The more I think about this the angrier I get. Not just about the Sonar decision, but how it was handled. They offered a sale on the annual membership up through the end of October. That's just a few weeks ago. They had to know at that time that they were going to be doing this. And yet they screw their customers anyway. If I don't get a refund or at least a partial refund I'm going on a crusade to let everybody know to never buy any Gibson products and I just might sell my Les Paul also. There is a sense of right and wrong and how you treat your customers. Enticing your loyal customers to purchase an annual membership renewal on a product they knew they would no longer be developing is unethical and maybe illegal. The promise was to get monthly updates, which we will not get.

Thoughts and best wishes to the "Bakers". Thanks for the great products guys!

I m pragmatic , but with the most honesty i can have , i tried deeply and own pretty all alternative , and sonar is on crucial points untouchable ...simple stuff like xray , oversampling , screensets, real plugin layout and manager , templates , ect ...makes studio a no go for me and i don t even talk audio engine strongness , pdc , dsp optimisation for plugin calculation ect ...


So i see a brand buiying it or we guyz become the majority actionnaire and we buy the damn thing , if the bakers can communicate us the user data base , the minimal need for actual support (no dev but maintenace of the actual state of sonar ) we could estime what can be recoltee and what can be done

This is why I didn't buy into the lifetime updates which I guess only meant a year or so. Guitar sales are in decline and Gibson has been struggling to refinance their debts for some time. It was just a matter of time before this happened as they have been selling off or closing other units. The money I saved I was able to put toward another daw a year ago. Sad, but time marches on and no company lasts forever. Cakewalk with Sonar was just not remaining relevant to direction that music production is headed and pulling in enough new users. It will be interesting to see if there is an option for folks to get the final version of Sonar that don't have a current update plan. For me, I'm fine with the version I have if this isn't possible as I only keep it around for legacy projects.

This is so sad!  I've been using Sonar since Sonar 2 and have almost ever version of it up to and including a lifetime Sonar subscription.  I will ride the Sonar horse until it dies.  Until a new Windows version kills it maybe I will have a few more years.  Of course the concern I have is I am not sure I have complete installation file for it in the event my PC dies and I need to install it on a new DAW.  The news is just now getting out.  I sure hope a buyer steps forward to take Cakewalk over.  Why couldn't Ableton, or Propellerhead, take it over?  Sonar would enhance their product line. 

southpaw3473

jamesg1213

synkrotron

chuckebaby
I love this forum and would be willing to kick in some money to keep it going.

ditto

 
Me too. 

I'm in.

me too.

Hi-
 
Like many here, I started using Cakewalk when it first came out in the old DOS days. I stayed with it until the lifetime update offer, but had pretty much already switched to REAPER as my full-time DAW, with FL Studio as my “scratchpad.”
 
I haven’t been on these forums regularly for quite some time, but I saw a post on the REAPER forum about Gibson’s decision and wanted to check the comments and responses here. [BTW, I’m happy to see that so far, at least, there’s been no “glee” expressed on the REAPER forum about the news at all.]
 
I’m sad (in a sentimental way) about the news, since Cakewalk/Pro Audio/SONAR have been such a big part of my DAW experience for so long and because I’ve learned so much from the forums here and actually made a friend or two ;).
 
Here’s hoping for all the best for everyone involved.
 
P.S. I got a chuckle out of the post someone made about this answering the question whether or not there would ever be improvements to the Staff View ;)
 
-Susan
 

synkrotron
...I will treat any future demise with my beloved SONAR as an opportunity to move on and do something new...

I've been pretty depressed since I read the announcement this morning. I'm just finishing up the latest CD with my wife and son waiting for him to finish up drum parts for a couple songs. Hope Sonar lasts long enough for me to finish the album. Nobody can guarantee that Sonar will continue to run for days, months or years without some support.
 
From I can gather from posts on the forum, Studio One Pro seems to be the best choice for a replacement DAW. Time to start studying again...
 
Walt
 
Best wishes for the great crew from Cakewalk. They deserve better! 

Please say it isn't so.  Please someone buy this program.  It is great.  It needs perhaps a couple more tweaks but it is the best out there.  I have used it longer that some users have been alive.
 
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE - someone invest in this.   Should we form a co-op?


What is the price?
 
Berkshire-Hathaway  --- Warren Buffet - are you reading this?  Please help!!!

Who owns rights to the code base?
Can't whoever that it is take it home and get re-going on it?