This is crazy news. Gibson as a company, is appalling. To shut down one of the best DAWs out there is insane.
I am really, really hoping that someone else picks it up, considering the thousands and thousands of loyal users that exist.
 
Shame on you Gibson.

aidanodr
 

MS is not interested in the audio world - it's too small potatoes in comparison to the home use and business use world which is what they have the market in.

My view on this would be different. MS is pushing subscription cloud based software plans for a while now .. ie OFFICE 365. Surely CAKEWALK fits in with this due to its subscription payment thing of recent times? 

Cakewalk doesn't, and has never had a subscription payment thing.

exitthelemming

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It's like a death in the family!

 

No, it really isn't. Only someone who is emotionally _________ would actually say or believe that. Reality check: A software product you've enjoyed using extensively over a long period of time will no longer be updated. Deal with it. Try googling: Grief counselors for discontinued computer applications re Opcode Vision et al
 

So a guy with an avatar of Keith Emerson cannot be empathetic to those of us who have invested so much time and money into this tool? You must be the CEO of Gibson.
 
I have projects in Sonar that are unfinished and ones that I revisit and update over the years. Now it's possible I won't be able to access those projects if Sonar no longer functions after some future Windows upgrade.  Plus all of the tools that's I've spent countless hours learning to use that won't function in some other tool I'll have to use to replace Sonar. This is all pretty devastating to me. 

SONAR can do Projects with up to 400 GB of tapes and vinyl. Recordlength up to 80 hours.
And then splitting 80 hours of tapes into thousends of clips.
 
SONAR has a very fast handling to split thousends of clips and zoom them in and out with the mousewheel. Also it's very easy to apply the effects to the clips and mark them as "done".
I checked other DAWs the last years, they do this very slower and uncomfortable.
At the moment I try to check Studio One. But at the moment I don't see the possibility to render an effect to its own clip. Even scrolling through hours of audio is not so comfortable. Even zooming in Studio One is not so good, because you can not change the zoom-factor.
 
The next point is: We need to change 14 computers.
 
And even if I turn of internet SONAR needs to re-authorize after dynamik changing the IP-Adress in the network.

Karyn

aidanodr
 

MS is not interested in the audio world - it's too small potatoes in comparison to the home use and business use world which is what they have the market in.

My view on this would be different. MS is pushing subscription cloud based software plans for a while now .. ie OFFICE 365. Surely CAKEWALK fits in with this due to its subscription payment thing of recent times? 

Cakewalk doesn't, and has never had a subscription payment thing.

True .. sorry .. my bad.
 
I meant at least something similar in that option to pay monthly/yearly rather than outright. At least a tad closer than other software out there?

 My only issue with someone taking over Sonar is the licensing.  Over the years I spent more time using other DAWs. What I loved about Sonar is the authorization. They always had an "I trust you" attitude towards the end user.  I've always supported them based on this.  I have SPLAT installed on all of my systems. I doubt this flexible licensing would exist under Microsoft.  As with my Sony products they are on 2 machines.  When Magix decides to have a 2 machine authorization I will buy their licenses.
 
 

Thank Cakewalk staff team for best Software I will miss you
sorry about my english I am thai peoples

kitekrazy1
 My only issue with someone taking over Sonar is the licensing.  Over the years I spent more time using other DAWs. What I loved about Sonar is the authorization. They always had an "I trust you" attitude towards the end user.  I've always supported them based on this.  I have SPLAT installed on all of my systems. I doubt this flexible licensing would exist under Microsoft.  As with my Sony products they are on 2 machines.  When Magix decides to have a 2 machine authorization I will buy their licenses.

 
Office 365 Home .. you can install on up to 5 separate computers.

And no I am not a huge MS fanboy .. I just install it lots as I have my own small IT and Web company
 

I feel like the money I spent on a 12 month license last weekend was essentially planting a dying tree on my front lawn.

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I only just heard. It's like a death in the family! Don't really know what to say that hasn't been said already. Such ****e news! I don't know what the chances are of Cakewalk living on and Sonar continuing to have a happy future. I guess that's all we can hope for at the moment until there is more info. I won't be switching to a new DAW just yet.
 
In case this forum suddenly disappears, thank you so much Cakewalk. I have used your software for many years and loved it dearly. I hope the bakers can keep baking. Gibson, screw you!

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