Yeah it's not too hard to trigger a sh*tstorm over there....
That's a shame. I suppose removing all copy protection would not be in the company's best interests so I don't expect that to ever happen.
Yes that's sort of my whole point. It doesn't make sense to spend one bit of time creating new projects with CWbBL now if its eventual death is certain. I think I bought in at about Sonar 4 or 5 something like that all the way up to X3. I did use it for a time for my guitar based stuff before I had to stop playing so I suppose I'll eventually lose those tracks. Guess I'd better start rendering out anything that is of any value. Hopefully we'll get some time frame and not just wake up one day with a DAW that won't load.
Of course that depends on price, features, ability to load older projects, etc. Is it going to be a whole new workflow and environment? Will long time users find it an easy transition or will they struggle to adapt? Only time will tell and we won't know for sure until something reaches final release stage.
Would I buy the new Sonar just to have access to my old tracks (assuming it will load them)? Probably not but again that depends a great deal on price. Something in the sub $100 range? Perhaps. Anywhere near $200? Probably not, in large part because I have so many other DAWs to choose from now and since I can't play guitar at anywhere near the level I used to I can't really add to or improve those old tracks now. I'm 100% synth based stuff now and my other DAWs are far more suited to me for that task. I'll be sad to see Cakewalk die but it won't have an affect on the music I'm making now. Life will go on.....
