CA-2A T-Type Leveling Amplifier Compressor

If you have patience, I highly expect this to be a separate purchase from CbB.

I agree with mettelus.

I doubly agree with Sidroe. It is a fantastic plug in. I also use it on every vocal channel. I also use it on almost every DI bass channel, too.

Thanks for the responses. I will certainly will be patient and wait on BandLab and looking forward to the future. I was worried after purchasing Sonar that 6 months later, Cakewalk went under. Then noticing on top of that, I had missed the opportunity at not only purchasing CA-2A but I missed a "free" opportunity of getting it as well.  But thanks again to everyone!

ErnestT
xiwix:  My research indicated that yes, upon first release in SPLAT that it was free for a while.

This is incorrect. It was first released as a paid-for add on, called PC2A. It was later updated to CA2A, which is essentially the same thing, but with the addition of side-chaining. There have been various offers and deals on it over the years, but it wasn't part of the standard bundle.

John T
It's a shame there's currently no way to buy it, it's really good, as others have noted.
 

Correct, it has never been bundled with Platinum, but it was offered for free as a standalone download for a while.  Then for sale later.

Just noticed the forum didn't post the link. Anyway, I googled it and it took me to the cakewalk sonar site about it.

I have been using waves CLA-2A for several years, and it's still one of my go to plugins.

Daibhidh
BenMMusTech,
I've heard people who have both waves' & cake's say they like both, but for different purposes/instruments.

The main difference between the two is the thickness the Wave's version adds. You can't get that chunky sound with the cake version, however, this is a double edged sword because it can be hard to control the Wave's one. Basically, and this is an opinion without hearing a 'real one but Wave's probably represents the more realistic tone of the original because Wave's possibly has better software engineers and they had access to an actual unit. Someone correct me if I'm wrong? I think this is a huge problem with some or even most emulation software and can be seen in the companies that have been really sucsessful UAD and Wave's and the rest. But correct me if I'm wrong.

Ben

I was just about to pull the trigger on the Waves version but first I wanted to verify that I cannot indeed get the Cakewalk CA-2A. So thanks again for all of the help. If I do get the Waves, it doesn't mean that I won't get the Cakewalk version if Bandlab offers it one day.
 
Appreciate the links to reviews and differences as well. I think I'm old school in my home recording. I actually like the "sound" of compressors working on vocals as opposed to those who like to "not hear the compressor working".  So your advice and reviews have helped me a lot.

I'm interested to see what BandLab do with the "premium" tools like CA2A once they have completed this phase of their plan which seems centred on establishing the free Cakewalk's market position.
 
Definitely makes sense make the distinction given that those of us who already own the content can use it with CbB so we have not lost anything and it leaves them something extra to offer new users in the future.
 
I do hope though that they start to give some updates on their plans in this area even if the timescales are still a bit vague.

It depends on whether the premium add-on was developed in-house or was licensed from a third party. In the latter case (including some features that aren't plugins), deals have to be renegotiated with outside companies.
 
CA-2A's file header says copyright Cakewalk, which leads me to believe it was developed in-house and there should be no barrier to selling it again. It's probably just a matter of setting priorities for the smaller development staff. It would be nuts for BandLab to own intellectual property and not try to earn revenue from it, so I expect most things will be available for purchase in time.
 
Other plugins that contain the same copyright information include Boost11, Dimension Pro, Rapture, DropZone, RXP, Session Drummer, Studio Instruments, TS-64 Transient Shaper, TL-64 Tube Leveler, VX-64 Vocal Strip, LP EQ, LP MB, Drum Replacer and PX-64 Percussion Strip. (These are just taken from my own current inventory; not sure which ones are already bundled with CbB.) I would expect all or most of these to be made available for separate purchase.
 

anydmusic

abacab
 I think they plan to under promise and over deliver, so probably no official speculation on timelines is forthcoming. 

All for the under promise and over deliver approach just after a few snippets to encourage idle (hopeful) speculation.

Maybe you need to ask Noel how he feels about speculation, after the big "Mac version" announcement, LOL! 

I would be shocked if they didn’t release it. It’s easily the best effects plugin made by Cakewalk .