John T

Yeah, I get that, but what, specifically does "follow source" mean? What is the "source" in this context?



When source category is tracks the source is the individual interleave (number of channels) of the source track. So if you have a combo of stereo and mono tracks they will will be individually exported with their original interleave.

matstrid
I think it's natural to be skeptical. Lifetime is a strong word. Thinking of life and death, even marriage:)
 
Who knows, cakewalk might create a new product next year, ending or diminishing Platinum.
 
So it's all about trust. To me it's no doubt, what Cakewalk has done so far for the money is unbeaten. Especially last and this years updates.
 
I married today;)
 

Maybe P5 is on the way back? Good news.

I never used P5, but from hints dropped in various places, I wouldn't rule out some not-yet-announced changes in that general zone - whether that's a beefed up Matrix view, or a dedicated scratchpad arrangement area, or a recycling of components of the P5 workflow into Sonar, or some combination thereof. Or maybe it will be a bolt-on extra? Who can say? Well, somebody knows, but they aren't likely to tell us until they're ready. Fine by me, I have enough to keep me busy for the moment! But I'm curious... 

Elon WOULD be a fantastic addition to the team!  
Jet Packs?  Heck, that's nuttin... We're going to MARS!!!

P5, no.  A year or two ago Noel said why - the code was old, the guy had left and it would be better to start from scratch - or SONAR.  One of the great strengths of P5 was its simplicity and it didn't try to do too much but what it did it did well.  It was optimized for using audio and midi loops, so it was great for about 90% of easy looping (and that was fairly new territory - SONAR was the first real DAW to work w/ loops (to my knowledge) and P5 was right on its heels with a great selection of synths.  For an electronic musician it was really nice. 
 
Matrix, yes - again according to Noel around the same time.  I really liked Scratchpad for the iPad and was saying something similar should a model for an windows app or updated Matrix but with a lot more big pads on screen.  A performance thing, custom color the pads and a built-in stereo track+ on a timeline so you could play over backing tracks.  Of course, a plugin like that for SONAR would be fantastic and one up Live!.   He hinted they were thinking along those lines (among many), but it has been a long while a coming.  I'm not holding my breath, only hoping. 
 
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Like the Mac being desired by ~70% someone needs get ~70% desired rating in CW hands for P5 Ver 2.0.

Anderton

ampfixer
In view of recent threads I want to make it clear that I am an Eedjit. I have no direct, or indirect, knowledge of business, the music industry, forum threads or the meaning of life. I know about amps.

Tubey-wan Knobby was your master, yes?

Spilt my coffee all over the table.

jpetersen

Anderton

ampfixer
In view of recent threads I want to make it clear that I am an Eedjit. I have no direct, or indirect, knowledge of business, the music industry, forum threads or the meaning of life. I know about amps.

Tubey-wan Knobby was your master, yes?

Spilt my coffee all over the table.

You're welcome. 

vmw
I hope in the new direction you make a micropayment real staff view plugin/extension.

make it a macropayment. I am ready to part with a decent amount of cash for that.
 
I am really excited about the Mac version. I don't use Apple but I can see how a successful implementation on that platform will bring attention and lustre to the brand.
 
Me, the big announcement did not concede me anything to look forward to. The things I hoped for, a redesigned score editor and an overhauled Audio Snap engine (so it's easy to time quantize multi track recordings) are not even on the VISIBLE roadmap.
Having said all that, I choose to support the brand and will be sticking with Sonar because I understand the Bakers will be listening. All in all we wish for things that would elevate Sonar's desirability and value.
 
selfish prick mode = OFF
 
I sincerely admire and applaud the company for such a bold move in this day and age and in such an already unstable and saturated market. Regardless of my personal needs, I admire you for your strategy and truly wish success to Cakewalk. If you're happy, we'll all be happy!

Brian Walton

bapu

Brian Walton

John
Cakewalk to my knowledge has never gone back on their word. 
 
  

I would have made it more clear in the press release that Both versions will be available under one license, as I had to read through forum posts to get that information.   
 
 

What part of "free lifetime updates on all future versions of SONAR" confused you? That was stated in the offer email. It was (finally) darn clear to me that a Mac version was on the horizon. And since Mixbus, Studio One and Reaper all offer a single multi-platform license, I was sure CW would follow suit.

While it was my assumption, it was not an emphatic statement without possible loopholes in the announcement page (I never got an email, I just upgraded after the announcement).  
 
The following statements included things like this:

Are Lifetime Updates available only for SONAR Platinum?

Yes, currently, Lifetime Updates are only available if you buy, upgrade, or crossgrade to SONAR Platinum. Be sure that when you’re adding SONAR Platinum to your cart, you choose the product called “SONAR Platinum (with Lifetime Updates).”
 
As someone who has worked with a number of high end contracts, I can tell you what they put out in the marketing spread was no 100% guarantee they would offer users the ability to have both under the same license for life and could be used on different computers one at a time by the same user.  Yes, that would be my assumption, but it could easily be argued against by a lawyer.  Some of the posts by Cake employees cleared up the question though. 
 
The MAC version presented for alpha certainly does not have Platinum functionality (lack of 3rd party support), and they even seem to call it something else.  

SONAR OS X Alpha

.  Not everyone is as detailed as I am.  But my points are rational.  

Alpha just means the development state is in or will be in this fall. It would then go to beta next. 

DewSo1
I, for one, am happy to see that Cakewalk, no matter who the parent company, is taking steps to finally be 100% mainstream in this industry.  I have been a Cakewalk user since Cakewalk v8.  A couple of years ago I had a client that DEMANDED that I use the "Industry Standard" DAW on a Mac, so I splurged and jumped on that bandwagon, only to find my productivity took a huge dump.  What a waste of time and money.  I still have the incredible iMac and am thrilled with the possibility of Sonar for OS X!   It's about time!! 
Craig,   Sign me up for Lifetime Sonar OS X,  I will help where ever I can to help get this up and running.
 

So the problem was ProTools I'd guess if your looking forward to Sonar on OS X.