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Yes, and that "any time" depends on when you last reactivated which is what I'm trying to find out. If your last activation refresh was mid-February, then it will work until mid-August. If the refresh was yesterday it will be good until January 4th, 2026. I don't have a date there sadly, perhaps it was introduced later. I'm on an ancient 2019.09 version.

Well, I did just that and turns out that my projects are not identical (some odd tempo sync bug with VSTs that's not present in my old copy of CbB (2019.09)), so I can't use Sonar Free until this is fixed and thus I'd really love to know how much time I have left on my copy of CbB...

Thank you very much, is there any additional information you need for me? Or anything I can try? I guess I could check the latest CbB although I don't really want to mess my current 2019.09 install up I'm not sure when my CbB reactivation is due (sadly I think the last one was in February, so the next one will be days after Aug 1st), I wish I could force it now (is that possible?) so that I could get those extra couple of months until this bug is fixed. Otherwise I'll have no way of working on my project as I'll be left with a dead CbB and misbehaving Sonar...

So I've been running an old CbB from 2019.09 (build 70) for ages. No issues. I have a couple of projects that have unorthodox tempos, like 122.52 and 139.77 (remixes of some older tracks). They worked just fine in CbB. Upon learning that CbB will be dead soon I installed Sonar Free (2025.07 - 31.07.0.063) today, opened the project with a 139.77 tempo and the arps from Sylenth1, Vital, Spire and Kontakt are out of sync after a while. They are all VST2 but that might not mean anything (Diva has no issues in either VST3 or VST2 version). Once I change the tempo to an integer value i.e. 139 it all works fine, it's as if they ignore what's after the decimal point. I'm devastated seeing as the CbB is on its way out. As I said none of those problems ever existed on that old CbB that I had. I am able to reproduce this in a blank project. Is this a known issue? Is there a magical setting that I can flip? 1. Those VST arps are definitely tempo synced 2. Sonar tempo seems fine, I have a 139.77 BPM audio track in there and it sounds fine (nothing that would indicate Sonar tempo drift, no glitching, no pitch change) 3. Tthe metronome stays in sync with Diva, but Sylenth1 clearly lags behind (I set up a simple quarter note arp and I can hear that the first arp note starts falling BEHIND the first beat of the bar after a couple of seconds). I exported this lagging arp to WAV and measured the bar in a wave editor - it's approx. 1.728 seconds which amounts to 139 BPM. So it looks like the .77 of 139.77 is truncated for some reason when going to Sylenth1. None of this happens in CbB from 2019... Attached is an example project (created in 2025.07), not sure if it's of any use, and an audio export of the metronome at 139.77 and Sylenth1 clearly (well... when measured going at 139. I am able to open this project in CbB and it works as expected, everything is in sync. (a friend of mine posted this on r/cakewalk subreddit as well) sync issues demo.wav sync issues demo.zip

HI:) Me too! It's the first time I have such an issue and I use Cakewalk since 1987. Maybe something happend on copying my projects to another disc Partition on a new Install. As I said it's the only project ever that make these problems.. Even the exported Waves are broken:( I sent one to the client and made a backup so I have the Music and can make the music again, no prob. A problem is that I backed up the broken files and don't ....ahhh for sure I have an older backup on DVD and Blue Ray Disc. I'm stupid, just have to reload these older backups from 2019....... Bassman

HI:) I worked a bit on a old project from 2019 end of April and saved it after I exported all Midi Tracks. Yesterday I wanted to open the project but it is broken, It's not possible to open it, wether in Sonar nor in Bandlab. Then I tried to import the midis in a new project but not possible either, all files that I saved in April are broken:( What happened? Attached a few Midis and the project File. Thanks;) Bassman. Donzdorfer Fasnetslied 2019 - 11.cwp Donzdorfer Fasnetslied - Musette - Chorus 1.mid Donzdorfer Fasnetslied - Musette - Einleitung.mid Donzdorfer Fasnetslied - Musette - Vers 1.mid

i would start with the 2019 drivers first and see if that solves it. if nvidia has a compatibilty checker, then maybe it would be wise to run that before installer later drivers. on my HP laptop, it has fairly new nvidia hw, but the install of updated drivers last year took some experimentation to get them working as the nvidia site wasn't exactly clear on which ones to use...

