Noel,
I love the role music has in my life. It is the root of great friendships that last decades. It is a way to connect with people far and wide. It keeps my body and mind busy learning.
Sonar has contributed by helping me capture sessions great and small. I practice songs with sonar on loop. I translate music dragging Melodyne clips to midi tracks so I can steal favorite riffs.
Interestingly, Sonar may have reduced my budget for this hobby while also reducing clutter. Years ago, I stopped buying new pedals for my guitar and worked with in-the-box simulations. One midi pedal replaced my pedal board.
My understanding of music and music mixing has slowly grown. I now record more than I have time to mix. LANDR helps me get work that wouldn't otherwise make it off the shelf to be listenable for the ears of the players.
I don't use lots of daws. I use two, but sonar is my certain favorite. I don't want to learn a new daw. I only want to plug in and play. I want to connect with people using sound. Music is to sound what optics are to light.
I can imagine that selling more copies of Sonar by including the Mac community would infuse the org with cash. I imagine that lifetime upgrades may increase revenues from an aging population of dedicated users who are more our less happy with what they have.
I want to thank you and Cakewalk for all that you have done for me. Recording music, mixing and dare I say mastering brings so much joy into my life.
I sometimes wonder when or if all this love will fade into a dream. When I will stop picking up my guitar or hefting my gear into bars for another mediocre gig. Someday, not today, it will surely happen. When that day comes, I can pick from many hundred recordings, rest in my easy chair, and turn it up louder than the grandchildren will like.
Thanks, Noel. Thanks Cakewalk.