This was bad news indeed.
My gut feeling is the reason they did it was so they could port the features over to Sonar 9 and the guts of the synths in P5 to be updated and included in S9 to. Remember cakewalk was going to release a new synth that never made it to market. So that synth shell is open for the older code to be added and updated if wanted. I dont think we have seen the end of some of the best parts of P5.
I am not going for the S8 deal, I am waiting to see what happens with S9. S7 is a great tool and I can do what I need in it. I dont need the Amber True Pianos, I already have it....
You guys are right that mentioned the Arpregiator and the Live features in P5 that made it a great Live performance tool, that stuff is not in Sonar... Also the patterns were great! If they dont include those parts in Sonar its a great loss indeed to all of us.
I am in the wait and see mode now...
Will there be a new synth?
Will Sonar 9 have the best of Project 5?
Whitefalcon