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2013/11/06 03:18:46
rick keys
sonar producer 4
2013/11/06 03:34:29
lawp
pro audio 6 --> sonar x1
2013/11/06 03:39:42
TomHelvey
According to my account: 1/1/1900 SONAR 2 Studio
I'm pretty sure I used Cakewalk something in the early 90's to do MIDI sequences for my band, the drummer kept up without a click, ahh the good ole dayz. I don't remember what I used back then but I was really impressed with the sound quality of my GM1 sound module (Dr Synth) sequencing Brandenburg Concerto 1 in F, I even uploaded it somewhere. :)
 
 
 
2013/11/06 04:45:44
Glyn Barnes
I can't remember which version was my first, but it was pre Pro Audio and came on a 3.5" floppy.
2013/11/06 06:34:04
qlne
Advised an engineer in our 24 track studio to use Cakewalk to drive his brand new Korg M1. Personally started with hoome studio 8/pro Audio 9. Went the "Producer" route for sonar releases, including X1,X2. I have not upgraded to X3.
2013/11/06 06:51:13
John
Professional 8 was my first version and have been with CW ever since. 
 
One reason I went with Professional 8 was it came with Cakewalk/Peavy Studio Mix. My first control surface. 
2013/11/06 07:07:33
Baseman
Hi there:)
 
Can't remember, but I think it was a Shareware Version before Version 1 for DOS, at that time I worked with Commodore C64 and Steinberg Software, maybe 1986 or 87.
From the on I ever worked with Cakewalk Sequenzers!
 
Greetings:)
Baseman.
 
2013/11/06 07:11:12
optimus
"I started with Cakewalk v1.0 on a 5.25" floppy disk in 1987; although the company was called Twelve Tone Systems.  
 
DOS, IBM XT with dual 5.25" floppy drives.  All song names had to be 8 characters or less."
 
I wasn't far behind, Cakewalk 2.0 November 1988. I still have the original packaging and 5.25" floppies. Songs were limited to so many events at that time.
2013/11/06 07:26:52
gswitz
I started with Home Studio 2002, which I registered in 2006. In 2007 I upgraded to Home Studio 6 XL and then in the Fall of 2007 to Sonar 7 Producer. For the first couple of years, I just mixed music I captured with my Tascam 2488. I didn't do any recording using Cakewalk.
 
I've had an
  • M-Audio internal card for Windows XP
  • Line6 single port jobby which came with Pod Farm software
  • M-Audio Fast Track Ulta
  • and now and RME UCX
 
I started on XP, and switched to x64 with Vista.
 
I've recorded and mixed performances since the 90s, but not using the computer. While I usually use the computer now, I still rarely use Sonar itself to capture the initial wave files. I use DigiCheck which came with the RME UCX. I'm always prepared to use Sonar, but I mostly record straight performances and my friends don't like click tracks. They can monitor direct from the interface, so no need to output from Sonar during the recordings.
 
I do sometimes wish that the RME Total Mix had a click track feature.
 
2013/11/06 08:34:38
stevenpanter
My first PC, which had an i486 DX4, a Soundblaster AWE32 and ran Windows 3.11 for Workgroups, (we're talking a very long time before my hair went grey!) came with a version of a Cakewalk / Twelve Tone Systems MIDI sequencer on floppy disk. I don't recall what it was called exactly. So that was my first experience with anything Cakewalk. However I first bought Sonar 3 and then every version since.
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