Honestly, I'm very close to throwing in the towel with Cake as well. The lack of support, especially for people who have spent thousands with them over the years, is completely unacceptable. They put out a flagship control system and then practically forget it exists despite the problems with it is insulting to those of us who bought into it.

What I want to know is where those Win 8 drivers are that Seth told us were coming when Windows 8 went retail? From what I understand, when he made the post about it a bit ago, they were pretty much done and needed a little tweaking but would be released along with the OS. However, all seems to be quiet while those of us who have the hardware sit waiting as normal.

Maybe they are too busy working on X3?

TerraSin


Honestly, I'm very close to throwing in the towel with Cake as well. The lack of support, especially for people who have spent thousands with them over the years, is completely unacceptable. They put out a flagship control system and then practically forget it exists despite the problems with it is insulting to those of us who bought into it.

What I want to know is where those Win 8 drivers are that Seth told us were coming when Windows 8 went retail? From what I understand, when he made the post about it a bit ago, they were pretty much done and needed a little tweaking but would be released along with the OS. However, all seems to be quiet while those of us who have the hardware sit waiting as normal.

Maybe they are too busy working on X3?

VStudio drivers are not developed by Cakewalk. They are built/maintained by Roland. You can submit an inquiry here. I've submitted a couple and although I've never been told that the drivers will not be developed. No one seems to know if/when then will be released.
-e.B

Look for NAMM 2013 for for all the updates and announcements.

e.Blue


I own most of the major DAWs and SONAR is still my favorite by far. The main reason that I bought the others was so that I can receive projects into my studio in ANY format . Once I get a project in, regardless of the format, I figure out how to export it so that I can get the tracks into SONAR for mixing. 


-e.B

Hi e.Blue,
 
I noticed in your sig that you have Studio One 2 and was wondering how it works with the VS-700C?  They've been a number of one day sales that I've been tempted to jump on but have also read that their are problems using the VS-700C with it.
 
Cheers,
 
jayson

Mully

The only suggestion I could make Steve is to consider another surface like the MCU perhaps however the lure of the Avid options will always win..if you have the coin.

Hi Mully,
 
I did a test last night with my MCU clone and couldn't get the ProChannel control to work at all (http://forum.cakewalk.com/tm.aspx?high=&m=2708978&mpage=1#2709155). Other users with real MCU are having the same problems.
 
Obviously the ProChannel needs a lot of work to be controlled from any surface ... which is bad news ... and good news as it is a problem for Cake to fix and not Roland and (hopefully eventually) Cake will also fix it for the VS-700 ...
 
 
 
 

Hiya Bertl... this doesn't surprise me to be honest as the PC seems pretty innovative and if they don't have core functions working properly, then there is no chance for the PC.

I think if they just got the basic stuff all working on the 700 we would all be quite happy. When you have a mega dollar surface that even looks great, it bites to not be able to do even the core functions like eq and plugs... so the PC side of things is no surprise and I only gave it a quick attempt with the 700 before throwing hands in the air like I did so long ago now with X1.

If this corrective surgery does actually rely on Roland, then we can kiss all hope goodbye now as they are making huge losses and are not obviously likely to burn more capital on keeping us minority users on board. It appears clear that Cake are keeping quiet because the corporate masters deem this so and that is no blame on them... just the way the master's leads are tightened in this environment.

Thanks for the update Bertl.... it's looking more an more like the impact of this varies for different users with regard to how frustrating their surface now is for them. Personally I find it good that many can cope with all this and use their gear with no impeding drama etc.

Cheers!

jayson

e.Blue


I own most of the major DAWs and SONAR is still my favorite by far. The main reason that I bought the others was so that I can receive projects into my studio in ANY format . Once I get a project in, regardless of the format, I figure out how to export it so that I can get the tracks into SONAR for mixing. 


-e.B

Hi e.Blue,
 
I noticed in your sig that you have Studio One 2 and was wondering how it works with the VS-700C?  They've been a number of one day sales that I've been tempted to jump on but have also read that their are problems using the VS-700C with it.
 
Cheers,
 
jayson

Hi Jayson, 


Studio One 2 works about as well as any other DAW using the Mackie control template. The tracks & buses are fully controllable and the transport works as well. I also noticed that some of the buttons on the lower left of the console also seem to select various functions in StudioOne2 as well. As I mentioned I mainly stay in other DAWs just long enough to figure out how to export the tracks to SONAR. However, I'd have to say that the console support for the V700C is about as good as (if not better than) any of the other DAWs that I have tried.


-e.B

  "Roland is working on drivers for Win 8 as I type this. As they did with XP, Vista, and 7, they will have official drivers available when the OS is fully released to the public through retail channels. Until then they will continue to test and refine the drivers for Win 8.
HTH,
SP"
http://forum.cakewalk.com/tm.aspx?m=2650996

Apparently someone here is lying, be it Roland or Cake, and I'm tired of making excuses or listening to people make excuses for both.

Considering the fact they left off the VS series products, to me indicates that they have a simultaneous announcement for upgrades because the VS 20 & VS 100 are still selling.

The VS-700 can still be purchased as well, at least from Sweetwater and B&H Photo.


-e.B