I'd just like to clarify, I did not just want to check my chances of getting "caught". I thought it'd be ok to install and use a program if I purchased the original disc, "used". (not copied!) Especially if the former owner had it uninstalled from his computer... But, then people here started talking about getting "caught" and that seemed to be illegal. Buying a new and UNUSED older version then seemed like a much better idea to me. And I'm glad I did. Hoping we can drop this now and get on with recording...

Fair enough. If you can register that copy of SONAR, then you know it really is a legal one.

writer of songs...have you ever bought a used piece of software???..im not sure how long youve been using these daw's..but this is a known fact..glad you know now.we see alot of people using cracked copies of sonar which makes some of us really upset because we pay for it..glad to to hear your not one of those people...but the way you asked the question in this post was very devious..asking...you know cakewalk doesnt allow it...but..is there a way to do it anyway with out regestering it...sorry but thats what i got out of this post..

It's a known fact that you can purchase older versions of SONAR legally at music shops. It's 100% sure there are SONAR 7 and 8 versions on the shelves of music shops somewhere.

I share your suspicion, at least some of it, Chuckebaby, but we have no way of checking what the OP is doing. In another thread he's asking advice for recently purchased SONAR 8.

There's one forumite who complains about X1 and other stuff in a noob-fashion, even though he's joined the forum five years ago and has a high post count. He explained how excited he's about getting his first DAW ever starting with X1, having only used a simple hardware workstation untill now. And in a 3 year old post he says he's using SONAR 8. So it's likely an "inherited" forum membership...but what if it is... we can't help it. No big crime...and there's reasonable doubt.

Kalle Rantaaho


It's a known fact that you can purchase older versions of SONAR legally at music shops. It's 100% sure there are SONAR 7 and 8 versions on the shelves of music shops somewhere.

I share your suspicion, at least some of it, Chuckebaby, but we have no way of checking what the OP is doing. In another thread he's asking advice for recently purchased SONAR 8.

There's one forumite who complains about X1 and other stuff in a noob-fashion, even though he's joined the forum five years ago and has a high post count. He explained how excited he's about getting his first DAW ever starting with X1, having only used a simple hardware workstation untill now. And in a 3 year old post he says he's using SONAR 8. So it's likely an "inherited" forum membership...but what if it is... we can't help it. No big crime...and there's reasonable doubt.

 
i think your right kalle,good job....+1000...ive read alot of your other posts on here too kalle and you seem to know alot about this product.i respect your opinions,which is saying alot cause i dont respect everyones opinion.

I'm a newbie at recording and I'm brand new at this website, I'm just trying to learn stuff and am asking questions just like everyone else as I go along. I bought my software just the other day and since I formulated the first entry, up top - awkwardly - I agree, I've been treated with suspicion. I definitely understand and respect the point with buying software the legal way, and did so. Nuff said.

I bought a b-grade copy of another product (not a cakewalk thing) all because the box was dented..saved £40.. got it home and it'd been registered.. this was shop bought.. anyway turned out previous owner had registered it.. so the company in question saw I'd bought it from a main supplier and it wasn't an issue (well after I got them to listen..lol)

it's tricky sometimes as it's the license we pay for , not the medium it's carried on (the cd/dvd etc)

Probably not the best place to post this. if there's a better way let me know.... A friend at work has given me Sonar 8 Producer. He no longer uses it and doesn't do anything musical anymore and would rather see it getting used than gathering dust.... There is a serial number on the box and a product registration number written on as well in the space provided. There is NO Email address in the gap below. Would I be able to use it? If so, I will buy a computer or laptop exclusively for it.. Thanks all.

Well, you probably could use the software but then - you have no copyright option in the software used bought from another person. Buying Music Creator 6 or whatever would give about the same thing (except the version is cut down), but if you are not recording a band with several tracks at once, and only two tracks at a time and just starting out, it probably would be cheaper and work as long as you have a computer that can use it (like Windows 7 - 8 maybe Vista).
 
A lot of us used Music Creator (whatever version 4 is my latest one I used and bought until Sonar) and had fun using it. Learning it which correlates into using a Sonar better version and no one had to worry about registration, and the biggest worry of all - always needing a patch usually with any software bought nowadays.
 
At say what - $40 - there's a lot that can be done with Music Creator whatever version - say 6 for the latest one.
And or Sonar Essential which would be even better and not much more perhaps (have to check prices).
 
The copyright option is for your music, not the software, as the owner and creator of the music. (the software is also copyrighted also though as the software from the company that made it - just like you make your music).
 
If he registered the software than any music produced in the software would actually be in his name, and not your name.