What will happen if the servers go down. DO I lose my products and will it need a serial number to kick start it. With no server I'm guessing you are stuck with software that will sit there staring at you asking for registration and activation codes. That would be a sad day knowing that this could happen at any moment means a quick transfer of all song to a DAW that is alive and kicking not one that has floated down the river Thames, developers and servers never to be seen again. Did I really own Sonar or was it just a figment of my imagination.

Thanks for the replies, Johnny, z1812, Mike, Songroom, Percepto, FCCFirstClass, Ken, Wood, Jon, dappa1!

mudgel
Thanks Scott. For your added info.

The Sonar Software thread. Utilities and Resources will continue while ever the forum remains live. The current data will also be available through CakewalkCommunity.com (formerly Sonarmods.com) in the near future so that should the current forum be switched off there will immediately be a place for that info to be accessed.

Thanks for the info, Mike! I'll check out the new forum.

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* Cakewalk SONAR Video Tutorials: https://www.youtube.com/u...gus?sub_confirmation=1
* Author of the Cakewalk Sonar and Sony Sound Forge Power book series: http://garrigus.com/?PowerBooks
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percepto
I'm really interested in your eventual review/comparison with S1. From what I've read so far, it seems to be the one most like SPlat. People who have already "crossed over" seem to be very happy and some tutorials I've seen are impressive.
Thanks for your post.

I think Mixcraft might be a bit more like SONAR, but Studio One is also a good replacement.

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Wood67
Thanks. Let us know when you publish a SOP power user guide.  The Sonar ones were great (at least until the page size changed, at which point the book just didn't fit well in the hand - or the bookshelf!).

Thanks, Wood! Will do. In the meantime, I'll be publishing tutorials for a variety of apps (including SONAR, Ableton Live, Acoustica Mixcraft, Harrison Mixbus, FL Studio, PreSonus Studio One, Propellerhead Reason, and more) over on these YouTube channels... you can subscribe to them for free...
* https://www.youtube.com/S...gus?sub_confirmation=1
* https://www.youtube.com/D...deo?sub_confirmation=1
* https://www.youtube.com/NewTechReviewVideo?sub_confirmation=1

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* Cakewalk SONAR Video Tutorials: https://www.youtube.com/u...gus?sub_confirmation=1
* Author of the Cakewalk Sonar and Sony Sound Forge Power book series: http://garrigus.com/?PowerBooks
* Publisher of the DigiFreq music recording newsletter: http://www.digifreq.com/
* Publisher of the NewTechReview consumer tech newsletter: http://www.newtechreview.com/

Thanks Scott for continuing to make SONAR tutorials. There will be a lot of folks who stick in SONAR for years.

JonD
It's my understanding that Sonar Platinum was the first version to require online activation (during installation).  If that's true, the comparison to X3's "robustness" simply is not valid. 

 
#6 in my previous reply covers this... Noel has said they will provide a way to install SONAR without requiring activation if/when the servers do down.

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* Cakewalk SONAR Video Tutorials: https://www.youtube.com/u...gus?sub_confirmation=1
* Author of the Cakewalk Sonar and Sony Sound Forge Power book series: http://garrigus.com/?PowerBooks
* Publisher of the DigiFreq music recording newsletter: http://www.digifreq.com/
* Publisher of the NewTechReview consumer tech newsletter: http://www.newtechreview.com/

dappa1
What will happen if the servers go down. DO I lose my products and will it need a serial number to kick start it. With no server I'm guessing you are stuck with software that will sit there staring at you asking for registration and activation codes.

See #6 in my previous reply. Noel has said we'll get a version of SONAR that doesn't require activation.

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* Cakewalk SONAR Video Tutorials: https://www.youtube.com/u...gus?sub_confirmation=1
* Author of the Cakewalk Sonar and Sony Sound Forge Power book series: http://garrigus.com/?PowerBooks
* Publisher of the DigiFreq music recording newsletter: http://www.digifreq.com/
* Publisher of the NewTechReview consumer tech newsletter: http://www.newtechreview.com/

panup
Thanks Scott for continuing to make SONAR tutorials. There will be a lot of folks who stick in SONAR for years.

Thanks Panup! Yes, as long as the videos get enough views, I'll continue producing them. It all depends on whether or not users actually spend time watching them. I'll have some new material up shortly.

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Scott R. Garrigus - http://www.garrigus.com
* Cakewalk SONAR Video Tutorials: https://www.youtube.com/u...gus?sub_confirmation=1
* Author of the Cakewalk Sonar and Sony Sound Forge Power book series: http://garrigus.com/?PowerBooks
* Publisher of the DigiFreq music recording newsletter: http://www.digifreq.com/
* Publisher of the NewTechReview consumer tech newsletter: http://www.newtechreview.com/

Well, I'm sure we'll all feel safer having you around! LOL Thanks for doing this here, too, Scott.
Michael