chuckebaby
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Re:Which Control Surface?
2011/04/08 15:52:18
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got my v studio 20 last night it rocks..love it..no problems at all the instructions were a little under documented but other than that great sound..great having 8 faders and transport controls
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tthayer
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Re:Which Control Surface?
2011/04/08 15:54:28
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Yeah, I have been digging a lot into manuals, reviews, videos, etc..... of the v-studio series and I am really excited to get mine. Should have it near the end of next week.
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tthayer
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Re:Which Control Surface?
2011/04/18 11:52:35
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Well, I received my V-Studio 700 SET and I love it. I have a lot to learn though.
I wound up getting a pretty good deal I think. It turned out that one of the music stores up here had two units that someone had bought and then returned a day later without the software. Obviously, they just wanted the software. Because the store had to consider the units as used, and could not provide the software, I wound up getting the set for $1700.00 plus shipping. Does that sound like a good deal? Seems like it to me.
Anyways, is there anything I should be looking out for when setting it up? I already have it functioning and have tried a couple of tracks and everything seems to be working fine. The sound is awesome and the difference between my Firebox and this baby is night and day.
Thanks,
Tom
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Re:Which Control Surface?
2011/04/18 11:58:51
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Great deal, Man I paid a LOT more from mine and it is worth every penny!
The sound is AWESOME, Enjoy man. Go out and make some great music.
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Re:Which Control Surface?
2011/04/18 12:03:39
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tthayer
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Re:Which Control Surface?
2011/04/18 12:44:54
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garrigus
tthayer
Well, I received my V-Studio 700 SET and I love it. I have a lot to learn though.
Hi Tom,
Welcome to the club! I'm sure you're going to love working with the system. Be sure to check out my free V-Studio 700 eBook, if you haven't already...
http://garrigus.com/?ProAudioTutor
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Already been checking it out Scott and I just received confirmation from Amazon of my order your X1 power book as well. I am just loving this so far. :)
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Re:Which Control Surface?
2011/04/18 13:14:24
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Re:Which Control Surface?
2011/04/19 13:39:06
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tthayer
Already been checking it out Scott and I just received confirmation from Amazon of my order your X1 power book as well. I am just loving this so far. :)
Thanks, Tom! I hope you enjoy both books. 
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Hi Scott, I just received your X1 Power book. What a beast! Man, Sonar X2 will be out by the time I am done reading this.  Thanks a lot for writing this book. It is amazing and will most likely be my major source of reading for a while to come. Thanks, Tom
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Re:Which Control Surface?
2011/04/19 15:11:09
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tthayer
I just received your X1 Power book. What a beast! Man, Sonar X2 will be out by the time I am done reading this.
Thanks a lot for writing this book. It is amazing and will most likely be my major source of reading for a while to come.
Hey Tom, Thanks again! Glad to hear you like it. Yeah, it's a very big book, but then, SONAR is a very big application. There's so much you can do with it. If you have time, I definitely recommend reading the book cover-to-cover to get the most out of it. Scott -- Scott R. Garrigus * Author of the Cakewalk Sonar and Sony Sound Forge Power book series: http://www.garrigus.com/ * Author of the Cakewalk Sonar ProAudioTutor video tutorial series: http://www.proaudiotutor.com/ * Publisher of the DigiFreq free music technology newsletter: http://www.digifreq.com/digifreq/ * Publisher of the NewTechReview free consumer technology newsletter: http://www.newtechreview.com/newtechreview/
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tthayer
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Re:Which Control Surface?
2011/04/19 15:18:15
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I will definitely be reading it from beginning to end. I have a 17 year old that keeps me up at night so there should be no issues with having the time! LOL
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Re:Which Control Surface?
2011/04/19 15:26:36
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tthayer
I will definitely be reading it from beginning to end. I have a 17 year old that keeps me up at night so there should be no issues with having the time! LOL
Ah ha! Well, the more time you can spend in the studio making music, the better, right? Scott -- Scott R. Garrigus * Author of the Cakewalk Sonar and Sony Sound Forge Power book series: http://www.garrigus.com/ * Author of the Cakewalk Sonar ProAudioTutor video tutorial series: http://www.proaudiotutor.com/ * Publisher of the DigiFreq free music technology newsletter: http://www.digifreq.com/digifreq/ * Publisher of the NewTechReview free consumer technology newsletter: http://www.newtechreview.com/newtechreview/
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Re:Which Control Surface?
2011/04/19 16:49:29
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garrigus
tthayer
I will definitely be reading it from beginning to end. I have a 17 year old that keeps me up at night so there should be no issues with having the time! LOL
Ah ha! Well, the more time you can spend in the studio making music, the better, right?
