dwardzala
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Sonar Now On Steam!
Thread title says it all.
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groovey1
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Re: Sonar Now On Steam!
2013/12/18 17:31:08
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Can anybody please explain if there's any advantages to using Steam vs. just downloading from the Cakewalk Store?
I see on the Steam site there's lots of stuff about game support for multiple platforms ... does this imply that the 2-machine limit is lifted if you go this route?
Thanks in advance,
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Re: Sonar Now On Steam!
2013/12/18 17:31:31
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Re: Sonar Now On Steam!
2013/12/18 17:33:28
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BTW well the answer is you can play Grand Theft Auto without any pausing (it throttles the download of Cakewalk when you are playing games).
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Andrew Rossa
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Re: Sonar Now On Steam!
2013/12/18 18:20:44
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People who use Steam love buying products in this ecosystem. You get instant updates and files are saved on the cloud. It's really a matter of preference. The great thing is you have options.
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LANEY
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Re: Sonar Now On Steam!
2013/12/18 18:25:21
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Really great to have options!
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Noel Borthwick [Cakewalk]
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Re: Sonar Now On Steam!
2013/12/18 18:37:53
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And discounts. There is a pretty mind bending discount on right now for people who bought MC on steam earlier. I could barely believe it!
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backwoods
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Re: Sonar Now On Steam!
2013/12/18 18:50:54
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VERY happy about this. Wise move Cakewalk. I got my first ever email newsletter from Cakewalk today too!
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groovey1
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Re: Sonar Now On Steam!
2013/12/18 19:25:16
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Thanks for the replies. So is the idea that you don't have to save and backup your install files? You just download and run and that's the end of it? Kind of like updating your internet browser?
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Andrew Rossa
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Re: Sonar Now On Steam!
2013/12/18 20:52:56
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Right, your install files are saved to the cloud for easy access should you need to re-install. Install process is streamlined too and when a new patch comes out, it automatically updates. People like it.
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gbarrett
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Re: Sonar Now On Steam!
2013/12/18 21:09:53
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Does this mean I can run Sonar for Steam on a Mac running Steam?
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Re: Sonar Now On Steam!
2013/12/18 21:16:59
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gbarrett
Does this mean I can run Sonar for Steam on a Mac running Steam?
With boot camp and Windows... sure....
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Re: Sonar Now On Steam!
2013/12/19 01:40:15
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Looking at Sonar X3 on Steam, it says that the publisher is "Tascam Professional Software." Does this mean the takeover has happened already, or is at least a done deal?
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lawp
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Re: Sonar Now On Steam!
2013/12/19 03:15:09
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steam distinguishes between developers and publishers, cake being the dev in this case, though sometimes they're the same outfit... would be nice if the cloud storage included projects
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Seth Kellogg [Cakewalk]
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Re: Sonar Now On Steam!
2013/12/19 10:48:19
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lawp
steam distinguishes between developers and publishers, cake being the dev in this case, though sometimes they're the same outfit... would be nice if the cloud storage included projects
Unfortunately, Steam only offers 100mb of cloud storage per application. No backups available there. Though we are looking to implement Steamworks for template/sample sharing in the community and possibly configuration backups.
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lawp
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Re: Sonar Now On Steam!
2013/12/19 10:51:17
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thanks for the info seth :)
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Splat
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Re: Sonar Now On Steam!
2013/12/19 10:56:38
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> Though we are looking to implement Steamworks for template/sample sharing in the community and possibly configuration backups.
Do your own implementation, my view :).
One of these days you are going to have a store and an auto update built into Sonar right~?
Cheers...
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Seth Kellogg [Cakewalk]
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Re: Sonar Now On Steam!
2013/12/19 11:03:05
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CakeAlexS
> Though we are looking to implement Steamworks for template/sample sharing in the community and possibly configuration backups.
Do your own implementation, my view :).
One of these days you are going to have a store and an auto update built into Sonar right~?
Cheers...
I'm not so sure about a store built into the app. Pay to Win or Pay to Play get's a little bogus after a while. If there was, I think we'd leave it entirely optional and maybe leverage it more for building community. I think everyone here would like an auto-update capability.
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Re: Sonar Now On Steam!
2013/12/19 11:12:54
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"I think everyone here would like an auto-update capability."
What exactly would "auto update be"? Like windows updates? Ummmm, no thanks. I want to wait and make sure the updates seem to be working for others before I install.
Capability, yes. As long as it's an option
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Re: Sonar Now On Steam!
2013/12/19 11:14:32
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You can run windows update manually without a scheduler, and any automated update facility I've ever seen does this. So I don't see the issue.
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Paul P
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Re: Sonar Now On Steam!
2013/12/19 11:24:17
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backwoods
I got my first ever email newsletter from Cakewalk today too!
Did you do anything special recently to achieve this status ?
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Re: Sonar Now On Steam!
2013/12/19 11:45:26
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sharke
Looking at Sonar X3 on Steam, it says that the publisher is "Tascam Professional Software." Does this mean the takeover has happened already, or is at least a done deal?
Yes, we are officially owned by Gibson now.
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Re: Sonar Now On Steam!
2013/12/19 16:18:31
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cityrat
"I think everyone here would like an auto-update capability."
What exactly would "auto update be"? Like windows updates? Ummmm, no thanks. I want to wait and make sure the updates seem to be working for others before I install.
Capability, yes. As long as it's an option
As CakeAlex pointed out, even Windows Updates can be manually run/disabled, and so can Steam auto-updates. Never fear!
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Re: Sonar Now On Steam!
2013/12/19 18:49:51
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@cake: will you make it possible to activate X3 in steam even if it was purchased from your website or somewhere else?
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Re: Sonar Now On Steam!
2013/12/19 20:10:32
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> @cake: will you make it possible to activate X3 in steam even if it was purchased from your website or somewhere else?
And give away their profits? ;)
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Re: Sonar Now On Steam!
2013/12/20 04:55:51
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CakeAlexS
> @cake: will you make it possible to activate X3 in steam even if it was purchased from your website or somewhere else?
And give away their profits? ;)
what do you mean?
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Re: Sonar Now On Steam!
2013/12/20 11:24:56
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Do you think Steam provides services for free? :) Everybody has a margin. Software companies would rather people go through their own shop window than somebody else's in reality, everybody has their percentage or fee.
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lawp
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Re: Sonar Now On Steam!
2013/12/20 11:27:02
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do you think web stores & all the associated stuff are free? ;-) the advantage of steam is that it takes away a massive chunk of the distribution hassles
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dwardzala
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Re: Sonar Now On Steam!
2013/12/20 16:35:44
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Sometimes you can add a program to steam that was purchased elsewhere and then Steam will handle all the auto updates, etc. I think this is what the question above is referring to.
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Re: Sonar Now On Steam!
2014/12/25 14:41:35
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dwardzala
Sometimes you can add a program to steam that was purchased elsewhere and then Steam will handle all the auto updates, etc. I think this is what the question above is referring to.
I'd like to know that too. I purchased SONAR X3 from Cakewalk online store, and it would be great to have it added to my Steam Library (and get DLC with discounts during seasonal sales...)
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