Now this is a feel good thread, giving Noel some credit for his amazing dedication to making Cakewalk the BEST DAW.
Both Melodyne and Cakewalk are very complex programming, I enjoy using both, and the fact they work together with ARA just takes it to another level. Yes, I've had some Melodyne issues inside Cakewalk . . . but all were solved eventually.
 
And . . . it continues to be developed (I haven't checked it out yet, but I see there are more Melodyne/Cakewalk improvements in the latest SONAR 2016.09 update !)
 
Ludwig, thanks for sharing the story . . . you're much more a "power user" than me, and if I ever get to "DVD concert mixes, 80 or 90+ tracks, 3+ hours, 20+ busses, sidechains and plugins up the yinyang" . . . I'll know I have the right DAW for the job.

This is a great story and for the CTO to participate in the forum was a good enough sign of CW (and Noel's) commitment to their customers and product

It is fantastic to hear that he got personally involved in solving these issues for you

Why are people using other DAWs!?!?

bapu
And here I thought the OP was gonna say Noel shipped him his CW Coffee Mug (washed of course).

Washed?  That would be washing off all the good juju.  Would you wash Elvis' Jeans too?

Such a cool community this - you don't get much of that over at "the other forums"..

Thanks for the kind words guys. There are several folks at Cakewalk (including support of course) who routinely help out customers on forums and social media when we can.
Although we are now close to normal with incoming support issues, we still have backlog to deal with so more of us are pitching in to help with that.
I'm glad Ludwig's issue is resolved. The last Melodyne Betas have been pretty stable so I'm hoping these issues will all be gone when it ships. 

very nice story..

I've seen Noel around a lot lately helping other users (asking for crash dumps, exc)
that's very cool. you typically don't see the CTO interacting with other users as much as he does.
I believe this is where you build a good relationship with your users. Like he is just another user...like we are.
I respect that a lot.

Well deserved praise for Noel and all of the Cakewalk guys we see so often around here. It is certainly appreciated:)

Yeah - Piling on.
 
I reeeally love the Sonar Platinum workstation, and very much appreciate the support of the bakers and Noel, and this forum.
 
Sonar (and all the very cool instruments out there) has taken my mind places I never knew existed.
 
Thank you!

Let me chime in, too.
 
What a great story.
Just one more nail in the coffin of the naysayers/doomsayers... although I guess there will never be enough nails. LOL!
This is an awesome forum.
 
BTW, what is a CTO (Noel's position in the company)?