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I'm not interesting in arguing, either.
I must be too old fashioned, because to me it seems disrespectful to be rude about a product in the product's forum.
If one has moved on, then surely there's no reason to stick around and disrespect anything.
I certainly wouldn't type and try to influence and bad market a product for any reason at all, at its place of home.
Like I say, call me old fashioned, or overly sensitive.
 
The good side to all of this is that this is the old legacy Sonar forum. I hope the mods are pretty heavy handed in any new forums - to keep things on track.
Everyone else who needs to vent about life can go to the coffee lounge or wherever else.
It's all good.. group hug, high fives..

GjB
I must be too old fashioned, because to me it seems disrespectful to be rude about a product in the product's forum.
If one has moved on, then surely there's no reason to stick around and disrespect anything.
I certainly wouldn't type and try to influence and bad market a product for any reason at all, at its place of home.
Like I say, call me old fashioned, or overly sensitive.

+1
 
There's nothing old fashioned about common decency and politeness.
 
M.

GjB
Cakewalk by BandLab.
If people don't like it or use it - then wtf are they doing here?
(I don't hang around in the Mac forums and say that I prefer Windows.)

I switched to Studio One / Reaper a year and a half ago.  I'm still here because I've been here since late '03.  I have since developed respect for many here.  Those just happen to be the same folks that are open-minded and appreciative of opinions from different perspectives.
 
I've never owned a Mac.  However, if I had been a Mac user for many years prior to switching to Windows, and had I participated in a Mac-centric online forum for those years, then, yeah, I would be there telling the remaining Mac users how much I prefer Windows - WHEN THEY ASK.  You know, like the OP of this thread ASKED for this kind of input.
 
C'mon, closing your eyes, sticking your fingers in your ears and chanting "LA-LA-LA-LA ..." isn't going to make CxB any better of a fit for everybody.

I changed my tattoo to Cakewalk by Bandlab.  Updated my main Daw without usual delay this release.
 
Also my new mantra is not to have a mantra!

GjB
Cakewalk by BandLab.
If people don't like it or use it - then wtf are they doing here?
 

Why do you say that?

I think if you really care about Cakewalk, then you should encourage people to continue to use the system because this kind of behavior and or Software Nationalism does not get people on board.

Don't be a child.

Cakewalk all the way!  Whatever reasons you likes SONAR, you have more now as CBB is improving the products stability. CBB is still SONAR Platinum but better so why would you change if you were happy before?

Tripecac
So what's the consensus now?
 
Stick with Sonar/Bandlab, or jump ship and go with Pro Studio, Cubase, or something else?
 
Or are we all still sitting on the fence, trying to get a firm sense of whether Bandlab will have the inspiration and resources to truly revitalise Sonar?  Or will investing time (and possibly money) in Bandlab be yet another case of throwing good money after bad?
 
 

I am still using SPLAT as is. I have not changed anything or installed the CBB Version.
For me none of the current changes is going to make things better than what it is at the moment.

But I moved on to Cubase and Studio one, however, I have many projects in SPLAT and I'll just leave them there.


Personally, I am disappointed with the new acquisition of Cakewalk. But this has nothing to do with BandLab or Meng. All this time, I have been hoping a company like Native Instrument, RME, Focusrite or even MicroSoft would have acquired Cakewalk and model it after Presonus (Hardware/Software Integration). But that has never happened.

Maybe this is what BandLab will do, and if so; this will greatly change the game and trajectory.

Cakewalk/Sonar has come a long, long way but I often feel as if Cakewalk/Sonar is like a great musician without a hit record. Like an NBA star on a bad team. 

BandLab appears to have good intentions but I do not see industry dominance and or proliferation of Sonar happening soon, and Sonar will always be the tools for Project Musicians and music enthusiasts which is not a bad thing but by staying at this level, there is always a risk of changes that have not served this system well and the potential for abandonment. 

Music production today is not as simple as it seem and what I have experienced, depending on your setup, most artist such as myself will spend more time fixing issues and attempting to make things work, then actually recording music, and in today's complexity, integration is everything.



 

i haven't had any problems with CbB, so i will be sticking with it.  i wish i could say the same for Maschine by Native Instruments (a more famous company).

The real question is do you want to learn an entirely new DAW or continue to work on the awesome one you already have... I do this for a living - it's a no-brainer for me.