To put out a statement by Gibson that Gibson/ Phillips is prepared to kill the hopes and dreams of musicians who trusted and invested in there Gibson/Phillips Brand is disgusting.

It’s out now for the world to read and for people from all walks of life to know how Gibson/ Phillips made it public that they are prepared to desert anyone any customer any friend at any cost without any emotion. In there formal statement there is nothing but me myself and I ringing out the Gibson /Phillips Brand and it’s clear they never thought about us and about the destructive cost on the cakewalk customers, no thoughts lines words in a cold statement worthy of compassion or understanding for wait for it Gibson/Phillips .

SHAME ON YOU GIBSON / PHILLIPS , how cold your statement was is how cold your future will be. Seriously

We are all going to do the same, we are going to focus on us individually but as a whole and now and then and when we go shopping on the net or in person we will put other brands before yours because you deserve to feel the way we all feel / DESERTED WORTHLESS .

RIP Gibson/Phillips

PS I will be making sure that I post every day about you formal statement everywhere in all the music corners and all the consumer products corners and I will never stop because you broke my heart and now you will pay the price ahhhhhh forever .

Bye XO

Dont worry! Sonar has a fairly decent following and another company might get it in a firesale after the receivers have Gibson.

This, unfortunately, is how big corporations work. They are only answerable to their shareholders. Not the customers.

To be honest, when I heard Gibson had purchased Cakewalk from Roland, I felt some concern.  It would appear that my misgivings were well founded.
 
I have been a 'Gibson person' since I bought my first J-45 back in the 60s.  Over my life, I have owned dozens of Gibson guitars.  I have watched the quality of their instruments and customer service decline as their prices rose.  My last Gibson was an ES-Les Paul.  It cost more than $3500.  It was made from cheap plywood and the finishing work was so bad that the company that I bought it from gave it a free, complete fret job before I took delivery.  I cost me more than $500 to get it to play properly.  I sent a list of the problems that I had found to Gibson, and never got any kind of response from them.  Recently, I sold the Les Paul and purchased a Paul Reed Smith semi-hollow body guitar that played like a dream right out of the box and cost significantly less that the Les Paul. 
 
My recent experiences with the company, and this travesty with Sonar (They were obviously considering dumping Sonar when they offered the life-time upgrade package) means for me, that I will never buy another Gibson product.
 
This whole thing just makes me sad.

There was a list recently published of the top 20 DAWs and Sonar was #8 beating out Pro tools.
I'm sorry but I just cant see a DAW that beats out Pro tools being sacked.
 
Only my personal opinion:
I think Cakewalk will be bought by someone else. Here's the kicker though, Don't expect your licenses for Sonar to be honored. You'll have to buy a new license (Seems like a great way to make money off a dedicated, loyal customer base).
 
Sad thing is... I would probably buy it full price because of my love for this Software.
I also share the same thoughts as others on this thread about Gibson and its lack of contact at a time when users are panicking about what they will do. Yes im grateful they have left the servers (and this forum) open for us but they would have looked a little better had they given us a little more than what we have now... which is "we don't even know".

Yeah.... I'm foolish too!
 
I would gladly buy a new copy from the new owners if it was truly a continuation of the Sonar line and way of thinking.... Small price to pay for continued life!
 
The measly cost of the lifetime updates was less than the cost a yearly update used to cost me so I've gotten my money's worth already....
 
Someone... Make it so!
 

I can't grasp this being the end of Sonar... 

Reading the comments by ProTools concerning Cakewalk, it's clear Avid isn't having an easy time either.
 

if you think those rich s.o.b,s care you are a fool
 

flashdharma
My recent experiences with the company, and this travesty with Sonar (They were obviously considering dumping Sonar when they offered the life-time upgrade package) means for me, that I will never buy another Gibson product.

 
Just to set the record straight, it was the opposite case with the lifetime updates. They were part of an overall plan that made a lot of sense and was intended to establish a more secure future. That plan was dropped by the people who ended up running Cakewalk, not by Gibson, which had always been pretty much hands-off with Cakewalk.
 
Remember I was fired unceremoniously by Gibson so it doesn't do me any good to say this. From where I'm sitting, which admittedly did not include day-to-day involvement with Cakewalk, Gibson didn't kill Cakewalk but instead buried the body. 
 

This whole thing just makes me sad.

Me too. I think SONAR was a fantastic program, and some very passionate and dedicated people worked there.