Scott
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LOL, you must know my daughter and any extra time in the studio is always a break.
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Re:Which Control Surface?
2011/04/19 17:32:25
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Believe it or not, the Tascm FW-1884 is a great control surface and Audio/MIDI interface all rolled into one. We almost lost it as an interface/CU but Frontier and Tascam (finally) gave us 32 and 64 bit Win 7 drivers. And it has one ADAT In/OUT for adding more mic pre's.
You can still get one at amazon for $1299. This is still the best bang for your buck (IMO).
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Re:Which Control Surface?
2011/04/19 18:15:29
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I too use the Mackie controller and it works well with Sonar. I too notice that in Sonar 8.5 I use to loose the Midi connection to my MCU every once in a while, but in Sonar X1 (updates added) I haven't had that problem (Crossed my fingers). Peace 
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chilldanny
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Re:Which Control Surface?
2011/04/19 20:51:02
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I wouldn't be atall suprised to see an X class version in the future.
VS-X1 or something like that.....
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Kyhotay
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Re:Which Control Surface?
2013/02/22 17:00:28
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Hi Scott, I am using the Alesis MasterController as my interface/control surface. It's been working fine for myself and Sonar 8.5 for several years. The only reason I would lust over the V-700 is the ability to do EQ which doesn't seem apparent on the MC. Would there me an advantage to getting just the controller for the V-700 and using my MOTU 8-Pre as the Firewire interface into my computer? Brian Folkes
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joeb1cannoli
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Re:Which Control Surface?
2013/02/22 19:08:51
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X2, Windows 8 and a Touch screen.
If anyone takes the time to check my posts you're probably saying" here's that jerk going on about his touch screen again"
But I really,really love it.
We've got touch support. I don't think any other DAW has it yet. Use it!
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Re:Which Control Surface?
2013/02/22 19:21:35
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chilldanny
I wouldn't be atall suprised to see an X class version in the future.
VS-X2 or something like that.....
Fixed 
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Re:Which Control Surface?
2013/02/22 19:30:49
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Kyhotay
Hi Scott, I am using the Alesis MasterController as my interface/control surface. It's been working fine for myself and Sonar 8.5 for several years. The only reason I would lust over the V-700 is the ability to do EQ which doesn't seem apparent on the MC. Would there me an advantage to getting just the controller for the V-700 and using my MOTU 8-Pre as the Firewire interface into my computer? Brian Folkes
Hi Brian, I would check out the V-Studio 700 forum here on the Cakewalk site before making any purchasing decisions. I'm still happy with it but some are not... http://forum.cakewalk.com/tt.aspx?forumid=42 Although, if you plan on using it with SONAR 8.5, you'll be all set, but it works great with that version. Scott -- Scott R. Garrigus - http://garrigus.com - SONAR X2 Power! - http://garrigus.com/?SonarX2Power * Author of the Cakewalk Sonar and Sony Sound Forge Power book series: http://garrigus.com/?PowerBooks * Author of the Cakewalk Sonar ProAudioTutor video tutorial series: http://garrigus.com/?ProAudioTutor * Publisher of the DigiFreq free music technology newsletter: http://digifreq.com/?DigiFreq * Publisher of the NewTechReview free consumer technology newsletter: http://newtechreview.com/?NewTechReview
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Kyhotay
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Re:Which Control Surface?
2013/02/23 19:02:05
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Thanks for the quick response, Scott. I've noticed that there seems to be a rapid anti-v700 conclave out there in Sonar land. My real concern is while it appears to be discontinued there doesn't seem to be a serious price drop like there was for the Tascam FW-1884 (loved that board but it was overkill for me and I have been trying to simplify my life to no avail). My biggest concern is what happens if I move to Win8 or beyond? Will the hardware and software continue talking to each other? I've been hard pressed to upgrade to Sonar X2 mainly because I 1)barely scratch the surface of what 8.5 can do and 2) I am lazy. While I've got a head of steam going why is it that a well thought out board, like the FW-1884 or even the V-700 or MasterControl,after running their production course are not issued in bigger, better badder versions? They die instead. It doesn't appear that there are many reasonably priced solutions from what I can tell. So my question really is; whither control surfaces?
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garrigus
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Re:Which Control Surface?
