and just taking their box off the grid,
and rolling with it?
 
if so, why?
if not, why not?
 
i'm talking a brand new build, what would you do now?
 
 
i got Sonar 6 Pro in 2010, loaded it on a PC with only 2 gig of ram, Win XP, got it totally dialed in,
and that's the rig i'm still using today.
never updated the software,
never updated the O/s, 
and it's been the most stable DAW that anyone i know, has.
 
why not do it again?
 
 
(((CLARIFICATION ITEM: i am going to build a brand new PC dedicated to DAW, to replace my old unit.
i have already previously set the date to build it at Dec 1 2017, this was before the cakewalk dilemma came up.
 
so, brand new build, i have to load some new DAW on it........)))

That's impressive Bats. Considering what came out of it.

Hi Bats
that's exactly what I am going to do - I still have on my system an XPC Computer running Xp that I bought in 2004 - so why cant I just keep what I have now, which is a pretty powerful Computer from Jim at Studio Cat - its running windows 7 very happily, so until something breaks hardware wise should be good!
Nigel
 

Hey Bat,
you could always upgrade to 8:5:3(with some difficulty),absolutely glitchfree and more than adequate for tracking and basic mixing.
combined with Mixbuss it`s all you need IMHO.
but,after listening to your recordings,it`s obvious that it`s the operator not the tool that matters.
cheers

I still have an XP machine with Sonar 8 loaded, sitting in the corner. 

 
 
Spending this evening updating/installing everything Cakewalk onto my backup Win7 machine.
 

 
 
If all else fails, I can always go back to this ...
 

I still have this too..
 

 
 
Not sure how many 50Mb ZIP discs I have left though...
 
 

Yep.  Going to finally get Platinum!  Hehe...

I've had my computer offline for 16 years, and although inconvenient sometimes, it was never a problem. The thing with Splat though, is that when you do a fresh install, you have to generate an,authorization request file, take that to an online computer, upload it on the Cakewalk sight, and then it generates a response code. Even though I saved these response codes, they don't seem to work the next time you do a fresh install. YMMV.

As of now, the store is closed and Noel's announcement comes up whenever you click on a link that would bring you to the store.
 
It really is the end, isn't it? :(