Shawn Lee Farrell Posted May 14, 2019 Share Posted May 14, 2019 Some of you have been using it for years and are in the know...grass roots gorilla marketing and raising awareness among musicians of the sonic abilities abounding in CakeWalk and the price by BandLab can't be beat! Spread The Word and Feel The Love! -SLF Producer, SoundTracker APP Using CakeWalk by BandLab since Pro Audio 9 previously AMIGA Bars and Pipes Pro with Studio AD516 preceeded by MusiCalc & Music Construction Set on my Commodore 64 and I love It! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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wolfstudios53 Posted May 14, 2019 Share Posted May 14, 2019 3 hours ago, Shawn Lee Farrell said: Some of you have been using it for years and are in the know...grass roots gorilla marketing and raising awareness among musicians of the sonic abilities abounding in CakeWalk and the price by BandLab can't be beat! Spread The Word and Feel The Love! -SLF Producer, SoundTracker APP Using CakeWalk by BandLab since Pro Audio 9 previously AMIGA Bars and Pipes Pro with Studio AD516 preceeded by MusiCalc & Music Construction Set on my Commodore 64 and I love It! I also had an Amiga, running Bars and Pipes, Music Mouse, Doctor T's KCS, and "M". Those were fun days! Creativity at it's best. Today, I have BandLab Cakewalk( since Pro 9 also) and Studio One with more equipment and experience! Different times, different software, different music! All in a life! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msmcleod Posted May 14, 2019 Share Posted May 14, 2019 I came from the Amiga as well. Music-X was my tool of choice. Over 250 tracks, a patch librarian, PRV, Staff Editor, Event List, a MIDI filter/mapper, and even a 4 channel sample player. I *think* you could do rudimentary hard-disk recording, but it's so far back I can't remember... maybe you had to record it as a sample first in a separate program. SOS did a review back in '89: http://www.muzines.co.uk/articles/music-x/5672 Here's a cool video @rasure uploaded to YouTube: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InstrEd Posted May 14, 2019 Share Posted May 14, 2019 31 minutes ago, pwalpwal said: are BandLab telling people about Cakewalk by BandLab? Good point. I think they will push this when they have more of their apples lined up with add-on, store, etc..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jb101 Posted May 14, 2019 Share Posted May 14, 2019 Sequencer One on Amiga for me. I resisted computers for years, sticking to hardware sequencers and tape. So glad I finally made the move.. I tell anyone who will listen about Cakewalk. One of my students has just this week started using Cakewalk to record his Prog Rock band. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starship Krupa Posted May 14, 2019 Share Posted May 14, 2019 I sure as hell am, mostly right here in this forum. You would be amazed at the number of posts by people who make it all the way through the process of discovering that the old Cakewalk company's forum is locked, registering an account with BandLab, navigating through the popups and dialogs telling about CbB, only to get to this forum and post about how they're running Sonar X1 or whatever and having some technical issue. Or they come in and post asking in earnestness whether they should even try CbB. They are not sure whether their bundled plug-ins will still be available, etc. And, once again, we reassure them that CbB installs right alongside, works great, very similar except more features and faster and more stable, and you get to keep your existing bundled plug-ins and installation of Sonar. No risk. I've asked, no, begged, for a sticky on this topic, so far to no avail. I just hate to see all these people missing out on something that's such an improvement. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
razor7music Posted May 14, 2019 Share Posted May 14, 2019 I've been using it since the stone age when it was called, Cavewalk. 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kzmaier Posted May 14, 2019 Share Posted May 14, 2019 I am but ... what I find is that once someone becomes a real Daw user, they lock in very fast. And then there's the "Industry Standard". Informed new users can get the most benefit from this Killa Daw!!! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arlen2133 Posted May 14, 2019 Share Posted May 14, 2019 I am, all over facebook in person and when I can on this forum. I feel like all the other happy users of Cakewalk by Bandlab.. "Why aren't they coming over in bigger numbers?"