There was some mention of updating Nvidia drivers in this thread. My laptop is 2016 with an updated 2024 Nvidia driver. Nvidia has newer drivers dated 2025 while my laptop support site only has one dated 2019. However, Nvidia Drivers site says this: Although GeForce Game Ready Drivers and NVIDIA Studio Drivers can be installed on supported notebook GPUs, the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) provides certified drivers for your specific notebook on their website. NVIDIA recommends that you check with your notebook OEM for recommended software updates for your notebook. This makes me wonder if installing the 2019 driver is best?

I think what it comes down to (for me) is what a work is vs. what it's being presented as. I thank T Boog for sharing just how wronged a fan can feel, even decades later, upon finding out that they had been misled about exactly whose work they were consuming. From the start of my music fandom, the genres I've been into weren't as much about the appreciation of a certain player's technical prowess as 80's metal. I didn't usually even know who played what. But now I get how if you're presenting your music as having been played by the people in your band, and their technical prowess is hyped as a way to sell records, and they become your heroes and influences, that it could feel like your trust was violated and exploited. Music is important to a lot of people, especially teenagers in their formative years who are looking for role models. Daft Punk's "Digital Love" is one of my favorite songs of all time. When it came out, an anime fan friend of mine told me about it, that they had worked with the guy who did Space Battleship Yamato/Star Blazers on the video, so I found it online and checked it out. I was almost 40, had just bought my house, and I still choke up when I remember how I was emotionally transported back in time 30 years to the time when I loved The Archies, Josie and the Pussycats, The Banana Splits, etc. Also Supertramp a few years after that. There's a video that breaks down where most of the samples they used came from, and when I first watched it, I admit I was initially a bit taken aback by just how much of the song was based on/assembled from other people's recordings. It inspired me to take a look at my own notions about such things and to ease up. Bottom line is that they didn't sell the record as being anything else. They were a pair of friendly robots consuming what they heard and reassembling it to make their own music. That was their product, and it was/is amazing. If a song could make a middle-aged man feel like he was 8 years old again, who CARES where the individual ideas came from? I still have ego problems about using mostly presets for all of the synths (and creative FX) I own. But I had a conversation with Lorene "Produce Aisle" about that when I was doing a remix of one of her songs and she put into perspective with a cooking analogy: do you have to grow all of your own spices in order to be an "authentic" chef? Heck, the top chefs in the most prominent restaurants don't even usually do any actual cooking. @Rain, I hear ya about being a guitarist and feeling like using something other than my own carefully crafted guitar tone is also "cheating." I used to have my own one-person boutique stompbox company, as well as having designed a tube amp on commission that was shown at NAMM. So using "in the box" amp sims makes me feel a bit icky. But y'know, whatever I use, in the end it will still be a tone choice I made (or in your case agreed to), and more importantly, my playing reacting in real time to what I'm hearing. And we gotta serve the songs more than we protect our own egos, right? That's what I hear, anyway.😄 Good analogy about Michelangelo. No matter whose hands crafted how much of it, if the true creative force was in charge, it's a Michelangelo, or Warhol, or Walt Disney, or Hayao Miyazaki. I still do find it kinda weird that The Beatles had someone else do the leads on a song that George Harrison wrote about playing guitar....😏

Sunny Day in the City (2025 remix) I decided to try and remix this track I made in Sonar Home Studio in 2005! From 20 years ago! I show about a 1 minute history of my track starting with my first mix in 2005, to my new mix today in Cakewalk BL I also show all the notes playing on all the virtual keys. This is another of my keyboard pop/jazzy kind of tunes. with Sample Tank 4, Arturia Minimoog V and Cakewalk SI-Drum Kit I think the Cakewalk SI-Drum Kit was included in Cakewalk around 2019? For a basic kit, it sounds great to me.

Some states charge state tax on digital downloads, some don't: https://www.avalara.com/blog/en/north-america/2019/02/state-by-state-guide-to-digital-products-and-sales-tax.html

V Collection 5 was 19 May 2016 V Collection 6 was 5 December 2017 V Collection 7 was 25 April 2019 V Collection 8 was 8 December 2020 V Collection 9 was 11 May 2022 V Collection X was 12 December 2023 So, V Collection XI will probably be April-May 2025

WOW. I can't remember the last time I used The Bandlab App. As a non-online DAW user I forgot how to use Bandlab Studio, but I see that some DAW-based test tunes I did and tested the Publish to Bandlab feature with are there along with some tests from 2019-2021.

