Thank you Meng, I feel as though the clouds have cleared.

This is great!  I too was not really excited about what else was out there.  Though there are some really cool things about Reaper.  Sonar has been home for so long.  I hope this is a start of another great chapter!
 

Anderton
The Force Awakens 

Craig - it's an army of sorts.

Meng: Congratulations on the acquisition!  Well done!  And welcome to the community! 
 
Looking forward to what the future brings!

michael diemer
Meng, please tell me that Sonar will continue to have a Staff View. And an Event List. And a Console View. And so on. The great strength of Sonar is that it has all these different ways of doing things. No other DAW has this.

Apart from the ones which do...

Anyway, it’s great someone has decided Sonar is worth investing in and continuing development. I’ve thought for many years that it’s the best Windows DAW there is. Though those who, unlike me, use the staff view might be made even happier if it gets the reworking and de-bugging it’s needed for a very long time. Same with ACT and the Matrix view.

And for those of us no longer using Windows, any chance of re-activating the Sonar for Mac project? >:-)

About the best news possible.

I'm delighted to hear this news, and especially pleased that Noel will be involved in the product moving forward.
 
I've been a Cakewalk user since Pro Audio 7 and although I've used other DAWs, nothing comes close to it for me.
 
Like many of you, I took advantage of the lifetime updates and in my case, I paid for this only a month after paying for another years' full subscription. Although I was gutted to hear the news in November, I don't feel cheated in any way - if my small contribution helped towards paying an extra month of one of the bakers' bills, it was money well spent.
 
Software as good as Sonar deserves to live on, and I'm happy to pay my way for future upgrades.
 
Here's looking forward to seeing what the future holds!
 
M.

It seemed ridiculous that a great mature program like Sonar Platinum would simply fade away and not be picked up by another quality company. My personal thanks to Meng and the good people at BandLab for having the intelligence to snatch it up and carry on. 
 
I've always dabbled with various recording programs, but Sonar provides everything I need in one package and has been way ahead of others when it comes to 64-bit, etc. It's great to know that Sonar will help us continue to make music far into the future. 
 
Your clear communication and your commitment to the product and the excellent group of people here on the forum are very much appreciated. 

"will not need to spend any money to cross-over/cross-grade to the future flagship product."
Uh I don't think this should be too much of a concern. The way the posts were going after the apparent demise in the nature of: woulda/coulda/shoulda, I am suuuure the majority here are ready to put their money where their mouth was, and support the product to the best of their ability to try and avoid something like this happening again. I know I am. Good news. salsa

Meng and Bandlab..  I appreciate knowing that Sonar has a new home in your product suite.  I am happy that Noel is a member of the team, because he has a vision I believe, to be the best for my needs. Thank you Noel for continuing on. 
 
I hope that as you move forward with Sonar, its development continues down the path that meets and exceeds my needs - because the version you have now in your hands, has provided such an exceptional value for me.  If Noel believes in the future of the product, whatever it may be,  I am in.  
 
AND Congradulations!! 
 
Take care,
 
Lance

Thanks for dropping by, Meng. Says alot when the president of the company bothers to stop in and introduce himself.
 
Super excited that Noel will be continuing the journey with us.
 
Looking forward to "things to come".
 
Joel

Ah....... isn't this just marvelous! Hello/Welcome/Thank you, Meng!
I felt good when I woke up this morning and feel even better now!
Michael

This is great news!