I've been off for quite a while and I've just discovered, and I cannot believe, as a former Sonar user, that Cakewalk has been rescued from a practical death and that Sonar is now a free product...
Really ? The full Sonar DAW, free ? That's great news. But how is it possible ? Where is the flow of money supposed to come from ? Or is this pure charity ?
Sonar, free ?
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- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 3265 posts since 22 Sep, 2003 from under the sun
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- KVRAF
- 15269 posts since 8 Mar, 2005 from Utrecht, Holland
Speculations: http://forum.cakewalk.com/how-does-band ... 32858.aspx
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- KVRAF
- 35424 posts since 11 Apr, 2010 from Germany
Good question. Noone knows, I guess.Wopelka wrote: ↑Thu Oct 18, 2018 7:18 am I've been off for quite a while and I've just discovered, and I cannot believe, as a former Sonar user, that Cakewalk has been rescued from a practical death and that Sonar is now a free product...
Really ? The full Sonar DAW, free ? That's great news. But how is it possible ? Where is the flow of money supposed to come from ? Or is this pure charity ?
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- KVRian
- 571 posts since 14 Nov, 2005 from León, Spain
Well, they are actually investing in development and support. The product is getting updates almost at the same pace it did when it was Gibson´s. I do not know what Meng´s strategy is, but if he gets a good position in Asia I am sure that there is money there to be earned somehow.
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- KVRian
- 571 posts since 14 Nov, 2005 from León, Spain
Actually, it is not just Sonar, it is much better. Most development now seems to be going to improve it, with less new features in the updates. It is getting monthly updates, though.Wopelka wrote: ↑Thu Oct 18, 2018 7:18 am I've been off for quite a while and I've just discovered, and I cannot believe, as a former Sonar user, that Cakewalk has been rescued from a practical death and that Sonar is now a free product...
Really ? The full Sonar DAW, free ? That's great news. But how is it possible ? Where is the flow of money supposed to come from ? Or is this pure charity ?
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- KVRian
- 571 posts since 14 Nov, 2005 from León, Spain
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- KVRian
- 826 posts since 25 Aug, 2006
You can read all 12+ pages of this or any other Cakewalk Sonar Bandlab thread:
viewtopic.php?f=7&t=512382
or read my summary:
Person 1: This is really cool, they're updating this nice free software.
Person 2: This is terrible. Sonar in all its forms has always sucked, sucks now, and will forever suck. Just to prove my point I will argue endlessly and scout the web for proof that it sucks. Thus proving my point, Sonar sucks so bad it's prevented me from making music without even using it.
I'm interested in where Meng/Bandlab take it. There was an article on Meng that described him as a "life long musician and music super fan." That can't be worse than a buracratic bean counter.
viewtopic.php?f=7&t=512382
or read my summary:
Person 1: This is really cool, they're updating this nice free software.
Person 2: This is terrible. Sonar in all its forms has always sucked, sucks now, and will forever suck. Just to prove my point I will argue endlessly and scout the web for proof that it sucks. Thus proving my point, Sonar sucks so bad it's prevented me from making music without even using it.
I'm interested in where Meng/Bandlab take it. There was an article on Meng that described him as a "life long musician and music super fan." That can't be worse than a buracratic bean counter.
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- KVRer
- 6 posts since 20 Jun, 2017
That's about the right price for it, I wouldn't pay a cent for it. I'm so glad I got away from it when I did, should have done it a lot earlier though. Sonar is just so buggy, old and clunky feeling, often taking you twice as many steps to achieve something as is needed. I wouldn't recommend it to anyone, there are much better choices out there as I have found out.
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- Rad Grandad
- 38044 posts since 6 Sep, 2003 from Downeast Maine
Wopelka my old friend it's good to see you, please forgive me but I'm going to lock this and ask you to pick it up in the already running thread linked above. I dont need to chase another thread and with one person having their first post since they joined over a year ago to bash it I can see the writing on the wall as it were 
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