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Most legacy users moved onto the free version of "Cakewalk by BandLab", or use new "Sonar" with the subscription. Your best bet to re-activate your Sonar 2015 version would be to reach out to Cakewalk support. Also, I think you can still install Cakewalk by BandLab (free), which is miles ahead of 2015 anyways. 2015 is the Gibson era, and they are long gone as an owner.

Mark, seems you've already tried a lot of things. How old is your SSD drive ? If one of the tracks you've recorded is corrupted, it won't reach out and tell you . . . only way might be to run "chkdsk /f" from the command line to try a repair. Do you have any external devices plugged in to the laptop, like a USB back up drive, which may cause system interrupts ? Even possible one of your drivers might have a problem. Look in Device Manager for yellow caution signs, or Event Viewer system logs for driver related errors. Hope you get it sorted, want to hear this new tune soon !

@Camero Jones So , 2 posts, and over usage of the word "suck" . . . makes me wonder what was your first post ? . . . a glowing review no doubt. @Kevin Walsh . . . nice post, though, I would be surprised to see this OP actually reach out for help here. I would offer to help, but all I can offer is my experience that Cakewalk software has recently become even more stable than ever before, and that's the main reason I continue to use it, despite subscription confusions. Anyways, it's kind of an over the top misplaced critique of some amazing software, maybe this belongs on another forum, or nowhere at all.

Another great song Paul . . . some excellent vocals, as always . . . was waiting for the sprawling guitar solo, but you kept this one on the story of the lyric. Yes, I really like the story and the very real feeling of it, as it unfolded . . . top notch songwriting !

Mark, this is an awesome version of an amazing song ! I can hear why it stayed with you. Never heard the song, but thanks for introducing us to it here. You don't need me to tell you your recordings and your guitars are always so great, so I'll just tell you your vocal performance is very well done and heartfelt here.

Nigel . . . I'm always in awe how big and full your mixes sound on my small speakers !! The science we all search for I think. Yes, this song is more pop than your usual rock for Devine Lie, really enjoyed it !

You've really got something there, unique sound . . . a shuffle beat with some funk guitar riffs, and the bending notes of the lap steel really make this an interesting piece to listen to. Your description makes it sound like just an experiment . . . but there's a great song idea baking in there somewhere. Top shelf ! (where grandma keeps the cookies)

Knocked it out of the park . . . loved it.

I'm stuck on monthly subscription, and it's simply costing way more per year than my other DAW, which I can keep using, if I don't decide to keep upgrading. Especially wearing thin, since I don't really use most of the salient new Sonar features. Sometimes I think I just continue to pay out of nostalgia, familiarity, support for the Cake bakers. The BandLab extras don't work for me. When the perpetual version comes, I'm there in a heartbeat, if it never comes . . . _ _ _

Which audio interface do you have ? You say Sonar will not open, but you were able to select "no tracks or busses", so it must be kind of opening. It sounds like Sonar is getting stuck trying to rectify the audio set up. This is only my guess, because I had a similar issue recently . . . and you'll certainly have to give the great people here more info on your environment settings to get to the bottom of it.

No worries @T Boog . . . if there is a need for something, someone out there will make a business out of fulfilling that need . . . so you've just voiced the need for it.

Yes, this is the wrong place for such a theoretical question. The discussion may continue once it's moved to the Coffee House forum. Artificial Intelligence is becoming more and more human, and humans are becoming more and more artificial. You're just wanting your artificial backup singers to get the pronunciation correct, and others are just wanting AI to write the music because they are only lyricists. AI will just keep doing what we tell it to do until that day when AI starts telling us what to do.

Hi Steve, I don't recall hearing this one before, not one of Paul Simon's big radio hits I might recall. You've done an excellent job here, and I can certainly hear the "Paul Simon" flavour when listening, throughout this whole piece. Right away, those flutes reminded me of "I'd rather be a hammer than a nail" (I never remembered "El Condor Pasa" was the song title), it was no doubt written in that same era . . . oops, google says 55 years ago, can that be correct ?, maybe I heard it in a previous lifetime Also, another great sounding recording from your studio ! Good work, good listen. Bruce

Your instrumental playing sounds excellent, and how they blend from one to another, especially by your fireplace (and mine) . . . just drift away, so good !

Hey out there in SonarLand ! Here's a new song, I've been tweaking the mix this last month, let me know how it translates on your ears and speakers . . .