I haven't been here in awhile, but I do get the emails from this forum section. The mixture of great and grief hasn't changed much. While I do agree there's not a Roland Tech on tap in this forum, ( and there should be ), we who bought it are still using the VS 700 to record, mix, and master. While we would like the 700C to encompass every new feature of Sonar Producer as soon as it changes, I don't think anyone realizes what that task really entails. In addition, people want instant third party plugin integration and the ability to hack the VS 700 beyond it's operating parameters, to conform it to their wish's. The wailing and gnashing of teeth has been endless. But that is progress, that is the process by which things proceed. Engineers think differently than artists do on most levels. When the communication between artists and engineers stops, progress does also. History will prove this many times over. So anyway..., as the old saying goes, never give up.  

Also when engineers go silent, sometimes that means they're at work creating fixes and updates.

Test everything by it's fruit...

well that's good news indeed! I guess that means that old girlfriend who won't answer my calls or return my letters is probably thinking of ways to make a relationship better! Wow. And it's been almost 40 years I can imagine how wonderful it's going to be when she gets her plan together!
but seriously I'm a little disappointed that it seems like Roland and cake walk were members of a forced marriage and don't seem to love each other. I've always been a big fan of both corporations. At any rate I don't suppose much is going to happen with the hardware especially since there were only a handful of people on their discussion board. I hope they keep writing drivers for my stuff and I'll keep using it. As for my own use I guess I'm not as sophisticated as many of the guys here so a lot of the features that upset you guys don't really affect my basic needs.

frankly I'm not 100 percent sure whose job it is to make sure the hardware and software work together.

WSS

i reckon i join the choir of people talking while not saying anything ;-) 
anyway, i'm glad it's not my job to sort out that mess of hardware and software not working together... that ain't easy business

It's not easy because they made it so and left the hardware out of the project plan.