Alan Tubbs

I get spam thru Microsoft, in apple, from email. Every once in a while I get some from Bandlab, I suppose. Delete and report is your friend, until you realize they just add new spam for the deleted ones.

Tape Op said they will change the online text.

here you go. https://tapeop.com/reviews/gear/164/cakewalk-sonar-4-daw/ @

The latest one on line. Nov Dec. I don’t think it is printed and mailed. I haven’t gotten mine, anyway.

Here is a little PR. I don’t know what cakewalk sonar 4 is, but otherwise you can find the review in the free tape op mag. You might have to subscribe but it is a good mag.

Next solved the biggest problem Cakewalk had - Mac compatibility. It is doing job 1 and I hope they add to its capabilities.

Continue to use cakewalk sonar and render all your midi and audio tracks and save the tracks. Now when Bandlab sends you a ransome note for $15 you can transfer all your audio to a new DAW. Done and you don’t have to give in to Bandlab’s taking the folding money out of your right pocket. Just $100, 200 or 500 will get you a new and different Daw.

Nobody I know likes the subscription model. Yet the #1 DAW is sub based - Pro tools. We might not like it but it is a fact. I don’t like paying taxes or co pays either. i do think the roll out of of cakewalk sonar was … confusing. It shouldn’t take so much effort to figure out what Cake is offering. It is spread over various web pages and sites. As far as I can tell Bandlab is mostly a social music site. Cakewalk Sonar is a bonus for bandlab users that want to step up to pro output, but you have to keep paying. Certainly not the straightest line. But it is also true that cakewalk use to charge $500, a year, for the full version of Sonars and also loaded with the latest synth that cost hundreds too. So your $150 a year sounds kind of puny and a good deal (even with out Dimension Pro or Rapture). I never heard as much squealing over Sonar’s pricing. they are going to get your money one way or another. It is natural to kick against the ***** but at some point you need to move forward. My next choice would be Mixcraft since is a cheaper buy and works much the same as old Sonar. But you know, you still have to pay for it, even if you buy it by paying off a credit card.

I don’t think the trial includes saving. I could be wrong but I would think that is how Cakewalk Sonar works.

Thanks.

How do you report it?

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The Newton is a reasonably priced RND channel strip with an excellent pre. The isa one is good and cheap, relatively for a standalone. It isn’t as thick sounding as the wa76. But I found that putting a nice transformer somewheres in-line can help get “that sound” without a +$500 pre. But again, you are going to be spending that much per a channel on a decent comp or eq, so ….

If you already are are knowledgeable with CbB why pay for learning another DAW?

Thanks!

If AI writes the melody for you in BandLab, does google or ms get composer credit? And does cakewalk Sonar get mechanical rights for playing the performance? Asking for a friend.

Cakewalk Sonar is a subscription buy starting at $14.99 a month, tho there have sells available. You also get Next, a simpler but Mac and PC DAw.. There is also a SoundCloud like playback software as well as social media accounts. try CbC for free and see if it entices you to pay for the subscription.

Thanks for the update. Mark your title with “solved” so future polybrute owners can find your solution. thanks again.

Good point, Cakewalk did this to P5. Like P5 and CbB, I think I'll get over it, even tho I really loved P5.

Off topic, but who says cakewalk by BandLab is disappearing. Please cite.

I will add that Bandlab’s rollout hasn’t been smooth and has lots of confusion, unless you give them your credit card number. but I would pay $1500 not to have use samplitude as my main DAW, esp. since Magix seems damned determined to cluster up all their software. Their old Sony software has been rendered almost impossible to use.

You have a contract that needs to be honored. If Bandlab wants to can give you a discount they can. Ask about that. A reasonalble request. as far as capitalists go, I don’t care how they feel. Deliver the goods and all is well. And I care less how do-gooders feel.

Add “solved” to the title of the thread so others can see the solution.

I haven’t had a problem with original warm. Or the tone beast. Perhaps you can check against your standard interface pre? If the Warm is the problem I would complain to them. The are (were) very responsive and used to go out of their way to be helpful.

You can’t repackage the sounds themselves but you can publish the music produced. The answer is yes.