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Hi Noel, I am considering paying for Cakewalk Next for use on a Mac. I have some projects done in SONAR 4 that I would like to bring into Cakewalk Next. What are the steps that I would need to use the Cakewalk Interchange Format to bring the project from SONAR 4 into Next? Would I need to open the project in new Sonar on Windows and export from that into Cakewalk Interchange Format? And then load that file into Next on Mac? Thanks!

On IK's page here, the base Total Studio does not include the max products: https://www.ikmultimedia.com/products/ts4/?pkey=total-studio-4 The comparison chart suggests you need to get Total Studio Max at 199 for the Max products.

Big thanks to L RR for posting all these deals.

I acquired an old CM Labs MotorMix. Does anyone know if that is supported in new Sonar? I haven't demoed new Sonar yet but I seem to recall the MotorMix being supported in old SONAR. Thanks.

Thank you, both.

Is it a quality or sound issue? I had never heard of them before.

Also,does anyone know how this compares to SpectraLayers Pro 10 in regards to unmixing? Thanks!

My thoughts exactly... I thought URS went under or went into suspended animation - the website has stayed up but I've seen no new communications from them. I demo'ed their Neve 1073 plugin clone back in the day and thought it sounded it great relative to the competition at the time

Thanks! I was disappointed that I missed the Steinberg special coupon deal last week, but this price is the same (plus all the extras you get).

So with the Sound Forge deal, I can essentially get SpectraLayers 10 Pro for half price? And get all this other stuff too...

Since the Cakewalk folks brought this up and solicited Beta testers, it would great if there was general timeline announced, even if it something far off. I applied for the Beta test and would be happy to help, but would appreciate a rough indication of when that might happen.

That's what I was thinking as well. It seems like given the 5 year building of Next that was mentioned in the locked thread that perhaps the approach was: given our framework/experience as longtime SONAR/Cnb developers, if we started from scratch to build a cross platform DAW knowing what we have learned over the years, catering to the current market, and fitting within the Bandlab ecosystem, what would want to include? Hence some of new stuff from CbB (like the arranger) and new stuff from competitors (like the lyric track). In that environment, I expect we will see lots of SONAR/CbB approaches "ported" to Next, similar to how Studio One started out a bit Cubase-esque because where its developers came from.

(Please move this if there is a better location for this topic.) Ever since the New Sonar/Next announcement thread in News was locked, we've had no new info on Next that I can find. The Cakewalk team was sharing snippets about Next in that thread. Would love to hear more about Next - more screenshots, etc. And yes, I've signed up for the Beta but haven't heard anything yet. Is there going to new sub-forum (or whatever it is called) for Next?

Just wanted to say thank you to Cakewalk/Bandlab/Bakers for making this happen in the form of Cakewalk Next! I put my name in for the Beta and look forward to trying it out and providing feedback.

Somebody posed the question at some point, but I can't find an answer in the thread. Will Next run old CbB/SONAR projects? If not, will Cakewalk provide a standalone file converter? Even if not everything transferred over it would be useful to have a way to move at least some aspects of the projects beyond just exporting and importing stems. Since there will now be a Cakewalk DAW that runs on Mac (limited Codeweavers effort does not count), being able to bring over old SONAR projects might be another angle to encourage former "Sonarites" that are on Mac to rejoin the fold. Of course, Next itself will have to be good. It will be hard for a version 1.0 DAW to compete with existing products if it is bare bones. I am hoping that Next is in effect a partial port/port in progress of the Sonar functionality with some new twists. I have been examining the few posted screenshots of Next for indication of Sonar ancestry.