mudgel


I must have missed the press release that Cakewalk is now 100% owned by Roland. I thought they were only major share holders.

I would speculate that happened with Greg Hendershott’s retirement. Why would he retire? My guess would be he received a generous offer for his shares.  

Good point, that makes sense. I hope that SONAR will continue to be important to Roland and receives proper attention for future development and support so it can stay at the top of the DAW world.

Hi Everyone,

I just want to echo Brandon's thanks for the well wishes. When I started at Cakewalk in Tech Support I never thought I would make it all the way to Vice President but as "they say" if you are passionate about what you do, work is fun and you will have success. That success is as much thanks to you than anything else. Over the past 16.5 years I have had the privilege of meeting so many you, whether it is on the phone, email, this forum, or face to face in locations around the world. Many of you have even managed to sit though my videos and demonstrations too. :-)

Although we are now at Roland we are not far away and I am sure we will still be in-touch with you here and face to face. SONAR will always be in our DNA and we are looking forward to sharing all of Roland's recording products (including SONAR) with you.

You are truly the most passionate customers of any company, so thank you again for an amazing run and for your support throughout the years!

Best regards,

Robin

Congratulations to you Robin, and Brandon also. 

I started out life in a Yamaha family but moved to Roland products when I moved to the dark side of non-classical music. Great to see you guys there now.

Everyone was worried that when Greg Hendershott sold out to Roland that Roland was going to take over/ dismantle/neglect but I think Cakewalk and Sonar are looking better than I have ever seen them. Couldn't hurt to bring back P5 though 


So, slowly but surely, the Cakewalk Alumni are taking over Roland Corportaion  Well played Mr Hendershott, well played indeed.

backwoods


Congratulations to you Robin, and Brandon also. 

I started out life in a Yamaha family but moved to Roland products when I moved to the dark side of non-classical music. Great to see you guys there now.

Everyone was worried that when Greg Hendershott sold out to Roland that Roland was going to take over/ dismantle/neglect but I think Cakewalk and Sonar are looking better than I have ever seen them. Couldn't hurt to bring back P5 though 


So, slowly but surely, the Cakewalk Alumni are taking over Roland Corportaion  Well played Mr Hendershott, well played indeed.

Yes it is time for P5 to reemerge. 

Now that you guys have a cubicle at Roland, perhaps you could ask around and see who's in charge of V-Vocal now.

I wish all of the staff moving under the Roland umbrella the best of luck and good fortune going forward. I've found many of the staffers go way beyond the call of duty for their customers.

I must say however, that I've never seen good things happen when corporations gobble up smaller companies to diversify their customer base. It's a cycle. They grow fat and complacent and when things go bad they decide it's time to return to their core values. Sound familiar? The little companies they bought get trashed as they circle the corporate wagons and begin to divest.

Corporate mentality seems to work on 3 month cycles and have no patience for non performers. I hope all the folks involved are saving their pennies so they can buy the company back from Roland in a few years.

bitflipper


Now that you guys have a cubicle at Roland, perhaps you could ask around and see who's in charge of V-Vocal now.

Heh heh...
 
Yeah, first week on the job tick someone off guys!
Might want to ask about when you can take vacation time too!
 
Short lived career! "I workd for Roland.... for about a week."
Seriously tho, I think if they were to ask someone at Roland about V-Vocal the response would be, "V-what?"
 

ampfixer


I wish all of the staff moving under the Roland umbrella the best of luck and good fortune going forward. I've found many of the staffers go way beyond the call of duty for their customers.

I must say however, that I've never seen good things happen when corporations gobble up smaller companies to diversify their customer base. It's a cycle. They grow fat and complacent and when things go bad they decide it's time to return to their core values. Sound familiar? The little companies they bought get trashed as they circle the corporate wagons and begin to divest.

Corporate mentality seems to work on 3 month cycles and have no patience for non performers. I hope all the folks involved are saving their pennies so they can buy the company back from Roland in a few years.

It can be disconcerting when large companies buy up smaller companies. Roland Corp has merged with some of their previous acquisitions. Their use of Cakewalk by Roland branding though IMHO appears to suggest they intend to allow Cakewalk to manage Cakewalk at this time. 

 Good luck to you, Brandon and Robin!