Wow that's hard news to dish out in the run up to Xmas. I feel for the staff at Cake who have been utterly shafted by Gibson. I've recently built a new studio laptop based around S Plat so this is doubly disappointing, but I'll keep using the software for as long as it remains functional in the hope it can be revived.

If the forum goes, I'll just say that it's been a privilege to share songs, tips and banter with you guys.

Best to all

Andy

The Best DAW out there is no longer out there... what a crappy turn of events.  seems a waste of money on Gibson's part to buy it and then kill it.    I was gonna buy a les paul but now I have to funnel my money into choosing another DAW... I think I'm gonna boycott Gibson... very disappointed Gibson!@! 

Susan G
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

Heh. Yes, this occurred to me as well. 

Big shame. I started with Cakewalk 5 and stuck with Cakewalk, then Sonar until I switched to Mac in 2010. Then for various reasons I switched back to PC last year and decided to return to the latest version of Sonar. I was so pleased with how it had developed! I will stick with Sonar, but without updates there'll come a day when I'll be forced to find (and learn) something new  

THIS IS HEARTBREAKING!!!@!!!

There should be a big post on the Cake store...."btw we're closing up Cakewalk".

Another repeat statement....Gibson is dead to me.

Over the years I've probably spent $1,500 on upgrades to my DAW since starting with Cakewalk. I know that doesn't give me any leverage with Henry Juszkiewics. He'll do fine, even if I get burned. But I'm not in the studio business; I don't make money recording, and my budget for software, computers and musical equipment is right around zero. I'm already looking at other DAWs, but until today I was feeling pretty good about not having to spend another dime on my "lifetime" subscription to SONAR. I wouldn't know Gibson's CEO if I bumped into him at the NAMM show or someplace, and I'm not a violent person anyway, but if I were Juszkiewics I'd keep a low public profile for a while.
 
PS: Studio One Pro 3.5 is on sale right now. Sweetwater's price is US$200.

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

That's a good point.

I hope the staff that aren't off to a different department find re-employment soon. Whichever way, its an uncertain time and I feel for you, I hope you make it through with a minimum of stress and grief.

Wow, what a way to start a day.
 
Like others, my heart goes out to all the Bakers. I hope everyone gets a nice severance and takes some well-earned time off before finding great opportunities elsewhere!!
 
I've been using Cakewalk since, uh, I think I got on-board right before audio was added to the mix, so that's Cakewalk 4.0 I think. Man, that's a long time, and I know SONAR pretty well, I'm not excited about learning another DAW (or purchasing it).