Daibhidh
You can install Cakewalk by Bandlab and still use your archaic Sonar 8 Producer Edition too.

This will allow access to the 64bit SONAR 8 plug-ins (and 32bit VST plug-ins) in CbB so, yes leave it installed.

Awesome, looks like this is worth downloading. I'll try it over the weekend. Cheers guys.

Keni


Avid has a free version of Media Composer that while a less fewtured version, has a learning curve to challenge any novice user... Pro software even qt the free level...

Ok, maybe BL will make money just with Add-ons, Synths, Plug-ins or whatever. They 'll have a large User Base than. Finally what really matters, there is development.
 
Cheers 

Hello. I have not heard very well of the matter, I would appreciate if someone can clarify certain issues:
 
My license is to sound Artist. With Bandlab I will now have at my disposal all the content of the Artist version and possibility to upgrade to a higher version if I wish?
 
Should I be connected to the Internet while I use it?
 
There is a kind of Cakewalk Command Center but Bandlab and behaves in Windows reasonably not intrusive like that? Or on the contrary it runs merrily?
 
I use Windows 7 without antivirus or anything more than essential and necessary to create music, I guess like many other users, I worry about having to work online and running programs that do not need and can create an instability in an OS and without support none. Thank you. A cordial greeting.
 

I don't know if it's been mentioned elsewhere, but I've come across the use of the word SONAR in CbB: in the description* of the Tungsten theme under Preferences > Customization > Themes.
 
"... the Tungsten theme is a somber variation of the SONAR facade."
 
 

Nero11: 
go to bandlab and make a free account
download the bandlab assistant program
what we used to call sonar platinum is available for free to you then!
 
edit: i should say use the same email to sign up with bandlab that you used for cakewalk. They are going to transfer records from one to the other.

Noel Borthwick [Cakewalk]

Skyline_UK

DeBro
I upgraded from Sonar Professional and opened a few existing projects and all played flawlessly. I then proceeded to master within a mix and when it came time to export to 16bit wav, I noticed there was no Pow-r Dithering. Oh well, I hope it can be a paid add-on sometime in the future. 

Wow, good spot.  This is a MAJOR issue.  I'm going back to old Platinum until that's sorted.  I don't understand; surely Pow-r Dithering wasn't a paid 3rd party add-on????  it's been in Sonar for aeons.  What other items have disappeared?  I don't want to just stumble across this sort of bad news.  We should at least be told now what we can expect to have gone missing.
NOEL!!  HELP!!

Why is Pow-r a major issue? Most users these days who care about dithering have some sort of mastering plugin at the end of the chain that has way more powerful dithering choices. The Pow-R licence couldn't transfer over to a free software model so we had to remove it. Nothing else was removed besides third party plugins whose licences wouldn't transfer to BandLab. 

A rather uncharacteristicly flippant response from Noel there.
Yes, I have Ozone8 but to use the dither for exporting takes many more clicks than simply opting for Pow-r 3 in Sonar. Also, this facility is not a paid third party plugin, but has been a fundamental part of Sonar for many years. I appreciate that there is a licencing fee involved but I can't believe it's prohibitive.
 
I'm getting conflicting messages. Admin PM'd me to say that there are indeed second thoughts and it's going back in, which is also what I was told in a post to the Cakewalk FB page. Can someone clarify the true position?  Many thanks.

Confused by saying 'streamlined' is this a cut down version of Platinum or an updated version?

quietman
Confused by saying 'streamlined' is this a cut down version of Platinum or an updated version?

i believe it's platinum minus all the 3rd party stuff, although no official feature comparison has yet arisen

A question about the program which is installed in systemstart:
Program: Update by Github
 
What is the sense of this little program?
 
Other point, i don't wanna have the bandlab assistant permanently in the background, how can i prohibit it?
 
Idea: I only want to check updates or informations via Bandlab assistant manually
 
IS there a possibility to change this in settings?