Fine, no more Sonar development.
 
Did your copy break?.. nope.
 
I see nothing compelling about any other DAW out there..ie there is no DAW that is better in every respect vs Sonar, for if there was, I would have it already, so I am at kinda a loss as to why folk are running off so quick.. after all, had this been Sonar X5, you would have had no new features for another year.. 
 
Sonar is relatively bug free, feature rich, and highly stable.. another year or two or even more and mebbe, but until there is a DAW that is better across the board, unless MS breaks Sonar with an update, why would i switch?.. 

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Same here.
Im still using Sonar. Many people are hitting the panic button. While everyone is surely free to make their own choices, Running out to buy a new DAW right now seems a little pointless to me.
Take some time to study the different features of different DAW's before making hasty decisions.
 

Sonar is great, but now no longer developed or supported. While it may go on working for a while, and I will go on working with it for a while, I need to get learning something that is still being developed and supported and will take me into the future and I don't want to lose a load of work if/when sonar does suddenly go foobar. I think that is the reason a lot of people are buying into a new DAW and especially now while there are special deals to make the cost of entry lower than any usual deals.

It's an hysterical world......Sonar is perfect in w10....i'm finishing two vinyl project and i really can't understand all this fear...working hard with the music...it will be all right!!

It's not fear. Maybe it is for some, but for me it's just the process of moving on with something that's going to be stable and reliable moving on.

35mm
Sonar is great, but now no longer developed or supported. While it may go on working for a while, and I will go on working with it for a while, I need to get learning something that is still being developed and supported and will take me into the future and I don't want to lose a load of work if/when sonar does suddenly go foobar. I think that is the reason a lot of people are buying into a new DAW and especially now while there are special deals to make the cost of entry lower than any usual deals.

I think that approach would be warranted even if Sonar was still a live product with active development - especially if it involves paying work. That is one thing that has been driven home to me over the past week or so: always have a contingency plan, and having ownership -- and solid knowledge -- of another DAW is really sensible.  

chuckebaby
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Same here.
Im still using Sonar. Many people are hitting the panic button. While everyone is surely free to make their own choices, Running out to buy a new DAW right now seems a little pointless to me.
Take some time to study the different features of different DAW's before making hasty decisions.
 

and then there is the boy scout approach (always be prepared).  There are some good deals for alternative DAWs until the end of the year, like Studio One pro for $125 for example.  If one of these appeal to you, why not pick it up now, and start learning it, before the sky falls?  This makes the learning a lot easier/less stressful, and you can start doing new projects in the new DAW sooner rather than later.  This may reduce the risk of being stuck with a bunch of Sonar projects that can't be finished when the inevitable happens (hopefully many years from now). 
 
One other benefit to this approach is you can start submitting feature requests to your new DAW vendor to get some of the great Sonar features into their product.

I have been using Cakewalk since the days of DOS and I am very sad to hear this. Twelve Tone Systems/Cakewalk was always a great company with great support. They deserve better than this.
 
There is always the hope that Gibson will consider selling the brand, but I doubt it, given their history.

I have to admit I was probably the first person to post a thread saying, "Don't panic" just after the news broke because people were rushing off screaming and waving their arms about as they fled to buy another DAW without even trialing it first and before any offers were in place. My point then was Sonar isn't going to suddenly stop working any minute now. And it's not. These deals are continuing for the rest of this year, so there is plenty of time for people to figure out what they are doing without running about like headless chickens. Now that the smoke has cleared I am sure there are some who are silently starting to regret their hasty decisions.

shawker
 
and then there is the boy scout approach (always be prepared).  There are some good deals for alternative DAWs until the end of the year, like Studio One pro for $125 for example.  If one of these appeal to you, why not pick it up now, and start learning it, before the sky falls?  This makes the learning a lot easier/less stressful, and you can start doing new projects in the new DAW sooner rather than later.  This may reduce the risk of being stuck with a bunch of Sonar projects that can't be finished when the inevitable happens (hopefully many years from now).

Exactly right. 
 
But then again I was a scout and took the oath, so I don't have a choice.