Larry Shelby Posted February 17, 2024 Share Posted February 17, 2024 (edited) We're pleased to announce Early Access of 2024.02! This release is primarily a maintenance release that includes a few bug fixes. It also adds compatibility for the new Cakewalk Product Center application. Please note: CbB will eventually be discontinued as future development and support will transition to the upcoming Cakewalk Sonar release. If you wish to continue to use CbB, you must update to the 2024.02 version when it is released to the public. Earlier versions will cease to activate in the future. Please note that Early Access installers are update installers, which only update from a specific version. To install the 2024.02 Early Access build, you must be on the latest public release of 2022.11 or later. Download Cakewalk 2024.02 EA installer There is no rollback installer for this version. If you haven't already done so, please read about the Early Access Program before participating. Please keep responses specific to problems or comments on this release. Unrelated bugs or feature requests should be posted in other threads or the feature request channel. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1N1Aa1VsKBC4wpVP1sYPtfgePxbdihI0r/view?usp=sharing Thanks again for your participation! The Bakers New Cakewalk Product Center The new Cakewalk Product Center application has been released. This app will be the central portal to install and manage all future Cakewalk products going forward. CbB has now been updated to work with this app and offline activation for Cakewalk is now available once more by using Product Center. Click the link below to read more about Cakewalk Product Center. Edited February 17, 2024 by cclarry 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSteven Posted February 17, 2024 Share Posted February 17, 2024 (edited) "Note: Offline activation is currently only available for Sonar and Cakewalk by BandLab." Need to wrap my head around what this applies to (Next?), but at the moment not an issue for me... Edited February 17, 2024 by TheSteven Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
satya Posted February 17, 2024 Share Posted February 17, 2024 Cakewalk at least made some people addicted except me during the free period to consider it as a Primary DAW 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
satya Posted February 17, 2024 Share Posted February 17, 2024 While I was searching I found this on reaper website, SOBAR to REAPER guide https://www.reaper.fm/userguide.php https://www.reaper.fm/guides/SONARtoREAPER_2017b.pdf 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starship Krupa Posted February 17, 2024 Share Posted February 17, 2024 4 hours ago, satya said: While I was searching I found this on reaper website, SOBAR to REAPER guide https://www.reaper.fm/userguide.php https://www.reaper.fm/guides/SONARtoREAPER_2017b.pdf And you posted this in a topic about the latest release of Cakewalk by BandLab because....? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
satya Posted February 17, 2024 Share Posted February 17, 2024 1 hour ago, Starship Krupa said: And you posted this in a topic about the latest release of Cakewalk by BandLab because....? cakewalk is not gonna be free anymore☹️ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soundwise Posted February 17, 2024 Share Posted February 17, 2024 (edited) It's good to know, that Sonar is not abandoned and is about to get a fresh new start. Can hardly wait for the release! I do hope that this new Sonar will be just as stable and fast evolving as it used to be. Don't want to stir up any highly emotional discussion by comparing it to other DAWs, it's safe to say, that Sonar ticks all the boxes for me. Go Bakers! Edited February 17, 2024 by Soundwise 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starship Krupa Posted February 17, 2024 Share Posted February 17, 2024 37 minutes ago, satya said: cakewalk is not gonna be free anymore☹️ Yes, same as REAPER was once freeware and is now payware. Are you suggesting that if someone likes programs that go from freeware to payware they might also like REAPER? Seems like an odd criterion.... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sander Verstraten Posted February 17, 2024 Share Posted February 17, 2024 4 minutes ago, Starship Krupa said: Yes, same as REAPER was once freeware and is now payware. Are you suggesting that if someone likes programs that go from freeware to payware they might also like REAPER? Seems like an odd criterion.... Oh, I so hope Cakewalk Sonar will have the same pricing structure as Reaper... 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aidan o driscoll Posted February 17, 2024 Share Posted February 17, 2024 2 hours ago, satya said: cakewalk is not gonna be free anymore☹️ Reaper is not FREE .. its $60. Its trusting people to use the "trial" period and then purchase a license after that. Perpetually using it without paying the $60 thereafter is technically illegal I imagine 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitekrazy1 Posted February 17, 2024 Share Posted February 17, 2024 3 hours ago, Starship Krupa said: Yes, same as REAPER was once freeware and is now payware. Are you suggesting that if someone likes programs that go from freeware to payware they might also like REAPER? Seems like an odd criterion.... I don't think it was ever freeware. You could use it unauthorized. I've had a Reaper license since it came out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
