Thanks Meng, for the excellent news!  
 

Wow, great! I appreciate the open communication and the integration of former team members, this maybe a good sign for the future. Having tasted some other DAWs I was somehow disappointed about the competitors. Although it is possible to work with them, I always preferred Sonar. It fits my thinking and my work flow best.

Hello. So we gonna be bandits not bakers anymore?
NIce to know - things will go forward, thanks for that!

paulo
Speaking as someone who since the closure of Cakewalk has checked out the obvious rivals (as a back up plan in case I lost the ability to use Platinum at some point in the future) and saw no compelling reasons to make me want to change to any of them, I'm very much looking forward to hearing what the future holds for Sonar.*
 
* as long as it doesn't require monthly subscriptions, being online only or I-lok! 

Well, I like what you mention with * above. And I would also add "cloud storage only" as a dislike.

Hello, Meng! Thanks for making a move to adopt this classic piece of software. I've been using it since since 1996, and would love the opportunity, when the time comes, to talk with the development team about some ideas for new and unique features that can help secure more market share for the Sonar application. Once again, welcome aboard and thanks for your faith in us as a user base!

He seemed to say all the right things to me.  A good first contact I would say.

This is fantastic news on so many levels!!!
 
I also wish to extend my thanks to BandLab for rescuing Sonar, my welcome to Meng for joining our community so quickly, and my congratulations to Noel and Ben for their opportunity to continue the development of my favorite DAW!
 
It's hard to imagine a better outcome for what seemed to be such a sad event last November. From then through January I went back and forth on whether to stick with Sonar or switch to another DAW. I demo'ed several others, and while they are all good in many ways, I just didn't like any of them well enough to purchase them, so in February I decided to stay with Sonar for the time being. I am glad I did.
 
Now if BandLab could just follow through on the collaboration with Sonicscore's Overture for the notation solution that was oh-so-close to happening last year, I would be even more thrilled than I already am.

I agree that a "cloud storage ONLY" & "web based ONLY" SONAR would NOT be a good choice. A lot of us have OFFLINE studio computers. My studio computer has only seen the internet ONE DAY!!! ( for windows activation & music production software activation's) WHEN IT'S RUNNING SMOOTH, NO NEED TO RISK MESSING IT UP!! Heck!! I don't even have internet access in my studio(it's in another room).

Sensational news. Congrats to everyone (including us users), very positive start indeed!

Phew