I'm very happy that Cakewalk didn't let their pride get in the way of a good business decision. Sometimes you just have to cut your losses and move forward.
 
Good on you Cakewalk.

So, I moved away from Windows long ago due to MS paranoid policies and insecurities it poses as a platform that tries (poorly) to make it suitable for IT to manage at the expense of its own users (even when that user exclusively owns and manages the device).
 
If Mac has a bad name with creatives I haven't heard anything about it except perhaps folks wished for a bit more RAM and speed with last year's batch of MBPr (which is an industry-wide/transistor-shrinking problem). <edit>I failed to mention Apple's port debacle, which I surely hope and assume they will remedy in the next gen</edit>. At least to this software developer and creative it is still considered by FAR the least of all evils. So I guess I took the bait when I was offered Sonar Pro for life with the promise that Sonar was going to run on a Macbook natively. I'm sort of aghast that CodeWeaver was their plan for transitioning to Mac - I bet some middle management and not the developers came up with that. Whoever it was... they sold a bill of goods within Cakewalk and then their marketing department sold that bill to us for only $199... for life.
 
Anyway, guess I'm the sucker now. Thanks parent company Gibson!
 
    "we have begun to explore new ideas and initiatives that will reach more musicians on more platforms"
 
Greeaaaat... I'll look forward to that.
 
 

I am sorry for the Mac users out there and I sincerely respect you and do not want to slight you in any way, but I am actually happy with this announcement. Again, nothing against the Mac users, but I am all for keeping SONAR the absolutely most dominant DAW on the Windows platform. Also, I am hoping that this kicks development for "Ripple Editing" into high gear.
 
It's actually a wise decision as Windows is becoming quite proficient with pro audio. I am good with SONAR continuing to be the king of the hill on Windows.

Lifetime updates for $199 was a great deal. Period.

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Lifetime updates for $199 was a great deal. Period.

 
Lifetime updates and a Native Mac version for $199  was THE deal. Period.
Granted, corporate integrity hasn't been invented yet.
 
Add insult to injury: Sonar Home Studio only. Why even bother?

Totally understand and I'm perfectly happy with it under Bootcamp...
 
But it would be fun to check out and to use for sharing work with mac users...
 
Sadly, I can't get it to install. here. Command Center installs and runs, downloads Sonar.
1st try file was corrupted and it wouldn't install.
2nd try CCC reports success, turns green, but still says install.
Trying to run Sonar and error msg. pops up saying I don't have authorization. So I add read/write for myself manually and try again. this time it says something to the affect of "You can’t open the application “SONAR Mac Prototype.app” because it may be damaged or incomplete."
 
Gonna try yet another download???
Did I miss something in the removal (uninstall) of the first attempt?
<sheesh>.... I never have this much trouble with Sonar on a Windows machine! ;-)
 

Well that's to bad. I understand why but am a little disappointed. I'm not sure where the "creatives are moving away from Mac.." sentiment comes from . Certainly not my experience at all. Entirely the opposite in fact.
Glad they're not moving forward if it's not Mac from the ground up. Conversion compilers never work as well as you would hope , especially not for complex software like sonar.
I wish nothing but the best to Cakewalk !

Creatives are moving away from Apple hardware in my surroundings. They're still on OSX but at least three creative professionals around me have built/ordered hackintoshes. Mostly because of the idiotic trashbin design Mac Pro though.

Sorry for the mac owners out there but not if you spent money hoping SONAR for Mac would solve the world's problems.  Never put hope before experience.  I always read the pronouncements as "trying."  I don't remember a promise to deliver a Mac version, just that was the plan to try to.  Without hurting the PC side of things.  I don't know if Cake spent much money and time that interfered with the PC programming, but we all have a access to a mac version of SONAR now.
 
Maybe Cake can resurrect P5 for Mac, and solve two wishes with one fish.  I'd actually buy a mac then.  But there is probably more money in doing more apps like Scratchpad.
 
Mush, Cake, on to the new Matrix revolutions!

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Maybe Cake can resurrect P5 for Mac, and solve two wishes with one fish.  

Yes, please. :)