Did we miss this or did Tascam?

You've got a sharp eye, 11. I didn't recognize SONAR at first, but the Sonitus Reverb was a giveaway.

i got a sonar disk with a boss (roland) product less than 6 months ago - wtf tascam weren't giving out sonar with their hardware the last few (gibson) years is frankly bizarre imo

Cactus Music
It's certainly confusing as most Tascam interfaces include  "Cubase DAW " which was how I got my copy of Cubase 5LE. 
 
Here's some examples I just grabed from the Sweetwater web store: 
 
Confirmed operation with major DAW software, including Sonar X3, ProTools, Cubase, and Live
Includes DAW software
The US-2x2 comes with Cubase LE. A feature-rich recording software for musician, Cubase LE provides a cutting-edge music production studio, giving users what they need to get started creating music on your computer.
 
 In this one for the iXR 2 there's a hint at why they are choosing Cubase over Sonar.. do you get it?

• Includes Steinberg Cubasis LE for iOS and Cubase LE for Mac/PC
• Made for iPad Apple certification

It's why there was an attempt to port Sonar over to Mac.
My wandering mind came up with this possible situation: 
Tascam has always included Cubase and has that set up nicley with Yamaha/Stienberg.  Gibson buys Cakewalk then Tascam so tells them to include Sonar with their interfaces, Tascam replies- Sonar is not cross platform and the majority of our customers use Mac so sorry, we will continue include Cubase because we don't want problems from our customers. Gibson tells Cakewalk to make it Cross platform or hit the road, Gibson eventually scraps Sonar because the plan to port over failed.  

ahh yes,  this does sound like at least one part of the puzzle. if not the whole.
 

That Tascam announcement is three months before the Cakewalk closedown announcement. There's no reason to think that Sonar is alive and well anywhere. 

What is so surprising about Tascam still including Sonar Pro with the Intel NUC PC?
It works, so there is no reason to scrap it.

probably a stock internal photo that was included in the promo campaign months ago and no one cared enough to swap the photo out 

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chuckebaby
My opinion of Tascam Is they are dated, joined the game way too late and like cakewalk, its only a matter of time.
Their customer support is horrendous. I've used Teac/Tascam Products for years.
Dating back to the 1980's and I still have most of the machines I've purchased.
 
However when I bought a Tascam Neo 2488 Digital 24 track recorder back in 2008 I was less than impressed.
I also couldn't get tech support on phone unless I waited in excess of 1 hour. By the time Tascam finally saw the digital Audio Workstation (DAW) revolution it was too late.  This was a company that was a front runner in bringing affordable multi track recording to the home hobbyist.
 
Their first releases of the Tascam US 1800 were riddled with bad inputs, loose connections, exc.
So they jump on the DAW train late and their first releases (the first popular ones) were half azz.
Total head scratcher.

Agreed, I'm still waiting for a Tech reply/help from them that I sent in 2011 .! lol
 
 
 
 

@Craig Anderton - it's quite possible that 5 times more interfaces are sold than DAWs. I find I am reluctant to re-learn a new DAW once I have one I am familiar with. But I am always looking out for better performance and more inputs from an interface.

kitekrazy1
I've never gotten over them killing GS4.  I had it for a month after they dropped it.  I had a 822 PCI that was a great card until 64 bit arrive.
 
To me they are just another doorstop creator.

You aren't the only one!  
 
Actually I was lucky in that I was about to pull the trigger on the GS3 to GS4 upgrade RIGHT before they pulled the plug on GS!  
 
I still have GS3 that I invested a lot of money in (not as much as the folks who invested in GS4, I know) and I still am bitter about its demise at Tascam's hand.
 
TASCAM.  

jpetersen
All my Tascam interfaces still work.
 
Heck, 4 years back I even got a maintenance kit of all rubber belts and rollers for my Tascam 244 4-track cassette!

I also stocked up on my Capstan belts for my Studio 8 / 424 / 488
 
The Tascam interfaces might still work but what about driver support ?

jpetersen
@Craig Anderton - it's quite possible that 5 times more interfaces are sold than DAWs. I find I am reluctant to re-learn a new DAW once I have one I am familiar with. But I am always looking out for better performance and more inputs from an interface.

I would guess few people buy a new interface every year.