Rosewood Posted July 26 Share Posted July 26 (edited) Eh? Edited July 26 by Rosewood Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeringAmps Posted July 26 Share Posted July 26 Sounds about right! t Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Kelley Posted July 26 Share Posted July 26 It was changed from 6 months to 1 month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosewood Posted July 26 Author Share Posted July 26 Well this is really annoying, why is it 1 month now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sock Monkey Posted July 26 Share Posted July 26 (edited) I guess your not in the loop, most people aren't. A lot has changed this year. Cakewalk Sonar is now the version that is fully supported and Cakewalk by Bandlab is retired. You can upgrade to Sonar by acquiring a Backstage pass membership to Bandlab. This includes Sonar, Cakewalk Next as well as a bunch of other music services like distributing and sharing your creations. They will be "maintaining" it but it will not see any bug fixes or updates. It will still be free but a 30 day activation cycle is the price you pay for having access to the software. This is a common method used by many software vendors. The free version will come with a "Nag screen" To remove the Nag you pay. Simple. If you decide to go with Sonar, don't pay the full price for the membership, it will go on sale from time to time we are told and you save around $50 US. Edited July 26 by Sock Monkey 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristol_Jonesey Posted July 26 Share Posted July 26 1 hour ago, Sock Monkey said: I guess your not in the loop, most people aren't. A lot has changed this year. Cakewalk Sonar is now the version that is fully supported and Cakewalk by Bandlab is retired. You can upgrade to Sonar by acquiring a Backstage pass membership to Bandlab. This includes Sonar, Cakewalk Next as well as a bunch of other music services like distributing and sharing your creations. They will be "maintaining" it but it will not see any bug fixes or updates. It will still be free but a 30 day activation cycle is the price you pay for having access to the software. This is a common method used by many software vendors. The free version will come with a "Nag screen" To remove the Nag you pay. Simple. If you decide to go with Sonar, don't pay the full price for the membership, it will go on sale from time to time we are told and you save around $50 US. That's not entirely true. CbB had a maintenance update only last week. Bug fixes WILL be applied. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ptheisen Posted July 26 Share Posted July 26 (edited) To keep expectations realistic, this is what was in the most recent CbB maintenance update: Updated to 29.09.0.108 (July 3, 2024) Fixes in build 29.09.0.108 Regression: Per Output Instrument Track disabled in Add Track flyout menu. BandLab API updates. Changes (build 29.09.0.098) CbB has been updated to work with the new Cakewalk Product Center. Offline activation is now available via Product Center. Improvements to sign in process with new activation response and error pages. Signing in to BandLab no longer redirects you to the BandLab portal after sign in. Cakewalk no longer automatically launches the browser to sign in at app startup. The Sonar promotional window should not appear when running CbB offline (at this time). Updates for Sonar promotional window content. Fixed problems with unresponsive Sonar promotional window. Fixes for analytics and app startup. Fixes for in-app updates. Edited July 26 by ptheisen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnbee58 Posted July 26 Share Posted July 26 So, what if I go more than a month without using Cakewalk by Bandlab? Will it still allow me to activate it when I go to use it next time? Will I have to reinstall or do I have to make sure I check in at least once a month to keep it? I sometimes go more than a month between using it. ?John B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristol_Jonesey Posted July 26 Share Posted July 26 Pretty sure you'll be ok 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Kelley Posted July 27 Share Posted July 27 Dropping from six months to one month cuts the amount of time CbB will work from the time the server stops activating it. They won’t have a bunch of people out there still using it for 6 months. 30 days later, all dead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeringAmps Posted July 28 Share Posted July 28 @Johnbee58 today I fired up my “office rig”, it’s been offline well over a month. I launched CbB and sure enough, I got two toasts (or whatever they are called). One “there is an updated version available” and number two “you must reactivate”. That one has a button “sign in to BandLab” I did and CbB reactivated flawlessly. Then I updated to 2024.7, again flawlessly. One note I always “open folder” and close CbB before I run the update. BTW, did the exact same thing in Sonar, it all went flawless. So as @Bristol_Joneseysaid; “Pretty sure you’ll be ok” HTH, t 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulo Posted July 29 Share Posted July 29 On 7/27/2024 at 1:29 AM, Terry Kelley said: Dropping from six months to one month cuts the amount of time CbB will work from the time the server stops activating it. They won’t have a bunch of people out there still using it for 6 months. 30 days later, all dead. Yep. Hard to have any faith at all in the longevity of this product now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GIM Productions Posted July 29 Share Posted July 29 CBB is the best DAW ,for me, when I can purchase the full Sonar license, I will get on the boat ? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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