Yeah, the real turn downhill started when Greg Hendershott sold the company. And it only took the big businesses of Tascam, Roland and Gibson 5 years to kill off a successful company.
 
So... long time no chat, G-Bo. How's life? Is OK still ok? You still playing IT superhero?    

Ruben
Yeah, the real turn downhill started when Greg Hendershott sold the company. And it only took the big businesses of Tascam, Roland and Gibson 5 years to kill off a successful company.

 
Those BIG "corpse" also ran me off as one of the annual $179 upgrade income streams.
 

So... long time no chat, G-Bo. How's life? Is OK still ok? You still playing IT superhero?   

I'm doing great! Hope you are well too.  I took the advice of guys like Dave Ramsey and even more so, Mr. Money Mustache and paid off my house, my cars, my credit cards, built up savings and then retired at 59 years old.
 
I only fix computer/software problems now when I really want to fix computer/software problems!   My ex-boss is 75, still has to work, and owes at least ten more years on his house!  That's what he gets for living beyond his means.   :-)

Madre mia, desde España, acabo de enterarme, esto es una putada en toda regla, llevo con sonar mas de 25 años, me suscribo de por vida, y todo este montaje lo quieren quemar, no puede ser hay tanto esfuerzo que me resulta increible todo esto.
Confio que un angel tome las riendas de este corcel tan lleno de vida y sueños.
No se si lo tomara microsoft rezo para que encuentren una solucion a todo.......

What happen if my computer crashes, since I relied on "My Product" to store and keep my registration codes, and I don't have these codes, because my computer did crash and I did not store my registration codes anywhere else; I've checked...?

Wonderful to see you! Wish it was for better reasons. This is truly one of the best and most active communities of music production enthusiasts anywhere. A huge asset for any company.

The Brandon and Seth Show:
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VH9W1MD80kk

why is everyone sad for Sonar
They just cut your hard earnt cash out and will probably go into liquidation and start a new company up somewhere else and take your money all over again. That is what businesses do .
There is no customer loyalty in this world anymore.
At least they should pay the lifetime updaters their money back as one year is a very short life !!
Life's a bi tch ain't It!!

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facelessproduction
Your early and fast adoption of 64bit technology on the market had my first attention and interest of the products Cakewalk made over 10 years back. It were Cakewalk that had the lead roll of 64bit technology, 64bit DAW and 64bit audio-engine that made eventually others, software manufactures follow in same direction and adapting to 64bit technology too example Steinberg, Studio One, Logic Pro, Reaper, AVID Pro Tools, Waves, Native Instruments etc.

When did Cakewalk start with a 64bit audio engine ?

Reaper has had a 64bit audio engine since it started, back in 2005.

Sonar 5 came out about 2005 with the first 64 bit DAW.
Reapers wasn’t available as 64 bit until about 2009 according to Wikipedia

The only reference from wikipedia about 64bit is about osx and windows 64 bit os being supported.
 
A post from a thread from gearslutz in 2007 which is an interview with Justin Frankel refers to the audio engine.
 
https://www.gearslutz.com/board/1221556-post2.html
 

You claim was about Reaper. Look up Reaper then go to the Wikipedia entry that’s where I got the info.

This is very sad. Been with Cakewalk since it was just a DOS sequencer and no audio. We would sync it up with ADATs and trigger our drum/synth sounds with it. Always sucks when good products go to the wayside. Seems like someone would pick it up. Maybe the employees? Open sourcing it should also be a consideration, but I suspect that won't happen. 
 
Having said that, due to other projects I have also maintained a Pro Tools subscription, and I also keep Reaper on my machine. I can honestly do just about anything I need (YMMV) with Reaper, but PT is more ubiquitous and easier to collaborate online. I also prefer the signal routing on PT even more so than Sonar and Reaper. In any case, I wish everyone luck in finding a new DAW. There are good ones out there.

ivanh3Having said that, due to other projects I have also maintained a Pro Tools subscription, and I also keep Reaper on my machine. I can honestly do just about anything I need (YMMV) with Reaper, but PT is more ubiquitous and easier to collaborate online. I also prefer the signal routing on PT even more so than Sonar and Reaper. In any case, I wish everyone luck in finding a new DAW. There are good ones out there.

Could you give an example of what kind of routing you can do in PT that you can't do in REAPER, or is it just easier to get there in PT?  I have both Sonar and REAPER and am just curious.