John King

I already confirmed it by setting my system date up past 8/1 which caused it to fail activation. This date is hardcoded into the Cakewalk by Bandlab program so there's no way around it.

I decided to set my date up a month to try it out and you're right, I got a nag saying I have to activate. Cakewalk still runs but saving a project is disabled. I guess the only solution may be to install an older version.

After 8/1 online activation will be discontinued , but for me, I'm already activated and signed out of Bandlab (to avoid the Sonar upgrade nagging). I also have my activation exported for offline activation, in case I have to reinstall Cakewalk for some reason. If I go to Help, About, it shows it's activated and since I'm signed out it shouldn't be able to prevent me from using it.