2013/02/23 19:56:03
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Hi Brian, You'll be fine with Win 8. Roland recently released drivers for the system. And SONAR X2 does work, there are just some issues that need to be addressed. But overall, most of the functions work fine. So it does seem as though Cakewalk and Roland plan to continue support. But I have no official word about that. As for control surfaces in general... I think they're still viable, but I have no idea why some are not upgraded to better models. I actually like have real knobs and faders to adjust. But there's also the up and coming touch screen revolution. Whether or not touch screens will take over the control surface market remains to be seen. I don't think they'll go away completely, but it's possible I suppose. Scott -- Scott R. Garrigus - http://garrigus.com - SONAR X2 Power! - http://garrigus.com/?SonarX2Power * Author of the Cakewalk Sonar and Sony Sound Forge Power book series: http://garrigus.com/?PowerBooks * Author of the Cakewalk Sonar ProAudioTutor video tutorial series: http://garrigus.com/?ProAudioTutor * Publisher of the DigiFreq free music technology newsletter: http://digifreq.com/?DigiFreq * Publisher of the NewTechReview free consumer technology newsletter: http://newtechreview.com/?NewTechReview
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Re:Which Control Surface?
2013/02/24 18:16:56
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I really appreciate your answers! One of my reluctance's to invest in new hardware is if Cakewalk is planning on making use of the iPad as a controller as others have done. Any word on the street, Johnny? Brian
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Re:Which Control Surface?
2013/02/24 19:47:12
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Scott, I have the V-Studio 700 and love the integration. Sweetwater has a theory that some long-standing issue I have had with Sonar stem from the V-Studio ?O. I personally question that theory; however, since I upgraded the drivers in the I/O, I have not had many problems.
Do you have any theories or information about this?
(I have a MOTU interface waiting to be tested, but I want to do more testing with the updated V-Studio interface first.)
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Rob[at]Sound-Rehab
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Re:Which Control Surface?
2013/02/25 01:24:15
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Looks like there are some other happy users of VS-700 out there, so I'm not alone  I'd only wish the happy users would show every once in a while over in the VS700 forum. There is a lot of negativism going on there, shedding a wrong light on the unit ...
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Re:Which Control Surface?
2013/02/25 06:08:28
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joeb1cannoli
X2, Windows 8 and a Touch screen.
If anyone takes the time to check my posts you're probably saying" here's that jerk going on about his touch screen again"
But I really,really love it.
We've got touch support. I don't think any other DAW has it yet. Use it!
So how is your studio desk laid out? If I were using touchscreen then I would need to rebuild everything so that I could reach the screen. Do you have the screen laid flat on the desk in front of you. If not then whats the point? Just curious, I'm sure you could make it work, but how?
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Re:Which Control Surface?
2013/02/25 07:41:38
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the wildman
joeb1cannoli
X2, Windows 8 and a Touch screen.
If anyone takes the time to check my posts you're probably saying" here's that jerk going on about his touch screen again"
But I really,really love it.
We've got touch support. I don't think any other DAW has it yet. Use it!
So how is your studio desk laid out?
If I were using touchscreen then I would need to rebuild everything so that I could reach the screen.
Do you have the screen laid flat on the desk in front of you.
If not then whats the point?
Just curious, I'm sure you could make it work, but how?
im not sure if youve seen any of the touch screen videos released on sonar x2 but they are simply amazing. one thing that has always detered me away from touch is making small minor adjustments. its very obvious this is not an issue anymore. i was part of a group that was one of the first to be using touch screen automation for robotic control of production line manufacturing. its come a long.long way.
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joeb1cannoli
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Re:Which Control Surface?
2013/02/25 08:18:55
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Re:Which Control Surface?
2013/02/25 10:26:38
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konradh
Scott, I have the V-Studio 700 and love the integration. Sweetwater has a theory that some long-standing issue I have had with Sonar stem from the V-Studio ?O. I personally question that theory; however, since I upgraded the drivers in the I/O, I have not had many problems.
Do you have any theories or information about this?
Hi Konrad... no, sorry... I haven't had any trouble with the drivers myself. What's happening with them? Although, it sounds like the problem is fixed now since you updated? Scott -- Scott R. Garrigus - http://garrigus.com - SONAR X2 Power! - http://garrigus.com/?SonarX2Power * Author of the Cakewalk Sonar and Sony Sound Forge Power book series: http://garrigus.com/?PowerBooks * Author of the Cakewalk Sonar ProAudioTutor video tutorial series: http://garrigus.com/?ProAudioTutor * Publisher of the DigiFreq free music technology newsletter: http://digifreq.com/?DigiFreq * Publisher of the NewTechReview free consumer technology newsletter: http://newtechreview.com/?NewTechReview
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Re:Which Control Surface?
2013/02/25 10:47:21
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Hi joeb1cannoli,
nice pictures. Maybe the touchscreen is a good alternative as a daw controller.
But what with all those fingerprints on the screen? I see you have the cloths next to the screen, so how often do you have to clean the screen?
Timo
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