You haven't figured out a solution for the mechanism, but what we're all worried about is that you'll suddenly not have jobs one morning when you go into work. IF you don't make the solution available, and soon, Gibson will **** us again. There is no doubt in my mind of this. Fix it before they cull you

donwilliams
As the creator of Overture, I have been a software developer for over 30 years in the music software industry. Before Overture I wrote Master Tracks Pro and Encore. During this time I have seen several music software companies fold that I was associated with, Gibson being the culprit of two of them.
 
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I apologize for the long-winded post but really wanted to you to know it hurts to see such a good company killed by gross mismanagement and that it is no way a reflection of Cakewalks’ personnel.

 
Thank you for adding your perspective, Don. This aligns with several stories others have relayed. Your offer looks interesting. You might get with a forum host to see if there is an appropriate place to put this, as there have been other offers presented.

donwilliams
 
Last spring two of us flew to Boston to meet with Cakewalk to worked out a deal to put very, very, good notation is Sonar and add some of my upcoming products in the Cakewalk store. The notation would contain 80% of what Overture can do and was to have full integration with Sonar. 
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Right now, we are having an Epic sale through December 1st of Overture 5 for $75. This low price is in no way a reflection of problems here and Sonic Scores is not in financial trouble and I have always believed in affordable prices for good software. In fact, next year will be my best year in twenty-five years. If any of you Sonar users would like to purchase Overture 5, I will make an offer to you for $50. This is not a subscription price and is the full version.
 

First, Gibson was dumb for passing on that deal. They must have known they were shutting down Cakewalk at that time. Getting Overture like notation in Sonar would have been awesome. 
 
Second, how do we take you up on the $50 offer? Overture is a great notation program well worth $50. Sorry, I got excited and skipped the bottom of your post. Put me in for the offer. Notation software, to me, always seems clunky, so I love the single-window interface. 
 
Regards, 
 
AO

Thanks.

Before SONAR (with a few stops in between) I used Master Tracks Pro, my first sequencer.

Your timeline and insider info puts some things into perspective.

I may take you up on the Overture offer.

donwilliams
As the creator of Overture, I have been a software developer for over 30 years in the music software industry. Before Overture I wrote Master Tracks Pro and Encore. ...
 
If I get a few requests after this post, I'll create a Sonar coupon code to get the price to $50.
 
If you all feel this is inappropriate feel free to have Cakewalk remove the post.
 
Thanks for listening,
Don Williams
President,
Sonic Scores

Don Williams is the real deal. I was involved with Don in trying to get notation into SONAR, and Don was more than reasonable at all stages of the effort. He really wanted to make it happen. So did I.
 
I would highly recommend that anyone who wants really good notation check into Overture 5. 

donwilliams
 
If I get a few requests after this post, I'll create a Sonar coupon code to get the price to $50.
 
 

Thanks for your post, interesting.
 
Even though I already have a couple of programs that can handle notation and have Cubase on the way, I would certainly get Overture if offered for 50 bucks.

I would take you up on the offer Don too !

I thank you all and yes it was Craig Anderton that worked very hard to make the deal work with Cakewalk and Gibson. I didn't want to mention his name because of the situation. Craig I thank you for your efforts.
 
Enter the following coupon code for the full version of Overture 5. This will reduce the sale price down to $50. I figure at this price it doesn't hurt to have another tool around. Our forum is very helpful with questions.
 
Here is a direct link if the forum will allow it: 
 
sonar50
 
Also, there is a hidden feature called user presets that you may want to use if you work with plugins. It is undocumented because it is still in development and will change a bit within the next month or two. If you search the forum you can learn how to use it. It basically let's you setup a track with all the parameters set including key switches and save it as a preset that can be loaded later. Because of this new feature that is coming we do not support as many sample libraries with sound maps as good as we should. The new feature will be much cooler.
 
Good luck and thank you for your posts.

Thanks Don for that great offer, sign me up for that to! and thanks for sharing your story   

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