z1812
My thought is that Gibson already shopped Sonar around before announcing it's closure and no one was interested. 
 
It would be nice if someone picked it up but like many others have said, I think that time has passed

Gibson cashed in with the lifetime updates.  They would have to sell at a loss to be fair.  The best bet for a business case is a company selling addons or Microsoft...  MHO

If IKM buys it that would pretty much guarantee I'd never go back to Sonar.  

jyoung60
Somebody better do something fast.  I'm getting to like Reaper more and more each day...

^^ this ^^ -  I hate to say it but I may already past the point of no return...

I’m hanging around to keep up with any info and its still home like but as far as I’m cncerned, once my new DAW is built I’ll be a Cubase user and not even likely to install Sonar except to recover a project. And as far as that goes, as all of my work has been for others I’m not under any obligation for archiving their material so there’s very little for me to do in that regard.

Beginning of a new chapter in which Sonar doesn’t figure.

 

jyoung60
Somebody better do something fast.  I'm getting to like Reaper more and more each day...

^^ this ^^ -  I hate to say it but I may already past the point of no return...


 
 
No you're not. I was using Reaper for the past year and a half, and while I could do what I wanted to do, my workflow was not as fast as Sonar. When this news came down, like many I was devastated. I'm on this forum numerous times each day. I wanted to make sure my latest Sonar version, 8.5, worked right, as that is apparently going to be as good as it gets for me. I had been having trouble with Producer, it's why I went to Reaper. Then I remembered I had Studio 8.5. I installed it and it works great. It's so good to be back in a familiar, intuitive workflow. This is just my experience, of course. But I believe if Sonar comes back - which I seriously doubt - lots more folks will flock back to it.

mudgel
I’m hanging around to keep up with any info and its still home like but as far as I’m cncerned, once my new DAW is built I’ll be a Cubase user and not even likely to install Sonar except to recover a project. And as far as that goes, as all of my work has been for others I’m not under any obligation for archiving their material so there’s very little for me to do in that regard.

Beginning of a new chapter in which Sonar doesn’t figure.

 
+1

The horse has already left the stable.
 

Noel makes the odd comment in the Cakewalk SONAR Talk group on Facebook, in case anyone's looking to soak up the odd tidbit. For example, I just learned that the Sonar code is a mix of C++, C# and assembly. He also says that he doubts that a crowdfunded effort to commandeer the source code would be very fruitful.

michael diemer

jyoung60
Somebody better do something fast.  I'm getting to like Reaper more and more each day...

^^ this ^^ -  I hate to say it but I may already past the point of no return... 
 
No you're not. I was using Reaper for the past year and a half, and while I could do what I wanted to do, my workflow was not as fast as Sonar. When this news came down, like many I was devastated. I'm on this forum numerous times each day. I wanted to make sure my latest Sonar version, 8.5, worked right, as that is apparently going to be as good as it gets for me. I had been having trouble with Producer, it's why I went to Reaper. Then I remembered I had Studio 8.5. I installed it and it works great. It's so good to be back in a familiar, intuitive workflow. This is just my experience, of course. But I believe if Sonar comes back - which I seriously doubt - lots more folks will flock back to it.

Different strokes for different folks. I'm glad you've got something that works for your needs! However I was never one of those who clung to 8.5 or resisted the Skylight interface changes. I got along pretty well with the X series and found Platinum to be *way* better for me than the pre-X series ever was. I generally don't have a big problem with adapting to different workflows, in fact I rather like it as it tends to open up new creative possibilities - it makes me think in unfamiliar ways and that makes interesting and unexpected things happen, which is what makes me happy. I'm not running a super-productive commercial studio here (while I'm a professional musician, most of my income is from performance; my production work falls mostly in the marginally-profitable-hobby category), so I don't need a fast efficient familiar workflow; rather, I want an open-ended creative playground where there's always some crazy unexplored possibility to be discovered. Reaper gives me that in spades (especially if I rewire Reason in for extra kicks), while also being more efficient and stable and less buggy than any version of Sonar has ever been. And yes, that includes 8.5... 

chukebaby wrote: the majority (guessing 75%) of Cakewalks customers have purchased other software now...
Do you own the statistics?
Maybe you forget that in all over the world there are a hundred of thousands of enthusiastic users of Cakewalk Sonar.