RIP, P5

You gave me a great start in the computer music world!

Darn! I had just got back to making some noise.

Thanks to Cake for finally putting us out of our misery.

I suppose it was always gonna be tough going against the "mighty" Reason and Live. It had become a crowded market with Reason,Live,FL and Orion Plat to name a few.

Never one to miss an opportunity Cake have offered a generous cross grade, however I'm still running a Athlon 2800XP machine so I guess I'm staying put.

Project 5 is dead long live Project 5 !!!

Having recently revisited P5 after not using it for a while, it really struck me what a great program it really is and how great it would be to see it updated to become the polished gem it had the potential to be. How sad to know that will never happen now.

Is there any chance the source code could be handed over to the open source community so that it could be further developed by anyone so inclined? I know it's probably not that simple, but just wondering.

It's sad to see it go but I do understand and respect Cakewalk's decision. My heartfelt condolences to all the loyal users :(

J

So long, farewell, auf wiedersehen, goodbye ...

It is what it is, it was what it was, the sun has finally set. But the sun will rise again, someplace else. It always does.

"The ending of sorrow is the beginning of wisdom. Knowledge is always within the shadow of ignorance."

Cheers all. It was fun. Good luck.

  ← toilet roll man not happy!

ORIGINAL: JoMal

Is there any chance the source code could be handed over to the open source community so that it could be further developed by anyone so inclined? I know it's probably not that simple, but just wondering.

+1

If Cakewalk truly cared about the community they would do as described above.

Carey

ORIGINAL: CareyLetendre

ORIGINAL: JoMal

Is there any chance the source code could be handed over to the open source community so that it could be further developed by anyone so inclined? I know it's probably not that simple, but just wondering.

+1

If Cakewalk truly cared about the community they would do as described above.

Carey

It'll never happen.

Thanks for the official word.

A sense of closure I suppose. What a great run it has been.
I am getting used to the Sonar way, so this announcement helps.
Since I already bought 8SE, my path to 8PE is cheaper, but I appreciate the offer to the P5 community.
And thanks for keeping this forum open. The Sonar forum is just not..... well I'll check in there occasionally!

Very sorry to see it go.

There was just something about it's work flow that I loved that I can't replicate in Sonar.

I'll still continue to use it as a scratch pad for new ideas.

Bummer. But, on the bright side, I just opened P5 and, guess what? It still works!!!

ORIGINAL: Marketing [Cakewalk]

In that spirit, we would like to extend a special offer to all our Project5 customers. Through May 17th, registered Project5 customers can crossgrade to SONAR 8 Studio for only $99/£69/€79 or you can upgrade to SONAR 8 Producer for $249/£199/€229. In both cases, you will save $100/£80/€90 off your regular price, and this is a greater discount than the current special pricing that we are running for Cakewalk customers.

Hey, what about those of us who upgrade our Sonar like clockwork every fall? Do we get a $100 rebate?!