from a past feature request... Console folders :)

Do we even know for sure what BandLab plans to do with Sonar? Are they keeping the software alive? Are they just using parts of it for their Bandlab site?
 
I would like to know if they are going to keep developing and upgrading. I'm not sure if anyone from Bandlab has said if they are?

Mac version. Since Cakewalk's demise I've switched to a Macbook Pro 2017 and will not look back. Currently learning Cubase but may switch to Logic. If Sonar comes back in a Mac version, well, I'd try a demo and decide from there.
 
KEv

Kill me if already exists, but some time ago I was wondering why SONAR never had a waveform editor PREVIOUS to put the clip in the timeline. Like the "trimmer" in Vegas, that would be nice to me. Sometimes you just want to add a little part of a waveform to your timeline, but in SONAR you have to import it all, an then delete what you don't want. It's a bit annoying.

Pro Channel is the best thing that ever happened to Sonar. Skylight is 2nd. If these 2 items go away so will I. Lol.
I'd gladly pay to see an overhaul of Dimension Pro.

I would gladly pay BandLab $2500.00 to build me a custom version of Guitar Tracks Pro version 3
 
I'm not Joking one bit.

Despite the fact that I bought a fully-paid-up-front version of Platinum (with Lifetime Updates, no less!), I'd be inclined to pay a reasonable subscription fee towards ongoing development/support.
 
The thing is: I really like Sonar. When the Big News dropped and everyone started jumping ship, I held off switching to something different and (hopefully) have been vindicated in my decission. Truth be told, I ended up throwing quite a bit of money in Cakewalk/Gibson's direction for ProChannel modules and the like. No reason I won't be doing the same in BandLab's case (you can never have too many tools). I want to keep using Sonar as my go-to production solution and am willing to pay for the possibility.
 
(We can't really ignore the elephant in the room that is Windows 10. Without continued support, a Win update is bound to break your software sooner or later.)
 
On a different, but somewhat related, note: I'd love to see the product ecosystem expand to cater to a diverse userbase. Ideally, the future would see a cross-platform (which, these days, is pretty much a must), multi-tier toolset that would allow a kid in his bedroom to start with something simple and affordable and then have the opportunity to gradually upgrade right up to a fully professional, studio-grade solution and see their skills - and tools in hand - transfer every step of the way. I was under the impression that this was the general idea under Gibson, before everything went pear-shaped.
 
My thoughts on the matter are somewhat informed by how Microsoft has recently been handling Visual Studio development. For all the complaints one may have with MS (got a couple, myself), they really do make my developer day-job so much easier and they've done a lot of very sensible things with both .NET and the VS ecosystem.

I think it could be a great idea for the BandLab to start accepting donations.

Nothing.......... yet.
 
I hope it will become great and have the opportunity to blow everyone's socks off with just how good it is. By this I mean people who don't think it's all that right now, not those who are head over heels in love with it already. Shiny new customers and lots of 'em. I hope after what I'm guessing will initially be a touched up version with a new sticker on it that in the future there will be this fantastic shiny upgrade that trounces not only Platinum but the entire DAW universe as we know it and that buying it will be a total no-brainer.
 
Paying just to fix things that were already broken? No. Been there, done that.

marled

sharke
Make the export dialog less confusing and more in line with how people would expect it to work - this has always been a huge source of confusion among users judging by forum posts ("I exported a track and it sounds nothing like the original" etc).

I don't agree with this! IMHO Sonar has the best export dialog I have seen in the DAW liga (the 10 I tested). It is very well structured and allows you to disable several things and it is much easier than in other DAWs to select the valid range. For me it is on the top list of my DAW requirements (a Sonar-like export dialog).

I have to disagree.  SONAR is the most tedious one I have seen.  I seem to get it wrong every time.  I never have had a single issue with exporting songs from StudioOne or Cubase.
 
In addition, Cubase has the concept of Marker Tracks, which allows you to set the exact time range for every song in your project.  If you use that, you will never have any issues with the export range for any song.  With SONAR, every time you click anything, it resets the ruler range and that fouls up the export if you dopn't explicitly go back and fix that before exporting. 

I've got a generally open mind about this. I'm willing to pay for a general "continued development" thing. I was generally happy paying the monthly membership, and felt I got enough useful stuff, often enough.
 
One thing that really needs doing, though, is a MAJOR update to / replacement of AudioSnap. The underlying tech is very good, but the workflow and crash-prone-ness are very bad.

Not really a DAW feature, but here goes.
Many years ago, I used to have a guitar pedal called the Octovide. It 'kind of' turned a guitar sound into a bass sound. Kind of like the bass sound in 'Seven Nation' by the White Stripes.
Unfortunately, when I moved country, I sold it.
I would love to see a plugin that worked in the same way. Not just a pitch shifter, but a real octovider sound.