I still have my disks for Cakewalk Pro 3.01, which I had on a custom built 486DX built with a MQX-32M 2 Port PCI Midi Interface.  I use to sync it with MMC to a Roland VS840 for my audio tracks.  Great setup back in the day...around 94 I think, added the VS840 around 97 or 98 ?  It replaced my Alesis MMT-8, which had replaced an earlier Yamaha QX7...I better stop there.

Yeah, I'm an old guy too.

I started with Cakewalk 5 around 1992

I had a used Fostex 8 track that I synced with Cakewalk DOS 3 in about 1988 (if I remember correctly).
 
The SMPTE stripe I put on track number 8. It left me with 6 audio tracks because the SMPTE would bleed onto track 7. I used Cakewalk to trigger a couple of rackmount synths, I think a TX81 and a cheap Roland sampler.
 
Actually track 7 was usable but was noisy.
 
The whole thing was surprisingly reliable.
 
I would mix down onto a cassette deck.
 
I loved the tape compression, no matter how hard you drove it it sounded good.
 
I notice Sonar still has SMPTE sync capabilities.
 
......A bunch of nostalgia about the old days.
 
 

pharohoknaughty
I had a used Fostex 8 track that I synced with Cakewalk DOS 3 in about 1988 (if I remember correctly).
 
The SMPTE stripe I put on track number 8. It left me with 6 audio tracks because the SMPTE would bleed onto track 7. I used Cakewalk to trigger a couple of rackmount synths, I think a TX81 and a cheap Roland sampler.
 
Actually track 7 was usable but was noisy.
 
The whole thing was surprisingly reliable.
 
I would mix down onto a cassette deck.
 
I loved the tape compression, no matter how hard you drove it it sounded good.
 
I notice Sonar still has SMPTE sync capabilities.
 
......A bunch of nostalgia about the old days.
 
 

Ah memories! Back in the late 80s I also had a Fostex 8 and it's little brother the A2 2 track for mastering. (like I knew how to master...). The "8" was sync'ed to an Amiga 1000. My only synth was a Korg Poly 6.
 
I did not have the channel 7 noise as you talked about. When I bought the unit I measured the operating parameters including crosstalk and everything was in spec.
 
Walt

I loaded Pro Audio 9 on my Win 10 machine and was planning on using it with a new 4Ch Behringer.
HOWEVER, I guess Pro Audio 9 expected a 'previous' version and started hanging up so I tried to remove it the proper way (it has a removal program). So I ended up deleting all the files I could find of Cakewalk and other program files associated with Pro Audio 9
I have a sonar 2.2 But don't know what sequence that disk is ?
I also have a Pro Audio 8 which is an original program and won't expect a previous program.
I also have "My Purchased programs ". Sonar X1 ;  Sonar 8.5 Prod. ;
Can anyone steer me to which of these programs will load correctly on my Win 10 (Quad Core i7 4Gig ram LAPTOP)
Thanks,...sandy
 
 

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