Humbly,
I am only one of the numerous thousands who have watched this forum space intently in recent months.
Each morning 'Down Under' in Australia...........YES....I  would drowsily reach out from bed to my IPhone and 'shake it' metaphorically  as I linked up with this forum for the latest news.
WHY?
Why Indeed!!!!!
Late last year, a faithful old friend from the 1990's was suddenly jettisoned , 'perhaps ruthlessly', in a desperate bid to keep its current owner's Hot Air Balloon afloat. That Balloon and its frenzied occupants continue, to this day, to bounce around in the clouds of doubtfulness, seeking a soft landing somewhere in 'Music Land'.
Notwithstanding,
An Insightful young lad, by the name of Meng Ru Kuok, (ie: who ...for some inexplicable reason at the time),  was inspired enough by one thing or another..............to delve into the world of Cakewalk.
His timely investment of time and resources has saved this amazing music, Sonar software, in order to guide its growth into / morphing as 'Cakewalk by Bandlab'.
For This Venture.................Thankyou Meng ,.............CHEERS
 
Following on :
You ...(Meng)... undoubtedly developed into a very serious, longtime , Sonar user / observer.... OR........at the very least, a passionate DAW devotee.
Your obvious 'in depth' understanding of both the Sonar program and the impassioned feelings of its brethren mean that you were ......AND ARE... very astute in the the use of the program and the needs of its users.
 
NOW,
NO PRESSURE MENG  :)   ......I have so much respect for your discernment ..........BUT.......Are you willing to divulge ( at some stage - maybe via a fund raising raffle for  'THE BAKERS') your Sonar forum pseudonym of the past X Years ?
Otherwise ...............YES ...........I imagine...Rumours will run Rife :) as to who IS the real MENG RU KUOK in our forum :)
 
Cat amongst the pigeons Hey !
AND............It will be a rocky road in the immediate future as The Bakers sort it all through..............so .......be patient guys.
It 'will be brilliant by the end of the Movie' 
Raise your Hats...........
HOW ABOUT THREE CHEERS FOR MENG AND THE TEAM ?
 
HIP HIP HOORAY !!!!
HIP HIP HOORAY !!!
HIP HIP HOORAY !!!
 
Best wishes to you
Frank Harvey      :)
 

I, for one, am very thankful that Meng/BandLab have rescued the software from oblivion. I looked at other DAWs in the last few months and didn't find anything I wanted to switch to. SPLAT (now Cakewalk) just works for me. Even if BandLab did nothing but ensure that the software continues to play nice with Windows (no bug fixes or feature updates) and that I can install it, and the formerly bundled apps on a clean/new PC, I'd be happy. My projects (two bands plus personal demos) all seem to play fine in the new Cakewalk.
 
I've been a paying customer (lifetime updates) since Windows 3.1 and it doesn't bother me at all that the software (minus 3rd party stuff) is free. It means I can collaborate with local musicians easier by swapping bundle files. No doubt BandLab is hoping that Cakewalk will be the DAW of choice for their users to collaborate globally. And more people using Cakewalk can't be a bad thing.
 
So, a HUGE thank you for keeping Cakewalk alive. It will be interesting to see how this plays out in the coming years.

Here, here!

My thanks as well, I bet it's been a long semi sleepless week filled with work. Here (in about 7 hours) is a Sam Adams to all of you and a big thanks!

Yes, many thanks to Meng for rescuing a great DAW and for being so open and taking the time to talk to and update us users personally. And thanks to Noel and Ben for jumping back in and doing what they do so well. The future looks very exciting!

I will raise a glass to them tonight when I drink my chateauneuf du pape with dinner later on. 

How about cheer also for Scook  who's working hard to keep us all happy.

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How about cheer also for Scook  who's working hard to keep us all happy.

Yea, he is all over this place answering everything at some sort of ninja level of knowledge. Kudos!  

Many thanks to Meng, and Scook bailed me out more than once!!  I appreciate them both.  And Noel.  And Ben.  And Bitflipper.  And CCLarry.  And Bapu.  And Bob Bone.  And, well, everybody that's been so helpful over the years. 

+1!

Here, here!
Hear, here!