SONAR on Mac, please!
 
My Intel i7 iMac is itching to run all the wonderful features in SONAR.

BobF

mgh

Ok I should have said flagship then. Still is not viable I think. Even Reaper only do 2 versions

Minor perhaps, but Reaper doesn't have two versions.  They have two license tiers for the same product

Sorry I meant they give you a license for two version numbers eg 3 and 4 but once 5.01 is out you need to purchase again. Or download for free of course

Very exciting to see what the news will be!  When I saw the image for the announcement, it made me think of Ableton.  I've not done anything in Matrix View in Sonar in a LONG time, so I'm not familiar with any developments that may have happened, but I'd love to be able to "lead the band" with Sonar as I do now with Ableton on the Mac OS X...namely the ease of recording and arranging on the fly during a performance.  I've been gigging with Ableton for a couple years now, so I'm spending more time on it overall, but if I needed to do a straight recording, I'd be more comfortable in Sonar.  I'd love to be able to mix those two together and have it cross platform.

bapu

dorism
It will be a brand new DAW built from the ground up.

For the Sinclair?

Hey I have one of those!
 
Know what I think?   I think Sonar is done.  The bakers are unveiling new software that will be way different, built from the ground up and maybe it will work with Macs also.  The old Sonar will still be supported and updates will happen, but not so consequential.  That is why lifetime updates will be feasible for Gibson/Cake.
 
Perhaps there will be a Staff based version...    
 
 

No email here, still waiting.....

bapu

e.Blue
 
...JMHO
 

See post #435 (above). This lifetime offer is for Platinum users only. 

Bapu, I'm not quite sure that I follow the point that you're trying to make. However, my guess is that they will do away with the non-SPLAT versions and just have one version like Logic and Pro-Tools Native. If they are porting to a new platform, it would probably make it significantly easier to only have to focus on one version. Which all ties into why they need to lower the price. Non Platinum users will probably get an 'offer-that-they-can't-refuse' to upgrade to the new single SONAR version.
 

mgh
I'm not sure. For years Noel and Seth have said it would be too hard to port Sonar to Mac, the base code being so intrinsic to Windows. ....

 
Maybe that's the point...After all of those years, they've finally realized that SONAR will never be taken seriously by the professional music industry until it runs on the 'industry-standard' hardware platform, which is unfortunately Apple's hardware. I honesty feel that for Cakewalk to survive another 5 years they can no longer afford to ignore the over-priced, apple-shaped elephant in the room. There is also the possibility that they have created a brand new DAW that is fully cross-platform compatible. It's not unheard of for companies to have 'fire sales' on their current product right before they release a brand new one. Whatever happens, I would imagine that the Gibson acquisition probably had something to do with it. 

This may be right. Clearly something has to change

Figured I'd throw out a guess...
 
Gibson have an advanced R&D center and a while back they hired the guy from Avid who led product development for the S3L console.  The S3L featured AVB (Audio Video Bridging) which enables synchronous delivery of audio streams over an Ethernet network (like Dante but more precise) so all audio could be routed to the console over Ethernet.
 
Lately we've seen DAW's become more integrated with live consoles (ProTools, StudioOne) so maybe Gibson/Cakewalk will announce a set of intelligent network controlled interfaces (and maybe a small console) for stage and studio that are fully integrated with SONAR for device control, live production, and recording.  Add wireless control, make the interfaces affordable and live production with SONAR becomes a reality.   Waves (with Tracks Live, Soundgrid and Digigrid network interfaces) is a similar integrated solution but it's not really a DAW and the network hardware is expensive. 
 
Anyway I'd like to see something like this in the future...

 "I honesty feel that for Cakewalk to survive another 5 years they can no longer afford to ignore the over-priced, apple-shaped elephant in the room. There is also the possibility that they have created a brand new DAW that is fully cross-platform compatible. It's not unheard of for companies to have 'fire sales' on their current product right before they release a brand new one. "
It would be unexampled to have a fire sale- free updates till eternity- on a product that is going to be dropped the next day... 
 
I just don't see they have been developing a new daw in secret either.... or that Sonar is to be Mac compatible when they have been denying this weekly for many years....

Andrew or Joey,
 
As mentioned in post #358 I still have not received anything after making sure I was subscribed.
 
Maybe CW should just initiate one large email blast to everyone instead of doing it piecemeal. I'm sure those that already got it won't mind getting it again.
 
I did renew SPlat last month so I believe I qualify to receive the emails. Not sure if length of being a customer matters but I've been a "Cakewalk" user since "Cakewalk" was a DOS application sometime in the last century, around 1991
 
I still think SONAR on Mac is possible, but then again that does absolutely zero for anyone that is on PC so I don't think that is it, unless there is something in addition to that as well.