Cakewalk please send Cableguys a copy of sonar to test with their VST's

Not sure who Cableguys are but if they want a copy of Sonar for testing purposes, they should purchase it. It's called the cost of doing business!

It's not like Cableguys is a no name shop.  They have had stuff reviewed in some major magazines.

At least Cakewalk could have gotten back to them letting them know what the policy is.

The more plugs that work with Sonar the better off it will be as an app.  With the stiff competition and pricing models out there from Reaper, FL Studio, etc.  Cakewalk needs to do all they can to support VST developers. 

 
 
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It's not like Cableguys is a no name shop.  They have had stuff reviewed in some major magazines.

At least Cakewalk could have gotten back to them letting them know what the policy is.

The more plugs that work with Sonar the better off it will be as an app.  With the stiff competition and pricing models out there from Reaper, FL Studio, etc.  Cakewalk needs to do all they can to support VST developers. 

And I believe they DO try to support plug makers. I work for Acme Bar Gig...we had no problems obtaining an NFR of Sonar 8.5. However, we could not get one for X1 because we were told there were none left at the time. And trust me, we have an offer Sonar won't be able to refuse with hopes of making our "HeadCase" a permanent part of Sonar. We don't even want any money for it! :)
 
Just because you send an email doesn't mean you'll get a response. You have to be contacting the right person and it always helps to send an additional email asking if they have received your first email. Proper follow-ups are amazing in the world of business. The fact that you posted this publicly on a Sonar forum doesn't do your cause any good at all. If you don't work for Cableguys, let them do their own dirty work.
 
I had a pretty respectable Cakewalk guy contact me with a few questions a few weeks ago. I replied back to him instantly due to the nature of his questions and our business. He never replied back to me to tell me he received my response. I waited a few days and contacted him again to see that he got it, and indeed he did. Sometimes they get busy...sometimes something comes up...sometimes a nice follow-up is the remedy without posting publicly on their forum asking/pleading or telling Cake what they SHOULD be doing. Maybe they don't like Cableguys? Or, maybe they will contact them after the holidays. You have to understand, there are important issues that need to be dealt with....someone who needs something for free that may not be super popular right now is not going to hold precedence over things that are more important.
 
Cableguys may be in major magazines, but I've never heard of them until now and I'm pretty up to snuff with the latest plugs and manufacturers.  I admire your loyalty but I definitely wouldn't have went about it this way. I'd bet that Jakob would feel the same way if you told him what you did. I know Ken McLaren would be upset with me if I posted a message like this publicly on behalf of ABG. It just doesn't look right or sound right. Just my opinion. Best of luck.
 
-Danny

I totally understand...and like I said, I respect your loyalty. Maybe they WILL contact him at some point...or maybe he's not contacting the right person or something. I'm just super careful with what I post on forums when it comes to anything that may be business oriented. You never know who could be upset with it, know what I mean? :)

-Danny

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Not sure who Cableguys are but if they want a copy of Sonar for testing purposes, they should purchase it. It's called the cost of doing business!

+1

Sorry for only chiming in now. Cakewalk has just contacted us, which is great. We're not very well known yet, but grow constantly. We are getting lots of emails from users who ask how to setup up Sonar with our latest effect, MidiShaper (http://www.cableguys.de/midi-shaper.html), which allows for modulating other plugins via envelops and drawable LFOs. It gets lots of use in other hosts and we did tutorials videos on that, and would be happy to support our Sonar users too. So I guess exchanging NFRs is reasonable here. It's true that we had been a bit frustrated that we've sent out an NFR request and not gotten any reply for some time. But it might have also been due to using the wrong channel for contacting Cakewalk - we've used a contact form from the page. But it's sorted out now, Cakewalk just contacted us, so we are very thankful here.

trim the trailing ),

FWIW, Jakob is a great guy, and Cableguys plugins are amazing! I have no dog in this hunt, other than maybe I'll be able to make better use of MIDI-Shaper... I'm kind of surprised that more people aren't aware of Cableguys... it's not like they are trying to fly under the radar! Very pleased to hear that Cakewalk and Cableguys got it sorted out - companies that start with a "C" should be friends!

and Cableguys plugins are amazing

 
They do look pretty cool...   Like taking automation on steriods and packaging it into a single interface. 
 

> Very pleased to hear that Cakewalk and Cableguys got it > sorted out - companies that start with a "C" should be > friends! Even more that we offer the free PanCake - http://www.cableguys.de/pan-cake.html PanCakewalk Bundle would be great.. So we'll sort out how to exactly set up MidiShaper with Sonar, as it seems to be a bit tricky to do and we'll post a video on this in January. We know from a user that it can be done, but some things have to be regarded (MidiShaper only on Audio track? Only on instrument track? Eh?). If you've already done it and know how to, it would be very much appreciated if you post it here! Or drop us an email to contact@cableguys.de

my messages are all badly formatted

 
Are you using a newer version of Firefox?
 

ff >v4(?) is incompatible with this forum because they haven't updated the forum software, even though there's been many requests, and almost daily "where's my formatting gone" posts... has anyone tried the new ff9 yet? (i'm still on 8)