jamesg1213

meng

 

Are these real mugs that you have in stock, ready to ship?
 
The reason I ask is that the white one has a logo that looks about 15 years old, and the black one seems to have been rendered in Illustrator or similar, quite quickly.
 
 
 
 
 

James,
 
Noel has been using the black mug for a long time as his avator, but not with the "by Bandlab".   The white mug was the logo years ago.  I have a cap with that logo.

This stuff is pretty expensive. $49 for a cup? Do I get constant refills?

Mosvalve
This stuff is pretty expensive. $49 for a cup? Do I get constant refills?

Don't quit your day-job, stand-up comedy might not be your thing.

I wish they had a black hat as well. Would love me a Cakewalk hat

I marked the $49 as "cheap"!
And yes, with Cakewalk staying in development, your "refills" are indeed "on the house"!
 
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DonM
I too 'tipped' for a shirt an mug. However when my PayPal transaction completed there was no next step to select the items, or provide a mailing address, so I assume I will not b receiving the item :(. Alas ...

You should get an email at some point from BandLab asking for your item preferences.
 
I actually jumped the gun as the selection in the confirmation email said "undefined", so I replied the email and BandLab got back to me pretty quick confirming my selection.
 
Your PayPal account should have an address associated with it - this should have been sent to BandLab automatically.
 
M.

I am - and I just did.
 
I encourage all who love Cakewalk to do the same. Even $5 or $10 bucks makes a difference if a lot of us do it.
 
This is GREAT NEWS that Bandlab has taken on Cakewalk - and we want to encourage them to continue to improve and develop the software. The best way to do this is by demonstrating our true appreciation for what they have done, and signaling our continuing support for their efforts.
 
So far, I am loving the latest version.
 
But of course, I always see room for improvement . . .
 
;)
 

Well, I'll be the oddball then:  I don't know yet.  I'll make that decision after I've had a chance to use the non-early access version.  If I don't tip then I probably won't be using it either.
 
(edit: stooooopid part removed)
 
Just my .02
 

ionecake

Noel Borthwick [Cakewalk]
 
Well thats exactly what CbB and BandLab itself is. Its a service/platform for music production. Even before BandLab came along this was the the original goal at Cakewalk with the lifetime updates initiative - to make SONAR into a service. The core service would be free and add on's would be monitized. Sadly the plug got pulled before we could realize any of those goals. BandLab has both the vision and resources to follow through with this. 
 
I'm old enough to be from a different era where it people were willing to pay handsomely for specialized software Unlike today, software was considered a valuable asset. I paid close to 400£ for Cakewalk 1.0 when I could barely afford it! That model is dying or dead and today most software companies are gradually moving to a services model. Take a look at even the big boys like Microsoft, Apple and Google. Pretty much all the software is free and you pay for other components.
 

 
I definitely get that, Noel, and I'm excited for what you guys will do with Cakewalk with the backing and commitment of BandLab. Looking forward to the first add-ons! Any rough idea on ETA?
 
BTW, another quick question -- are you going to make the paid add-ons locked to Cakewalk (for example, in the case of a plugin) or are you going to release VST versions that will work with other DAWs, etc.? Combination of both?
 
Anyway, sending you best wishes on this new journey, and keep going with this vision. I'm happy you're part of Cakewalk's future!

Cakewalk has a long history of having paid for products, FX and instrument plugins, that are not locked to their DAW. It would shrink their market. The only things tied to their DAWs have been some plugins that came packaged along with it.

I went to the Bandlab site and saw the tip page. There was a credit card or Paypal option so I thought that for the moment I would donate $10 and see how things go before buying a mug. However I was redirected and on that page there was only a credit card option.
 
I make all my purchases through Paypal and I imagine many others do as well. I think they would optimize their Tips by making sure Paypal works.