Annabelle Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 I want to try Cakewalk By Bandlab on my music machine, and I have a few important questions. 1. Is it able to run on Windows 7? 2. Can I run it offline? 3. Can it save projects as .cwp, .cwb and so on? 4. Most important of all, is it accesible to screenreaders like JAWS? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeringAmps Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 1) While Win 7 is no longer "supported", some report it is working fine. 2) Yes. Gotta go online to download it and online authorization is the easiest route. But after that you don't have to be online to run it. 3) Yes, those are the supported formats (although no one uses the so-called "bun" files anymore. YMMV) 4) That I do not have an answer for... t Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annabelle Posted April 10 Author Share Posted April 10 26 minutes ago, DeeringAmps said: 1) While Win 7 is no longer "supported", some report it is working fine. 2) Yes. Gotta go online to download it and online authorization is the easiest route. But after that you don't have to be online to run it. 3) Yes, those are the supported formats (although no one uses the so-called "bun" files anymore. YMMV) 4) That I do not have an answer for... t Will it cost me anything? If so, how much? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wookiee Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 3 minutes ago, Annabelle said: Will it cost me anything? If so, how much? Currently CbB is still free to access all the products Cakewalk Sonar, Cakewalk Next and the extended version of Bandlab check this page for details. But I don't think Cakewalk Sonar or Next will install on Win 7. https://www.cakewalk.com/sonar#FAQ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annabelle Posted April 11 Author Share Posted April 11 5 hours ago, Wookiee said: Currently CbB is still free to access all the products Cakewalk Sonar, Cakewalk Next and the extended version of Bandlab check this page for details. But I don't think Cakewalk Sonar or Next will install on Win 7. https://www.cakewalk.com/sonar#FAQ I wonder if .cwp and .cwb files can be saved with Cakewalk By Bandlab. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
57Gregy Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 25 minutes ago, Annabelle said: I wonder if .cwp and .cwb files can be saved with Cakewalk By Bandlab. Yes, they can. Also, Cakewalk by Bandlab and newer editions of Cakewalk software will only run on 64-bit computers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Vere Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 @Annabelle in a way starting now with Cakewalk by band lab might be a huge waste of your time. It would be like a car with an almost empty tank of gas. I’m not sure if you are aware that it is soon to be discontinued and will stop working possibly by the end of this year if not sooner. They now have re named it back to Sonar and it is also no longer free. At this point in time we are just waiting to get the news of exactly what that will be . But ya, pretty sure W7 is out of the question for the new Sonar. Have you ever looked into other DAWS that might support accessibility? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Wichrowski Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 12 hours ago, Annabelle said: I want to try Cakewalk By Bandlab on my music machine, and I have a few important questions. 1. Is it able to run on Windows 7? Windows 7 user here. Works fine in my system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annabelle Posted April 11 Author Share Posted April 11 3 hours ago, John Vere said: @Annabelle in a way starting now with Cakewalk by band lab might be a huge waste of your time. It would be like a car with an almost empty tank of gas. I’m not sure if you are aware that it is soon to be discontinued and will stop working possibly by the end of this year if not sooner. They now have re named it back to Sonar and it is also no longer free. At this point in time we are just waiting to get the news of exactly what that will be . But ya, pretty sure W7 is out of the question for the new Sonar. Have you ever looked into other DAWS that might support accessibility? Like what, I wonder? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wookiee Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 5 hours ago, Annabelle said: I wonder if .cwp and .cwb files can be saved with Cakewalk By Bandlab. They are Cakewalk format files .CWP and .CWB, have been for years since Cakewalk SONAR was introduce. It will also open .WRK projects created in the Pro Audio software. You appear to not understand it is fundamentally the same program as Cakewalk SONAR by Gibson, and Cakewalk by Bandlab. It is built on the same code base. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annabelle Posted April 11 Author Share Posted April 11 5 hours ago, 57Gregy said: Yes, they can. Also, Cakewalk by Bandlab and newer editions of Cakewalk software will only run on 64-bit computers. Both my machines are 64 bit computers. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pwal³ Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 16 hours ago, Annabelle said: 4. Most important of all, is it accesible to screenreaders like JAWS? ableton live is currently the most screenreader compatible daw https://help.ableton.com/hc/en-us/articles/11762577169948-Accessibility-in-Ableton-Live-FAQ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annabelle Posted April 11 Author Share Posted April 11 2 hours ago, pwal³ said: ableton live is currently the most screenreader compatible daw https://help.ableton.com/hc/en-us/articles/11762577169948-Accessibility-in-Ableton-Live-FAQ Would Ableton Live be able to save projects in other formats like .cwp and .cwb? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pwal³ Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 Just now, Annabelle said: Would Ableton Live be able to save projects in other formats like .cwp and .cwb? Not those, they are cakewalk proprietary formats, ableton has its own, .als Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annabelle Posted April 11 Author Share Posted April 11 1 hour ago, pwal³ said: Not those, they are cakewalk proprietary formats, ableton has its own, .als I wonder if .als can be converted to .cwp in Sonar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pwal³ Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 3 minutes ago, Annabelle said: I wonder if .als can be converted to .cwp in Sonar. unfortunately i don't believe so, so it would mean learning a new daw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Jones Posted April 13 Share Posted April 13 On 4/11/2024 at 2:14 AM, Annabelle said: Like what, I wonder? Annabelle - I found a list of DAWs that are accessible to screen readers on this blog: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/music-software-accessible-we-rank-best-worst-apps-will-butler Please note these are the subjective rankings of a blind music producer and teacher. The top four are Apple only. The first one that can run on Windows is Reaper. This article is four years old, but "Sonar" is number seven on the list. By that time, SONAR did not exist, having been replaced by Cakewalk by Bandlab. It says that the architecture of Windows makes it difficult to build in accessibility. The list is only a small part of the article, and there is much more information there. I don't know how hard it is for your screen reader to parse formatted text on the internet. If you think it would help, let me know and I will copy and paste the article into a plain text editor (Notepad) and send it to you. Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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