With 30 years of software development, it seems like an awful waste of intellectual effort and creativity to end Sonar's life and throw it in the garbage.   Though I have moved on, at least for now, to Digital Performer 9.5 (Cakewalk's demise was a strong and quick motivator for me to really get serious about learning DP), I still think Sonar has the best ergonomics and best aesthetics of any DAW on the market, by far.
 
I hope Sonar somehow, someway, reappears in the marketplace.  30 years of code should not be wasted, no matter how short-sighted Gibson may be.
 
I used Sonar for 25 years and am very grateful to the many people who made it happen.  Thank you!
 
Jerry
www.jerrygerber.com
 

The code isn't wasted yet.

Gerry, DP 9.5 was off the radar until recently as a potential fallback for Sonar.  Why did you go with that options vs. others?  

Anything but a waste of code. Great then, great now. Thanks.

I'm getting good use out it. Not going to waste here.
I understand what you are saying though.

june61944
Gerry, DP 9.5 was off the radar until recently as a potential fallback for Sonar.  Why did you go with that options vs. others? 

DP has long been popular for TV/film scoring.  Jerry scores TV/films.
 
Or he won a copy in a raffle. 
 
Who knows?  I'm just guessing.

Agreed.
The code should at least be preserved somehow. Perhaps it will only exist with the many that continue to use it.
A lot of peoples lives were invested in this product over many years . . . Bakers and Cakewalk users.
The software reached it's pinnacle of usability and stability just recently, so it's all very regrettable, as we all know by now. I also  hope the Cakewalk forum finds another incarnation.

Well put Jerry!

Digital Performer is probably still the best DAW for soundtracking video.  Mixcraft is also undoubtedly in 2nd place (but will probably continue to improve).  I decided to give DP a try after the SONAR fiasco, after over an hour of it trying to resolve all of my VST and VSTi plug-ins, I just gave up on it.

jsg
With 30 years of software development, it seems like an awful waste of intellectual effort and creativity to end Sonar's life and throw it in the garbage.   Though I have moved on, at least for now, to Digital Performer 9.5 (Cakewalk's demise was a strong and quick motivator for me to really get serious about learning DP), I still think Sonar has the best ergonomics and best aesthetics of any DAW on the market, by far.
 
I hope Sonar somehow, someway, reappears in the marketplace.  30 years of code should not be wasted, no matter how short-sighted Gibson may be.
 
I used Sonar for 25 years and am very grateful to the many people who made it happen.  Thank you!
 
Jerry
www.jerrygerber.com
 

Have you seen the code?
Assuming you are referring to the overall app.

Just because a program works doesn't mean the code is of value.

I do not know this for a fact but my guess is and based on Calewalk's development model, it can appear as if they were simply piling on. Especially with the monthly updates.

Great program can have seriously flawed code. Not because the programmers are bad but because of the business model.

Windows Vista had 200,000 more lines of code. There was an article on how bad the code was.

But you could be right and in either case, it's a sad end.