Originally Posted By: chulaivet1966
Howdy Plano....

I use Cakewalk Sonar X3 Producer.
I stopped there as they went to the 'subscription' model which doesn't work for me.
Now, it's free from "Bandlab"
I grew up with Cakewalk 3.0 back in '94 so I'm quite comfortable with it.

I still employ some flat black boxes but I haven't done much midi since getting BIAB:
Roland MVS-1 (Vintage Synth)
Roland MBD-1 (Bass/Drums)
E-Mu Proteus FX (4 banks of patches)
Roland XV-5080 (about 8 banks of patches including drums)

Back to it....


If you have not "upgraded" to the Bandlab version you should. You can use everything you had in X3 producer with the "free" version from Bandlab. They have provided regular updates and patches since taking over the software and have made many improvements. All you old Cakewalk stuff works in the new version.

So all the bells and whistles you paid for in the producer version are still there and good. So you end up with a better product than those just now coming to Cakewalk, since you can't get some of that stuff anymore.

I was the same and have since moved over to the bandlab version and glad that I did. The improvements and such have been great. It works quite well and is very stable.

My wife asked if I had seen the dog bowl. I told her I didn't even know he could.