Jonathan Sasor

The apps have a shared intermediary format. It can't do everything as there isn't 1:1 feature parity between Sonar and Next, but it does handle quite a few things, much more than uploading to bandlab.

SONAR Platinum launched with a "Membership" program where you could either pay monthly (where 12 months of membership would get you a perpetual license up to that 12 month point), or you could pay for that 12 months up front which was essentially just as you would with buying an upgrade from X2 to X3.

Respectfully, I don't think we need this here either. People have expressed their thoughts on prices from the moment the new version was announced. We've been around the block a time or two before, so we're pretty familiar with how people feel. We can't comment publicly on price points right now, but we have one in mind that I think most people here will find more than fair, as Noel has mentioned elsewhere. Details will be forthcoming when things are finalized, and nothing is going to change overnight. We just ask that people have a little patience while we do what we need to do on our end. Thanks!

SONAR went from SONAR 1-8 to SONAR X1-3 to SONAR Platinum, all being new versions of the application with new features. This is no different in that regard. There's a lot of additional work that is currently going into Sonar that is not currently in Cakewalk by BandLab which absolutely constitutes it as a new version of the app.

Locking this thread. Original question was asked and answered. The other commentary is not necessary.

We no longer distribute the older demo projects for Cakewalk by BandLab. There's the current demos available for download through either the online installer or the app itself, or if you're just looking for additional material to learn how to mix, there are places online you can find multitracks available for learning purposes. Here's one example.

What do you see when you hit refresh activation?

There are no legitimate versions of SONAR Platinum/Content for sale at this point. Not unless you find a sealed box with a redemption code.

@fret walker Can you grab a screenshot of the devices tab there when the Realtek is disabled and the PreSonus is not selectable?

It's conceivable that your audio configuration file is corrupt and not accepting a change, you can try manually deleting it by going to %appdata%\cakewalk\cakewalk core and deleting AUD.ini, then launch the application and try setting the driver. The Devices tab in the Preferences is showing you which devices are available to Windows, so as long as you've deselected everything under inputs and outputs, you should be able to select a different driver.

The Realtek ASIO drivers aren't really going to buy you much of anything, so you could uninstall that, but you shouldn't even need to hit apply once you've deselected the boxes. Again, bear in mind that both inputs and outputs need to be deselected before you can choose the other device.

100% the new version will work with all your old projects.

Okay, it should be working now, go ahead and give it another try.

Not necessarily re-writing the whole thing, as the SONAR Mac prototype from ~2016 proved, but there still would have needed to be a significant amount of work involved in order to have true parity between OS versions. Next is being built from the ground up as a cross platform app.

I tested the VST3 version and verified that it retains all the patch information correctly on project reload. If you have any further details, we can look into it.

There's a bunch of hurdles involved with having to deliver the app through Steam, so rather than divert those resources, it'll remain as a download from BandLab as it is now.

Yes.

Lets keep the contents of this thread on topic or it's going to be shut down- please, and thank you.

Okay guys, this thread is not particularly on topic for this section of the forum, so I'm shutting it down. There's plenty of other threads with people's thoughts on pending changes, elsewhere. Also friendly reminder in general just to make sure that the discourse on this forum stays civil. Thanks!

I stand corrected, there were the multi-part X1 downloads. Apparently after a decade things can get a little fuzzy when you've got plenty going on to stay busy. ?

Those versions were never "connected" products. They don't have the same install mechanism as SONAR Platinum. X3 was the first version to offer a full download of any kind. You'd need your install discs for them.

Cakewalk Command Center version 1.1.8 is now available! This version addresses an issue where existing Command Center versions are unable to connect to the updated version of the Cakewalk website. This new version can be downloaded from here: https://legacy.cakewalk.com/Command-Center Please Note: Cakewalk Command Center is only required for use with legacy Cakewalk Products and is not required for Cakewalk by BandLab. Thanks, The Bakers

We stay busy around here. Things are forthcoming. ?

I'm not seeing any issues with the download on my end, but if you keep having trouble you can send me a PM

Because it's relative to what you're working on.