Sidney Earl Goodroe

There are some great ideas here!! Let's hope Noel and the gang have started the wheels turning in their heads.

Hi, John! I think you may have misunderstood me! I was not talking about adding a forum here. I was thinking that if CbB becomes deadware after 6 months or so, they could archive the CbB forum and replace it with a Sonar Free forum instead! It doesn't make sense to me to keep a forum for a product that is no longer downloadable or in fact no longer is operational! Just a thought!

Just seems to make sense that if we had a CbB forum, there would be a place for the newbies and users of SF! I would think it would keep the clutter down in the paid SF forum. Also, I think it would be easier to find your response or question without having to dig thru everyone else's in the paid users! Just a suggestion! Would be a nice gesture to potential subscribers as well.

I do not mean to give the impression that the older versions designed for antique OSs would be useable in Windows 10 or 11. I was simply referring to the really old versions could be activated without allowing the hookup for registration. You could simply cancel the connection and Sonar would activate from the key code. Sorry, if I missed anyone!

I have Platinum and X3 still on my drive simply for the available plugins to use in CbB and now Sonar Free. I also kept all the add-on plugins! I also have every version of Cake products from Pro Audio 9 up until Gibson buried it! Along with the registration keys! It is possible to reinstall those older versions with just the key codes, no hooking to the dead server to register. I have all the add-on plugins as well! When Gibson put us out to pasture, I immediately went to my account and backed up everything there! What was not there is maintained on the original disc! I feel like a museum director!!

I uninstalled CbB and all the projects on a usb external HD, would not automatically open from the HD shortcut because I had forgotten to set those projects to be opened be Sonar Free! I had to reinstall CbB and set those projects to be opened by Free before they would open again!! As of now, I have left CbB installed, wondering is it safe to uninstall it now. CbB is not a large program spacewise, but I don't see any reason to keep "Deadware" on my system! BE CAREFUL!!

I would suggest checking your task manager and what processes are running!! I woke up last week to CbB maxing out the cpu meters at 100% across the board!! It turned out that after checking the task manager, I found that somehow , Windows had installed an update for a Hewlett-Packard printer that was eating my cpu alive. I had not used the printer in several years, but somehow the HP update was installed and was creating all kinds of chaos!! I deleted the printer software and everything returned to normal!!! Never saw anything like it and can't understand how that update got in there!

Thanks! Checked my folder and already have it! Sorry!! But thanks for your help.

Instructions aren't clear to me! Do I enter FREE in the discount code box? Or do they automatically take off the $139 price after you complete the purchase? My card can't take that big of a mistake!!!

I have a fellow musician who is blind. He has used JAWS for many years! He recently had someone suggest a reader program called NVDA! It's FREE!! https://www.nvaccess.org/download/ He seems to be very enthusiastic about it! Might be worth a try!

Seems like a revamped version of MasterDesk!

I have done commercialy released cds, radio commercial projects, video soundtracks, and on and on with those Rolands and no one has ever said anything about not having pro quality results! I have mastered tracks for a music hall of fame producer and he liked the results so much, he wouldn't use anyone but me to do all his mastering for the past 12 years! Yes, there are more advanced interfaces out there but these things have held their own.

I bought 2 Studio-Captures in 2013 and they worked even synced together with absolutely no problems for about 6 years until they both developed a problem with the power supply boards internally!!! Still have them with the intention of having them repaired but it was cheaper to buy replacement on ebay! It's still purring along with no hiccups!!

Try reducing velocity in certain points, such as, velocity reduced on verses and slightly increased for chorus and middle sections or during solos! This technique can bring a bit more character to the entire song! Try this with all instruments, not just the drums! Dynamics are the very soul of music!

IMO, good call on Surge! I don't actually do a lot of projects using synths in the box, but I have played around with Zeta quite a bit over the years. Surge XT is a beast! BEWARE! There will be quite a learning curve involved but it would be well worth it!

