. I lost a lot of files and programs by doing a system reset. ) Im back on track now....just minus the darn .dll file for the vs700.
 

Control Surface Installers

The information in this article applies to:

• SONAR Platinum
• SONAR Professional
• SONAR Artist

 
Since the latest SONAR installers do not install control surface plugins, we have created a separate installer for these. Follow the steps below if you are missing any control surface plugins.

1. Close any Cakewalk software you have running
2. Download the file, Cakewalk Control Surface plugins_1.0.0.1.zip
3. Find the file in your Windows File Explorer, right-click it, and choose Extract All...
4. Make sure the "Show extracted files when complete" box is checked
5. Click Extract
6. Run Cakewalk Control Surface Plugins_1.0.0.1.exe