? Been using this DAW since the PRO9 days (in some very small studios). Got my own copy of Sonar3 (and my own studio then too ?) I guess it's a slow process trying to win over all of the "industry Standardites" one by one, but somebodies gotta do it. Carry on.. ✊ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Lee Farrell Posted May 14, 2019 Author Share Posted May 14, 2019 Great Answers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdiemer Posted May 14, 2019 Share Posted May 14, 2019 2 hours ago, razor7music said: I've been using it since the stone age when it was called, Cavewalk. The main rival then was Prehistoric Tools, I believe. Or maybe, Neandertools. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bapu Posted May 14, 2019 Share Posted May 14, 2019 (edited) No. Everyone I know who could use it does already. For my only muso friend on a Mac I suggested Reaper for now. Once he gets the hang of recording i have a copy of Studio One Artist i may pass on to him. Edited May 14, 2019 by Bapu 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Royal Yaksman Posted May 15, 2019 Share Posted May 15, 2019 I have suggested it to quite a few people. Especially those who use something like Ableton or FL Studio and are looking for a traditional DAW for certain procedures. But most of the time when I get to the part about it being free. Instead of excitement, they tend to pull a face and shrug. Then some weeks later when I speak to them again, it turns out that they ponied up dough for either Pro Tools, Cubase or Studio One and didn't even bother trying Cakewalk. I'm really not sure how you can beat free as a sales point? But I think it is likely that this DAW needs the similar tales, legends and mystique of the others, to make people want to check it out. Perhaps once some bedroom producers get big and start talking about it, then it will be an awfully easy sell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Notes_Norton Posted May 15, 2019 Share Posted May 15, 2019 If it is a natural point in conversation, and I think it would help the person I am conversing with, I'll mention Cakewalk. I don't push the product or try to force it into a conversation, but if appropriate I will tell people about it. BTW, I started on the Atari/ST computer. Tried a few sequencers (Dr. T's?) but ended up with Master Tracks Pro. I still use MTPro for MIDI sequencing when no audio is required. The interface is fast and clean. I never had an Amiga, but at one time I wanted one. I didn't have a commodore, but I had that Texas Instruments TI/99 or whatever they called it. The TI was pretty useless for music, it was my first computer, and taught me how to write in BASIC though I never got to the advanced stages of that. I moved on to other things when I got my Atari. After writing some styles for Band-in-a-Box/Atari and selling them through trade magazines I eventually bought a DOS5/Win3.1 PC and a Motorola Mac Classic ][ so I could sell to those platforms as well. I'm mostly PC now, as the Atari is gone and I see no advantage for Mac for the things I do on the computer. Insights and incites by Notes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bitman Posted May 15, 2019 Share Posted May 15, 2019 (edited) Yes, in response to "how can I" questions on forums. "I'n CbB, you can just do such n' such". Like today on KVR. "Is there a VST that can load other VSTs?" I replied about Cake's fx chains. Most people look at CbB as some cult they don't want to join but the features are still compelling. A bit like telling People about Jesus. "Oh sure there he offers unconditional eternal spiritual life in heaven and all but....." Edited May 15, 2019 by bitman 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wetdentist Posted May 16, 2019 Share Posted May 16, 2019 i got 2 people to download CbB due to collaborations we are doing. 1 person loves it & the other person hates it (cuz he's ableton) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steev Posted May 16, 2019 Share Posted May 16, 2019 I'm pretty active on Bandlab when time allows and have actually been Evangelizing Cakewalk for decades, well before Bandlab.com existed or was even technologically possible, and am currently involved with quite a few collaborative efforts on Bandlab, as well as various music websites and several groups on LinkedIn I frequent, and as well locally with some decent yet mixed results. Many people flatly refuse to accept the fact that anything free could be any good, and most certainly is some sort of a trap. Yeah, I get that, and I also and fully realize that it always pays to be skeptical because conspiracy theories do exist, as do ulterior motives. And I also realize that even though it's quite often the case, NONE of these