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Just installed the latest Cakewalk by Bandlab update, I was just thinking they really have stayed good on their word to keep it free, and the updates are frequent, such a long list of fixes in the latest update.
And to think that in the past users had to pay hundreds of dollars for this software, looks like the free lunch is still continuing.
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Howdy....
I've been with Cakewalk since '94....starting with Cakewalk 3.0.
I've witnessed 25 years of it's evolution and growth.
Now there are many DAW programs to select from and they all have their place.
Gregg Hendershott was at the helm for along time but the DAW arena was changing quickly in the 90's.
To think that Cakewalk would end up being a free program would never have entered my pea brain.
I grew up with Cakewalk to that's where I'll stay.
I love the program and have every upgrade (except for 7.0) up through Sonar X3 Producer which is what I'm on now.
What I didn't do was get involved with the online 'subscription' thing....it never appealed to me.
I did install Bandlab's Cakewalk on my back up laptop.
The updating path process is a bit finicky and confusing to me but I stumbled on through.
Good weekend to all....
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I am also a Cakewalk user from the 90s. After it was announced there was no more support for SONAR I tried many other DAWs but came back to Cakewalk by BandLab once it was offered. I’m grateful it’s here but I still wonder what their business model is.
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I am also a Cakewalk user from the 90s. After it was announced there was no more support for SONAR I tried many other DAWs but came back to Cakewalk by BandLab once it was offered. I’m grateful it’s here but I still wonder what their business model is. Likewise....I guess I'm not that business astute. They must be generating a fund base from somewhere or the BANDLAB team is mainly donating time and update/fixes in the coding. (which I know absolutely nothing about) But...how long could that last?....I don't know. Back to it....
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I am still using Sonar X1.
If I ever update to a 64 bit system, I will certainly get the free Bandlab Cakewalk.
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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Herb, I found X1 to be the most problematic of all the versions of SONAR, before and after. X3 was stable, though.
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I have also used Sonar for years. I had Platinum on my system and installed Cakewalk by BandLab over it and it all worked fine.
Recently however, I installed the Vienna Smart Orchestra which would not work in Cakewalk. After some research we found an old DLL had an issue that created a problem. I deleted some older software I had on the system which got shy of the problematic DLL. In doing this I did a fresh install of Cakewalk. Doing so I uninstalled Platinum now I can no longer install the Concrete Limiter or the LA-CA and some of the other olde instruments. (Not that it matters I have other tools to do the job). There is a warning that the program required (Platinum) to run the plugin no longer exists on the PC.
Just a bit of a warning for those rebuilding.
Tony
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I also started with cakewalk 3.0 on floppy disk. Used cakewalk thru X1 as well now have Cake by bandlab. Don’t use it found Presonus studio one easier to use. I will say if studio one every went away I would not hesitate to use Cby Bdlb. It is a nice DAW.
Also spent a lot of time using RealBand and an Indy product called multitrackstudios
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I used Cakewalk for a very long time. When things blew up I decided to look around for something else. I got Studio One and have upgraded to version 5.1. It has become my main DAW.
I downloaded Sonar by BandLab yseterday. It has been a while so I do not remember every detail of the last version of Sonar I paid for. It looked more or less the same. Missing most of the old VST's and adding a few new ones.
I also use Reaper and had Audacity on the last hard drive. I might like to try Pro Tools First just to see how it works.
Due to the failure of my old computer system and a virus I just could not get rid of I formatted the drives and started over.
Over the years I have acquired a lot of software for many different reasons...some useful and some a waist of time.
I bought Trilian A year or so ago for a little less than $300. A bit pricey but a good bass VST. Now they want $10 for me to re-download the product. I am not going broke over $10 dollars but I though that was a pretty bad business practices and would negatively influence me buying anything else from Spectrasonics.
Like it or not companies will go belly up and hardware and software will become unusable. Of course it is a question of money but in many cases it is a bigger question of having to learn how to use the new stuff.
Ever hour I spend messing around with music software is one less hour I do not spend with a guitar or piano in my hands.
Cheers.
Billy
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I had little clue about DAW's when I chose to buy Cakewalk (X1 Studio?). I think the Cakewalk brand name was familiar to me though. Anyway, I upgraded and added Cakewalk plugins along the way to Sonar Platinum. And I put down another several bucks for the SPLAT lifetime subscription when it was first offered. Needless to say, I was fairly disgusted when that all went out the window.
I moved to SO when PreSonus offered a decent cross-grade deal. SPLAT still works just fine, but I don't use it.
Bandlab users got one heck of a DAW at one heck of price, that's for dang sure.
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