Deano 0 Posted November 14, 2020 On 1/17/2019 at 12:08 AM, aether.roots said: Hi Dreamer, Welcome to the forum. I also advocate for making the jump to the new Cakewalk. In addition to fixing past issues (as mentioned by arlen2133), the new platform and supported OS are going to be the starting point for future improvements, accessories. Another reason - yes, it's free - but. besides that, there are tons of opportunity to exercise your creativity. Hi, I just noticed your post and was wondering if by installing CWblBL, will it mess up my old Sonar 8.5 ? I am wanting to try it out but not if I lose my existing sonar 8.5, as I have many saved projects. Can you confirm that both versions can co exist with no issues? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deano 0 Posted November 14, 2020 On 1/17/2019 at 6:13 PM, pwalpwal said: the biggest difference with 8.5 is the UI... but you can install it alongside 8.5 while you get used to it... Hi, I just noticed your post and was wondering if by installing CWblBL, will it mess up my old Sonar 8.5 ? I am wanting to try it out but not if I lose my existing sonar 8.5, as I have many saved projects. Can you confirm that both versions can co exist with no issues? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
scook 2,604 Posted November 14, 2020 You only need to ask the question one time. CbB installs as an upgrade to SONAR. The "Program Folder", "Cakewalk Content", ProgramData and user folders are version specific (IOW, all SONAR versions and CbB have their own folders). The "Shared" folders such as "Shared Plug-ins" and "Shared Utilities" are upgraded to the latest versions. These are backward compatible. These folders include the 64bit DX plug-ins, plug-in manager and vst scanner. Once CbB is install, all versions of SONAR and CbB are available on the PC. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
John Vere 485 Posted November 14, 2020 There's no messing anything up. It's no different than if you installed Cubase or Reaper along side Sonar. Cakewalks updates never overwrote existing versions. Only updates to versions overwrite. Like in X3e Overwrote X3a. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pathfinder 11 Posted November 19, 2020 I still have Sonar Plat and X3 installed. I have since the beginning of CwbyBL.................... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
