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melmyers
My sadness at the discontinuation of Sonar is only partially due to the loss of futher development of the program. Mainly, I'll miss the thoughtful suggestions, solutions and input from Craig and Noel. They helped give Sonar a soul.

then you should check studio one, craig is already churning out tips over there

Thanks for the mention. I'm also doing a Friday's Tip of the Week on more general topics, including some that involve Sonar, at craiganderton.com. And, I'm still writing the Sonar column for Sound on Sound magazine. I'll also be launching quite a few books in 2018 in conjunction with Hal Leonard...not being with Gibson has freed up a lot of my time, to say the least 
 
You can't get rid of me that easily!!!

I feel like I'm in a commercial within an episode of The Truman Show... Time to escape.

I fully agree. Have been an avid Sonar user since Sonar v1 (previously I tried out cakewalk pro audio sometime in the 90ies) and always found the cakewalk/Sonar communitiy and the guys from Cakewalk to be extremely helpful. So, in the early 2000s there was a particular guy from the Cakawalk team whose name I don't remember but he used a Dilbert cartoon as his avatar. Was extremely knowedgable and was one of the "brains" behind Sonar programme code (I believe); I remember forum users posting some issues at the forum and he chiming in, dropping some serious knowledge. What again was his name?
I was sad to learn that he left Cakewalk in order to do some music programming stuff in the games industry.
 
(By the way, in case you wonder: I frequented the Cakewalk forums quite a bit until the mid 2000s then had a very long hiatus and just recently re-discovered my old love for making music. Had to get a new username because my old email address was not valid any more an couldn't access my old account).

CakeAlexSHere
I feel like I'm in a commercial within an episode of The Truman Show... Time to escape.

Been away for a bit due to family health issues, but I just had to ask..
 
Why would you post in a thread with this title, seeing as your opinions are so well known?
 
 

jb101

CakeAlexSHere
I feel like I'm in a commercial within an episode of The Truman Show... Time to escape.

Been away for a bit due to family health issues, but I just had to ask..
 
Why would you post in a thread with this title, seeing as your opinions are so well known?
 

 
Hey, at least he has a hobby.
 
He probably didn't see what I quoted, which is what caused me to respond. 
 

I am struggling to find an appropriate place to post this, since the original announcement thread is closed now. 
 
Has anyone thought of / did anyone think of an employee buy out?  Is it too late for that? 
 
Best regards, Paul R.

dprvulov
I fully agree. Have been an avid Sonar user since Sonar v1 (previously I tried out cakewalk pro audio sometime in the 90ies) and always found the cakewalk/Sonar communitiy and the guys from Cakewalk to be extremely helpful. So, in the early 2000s there was a particular guy from the Cakawalk team whose name I don't remember but he used a Dilbert cartoon as his avatar. Was extremely knowedgable and was one of the "brains" behind Sonar programme code (I believe); I remember forum users posting some issues at the forum and he chiming in, dropping some serious knowledge. What again was his name?
I was sad to learn that he left Cakewalk in order to do some music programming stuff in the games industry.
 
(By the way, in case you wonder: I frequented the Cakewalk forums quite a bit until the mid 2000s then had a very long hiatus and just recently re-discovered my old love for making music. Had to get a new username because my old email address was not valid any more an couldn't access my old account).

Sounds like you’re talking about Ron Kuper who was the CTO before Noel. One of the most knowledgeable programmers out there. Was a sad day when he left. He’s been on line here a few times since this debacle started and commented how he would be eager to get involved in any open source Sonar project that may happen.

CakeAlexSHere
I feel like I'm in a commercial within an episode of The Truman Show... Time to escape.

Time to escape.......seems to imply you’re a captive here. I’m truly distressed by your plight. I can’t imagine anyone here wanting to imprison you (or anyone for that matter) and stop you from “escaping”. BUT, if it is true that you’re here against your will let me know and I’m sure I could find enough people to help me, help you to escape your captors and get out of here.

I know I’d hate to be forcibly kept on any forum.

That’s the thing I like about this forum. There’s always a helpful soul to help a fellow forum member.

mudgel

dprvulov
I fully agree. Have been an avid Sonar user since Sonar v1 (previously I tried out cakewalk pro audio sometime in the 90ies) and always found the cakewalk/Sonar communitiy and the guys from Cakewalk to be extremely helpful. So, in the early 2000s there was a particular guy from the Cakawalk team whose name I don't remember but he used a Dilbert cartoon as his avatar. Was extremely knowedgable and was one of the "brains" behind Sonar programme code (I believe); I remember forum users posting some issues at the forum and he chiming in, dropping some serious knowledge. What again was his name?
I was sad to learn that he left Cakewalk in order to do some music programming stuff in the games industry.
 
(By the way, in case you wonder: I frequented the Cakewalk forums quite a bit until the mid 2000s then had a very long hiatus and just recently re-discovered my old love for making music. Had to get a new username because my old email address was not valid any more an couldn't access my old account).

Sounds like you’re talking about Ron Kuper who was the CTO before Noel. One of the most knowledgeable programmers out there. Was a sad day when he left. He’s been on line here a few times since this debacle started and commented how he would be eager to get involved in any open source Sonar project that may happen.

Apparently he now works for Sonos, the home audio brand. 

mudgel

CakeAlexSHere
I feel like I'm in a commercial within an episode of The Truman Show... Time to escape.

Time to escape.......seems to imply you’re a captive here. I’m truly distressed by your plight. I can’t imagine anyone here wanting to imprison you (or anyone for that matter) and stop you from “escaping”. BUT, if it is true that you’re here against your will let me know and I’m sure I could find enough people to help me, help you to escape your captors and get out of here.

I know I’d hate to be forcibly kept on any forum.

That’s the thing I like about this forum. There’s always a helpful soul to help a fellow forum member.

i think he's just off the meds