You say what? Research will show otherwise. That X1 period 2009 - it was found everywhere. Cakewalk won NAMM that year.

it's not just since they went free, they've never been considered mainstream, i guess because windows only? but yeah, since forever when did they last have a namm table? tbf, if it's free why don't plugin devs test in it.., etc, and so on

Look up their notes. 2016 Splat was still on it, and 2024 not anymore. Cakewalk used to be mainstream, but I guess when something becomes free it is not considered as "mainstream" any longer. So - The human species often sees and renders something as such, not worth investing time fixing bugs for a "free" product - isnt that how business works? And just like any other product that suffered some bruises - Its tough and takes time to rebuilding your reputation as a brand. It was sad not seeing a table at NAMM.

Microsoft has released a new Windows 11 Canary build for Windows Insiders. Build 27788 is now available for download with fully rewritten MIDI services, ... https://www.neowin.net/news/windows-11-canary-build-27788-adds-reworked-midi-services-new-onedrive-features-and-more/ Cakewalk has previously worked with Microsoft on cutting edge audio issues. Wonder how much Bandland/Cakewalk is in the loop with this set of developments? Here an excerpt from the changelog: Windows MIDI Services Public Preview We’re excited to release the first in-box public preview of Windows MIDI Services, our complete rewrite of MIDI on Windows with a focus on a great experience for musicians and a strong foundation for future expansion and enhancement. MIDI is the standard, first released in 1983, that is used to synchronize synthesizers and drum machines in almost all modern electronic music. It’s used to record and play back note information, control stage lights and effects, keep mixers in a large venue in sync, and so much more. Although it is not itself audio, the MIDI protocol is essential to making music and was heavily used in the rise of hip-hop and other genres. MIDI 2.0 is the first major update to the core MIDI protocol since 1983, offering everything that modern musicians need today, like increased speed and fidelity, better control of instruments, modern bi-directional conversations and negotiation between instruments, discovery, better USB timing, and more. Windows MIDI Services is our new MIDI stack which handles not only MIDI 2.0 but also brings our MIDI 1.0 implementation up to modern expectations. It works on 64-bit operating systems on all supported processors, including Arm64. Windows MIDI Services offers the following benefits: Full support of the MIDI 2.0 Standard, including high-speed data transmission, higher-fidelity messages, increased resolution for controller values, and full in-service MIDI 2.0 endpoint discovery and protocol negotiation. Faster transports, leading to better timing and reduced jitter. Faster USB MIDI driver with full support for both MIDI 1.0 and MIDI 2.0. Every endpoint is now multi-client, meaning multiple apps can use a device at the same time. Better endpoint and port In-service scheduling of outgoing timestamped messages, and timestamped incoming messages, for apps using the new Windows MIDI Services App SDK. Built-in loopback and app-to-app MIDI Automatic translation between MIDI 1.0 and MIDI 2.0 based on API, application, and device needs. Much more device metadata available to applications. Better device add/update/remove notifications. Backwards compatibility with our WinMM (MME) MIDI 1.0 API (and WinRT MIDI 1.0 in the future) enabling applications to light up with new features without any changes, and even access MIDI 2.0 devices at a MIDI 1.0 feature level. Open source. The MIDI Service, all its transports, all the tools, the tests, and the SDK are all MIT-licensed open source, and have been developed in concert with hardware and software partners around the world. New USB MIDI 2.0 Class Driver: The new USB MIDI 2.0 Class Driver, graciously provided to Microsoft by AMEI (Association of Musical Electronics Industry of Japan) and written by AmeNote, is a high-speed USB MIDI driver which works with both the new USB MIDI 2.0 devices, as well as with class-compliant USB MIDI 1.0 devices. By default, for compatibility, this is enabled only for USB MIDI 2.0 devices and a handful of USB MIDI 1.0 devices. However, you may manually assign this driver to any class-compliant USB MIDI 1.0 device yourself to gain the better transfer mechanisms. We also have several built-in transports for things that were not previously available without third-party drivers. Learn more about the built-in transports here. Windows MIDI Services App SDK and Tools: Applications using Windows MIDI Services do so through the Windows MIDI Services App SDK, shipped out-of-band. Current preview releases are available on our GitHub repo releases page. Please note that these are unsigned releases and so will give you a warning when you download and install. In addition to installing the required runtime components, the SDK runtime installer includes these tools: Windows MIDI Services Console (midi.exe): The all-around console tool for sending messages, checking the state of MIDI, monitoring incoming messages, sending System Exclusive, and much more. MIDI Diagnostics (mididiag.exe): A tech support tool which provides information about the state of MIDI on the PC. MIDI Kernel Streaming Endpoint Info (midiksinfo.exe): A hardware developer-focused tool which provides information about the KS (Kernel Streaming) endpoints. MIDI multicast dynamic DNS Info (midimdnsinfo.exe): A tool to support the upcoming Network MIDI 2.0 transport. The Windows MIDI Services App SDK also includes the MIDI Settings app – a desktop application for managing endpoints, renaming endpoints and ports, creating loopback devices, managing your network MIDI 2.0 connections, and more. In addition, we’re currently working on our Network MIDI 2.0 transport, recently demonstrated at the NAMM Show in California, the virtual patch-bay to enable routing between endpoints, and a rewrite of our BLE MIDI 1.0 transport. This will all ship in a future version of Windows MIDI Services. We look forward to having Windows Insiders who dabble in music creation try out the Windows MIDI Services Public Preview and MIDI 2.0. Try out using existing applications that use the WinMM MIDI 1.0 function with the new Windows MIDI Services installed. Additionally, any MIDI 1.0 devices with specific IHV drivers. You can also join the discussion here on Discord if you have questions or are looking to help! You will find a list of known issues documented here.

