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Cheers! Let's hope it works for you too.

Steve, thank you so much!

Pushing the Dynamic mapping button to show erase then following the installation instructions again worked for me too.

Many, many thanks!

 
Hey, that's great news Martin!
 
As of now, I still haven't even had a reply on the Roland forum, and the 'expert' who answered me at JustAnswer was a mile off.
 
 

Thanks guys for sharing all this info.  After reading and re-reading this thread, I decided to do the upgrade.  The hardest part for me was peeling back the sticker.  Everything else went just as planned and the upgrade was complete in about a minute.  But having this thread made the decision to upgrade realistic in that if something did go wrong, the advice here would have solved it.

I can't tell if the upgrade did anything, but it is accomplished.  

Great - glad it went well.  Knobs and faders transmit more smoothly with 1.05

I recall having this problem with no solution in sight. What I did was (realizing that the PCR was only compatible with XP). I booted up my old PC and updated the PCR through XP. That did the trick for me. I'm going to give this other method a try with my Win8 machine (it is x64 too).

Reviving an old thread for two related questions:  I have a PCR-800 and it works great for ACT, but as usual, a new product comes out and the old one's support is dropped, which leaves me "wanting":
 
1.  Is there any way to control the functions of the transport buttons while it's in ACT mode?  I'd like the play button to be a play/pause toggle with the stop button being a stop and return to where I started button - you know: space and ctrl-space.
 
2. Is there a 64 bit version of the PCR editor program?  Of course, the A-800 has a 64 bit version, but not the pcr.  I have the 32 bit, but it just disappears on launch after selecting the midi port - no error, no crash, etc.  I'd like to be able to program the "pads" as midi notes or other things that are non-ACT, but it's a bit of a pain to do from the front panel.  I realize I could do a virtual machine or something but that seems a bit extreme for this one program.  Also, in case you didn't know, Windows 8 is a bit different as far as adding Hyper-V machines: once you add the role, your actual machine becomes as virtual machine in the host, which I don't want to do because of possible performance issues with that setup.
 
Thoughts on the 2 things above?
 

Never mind question 1 above.  I got this.  If you want to have pause on a pcr-800, you just need to go to the ACT control panel and then adjust the parameters of the L1-L4 buttons to modify them.  If you use Stop with Now Time, this will stop and return to start point.  Play/Stop will pause in place.  Now these transport controls work like I want them to.  Don't know how I missed the L1-L4 options.
 
Still interested in the 64 bit version of the PCR editor...
 
I wrote this up so it could be found in a search later as well.  Hope this helps someone.

Hi All,
Not too sure if this thread is still active, but if so I would be very grateful for any tips as to how to get the Soniccell editor VST working with ACT via an Edirol PCR-800. (Or, as has just come back to me, did I read somewhere that this no longer works under Windows 7?)
 
Many thanks indeed.

Hi. I have the Sonic Cell hardware working with a PCR-800 including parameter control but I have never managed to get the VST to work properly. I think it's because I run a 64-bit system. I eventually gave up but if I ever get time I may well have another crack at it.

Thanks FastBikerboy.
If anyone could tell me how individual cells for sliders and rotaries can be selected & populated (seems much easier for Buttons) -  I would be grateful!
 (In the ACT properties screen , there are three columns for Buttons, but only two columns for Rotaries and Sliders??)
 Also some cells are Blue and others Green?