I think it would be good to see some clarity around the authorization procedures for legacy Cakewalk products, if the user chooses not to activate a BandLab account.
 
For example, what if the user gets a new PC and wants to install the old Sonar, but doesn't have a BandLab account?  How will the activation work in this case?

abacab
I think it would be good to see some clarity around the authorization procedures for legacy Cakewalk products, if the user chooses not to activate a BandLab account.
 
For example, what if the user gets a new PC and wants to install the old Sonar, but doesn't have a BandLab account?  How will the activation work in this case?

It's no longer Cakewalk. You either join Bandlab to access whatever they put in place, or you cut the ties and move on, at least that's how I'm seeing it. Bandlab will let you crossgrade to whatever the new product is for free, once.
The "legacy products" are on your CD's that you purchased years ago . . . then, when they went to the Command Center model it was all about online authorization and download . . . that site will be gone, and I haven't seen any indication that Bandlab intends to recreate the ability to download X1, X2, X3 etc . . . if you really need to have those anyways.

1. I agree that the old working arrangement we had with the old CW/Sonar is gone. Closed. Done. Get over it.
 
2. The new company BandLab will let us upgrade for free to their new product. Very kind and gracious of them. If you don't want to get on board with that deal/offer, see #1 of this post.
 
Simple. Why read more into it.

noynekker

abacab
I think it would be good to see some clarity around the authorization procedures for legacy Cakewalk products, if the user chooses not to activate a BandLab account.
 
For example, what if the user gets a new PC and wants to install the old Sonar, but doesn't have a BandLab account?  How will the activation work in this case?

It's no longer Cakewalk. You either join Bandlab to access whatever they put in place, or you cut the ties and move on, at least that's how I'm seeing it. Bandlab will let you crossgrade to whatever the new product is for free, once.
The "legacy products" are on your CD's that you purchased years ago . . . then, when they went to the Command Center model it was all about online authorization and download . . . that site will be gone, and I haven't seen any indication that Bandlab intends to recreate the ability to download X1, X2, X3 etc . . . if you really need to have those anyways.

That's just your interpretation. 
 
Noel said we could keep using the legacy products forever, and the activation servers would remain active.  If that was to change we would be provided with an offline activation method at that time.  There are multiple posts that support this fact in the forums.
 
Personally I could care less.  I have a BandLab account and plan to keep current.  I'm just weary of all the whining, and would like this cleared up so that my inbox doesn't get filled up with crap posts about this issue.

abacab

noynekker

abacab
I think it would be good to see some clarity around the authorization procedures for legacy Cakewalk products, if the user chooses not to activate a BandLab account.
 
For example, what if the user gets a new PC and wants to install the old Sonar, but doesn't have a BandLab account?  How will the activation work in this case?

It's no longer Cakewalk. You either join Bandlab to access whatever they put in place, or you cut the ties and move on, at least that's how I'm seeing it. Bandlab will let you crossgrade to whatever the new product is for free, once.
The "legacy products" are on your CD's that you purchased years ago . . . then, when they went to the Command Center model it was all about online authorization and download . . . that site will be gone, and I haven't seen any indication that Bandlab intends to recreate the ability to download X1, X2, X3 etc . . . if you really need to have those anyways.

That's just your interpretation. 
 
Noel said we could keep using the legacy products forever, and the activation servers would remain active.  If that was to change we would be provided with an offline activation method at that time.  There are multiple posts that support this fact in the forums.
 
Personally I could care less.  I have a BandLab account and plan to keep current.  I'm just weary of all the whining, and would like this cleared up so that my inbox doesn't get filled up with crap posts about this issue.

The information about keeping the servers active and providing an offline activation was before the Bandlab acquisition . . . after that moment, the game is changed, the rulers have moved.
 
I agree the current situation should be cleared up, but don't expect Bandlab to show the cards until after the "big announcement" . . . Glad to know you got your Bandlab account in place, it just currently makes sense.

abacab
Noel said we could keep using the legacy products forever, and the activation servers would remain active.  If that was to change we would be provided with an offline activation method at that time.  There are multiple posts that support this fact in the forums.

Things change.  I believe the statement you refer to was made soon after Gibson announced they were shutting Cakewalk down, and I believe Noel stated the Gibson policy to the best of his knowledge at the time.  Later Gibson sold all the Cakewalk assets to Bandlab and Mr. Kuok has made some statements that suggest Bandlab's strategy will be to offer a migration path rather than committing to keeping access to old releases alive forever. 
 
I would encourage everyone to simply want for the formal announcement rather than jumping to conclusions that may not be accurate.  When that comes, we will all be able to decide if we want to continue with Bandlab or do something different.

noynekker

abacab

noynekker

abacab
I think it would be good to see some clarity around the authorization procedures for legacy Cakewalk products, if the user chooses not to activate a BandLab account.
 
For example, what if the user gets a new PC and wants to install the old Sonar, but doesn't have a BandLab account?  How will the activation work in this case?

It's no longer Cakewalk. You either join Bandlab to access whatever they put in place, or you cut the ties and move on, at least that's how I'm seeing it. Bandlab will let you crossgrade to whatever the new product is for free, once.
The "legacy products" are on your CD's that you purchased years ago . . . then, when they went to the Command Center model it was all about online authorization and download . . . that site will be gone, and I haven't seen any indication that Bandlab intends to recreate the ability to download X1, X2, X3 etc . . . if you really need to have those anyways.

That's just your interpretation. 
 
Noel said we could keep using the legacy products forever, and the activation servers would remain active.  If that was to change we would be provided with an offline activation method at that time.  There are multiple posts that support this fact in the forums.
 
Personally I could care less.  I have a BandLab account and plan to keep current.  I'm just weary of all the whining, and would like this cleared up so that my inbox doesn't get filled up with crap posts about this issue.

The information about keeping the servers active and providing an offline activation was before the Bandlab acquisition . . . after that moment, the game is changed, the rulers have moved.
 
I agree the current situation should be cleared up, but don't expect Bandlab to show the cards until after the "big announcement" . . . Glad to know you got your Bandlab account in place, it just currently makes sense.

Noel reassured the community of the activation access AFTER he was hired by BandLab.

Noel doesn't work for Cakewalk anymore . . . he answers to Bandlab' s wishes, let's just wait and see where it goes from here, think we're guilty of speculative thinking right now.

noynekker
Noel doesn't work for Cakewalk anymore . . . he answers to Bandlab' s wishes, let's just wait and see where it goes from here, think we're guilty of speculative thinking right now.

I give up...SMH...

Bonsoir from Canada