I addressed this briefly in my last update but I can give more clarity here.

We didn't feel it was appropriate just to port everyone over into our userbase and auto-create accounts for them - we made it opt-in because it was the lesser of two evils. It's slightly inconvenient yes, but our user account structure is slightly different to the old cakewalk structure so it wasn't exactly 1-1 and we wanted people to have the freedom to choose.

We didn't want to force people to have a new account without them realizing (or asking for it) nor did we want inflated user numbers (on BandLab) that weren't interested in being part of the new setup on the go forward. Confirming your account verifies the email address, so we don't have to check IP addresses etc.

Historically on the Cakewalk database, email address was the only unique index in the table too. We were also aware of a lot of invalid email addresses etc, so we didn't want to load rubbish in!

Hope that makes sense!

I've been in (for sometime) with the same name/avatar.
 

meng


Hope that makes sense!

..totally.
 
Meng - thanks for checking in and clarifying again!

All signed up with same identifiers as here.

I've signed up but not heard anything back about Cakewalk.

"Did you sign up?"
 
Sure... Why not?

Dropping down my e-mail stack - thanks for the reminder!

meng
We didn't feel it was appropriate just to port everyone over into our userbase and auto-create accounts for them - we made it opt-in because it was the lesser of two evils.

Consideration much appreciated. Thank you.

Meng, I signed up for Bandlab as soon as I heard the news. I used a different email then. I recently went back to Bandlab and changed it to the same one as Cakewalk. I am Starise there too.
 
Two things come to mind-
- The most recent update says there was already an email sent. This means I probably missed it. Will you send a second email to those who might have missed the first one because they received this information later ? 
 
Meng please correct me if I'm wrong: There is no requirement to use Bandlab collaboration in order to use the TDFKAS. This should put at ease those who are concerned about requirements. I will probably use Bandlab, however in what capacity I'm not sure.
This looks like a simple server and name change. Probably a face lift.Maybe a few updates to start out. No one is tied into the matrix here

I got an e-mail to every address I ever used for anything.