cclarry

MR,
 
Everything else was great....but I couldn't use my interface...
 

 
It sounds like you tried most everything to get this going. With 8.1 being such a major OS change, they hopefully will fix whatever is missing or changed so drivers created for any Win 8 version will work. That is a part I don't understand about this upgrade. It's still in the same version number while it probably should be labeled Win 9 instead.

The official release of Windows 8.1 is Oct 17th.
I know it's annoying... but these types of issues are fairly common with pre-releases.
That gives Roland/etc more than a month to get the issue/s sorted.

I got the Roland Duo-Capture driver to work in 8.1 by modifying the driver code.
Seems to work fine until Roland comes out with official 8.1 drivers.

Hmmm...I've got a Quad Capture but haven't turned it on in a few days.
 
Anticipating I could have trouble, anyone know if there's a procedure to "roll back" to Windows 8.0 if there's a problem?

jerrypettit
Hmmm...I've got a Quad Capture but haven't turned it on in a few days.
 
Anticipating I could have trouble, anyone know if there's a procedure to "roll back" to Windows 8.0 if there's a problem?

See the "Important" section here for creating a recovery drive..

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-8/preview-iso

Is 8.1 going to be "pushed" on us automatically eventually with the usual shut down/update procedure?  I assume it will.  
 
This might be something to read also:  http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_other-windows_update/how-to-rollback-windows-updates/08c9c93f-990a-481f-8d21-dc2ede40869b
 
I think Jim Roseberry's thoughts above are comforting, though.  Roland will probably have things worked out by October 17th...
 

I'll be making a recent image of my whole rig before moving to 8.1.  I'll be doing a clean install with just Sonar and audio stuff.

Sometimes it's not worth having the latest, greatest OS release for DAW purposes. Hardware / software updates usually take awhile to catch up if revisions are required...some mfrs are dead slow with driver updates.
 
I like to stay one major OS release behind for DAW use. I stuck with XP well into the Win7 era. I've very recently switched to Win7X64,  now that Win8 is becoming established. The issue of incompatible drivers, etc. is all but removed from the equation. Who want's to deal with that annoyance? Not me, that's for sure.

Bonzo
I do exactly the same - my main machine is Windows 7 64 bit - I even have a couple of older machines still on XP and they STILL work perfectly
Nigel
 

8.1 will be coming through the Windows App Store so it won't be pushed on you unless you comp is set to automatically install app updates.
 
On another note. Roland tech support has no idea when 8.1 drivers will be out.