Bristol_Jonesey

The UI of Sonar is the same in Win 10 as it is in Win 11

From threMain Menu, go to File > Quick Start Screen When it's open, make sure there's a check mark in the bottom left of the screen "Show at start"

Yes

Start at "New Features" and take it from there https://bandlab.github.io/cakewalk/docs/Cakewalk Sonar Reference Guide.pdf

Yep. That's exactly what it is. Only applies to Midi tracks or Instrument tracks obviously

Yes you can. Copy them to C:\Cakewalk Content\Sonar\ProChannel Presets

What, in your opinion, is lacking in quality?

While Sonar Free offers the majority of the core features available in Cakewalk by BandLab, some premium capabilities are reserved for BandLab Membership, including plugin oversampling, Elastique Pro time-stretching, multiple Arranger tracks and limited dithering algorithms

Send an email to support@cakewalk.com

So exactly the same chance as any other software company. And I was referencing someone who said they "can pull the plug at any time they wish, which doesn't happen with other companies" Two completely different scenarios, don't you agree?

But what makes you think they will do that?

Make sure Workspaces is set to None

You cannot simply continue with Cakewalk by Bandlab. New authorisations will cease exactly one month from today. After that as soon as your licence expires, so will CbB Free Tier is permanent. You will NOT be forced (or blackmailed as one eloquent user suggested) into buying a subscription.

But kday's complaint was that it was black. I demonstrated that it wasn't black. Why do you have a problem with this?

All your old plugins will continue to work. You might have to point to where they are in Plugin manager, As to whether it's worth paying more, only you can answer that. There is a side by side comparison between Free & Paid on the website. This should help

What makes you think they'd drop support?

John, this is a discussion re the order of Pro Channel vs Fx Bin And as we all know, it's switchable 😊

If you decide to use Offset Mode, do NOT forget to switch back to Envelope Mode when you've finished!

Not all the same colours

Send an email to support@cakewalk.com

But is it black?

I'd be very wary of uninstalling older versions. You don't know a) what dependencies you might break, or b) what shared plugins might no longer be available.

You might get more joy if you'd set it up as split audio/midi, rather than an Instrument Track

What new bugs have you found so far?

I mean, obviously certain plugins might not work, and features available in a newer version would not be accessible in an older one, but the 2 .cwp' -s by their very nature - would be compatible with each other.