paulo

Resonant Serpent
As soon as I purchased a lifetime license, all mails ceased.

Totally the opposite for me. I used to ask all the time to be included on the list and hardly ever got any until I bought lifetime and they started straight after, the first few asking if I'd like to but lifetime updates (!)
 
 

So, did you buy a second copy then?

paulo
Thanks. Didn't think to look in the basement.

Well at least it's a funnier thread in the "basement".

My account has said "subscribed" for years..... and I haven't received any emails of any kind in years!

Well, that was bizarre. I went to my account to check on the newsletter. When the page loaded, it said "Unsubscribed". Before I could hit the Edit Account Details button, it changed to "Subscribed".

Yes, the email is legit. I had a look at that specific email's header, and it came through Marketo, CW's usual automated bulk-mailer service. My mail client (Thunderbird) routinely thinks it's spam, but it's how CW Marketing chooses to send out bulk mail.

Jesse G
The video was sooooo strange and a bit Cryptic.   I thought I saw some of "Ableton Live" in the video???
 

It did kinda look that way, didn't it? So I guess it's not a Sonar-internal thing, but an add-on that can work with other DAWs as well. 

The video restarted itself for me as well which was odd, then ran fine. Not quite sure what it is since it appears it may be a mobile app for rough tracking with a plugin-like app to bridge to a DAW.

I think it's Cakewalk's app for capturing ideas on the go with your smartphone, or wherever.  Propellerheads (now Allihoopa, a Props spin-off corp) has had an app like this for a while now called Take (and another called Figure for beats).  Younger people love this stuff apparently and so I believe Cakewalk is fairly astute in doing this, trying to change with a changing market -- if indeed that's what it ends up doing.  Sort of a lightweight idea catcher that works wherever you are. 

The email header says: Introducing Momentum for iOS/Android/Mac/Win/VST/AU/AAX

I think it's fairly harmless folks.  Optional even.

Check out Take for WTF I am talking about lol

https://allihoopa.com/apps/take
 

Edit:  They now also have something called SoundTrap that looks even more capable for on the go stuff:

https://allihoopa.com/apps/soundtrap

This is where things are going folks.
 

I got email, it's legit.
 
It was Ableton live also, I think they were showing how to port into a DAW. It's looks a little like Loopy and I'm guessing is a pretty sweet spot to aim for in the market. I'd use to quickly build up an idea on the go and then slurp it into SONAR to continue. Hope it's great. And cheap for us. ;-)
 

I was surprised this wasn't the top thread when I checked in. I just saw the video on my phone and came straight to my computer when I got home to follow up!