TDFKAS = The DAW Formally Known As SONAR.

hey Meng, i have a question
 
what about the Steam version of Sonar (or TDFKAS, i suppose :P)? i'm guessing Steam users were a rather small portion of Sonar users, but it would be nice to be able to continue to use "whatever-comes-next" on Steam still ... honestly - i don't even care about lifetime passes all that much ... but i do care about having the new one on Steam (i mean, obviously ... if i didn't, i would've bought it somewhere else, and probably much cheaper too) - even just for the easy update process alone (... and having all the addons as DLC etc. etc.) 

no to mention other stuff like z3ta, all the plugins and loops that were being sold as DLC for Sonar etc.

it's bad enough image-line went through Steam Greenlight (and got accepted) back in the day and then proceeded to completely ignore steam because "we'll put it on steam when the sales slow down" (i'm paraphrasing but that's basically what their argumentation was) ... i need at least one DAW on steam, goddammit! ;)
 
with all that being said - the Steam version did have almost 10,000 users and i do realize that's probably not that many, but it would be nice of you guys to not just tell all of those people (myself included) to go somewhere else (as in - download some other client or something for the new one) from now on
 
thanks in advance for the reply

meng
Signing up for a new legacy Cakewalk account is no longer available and for those who have accounts, the reason for this is that we will be tagging your Cakewalk ID to your new BandLab account as we migrate databases and wind down the legacy server. Starting very soon, your BandLab account will be what you use to authenticate and activate TDFKAS and replaces the old Cakewalk account. As part of feature development, it will also bring more features and services to your Cakewalk experience in the future should you choose to use them.

TDFKAS is one thing.
But what is going to happened with Sonar (and other Cakewalk products) authorization after the change?
I mean Sonar 2015+, RapturePro, CA-2A, Z3TA2 (latest update), all use on-line authorization.
 

iRelevant
I'm still not able to confirm my e-mail on BandLab, hopefully this won't be a problem moving forward. 
(I never received a e-mail with a verification link when joining BandLab, and nothing happens when I click the "Resend confirmation email" link in the app. Apart from that everything works fine).

Check you entered your email address correctly.. (stupid suggestion I know...  but.. well...)
The email they send to you has a "no_reply" address,  check that your ISP or your own spam filter isn't blocking it..
 
Their system is working, I just did this procedure myself and it took seconds.
 

mister happy
Does this mean I will need a BandLab account to authorize the DAW known as SONAR?

AFAICT, yes. Basically, it seems the servers will go down at some point in the near future, and the only way to access your account will be through BandLab credentials.
 
My concern for this announcement is that it was made as an opt-in feature vice automatic database migration, especially since we have had issues in the past with email distributions. Since all products affected are also available through CCC, a simple update to that program would accommodate people more efficiently. The CCC application can tap into whatever database it is scripted to using more than one set of credentials (numerous apps allow Facebook, LinkedIn, local, etc.). If this forum also moves as announced, there is going to be a subset of owners left out in the cold from this, especially if the opt in period has an endpoint (i.e., Cakewalk customers roll off into non-customers).
 
Does this opt-in period have an end point with the understanding that many customers 1) do not read the forums regularly, 2) could easily miss a one-off email, and 3) may not even think about their old Cakewalk account until a year from today?