Does x2 work with windows 8 
I orderd a new computer and it comes
With windows 8 but the patch for window
8 will be out later this year.

Hi  !!!!
He works !!! i 've got win 8b 64bits on X2 64bits  it's a charme but roland don't check the last drivers for is products so i can't use my Midi A-500 pro I wait but no longer  

I am using windows 8 x64 happily with sonar x2 pro.

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Does x2 work with windows 8 
I orderd a new computer and it comes
With windows 8 but the patch for window
8 will be out later this year.

What do you mean the patch for windows 8 won't be out till later this year? What patch are you talking about?

Don't quote me but I recall reading that the patch was for compatibility with touch screens etc. for Win 8. I tried X1 & X2 with the "demo" of Win 8 and they run fine. I wasn't able to do a true test to see about performance boosts, but if you search the blogs on the Cakewalk site Noel I think did full side by side comparison.

I've been using Windows 8 with X2 since X2 shipped. Haven't had any issues that I can attribute to Windows 8. However, as was mentioned, you need to be sure that any hardware you are using has drivers that are compatible with Windows 8. Also be aware that at this time most Roland/Cakewalk gear does not work at all with Windows 8.

-e.B

Ironic that my M Audio Win 7 drivers worked fine, yet my Edirol Win 7 drivers did not, but the Vista driver for the Edirol did...

> it's a charme but roland don't check the last drivers for is products so i can't use my Midi A-500 pro I wait but no longer   


It has a MIDI out socket, do you have a MIDI interface?

Win 7 drivers may work,  I'd be interested to know as I have a A-300. Windows 8 may even provide generic drivers.
I think Roland Octapad SPD-30 should work as that uses generic USB drivers in Win 7, so Win 8 should be the same in theory.


If Roland are any good there're be releasing Windows 8 drivers soon. Fingers crossed.

Here is a guide that will help those of you installing older drivers to Win 8. This should work for most drivers but may not for all. The person who wrote it was using an Edirol device so I believe it will work for most Cakewalk, Edirol, and Roland products. Make sure to use the latest driver and the correct 64bit or 32bit one based on your OS.

http://www.pcpro.co.uk/blogs/2012/08/06/getting-older-drivers-to-work-in-windows-8/

When I tested Windows 8 all my drivers worked well. My drivers include the Edirol M 16 DX and Cakewalk UM 3G USB MIDI interface times 2.

This was a Windows 8 64 bit RTM version. 

I'm not too sure where the notion came from that Vista/Win 7 drivers don't work with it.