Steven Eades

thank you for responding 57Gregy Do those programs have the same functionality as cakewalk? with the same interface? or will I have to spend 2 months learning a different interface? I've never used the programs you just mentioned. Aside from that its not the point. everyone using cakewalk chose to use it for a reason. installed plugins, created projects, etc and if reactivation isn't possible then every user is dealing with a program trapdoor. wondering if it will be available in a few months. While we're on the subject. if its a free program why is it still tied to an online service anyway? from what I've seen they're about to discontinue cakewalk in favor for the ever so popular "pay us till the end of time" model that most everything is moving to. Its just frustrating for someone that's on fixed income and cant afford to maintain multiple autodraw subscriptions. someone that remembers a time when you bought the right to use a program and that was it. If you wanted an update you went online and checked for it. if it was worth it you downloaded it and installed then you were done till the next update. If you didn't want to update,, you didn't have to.

"If you don't refresh activation, after 6 months you'll still be able to use Cakewalk, but Save and Export will be disabled. Because Cakewalk is now free, we have no sales figures to refer to, so activation is the only way we can keep a track of how many active users we have and what version they are running." So basically you chose to disable the very reason for using the "free" software to begin with? Forgive me but isn't that a "screw the end user" action? The only reason someone is using your software is to have the ability to save and export their projects.. I'm sure you're well aware of this fact. What about the end user that couldn't care less about using the bandlab website and doesn't care about updates to the cakewalk program.. they just want to use the recording software for their own purposes that doesn't include online publishing? What they have is just fine. Considering that the current emergency political climate lately. AKA expecting cyber attacks, hacking. internet down situation. Do you care enough about your users to provide a way to continue to use this "free" software in the event that the internet goes away. using a second pc with an internet connection doesn't cut it in that scenario. Its a valid question. looking forward to your answer. Sincerely; A user that doesn't care about online publishing or updates.