Why don't you just keep using Sonar Platinum for the things you are working on because it is never going to change. Then we can let Cakewalk by Bandlab evolve. That should do the trick.

I have to disagree too. Recording has evolved over the years, and will continue to evolve, so the software should evolve too.
 
However I do agree with this comment, as I've been guilty of this myself too.
 

mickeymonster
...50% of you are asking for a "new feature" CBB already has...

I put aside the time to go through Groove3's tutorials on Sonar and it was a real eye opener. There is so much I was unaware of.
 
That along side Scott Garrigus's excellent Sonar X3 Power should cover the vast majority of the functionality available.
 
M.
 

mickeymonster
I want to say that after using CBB for 2 weeks now, I have successfully regained use of all my carryover plugins. I have 87. All my soft synths work now too. I'm happy. I paid $500.00 for them all before Bandlab bought the company. I don't want any of them changed, discontinued, or blocked. I don't care if they're no longer supported or developed further. As long as the'yre on my hard drive, they'll continue to work. (For those of you who can't find your plugins, check out my other posts).

 
If for some reason Cakewalk by BandLab and SONAR Platinum ceased to exist and were even wiped from your computer, in all likelihood your collection of 87 plug-ins, if they are VST's and VSTi's would work just fine with dozens of other DAW's and standalone hosts.
 
There is no reason to halt development of the particular DAW that you use just because it changed hands and the new owners changed the installer and you had to get under the hood to tell it where on your system to look for your previously-installed plug-ins.
 
I am a beta tester and a plug-in hoarder who downloads and tries and sometimes reviews just about every free plug-in that is announced on KVR. When I downloaded and installed CbB I had over 600 3rd-party plug-ins already on my system for Cakewalk to discover, and of course it didn't do that by itself, but I immediately found the Preferences button and told it what directories I have my VST's in and WHOOSH!
 
So don't worry about your plug-in collection. Even if you bought them from Cakewalk, I was using Cakewalk VST's in a non-Cakewalk DAW before Gibson threw the company over the railings. AFAIK, they are not tied to SONAR or CbB. If I am wrong about that, enlighten me.

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msmcleod
That along side Scott Garrigus's excellent Sonar X3 Power should cover the vast majority of the functionality available.

Thanks very much, Mark! Glad to hear you're still enjoying the book.
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pay for features, bugfixes are free

Now look at them yo-yo's that's the way you do it
You play the guitar on the MTV
That ain't workin' that's the way you do it
pay for features, bugfixes are free

Wow....50% of us are asking for features that already exist.  Very interesting made up stat there, Mickeymonster.  Most of us asking for features are very familiar with the program and are asking for features that do not yet exist, or do not exist in the way that people are asking.  There is no harm in asking for features.  Everybody asking for features understands that not all features are possible, or sensible.  But yeah, I don't see 50% of people asking for things that already exists.
 
Another thing, we all know Cakewalk isn't "another DAW" and don't expect it to ever become another DAW, but there is no harm and no foul in asking for an option that may appear in another DAW.
 
To make a solid point, I can almost certainly bet they would never change CbB to the point where it would make your previous work invalid.  Your work is safe.  So don't be asking for them not to change it.  That's just silly. 

mickeymonster
 
I have successfully regained use of all my carryover plugins. I have 87. 

87. That's quaint.