Hopefully nothing actually got damaged. If your mixer is like mine (MG16?) , it has a dual-voltage-rail wall adapter, and if the negative rail goes down or is wrong, it could cause audio path problems while not keeping the whole thing from appearing to "work". Like this one? https://hackaday.com/2019/06/19/reverse-engineering-the-sound-blaster/

I think they are doing a great job with the new Sonar. For me the workflow is on point. I have used a few other DAW’s, but I always quickly returned to cakewalk (now Sonar) I was taught on ProTools, but the constant updates and pricing is insane. Studio One is the closest to Cakewalk I have found. Luna looks amazing, but the workflow is not quite there yet for me. So, for me, spending a few bucks on Sonar is not that big of a deal. and i hope they start to add a bit more eye candy.. As for the future, I am hopeful..LOL I said the same thing with Gibson…. I would have felt a bit better if they would have had some sort of footprint at NAMM this year, but they are so lacking in social media I have no idea if they are doing anything. The DAW is really fantastic, and they are missing a huge opportunity in my opinion.

The big problem is Cakewalk I just got the 16 and it's not working the way it should right out of the box so I been reading post back to 2019 Well what the hell has Cakewalk and Presonus been doing for 6 years You should not have to type anything anywhere to make it happen I'm about to go the NAMM Show this week and Cakewalk and Presonus beware the questions are coming Please have the friggen answers!!!!!!!

Stumbled upon this in my memories again recently. The picture was taken in my hometown the year I was born. I've very fond memories of Canadian winters as a kid. Especially after seeing Empire Strikes Back, with all the snow. As an adult, not so much... I do miss it during the holiday season. But just for a couple of days. We rarely get snow here in Vegas and when we do, it usually melts the second it touches the ground. But in February 2019, I got to see a thin layer of snow on my house that remained for several hours.

Thanks for the explanation. It seemed odd to me to find three identical posts added within several minutes of each other to threads that were started in 2019, 2020, and 2022. "Wait a sec. Didn't I just read this new post?" Glad to see you found a set of steps that work!

I didn't know those were so cheap! The only time I've heard them was at the Sony booth at NAMM, c. 2008. They sounded wonderful. At the time they were a new product, and when I asked the rep what they retailed for, he said $500. I set them back on the rack and moved on.

I try to only update every fourth version or so of Komplete, like going from K10U to K14U. True, that way I won’t get a megazillion of new Expansions each year, but I couldn't care less. It saves me a lot of money. The only exception was back in 2019 when I purchased an upgrade from K10U to K12CE. The reason being there were indications at that time NI was considering going subscription. As software subscriptions are a definite no-no for me, I decided to get the latest and greatest as a perpetual license while it was still possible. Thankfully, I was later proved wrong; NI came to their senses.

That is true in general but the universal installer that we now use from Microsoft should cover most bases. We also install prior VC 2005, 10 and 13 installers (as supplied by Microsoft). The issue here arises with redundant duplicates from old VC installers or incompatible toolsets. This is the important info from Microsoft “Visual Studio versions since Visual Studio 2015 share the same Redistributable files. For example, any apps built by the Visual Studio 2015, 2017, 2019, or 2022 toolsets can use the latest Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable. However, the version of the Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable installed on the machine must be the same or higher than the version of the Visual C++ toolset used to create your application. ”