As of Feb 7 the offer still works.  I noticed a "last day" message in there somewhere but maybe that's been there awhile.

Did it yesterday.  I guess that's what happens when there's nobody left to take care of those sorts of things.

Thanks so much for posting that Cactus Music.  I was able to download it today (Feb 12th).
 
I have been very concerned about replacing my "studio" PC and moving to Windows 10 for activation, compatibility, & driver issues.  If I can get my audio interface running on Win10 with Home Studio then at least I will have "something" in case my Win7/Sonar 8.5 Producer PC dies suddenly.

mumpcake
Did it yesterday.  I guess that's what happens when there's nobody left to take care of those sorts of things.

 
You could be right, Seems odd to give away possibly hundreds of copies of  a $50 program. Actually $125 if you count the Rapture and Big Fish stuff that was tossed in. 
I hope this doesn't turn out to be some sort of hack to the Cake store. 
But then they read this forum and would have seen this thread. I got the link originally from Page 54 of the "cakewalk announcement"  thread. Noel Posted immediately afterwards so must have seen it.  

Cactus Music
Seems odd to give away possibly hundreds of copies of  a $50 program. Actually $125 if you count the Rapture and Big Fish stuff that was tossed in. 

Given the circumstances, I think the goodwill it might generate with some users is worth more than a few thousand $$ to Gibson.  They still have to do business and sell guitars, and trying to squeeze every last dollar out of a dying division just would not go over well.

Well, it is two days after the BandLab buyout (2/25) and it still works. Entered the redemption code and everything went through fine.

Ya I didn't expect it to last this long. Any day now I guess. They must be working on the Web site stuff and the store should have totally closed by now. 

Guess they are not finished giving away the 'gateway drug' yet!!! 

abacab
Guess they are not finished giving away the 'gateway drug' yet!!! 

An increased user base would be a good thing for everybody. Plus getting hooked on a cheap or free product might give them incentive to upgrade at the discount price. That's how Air Musictech got me as a full costumer after they pretty much gave away Xpand2 for a buck a while back. Wound up getting the whole freakin bundle.

fresh101

abacab
Guess they are not finished giving away the 'gateway drug' yet!!! 

An increased user base would be a good thing for everybody. Plus getting hooked on a cheap or free product might give them incentive to upgrade at the discount price. That's how Air Musictech got me as a full costumer after they pretty much gave away Xpand2 for a buck a while back. Wound up getting the whole freakin bundle.

Yup, same here.  I'm just glad that http://inmusicbrands.com/ (AIR parent) did not end up buying Sonar though...