V-studio 700 life

Everything goes out of existence in due time eventually. Nothing last forever. But the vs700 is a great system made better with X2a update that can last a long long time as a studio staple until you make enough money to retire from working. lol

Today we are let to believe that only the nicely designed gadgets from one particular company can do the job, or the clones that run off their patents ... anyway, to me it's a bit like "Video Killed the Radio Star". Somethings are here to stay - which may be real faders in real studios (but I may be wrong)

To come back to the original OP: I think the VS-700 is good enough to lead a long life in a small community. It's never been a mass market item. Everybody needs to decide for themselves what works best in their creative / work environment.

I will sell you my cs700r for $1100.  Here it is in a nutshell:

The mic pres sound GREAT.  I really like them.  I have no use for the Fantom synth included in the unit.

PM me if you are interested.  In perfect shape.  Comes with original box.

Each to their own, I suppose. Myself, I feel ripped off. The fact that there are still acknowledged open issues but zero indication that there's any intention of fixing them does not inspire confidence. Cakewalk's treatment of v700 owners has been, in my view, utterly derisory. I've historically been a fairly staunch defender of the company until this, too.

I like my V-Studio - BUT - the fantom is a waste of space. I get spurious lights at random moments on some projects, and sometimes the whole things locks up and goes stupid - then I have to shut EVERYTHING off to restart. Never really liked the fact that you have to shut it down to change the sample rates either.
 
Support from ANYONE anymore is an iffy proposition. I just gave up on Sony today after 3 days of trying to get my Sound Forge s/w activated ...again. (you can't call for help and emails get robo'd). Corporate world says we all have to do more with less and all we get is less with less. They haven't learned the basic lesson that coffee world learned and why there is a Starbucks today. When you offer customers an inferior product because the accountants say no one will notice, the customer walks away. Roland almost lost me with the VM-7200 system when they dumped it.
 
On the plus side, I spend 8 - 10 hours a day on it and I still haven't used it to it's limit. I have had other equipment that made me a lot crazier than this does. One more note...I have been with Cakewalk since the days when you got the program on one 3 in floppy aand I have been pretty well satisfied.
For now, I am just adding up the receipts and crunching the numbers and when the $$/hour get evened out, someone on craigslist will end up with a pretty console with old software.

Hi,

I would prefer if someone from Cakewalk or Roland would give a short statement about the future support of the VS-series. Will Support be finished now with Windows 8 or will it be possible to get drivers for future-Windows-Versions? Will X3 Support also the VS-700 and VS-100?
Don't let us user stand in the rain please!

A question to the owners of a VS-700.
Is now with X2a everything running ok with the VS-700 or not?  I have also the chance to buy the VS-700 Set at a low price. So I'm thinking about it. Thank you.

Timo