It may be worth your time to pick up a copy of Windows 7 to get your rig running correctly for now.  Then, upgrade later when Win 8 drivers are produced.  At least you would be able to use your new custom system for now 'cause who knows how long it might take for some of these manufacturers to do it.  Just a thought anyway.  I think Jim
Roseberry said it best...

John, you reminded me to test my printer! :)

I called Phonic and they said, the Phonic helix 18 driver will not work on Win 8, do not try.

I called Avid. they said- no drivers for Fast Track Ultra 8 R. I read some other forums- it looks like the driver for fast Track they install is Beta for Win 7, not even official Win 7. The unit is still sold, not discontinued, but for some reason they did not release official driver. I think, if it was working and was that easy- they would just release the driver officially and said, 'Woalah!"

I also wish i could install Unitor 8 MIDI interface. Do not feel like buying new unit. $250 is a lot of money after you spent on building computer and need new audio interface.

What if i plug the MIDI device and see what happens without installing drivers? is there a chance- some Win 8 drivers would work? Thanks.

This thread has a lot of conflicting information, One person said it's important to use JUST W8 Drivers then others saying to use W7 drivers because the OS is the about the same?? Every time we get a upgrade to an new OS there are to many threads like this. 

After reading this thread I could only come to the conclusion that you would at least TRY and install the latest drivers for 64 bit and see if it works. 

yeah, see... I used to try installing things, and then my Sonar would crash for no reason. I wanted to start over and make sure I only use official drivers so there will be no one to blame if Sonar crashes as it always does. I had very bad experience with every version of Sonar.

This thread has a lot of conflicting information

 
This is a good point IMO. I'd really like to make the move to Win8 but I don't see a 100% commitment from RME regarding the UFX at least up till now. I've read that some are using it and for others it was a problem.
 
Bottom line for me, and I would think others, is if I can't believe in my drivers I'm not even going to think about making the move. It seems to me that the majority (though not all) of the problems I read about on this forum are generally caused by faulty drivers.
 
I use my DAW to record and produce music...I don't want to be in unreliable mode.
 
Regards,

@vladasyn If only life was so simple, official drivers can be buggy as well. So can Windows. So can faulty firmware and faulty hardware. You don't know who to blame until you diagnose the issue. In a lot of cases you don't know what is to blame after it's fixed (so people just blame whatever they feel emotionally attached to).

http://avid.force.com/pkb...ters=&ProductCategory= This is where the AVID / M-audio Fast Track Ultra 8R drivers are found. Try 6.0.10, that should do the trick, it's dated december 2012, it may work for you while you wait for Win 8 Drivers. The change from XP to Vista/Win 7 drivers took FOREVER, so don't hold your breath on Avid.

miguelito

This thread has a lot of conflicting information

 
This is a good point IMO. I'd really like to make the move to Win8 but I don't see a 100% commitment from RME regarding the UFX at least up till now. I've read that some are using it and for others it was a problem.
 
Bottom line for me, and I would think others, is if I can't believe in my drivers I'm not even going to think about making the move. It seems to me that the majority (though not all) of the problems I read about on this forum are generally caused by faulty drivers.
 
I use my DAW to record and produce music...I don't want to be in unreliable mode.
 
Regards,

I actually have discontinued use of some hardware products over lack of driver support, and now whenever I am looking at a new piece of gear, I check for driver history for the vendor right after deciding to potentially buy a given piece of hardware.  Some companies still do not have Windows 7 drivers for hardware that is still current, and that's just wrong.


Vlada - you are in a gray area, where you either wait for drivers - which may take months, or you try it and deal with whatever happens, which is never a fun place to be.  With all of your prior nightmares, I can only wish for you the best of experiences with your new computer, and a speedy gaining of stability and horsepower.

Bob Bone

vladasyn


John, you reminded me to test my printer! :)

I called Phonic and they said, the Phonic helix 18 driver will not work on Win 8, do not try.

I called Avid. they said- no drivers for Fast Track Ultra 8 R. I read some other forums- it looks like the driver for fast Track they install is Beta for Win 7, not even official Win 7. The unit is still sold, not discontinued, but for some reason they did not release official driver. I think, if it was working and was that easy- they would just release the driver officially and said, 'Woalah!"

I also wish i could install Unitor 8 MIDI interface. Do not feel like buying new unit. $250 is a lot of money after you spent on building computer and need new audio interface.

What if i plug the MIDI device and see what happens without installing drivers? is there a chance- some Win 8 drivers would work? Thanks.

I just looked up that device and I believe it does have Win 8 drivers. They are listed Here

Thanks for the good wishes. I want to try to install fast Track Ultra drivers, but I am scared. besides- it is only 8 tracks- I am looking in to FireWire devices like presonus with more Ins. I had 3 sound cards on my old system and it worked, but I had many crashes of Sonar (Win XP) especially Sonar X1 and X2. I heard many times that multiple sound cards are to blame, so- this time- I want one big sound card/mixer that would take all my keyboards. If I install Fast Track, then I will have more than one interface again. Not that I have money to but Presounus, but I might do something crazy.

John, thanks for looking up the driver, it is very helpful, however, this is the driver for MK II. I contacted Phonic and they said- it will not work for my original Phonic Helix 18. (There were 2 versions- my is first, 2004- also works good in XP).