Jeremy Oakes

I don’t need lecturing, thanks anyway. But you’ve missed the point completely. J

@John VereWhoa, slowly there. I’m not fond of the sub myself, just fed up of reading repetitive posts about it……. Which let’s be honest, re-hash the same arguments. i’m sure the devs are well aware of some users issues, but its marketing who rule the roost, unfortunately. As in most companies nowadays. FYI, i don’t use Bandlab nor Next so you could say i’m not getting my money’s worth from the sub. My choice. Anyway, make music, no ? J

It is.You're one person among hwo many that are satisfied ? But YMMV. J

Pure supposition, just like adding oil on a fire. Why don't you just do what your last phrase says ? Make Music. I would argue Sonar has now exceded its former glory, its better than ever, certainly versus the Gibson fiasco. Been there, lived it, moved on BTW. Sheesh, your posts are getting a little repetitive John, go back to what you do best, helping people. J

I wouldn’t think so, why not try it ? But really, I have no idea, my pc and laptop are connected 100% of the time. J

Off line activation exists via Cakewalk Product Centre. J

If you need to open a file in CbB, in Windows Explorer right click on it and in the menu that drops choose Open With, (opt for once only as against always). yes the Cakewalk files are compatible withSonar and CbB, the caveat being if you use any new features in exclusive to Sonar, they will not be available in CbB. Your vst’s used by CbB will show up in Sonar. I’ve used Sonar for nearly a year now, and personally would never go back to CbB. If i stop my sub, i’ll still have the free tier of Sonar - the majority of things crippled in the free version i don’t use. YMMV of course. J

.mc9 etc is this : https://fileinfo.com/extension/mc9 You mean this : https://fileinfo.com/extension/mx9 J

Yes that is so, but it will do it in the background if your machine is on line all the time or often. Sub version : as per what Mr Jonesy says. J

You could simply right click on the file in Windows Explorer then in the small window that opens choose Open With, and select CbB from the list. Its a non-issue. J

For the previous time this deal was announced, i had to clear my browser’s cache/cookies (Firefox) for the Bandlab website. I then had to manually sign in, and when i checked out, the deal worked. J

Just been announced on the Bad Co FB page. https://variety.com/2025/music/news/mick-ralphs-bad-company-mott-the-hoople-dead-1236438527/ J

I have a F/W Focusrite LS56, it works fine on W11 (out of the box, no need for the W10 legacy driver), with a TI chipset, but sometimes the unit needs re-booting. So I don't fire it up very often. I believe the main issue is that the drivers were written for W8 and never updated. J

IBTL - @John Vere, every time you come here now you seem make a point of dissing either CbB or Sonar or Bandlab. I generally ignore your input nowadays, BUT..... OK we get it. You think you were hard done by at one point for whatever reason, now c'mon, move on and be productive instead of so negative. Try helping people like I remember you used to do so well. @Dana Moore your reasoning is ridiculous. Points 4 and 5 made me laugh, really. Nobody is "jerking" you around. You should perhaps spend some time troubleshooting your system. BTW, the Splat of the Gibson days has nothing whatsoever to do with Bandlab, who, I believe, simply bought the IP of the old Sonar software, then set about making it better. But if you installed Splat AFTER installing CbB or Sonar, then you've probably over written certain files in the Sonar set up. And BTW I have/had a GeForce 960 card, which worked wonderfully with Sonar (FYI the reason I updated it was to have more VRAM for games, nothing to do with Sonar graphics). I use the new Sonar, I have a sub, so what ? Its a great DAW and getting better and better all the time. But you can't please all the people all the time ....... J

Make sure all your browser apps are closed. Not put in the task bar, but closed. Open CbB and in the Help Menu choose Login …. Etc. A browser window will open and let you login using your Bandlab creds. If, in the Help Menu, its showing logout (as against login) then do just that. Close CbB. Re-open it and then in the Help Menu choose login …… as stated above. This works every time for me (i use Sonar, but still fire up CbB every now and again simply to keep it activated). J

Nope, not for me. J

Thats fine …… if you only have a few apps installed. Most people do not. FWIW, if your W11 is sluggish, you can now do an in-place “repair/install” which will freshen it up but not erase any precious data/files. See MS for details. J

Personally I have no issues with autosave. I did have problems with a service called MS Compatibility Telemetry. It collects info about your PC and then phones home at certain inopportune times and it froze my PC for several seconds. I have now disabled it completely. Note : It’s not a problem for everyone (it’s still installed on my laptop which works perfectly)……… https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/microsoft-compatibility-telemetry-what-is-it-and/7653b847-23f1-42c4-9390-ba2d35978e4e However it can be disabled or even got rid of - Solution 3 of this next article is what i use (not necessarily for the faint hearted) : https://www.diskpart.com/articles/microsoft-compatibility-telemetry-1503.html As always, be careful what you change/uninstall, and even if you’re ok with making such changes do make back ups before hand. J

Makes sure that Windows ( in Sounds > Properties > Advanced ) is using the same rate as Sonar / audio device ie both set at 44.1, or 48 etc. J

Why ? J

This so called “data base” has been around as a freebie for many years on the good old internet - i believe someone pirated/hoovered the Ultimate Guitar website at one point. IMHO it’s better to go to the UG site and download (legally) their more up to date GP files. Plus you can d/l pdf files of the GP tabs. Personally i would spend my money there. I doubt very much this site has the legal authority to sell such a data base. J

Make sure you do NOT install the nVidia audio driver when installing the nVidia video drivers. When using the nVidia installer use the advanced options and do a complete un-install/re-install. You can then choose which options to install. Do NOT choose the HDMI audio driver. if said driver shows up in Sonar/CbB go into device manager and disable it. Re-boot. J

You have to either use the app to login, or off line use Cakewalk Product Centre. So, close all browsers, then fire up CbB or Sonar, which ever, and once open go to the Help menu. If it says you’re not logged in, then do so from the Help menu option. if it says you have the option to log out, do so. Close the app, then re-open it and use Help/Login etc. It should work. If not, then its an e-mail to support. J

Download and install the latest version, not last years’ model. Then you will be able to authorise. J

If you’re doing that on the legacy Cakewalk site because you want to activate Splat, 8.5 or a previous version, then you won’t. Only Support can do that with the necessary proof. Have you tried reaching out to them here ? As you’re posting here in the Sonar part of this new site I’m assuming you’re mixing Sonars up. The new Cakewalk Sonar has, apart from some legacy code, nothing to do with the previous versions, is sub based and needs you to be part of Bandlab. If you were referring to Cakewalk by Bandlab or Cakewalk Sonar, simply login to the Bandlab website, go to your account and change your password there or apply for a password reset from them. Then you’ll get a mail ! And can use the new creds to login to the two apps cited. Suggestion : If you don’t have a Bandlab account then create one so you can download and install the most recent version of CbB (which is free and much much better than the legacy versions mentioned above). However you will not have any legacy vst’s that came with those versions you may want to get back. J