The information in this article applies to:

• SONAR V-Studio 700 

New Features in VS-700 1.1.1

• Channel Branch Mode - In this handy mode Fader 1 controls the volume of the selected track with faders 2-8 also controlling the associated sends for the selected track.  It's an effective big board mixing technique available at the push of a button
• Full featured and powerful ARX expansion board editor that emulates the graphic interface of the Fantom synthesizer
• Default ACT mappings for all synthesizer and processer plug-ins included in SONAR 8
• Navigate plug-in presets from the surface
• Finer resolution option for the rotary encoders
• Enhanced control over the I/O from the surface
• Joystick controller can now be used to move windows
• Support for 2nd Fantom VS synth when an additional VS-700R is installed

Control Surface + SONAR Issues Resolved

• Compatibility for SONAR 8.3.1
• Soloing layers now correctly displays layer mute states
• Instrument tracks can now be armed
• Pan encoders now indicated "SRRND" when routing a track to a surround bus
• Surround width control is now available from the control surface
• Surround joystick can now control panning from sends
• Improve sync between fader positions and values displayed on the LCD
• SHIFT + WHEEL now correctly fades clips
• [ARM] lights now reset properly after exiting plug-in mode
• Instrument tracks can now be frozen
• Send gain display is now properly displayed in LCD for both the Faders and the Channel Strip Control Section
• Flip did not always assign encoder parameters to faders
• Encoder assignments sometimes did not display correctly in the LCD
• After exiting layer mode, it was sometimes difficult to select tracks from the VS-700C
• Under rare circumstances, turning a pan encoder left 1 click caused the pan value to drastically pan right
• Automation now works correctly for instrument tracks

VS-700 Control Surface Plug-in Issues Resolved

• Footswitch assignments are now working correctly
• In the Direct Mix page, "Synth 2" was incorrectly labeled as "Synth 21"
• In Mic Pre page "Gain" label was missing for input 8
• Deleting the VS-700 Control Surface Plug-in sometimes caused a crash
• Mic pre-amp gain settings now accuratley reflecting actual gain of 20dB-64dB
• Presets now saving correctly when using two VS-700R units

Fantom VS Editor Issues Resolved

• New warning message for when trying to insert a 2nd instance of the Fantom VS
• MFX type "05 Super Filter" parameter group is now correctly named "FILTER"
• MFX type "10 Speaker Simulator" parameter group name is now correctly named "LEVEL"

Installation Instructions

In order to install this update you must be a registered SONAR V-Studio 700 customer and have installed the SONAR 8.3 update.  To register click here.  To install this update simply download and run the file VStudioPatch.exe  This update also includes a firmware update for the VS-700R.  Installation instructions for the firmware update are below.  You can also find a .pdf of these instuctions in the .zip file

VS-700R Firmware update procedure:

1. Download the file FantomVS_v110.zip from the SONAR V-Studio 1.1 firmware link below 
2. Un-zip the package by right-clicking on it and choosing "Extract All"  Note: be sure to unzip it to a location on your computer that you can find later
3. Turn off the VS-700R and disconnect the USB cable 
4. Ensure that the only connection made to the VS-700R is the power cable
5. Remove the expansion cover located on the VS-700R's top panel
6. At SW1, located at the far right, flip switch "4" up to the ON position.  All other switches should remain in the OFF (down) position as shown in the following image:

7. On the left side of the VS-700R's front panel, set the SAMPLE RATE knob to "192 kHz"
8. Switch on the VS-700R's power
9. Verify that the [USB], [CONSOLE], [MIDI IN], and [MIDI OUT] LEDs on the VS-700R's front panel are blinking
10. Move switch "4" of SW1 back to the "OFF" position on the VS-700R as shown in the following image:

11. Verify that the LED's that were blinking in step 10 have stopped blinking
12. Connect a USB cable from the VS-700R to your computer
13. Verify that the VS-700R's [USB] and [MIDI OUT] LED's are illuminated
14. Open the 'FantomVS_v110' folder on your computer that you just downloaded and unzipped 
15. Locate and start the application 'UpdSMFJ.exe' by double-clicking on it
16. In the "MIDI Out Device" field, select [FANTOM VS (VS-700)]
17. In the "SMF Path" specify the name of the folder that contains the FantomVSUpdate.mid file.  This should be the FantomVS_v110 folder unless you moved it.  You can browse to it by clicking the Path button
18. Click Scan SMF and verify that the file is loaded
19. Click Send
20. Data transmission will being and the VS-700R's [MIDI IN] LED will blink.  Your computer will show a progress bar
21. The update takes about three minutes to complete NEVER turn off the power while the update is in progress.
22. When the VS-700R's [MIDI IN] and [MIDI OUT] LEDs both blink, the update has completed
23. In the UpdSMF utility the Send SMF Complete dialog box will appear, click OK
24. In the UpdSMF click EXIT to close the utility
25. Switch off the VS-700R's power
26. Switch on the VS-700R - the update is complete, you can now replace the expansion cover

Download the SONAR V-Studio 700 1.1.1 Update (Approx. 58 MB)

Download the SONAR V-Studio 1.1 Firmware (Approx. 2 MB)