User 905133 Posted February 17, 2024 Share Posted February 17, 2024 BTW, the manual mentioned above was not prepared for CbB. It's from the time when the former owner abandoned SONAR (that is, before Bandlab resurrected it from the dead): "(updated Dec 22 2017)." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTsongwriter Posted February 17, 2024 Share Posted February 17, 2024 3 hours ago, aidan o driscoll said: Reaper is not FREE .. its $60. Its trusting people to use the "trial" period and then purchase a license after that. Perpetually using it without paying the $60 thereafter is technically illegal I imagine Don't forget, it's $225 if you plan to use Reaper to sell whatever it outputs. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTsongwriter Posted February 17, 2024 Share Posted February 17, 2024 If Cakewalk offers a really good upgrade price from version 8.5 to the newest version that has a Perpetual license. I think it would be worth the upgrade Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starship Krupa Posted February 17, 2024 Share Posted February 17, 2024 1 hour ago, kitekrazy said: I don't think it was ever freeware. You could use it unauthorized. I've had a Reaper license since it came out. According to its Wikipedia timeline, it was initially freeware, then became shareware, then fully payware. It's been payware for a very long time. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTsongwriter Posted February 17, 2024 Share Posted February 17, 2024 This new Cakewalk BETTER have CLAP support! 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
X-53mph Posted February 17, 2024 Share Posted February 17, 2024 (edited) 27 minutes ago, El Diablo said: Don't forget, it's $225 if you plan to use Reaper to sell whatever it outputs. This got me thinking....has CbB been putting hidden coding into mixdowns to make them copyright traceable? This might explain why FUGA auto-detected copyright content in my music when uploading to YouTube. Edited February 17, 2024 by 53mph 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTsongwriter Posted February 17, 2024 Share Posted February 17, 2024 (edited) 5 minutes ago, 53mph said: This got me thinking....has CbB been putting hidden coding into mixdowns to make them copyright traceable? I wouldn't think so... I've looked deeply into creating imprinting into audio files that isn't audible to the human ear and found that to be extremely difficult when getting into the CD quality 44.1k 16 bit formats. Anything that compresses or converts like mp3 will completely mess with the signature. I couldn't wrap my brain around a way to do it without creating your own audio format. Edit: it would be much easier to stuff a song into a BMP file than to stuff a BMP file into a song and it still be usable. Edited February 17, 2024 by El Diablo 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeringAmps Posted February 17, 2024 Share Posted February 17, 2024 22 minutes ago, El Diablo said: If Cakewalk offers a really good upgrade price from version 8.5 The “fiasco” was “lifetime” updates to Sonar Platinum, often referred to as SPLAT. While I’m sure that the “retail” price will be “reasonable” does any manufacturer “owe” someone 5 versions back any discount? Especially if they have supported you for 5+ years for FREE! Really? Sonar 8.5 was released when? t Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTsongwriter Posted February 17, 2024 Share Posted February 17, 2024 1 minute ago, DeeringAmps said: The “fiasco” was “lifetime” updates to Sonar Platinum, often referred to as SPLAT. While I’m sure that the “retail” price will be “reasonable” does any manufacturer “owe” someone 5 versions back any discount? Especially if they have supported you for 5+ years for FREE! Really? Sonar 8.5 was released when? t It's all about the name brand, not the years between. It's fine if they don't want me back. I still own 8.5, and with Blue Cat Audio Patchwork, I can run VST3 inside it. It maybe cheaper to buy a used platinum version from ebay that still works with offline installation? I've got Reaper DAW. The only thing I'll miss from the newer version of Cakewalk compared to 8.5 is the ability to drag audio up till it turns a line blue, drop it, and then it converts the audio into a tempo map automatically via Melodyne embedded. I use that feature quite often when I use Cakewalk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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