Godda say that for 4 and half weeks full on and a few hundred quid I now have and own Cubase 9.5 Eeh! with my well used (old leather smell) Sonar Platinum !... Result ... pissed at a company who (most probably) had the best, easy to use, musician friendly software DAW ever! **** of a decision and although the hippie side of me speaks in a soft, knowing voice “ Making a profit is key man … you know that” …... it helps to see so many CW users feeling the loss of this great company … and I bet their de funked staff have that bitter taste of betrayal like us all … yep it's a ****, but life, as they say, ****s on us all ... eventuality
 

Just before this gig I had $12 to my name. :-\ 
 
Well the choice would be easy, 1 spare cable or ( in Canada) 6 pack of beer. 
 
I guess I'm lucky and I do get paid enough at the few gigs I do to pay for my gear.I have enough cables, stands and mikes to do sound for 16 channels or more.   Some of it is 30 years old. I only play solo or as a duo these days and been slowly upgrading stuff we need for that as the money rolls slowly in. I certainly can't afford to waist $150 on another DAW. 
 
 

Cactus Music
Just before this gig I had $12 to my name. :-\ 
 
Well the choice would be easy, 1 spare cable or ( in Canada) 6 pack of beer. 
 
I guess I'm lucky and I do get paid enough at the few gigs I do to pay for my gear.I have enough cables, stands and mikes to do sound for 16 channels or more.   Some of it is 30 years old. I only play solo or as a duo these days and been slowly upgrading stuff we need for that as the money rolls slowly in. I certainly can't afford to waist $150 on another DAW. 
 
 

I'm a rags to riches to rags guy. There was a time I could go out and get whatever I needed/wanted anytime I needed/wanted it.  A series of unfortunate events changed all that.  The gigs I do get do pay nicely.  But ALL of it goes into paying bills and feeding myself (and my wife).  But 1 or 2 gigs a month doesn't support more than that. And getting a day job in my part of the country at my age - one that pays enough to make it worth having - is almost non-existent.
 
No pity party here, just facts of a life that went sideways without my consent.