things are essentially bad or absolutely built upon evil intent. And as a long time Cakewalk user I am a bit more then grateful to Meng for salvaging my favorite DAW from being thrown under the bus of obscurity and providing continuing support. At first I was quite surprised when I read about it being offered for free, but certainly not as shocked as I was about other users angrily complaining how unfair that was, because they had spent hundreds of dollars per year for SONAR Platinum. Well so did I, in fact I shelled out thousands of dollars over the past couple of decades for yearly upgrades, every year thinking since around the time SONAR 4 Producer was released, OK this freak'in ROCKS steady and stable, THIS is going to be my LAST UPGRADE! But every year Cakewalk not only offered more functionality and smoother workflow, all of which I could honestly live without, but more importantly and much more useful to my workflow, some really great 3rd party plugin bundles that would easily cost me 3x the amount by purchasing them directly from the 3rd party vendors. I would have to be stupid, crazy, and or both NOT to purchase the upgrade for $150 (US) when it included something like a fully licensed $300+ version of XLN Audio's Addictive Drums, plus many extra's along the way. For YEARS I was wondering how Cakewalk was making any money, and it wasn't until Gibson threw it under the buss, it wasn't worth the effort and expense to keep up paying all the licensing fees. And what's Bandlab's ulterior motive for providing such an EXCELLENT matured DAW less all these 3rd party plugins and tech for free? Well, not that it's anybody's business other then their own, or that it's an inherently evil conspiracy theory to steel our souls.. But I would assume, considering Bandlab is in the retail music business based in Singapore, and maybe, MAYBE Cakewalk by Bandlab just a really, REALLY nice box of tools given to us in good faith to be used to support and record the instruments and 3 party software they sell to their present and hopefully future customers??? Ya know, as any professional working musician from the US knows, how Sweetwater from Ft. Wayne, Indiana, built their reputation as America's BEST music equipment retailer by offering state of the art services like personal sales engineers, instructional and product review videos, HUGE 600+ page semi-annual very informative catalogs, FAST and free shipping and even still throws in bags of candy in the box with every purchase.. Always puts a smile on my face. ? I really love that candy. My last purchase from Sweetwater was a Warm Audio WA 414 lg diaphragm condenser mic, which is a bone chillingly accurate clone of a world renouned vintage AKG 414, yeah they are great, blah, blah, really needs no detailed explanation as we've all heard them 1000's of times on 1000's of hit records, blah, blah, blah, when I opened that Sweetwater box I was happy I got my new Microphone, but only excited and interested in the free Tootsie Rolls.. I never even tried to get someone to switch or change over from their preferred DAW, for what should be obvious reasons that are very much in line with trying to talk a life long Dodge pickup truck owner into buying a new Ford pickup truck, it's just not worth consideration. Yet some got curious enough to try it out to see what all the fuss was about, and some trashed mouthed after 5 minutes from everything for being blank and ugly to not having any demo songs automatically open for them to jam along with to get inspired enough to get started, stupid DAW, LoL, I wouldn't even know how to respond to that, so I never did. But others, typically the musician creative types who've had even relatively modest experience with Studio ONE, Pro Tools, Cubase and the like actually really liked and respected Cakewalk enough to pursue and continue dabbling with it as a secondary DAW, based mostly on almost instantly falling in love with ProChannel. I take that as a decent sign and a true plus for Cakewalk's Integrity. All that being said, I do believe that Cakewalk has been the most recognized popular, widely used, and most award winning DAW in the WORLD for 2 DECADES! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuckebaby Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 1 hour ago, pwalpwal said: you can believe what you like (religions being the classic example) but that doesn't necessarily make it true in our collective shared external reality He did say "I do believe" (an opinion). So what's your point ? Your opinion Vs. his ? Come on man, don't be that guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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