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Sadly, as some of you might know already, Cakewalk by Bandlab will be disabled in August... from your computer, as their "authorization" is tethered.
They did release a "free" non-subscription version of their "new" Sonar. Which has some features of the previously (free) Cakewalk by Bandlab gone.
No perpetual license options for full featured Sonar. Potentially they can pull the rug under at any time (just as they about to do), because new "free" version is also tethered.
Personally, I have very mixed, mostly negative feelings about their politics. In my view, they should have at least given advanced 6-12 month notice before shutting it down. Or, if they are confident about their products, unlock Cakewalk by BL and let people make the choice.
P.S. According to a 2024 survey of over 5,000 DAW users, Cakewalk is used by 1.30% of music producers—down from 1.66% in 2023. (chatgpt). Interesting how these numbers will change in a few months.
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Previous post on this topic here. Sigh. I was a Cakewalk power user back in the day. But that was a lot of days ago...
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Sigh. I was a Cakewalk power user back in the day. But that was a lot of days ago... As was I. I went from Pro Audio 7, 8, and 9, (IIRC) to Sonar 1, 2, and 3. When they went under I tried a number of other DAWs and found with Studio One Pro. I have been very happy with it.
Whenever I get something stuck in the back of my throat, I dislodge it by drinking a beer.
It's called the Heineken Maneuver.
64 bit Win 10 Pro, the latest BiaB/RB, Roland Octa-Capture audio interface, a ton of software/hardware
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There is a trend on the Internet that I dislike. Offer something for free, and when people get their work invested in it, start charging for it. That's a bit like bait and switch, isn't it?
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There is a trend on the Internet that I dislike. Offer something for free, and when people get their work invested in it, start charging for it. That's a bit like bait and switch, isn't it? Well, there is still a free version available.
You can find my music at: www.herbhartley.comAdd nothing that adds nothing to the music. You can make excuses or you can make progress but not both. The magic you are looking for is in the work you are avoiding.
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I've been using the Cakewalk product line from the start. A friend I know was using it back in the DOS midi sequencer days. When I first saw that, it was so cool but at the time I wasn't into computers and midi was a mystery.
I started with Cakewalk Pro 8 Deluxe. Due to some issues with sharing a work computer and needing to update the OS, that version stopped working on the new OS. I got back in some time later with Music Creator 4 (MC4) followed by MC5, and MC6, then cross-grading to Sonar, and then to Cakewalk by BandLab..... and now back to Sonar.
I bought those with the exception of MC5 & MC6 which I received gratis from Cakewalk. MC5 was from a contest win and MC6 was as a beta tester. Of course the BL stuff has been free as well.
You can find my music at: www.herbhartley.comAdd nothing that adds nothing to the music. You can make excuses or you can make progress but not both. The magic you are looking for is in the work you are avoiding.
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I've been using the Cakewalk product line from the start. A friend I know was using it back in the DOS midi sequencer days Howdy Herb.... I started out with Voyetra with the magenta colored squares of midi content. Likewise....I started with C'walk 3.0 and back in '94/'95 and obviously it was just MIDI only. I purchased the Roland JV-30 keyboard at the same time and got busy. I looked back on that era very fondly because as a (wannabe) song writer/rhythm guitarist it was a great leap forward in recording tool options. I stayed with C'walk and only missed about 2-3 version upgrades. I've been with X3 Producer ever since and had no issues. But, I was totally turned off by the new subscription process and I knew X3 was all I needed. A great day to all.
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For what its worth, this old dog started with Cakewalk back in one of the MIDI only versions, and I’ve stayed with it all through the years, even when it looked like it was dead and buried. If you never have much use for MIDI, I guess any old DAW will do, but I’ve done so much with MIDI it’s the first thing I look at in a DAW. When it looked like Cakewalk was gone forever, I looked around briefly and some DAWS had no midi implementation at all and most of the rest were poor compared to Sonar. To be honest, I didn’t really think that Cakewalk was going to remain free for ever when BandLab revived it. I also saw long ago that things were forming up for most if not all software companies to move to a subscription model. I’m gladly paying the BandLab membership fee and using Sonar ostensively for free as a perk of my membership (yeah, it’s still a subscription). If you look at the yearly membership, and think back to how much we used to pay every year for the next upgrade, we are actually getting off cheaper now. And that’s not even accounting for inflation. I got a discount this year and paid abut $100 for the membership ($125?). By comparison, BIAB isn’t subscription and with yearly 2025 upgrade, extras, and taxes I paid $357 and change. I know that everyone detests subscriptions, but you are usually paying less a year than when we had to purchase a lifetime license, plus you are getting continuous updates instead of having to wait until the end of the year for a rushed out and buggy program. I know there are other strong opinions out there, but that’s mine.
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