I do fully enjoy some of the new features, but the brightness of the screen makes it hard for my old eyes to withstand! I worked hard, staring at Cakewalk products since the 90s!! I have earned these cataracts and I intend to enjoy them as long as possible!!! Hee-hee!

I'm prepared for the flamethrowers! This gui is butt ugly!!! Can we have some darker themes, PLEASE!!!

BEWARE! Installed it! Liked it very much BUT my very stable computer started getting wonky, freezing, slow response on clicking, some slight delay in pressing play and actually starting, etc.! Uninstalled both V-pan and Codemeter and cleaned the drive, rebooted and all problems are gone! NOTE: UNINSTALLING V-pan DOES NOT GET RID OF CODEMETER! YOU MUST UNINSTALL CODEMETER AS WELL!!!

FWIW, I have an old Asus laying around mainly for just goofing around. It doesn't meet the specs to even install Tonex! I got the A5 update and installed! The first time opening took almost a full minute! I immediately shut A5 down and reopened it. It opened in about 18 seconds! It does so everytime after that first initial opening! Not too bad for an old dinosaur of a desktop! Will be interested to see the results on my studio computer. It was has Tonex on it. Will keep you posted!

The Metal Gems would be installed in users. Would it not?

Question! I have used up my 20 user spots in Tonex CS. As I understand, if I download the Metal Gems it will overwrite and I would lose 4 of my installed user amps possibly!! I have probably 5 or 6 of those spots used up by pedals that I never use. Can I delete those spots and that leave me open to get the Metal Gems without overwriting my other amps? I have the Dumble Collection and do not want to lose those! BTW, I do plan to move from CS to full version asap but money is tight right now.

When I say I will continue to support Cake, it is conditional to them leaving it alone as is! I am no fan of any subscription model that is just chomping at the bit to turn off my software! The least you could do in my opinion is turn off my ability to update but leave me with a working software as is! Give me the choice to upgrade. For years I have preached the gospel of Cake to anyone and everyone who would listen. However, we have been so roiled over the past year about pay or subscription that I stopped doing it. I use several other DAWs and would have no problems jumping ship elsewhere but I CHOOSE to use Cake. What is sad is that the other DAWs I use I have been sometimes as far behind as 2 to 3 versions and they worked brilliantly until I could afford to upgrade! I don't see that subscription model anywhere close to Cake right now. AND NO ONE IS BEING COMPLETELY TRANSPARENT ABOUT THEIR INTENTIONS BEYOND THE MISERABLE SUBSCRIPTION MODEL WE HAVE NOW! I will continue to use Cake as long as I can but until I see a better sales plan than what we have now, I will not recommend Cake to anyone!

I have used Cake products since Pro Audio 9! I have a copy of every version since then all the way to CbB. I have amassed a HUGE collection of their plugins along with third party plugs! My point being, there is not much they can offer me to jump to subscription because I am perfectly happy with CbB as is. That is aside from the known bugs that are already there! I feel that I have spent enough hard earned dollars for Cake products up until now that we deserve to either have a free version or a stupidly cheap stripped down version for those of us who don't need the bells and whistles of a fully blown out version costing hundreds of dollars! If they leave CbB alone I will be perfectly happy to use it the rest of my days! I will also be a die hard supporter of Cakewalk products as have always been.

As I said! Badly missed but not so much that it would stop me from going back to SPLAT. I do have to say, Reaper is not looking too bad after all this drama with Sonar perpetual license drama!! Currently, my projects are seeing a lot of use with Samplitude and Mixbus. I finally broke down and tried Reaper, which I must say, was pretty impressive for the price point and features. I do like having a notation editor built in to the DAW so I don't have to skip around for quick score print outs. That is one feature that I absolutely must have! It is also what attracted me to Cakewalk in the first place. Anyway, I am struggling with facing the ever growing fact that I will have to walk away from Cake after 20 some odd years of dedicated support and use of this product I have loved. Still hoping ? for perpetual licenses!

When they first announced they were going to charge for CbB, I opened some recent projects in SPLAT and they ran without a hiccup! I did miss some of the newer features but nothing showstopping!