Do you recommend the Bandlab Sonar product vs legacy Sonar Professional?

[Joey Kelly]

What are the pros and cons?

[pedwal wally wally wha]

legacy won't get code updates, and if it's a version that requires the online authentication/activation then that (auth) will stop soon

if you like sonar then go for the current version 🤷‍♀️

/goodluck

[Sailor55]

Agreed. I accepted reality about two weeks ago and moved up to the New Sonar.  I quite like it.  No looking back.  - Dan

[57Gregy]

2 hours ago, Joey Kelly said:

What are the pros and cons?

Do you mean the new Cakewalk Sonar or the older, discontinued (but will still work) Cakewalk by Bandlab?
Or the Bandlab phone app?

[Misha]

New Sonar: Vector, more features, developed aggressively.  Near identical workflow as with legacy (and Bandlab's Cakewalk).

Legacy (the one Gibson used to own): non-vector. Bugs since 2017 that will not be addressed anytime. You get what you get.

Having said that. As of now.... As soon as you stop paying monthly for Bandlab's Sonar = no more Sonar for you.

If you are OK with subscription model, keep in mind that price and terms might change (or worse) and you will have zero leverage.  Either accept  new terms & pay, or = no more Sonar.

Bandlab's version of Cakewalk is powerful and available free....for now.  There is no official word of any kind how long it will be available for.  It is tethered to Bandlabs servers and asks for re-activation from time to time. If they decide that it's time to discontinue it, they can easily do that, as again, there is no official word of longevity or what will the end game look like.

 

I hope I answered some of your concerns.

 

 

 

[Promidi]

On 9/14/2024 at 12:56 AM, pwalpwal said:

if it's a version that requires the online authentication/activation then that (auth) will stop soon

 

Reputable Source?

[Colin Nicholls]

On 9/13/2024 at 8:26 AM, pwalpwal said:

if it's a version that requires the online authentication/activation then that (auth) will stop soon

No evidence for that. They have said authentication will continue, and have no plans to disable it. Given Cakewalk's loyalty to their customer base, this is more trustworthy than most players in the software business. 

[pedwal wally wally wha]

furry muff

[pedwal wally wally wha]

1 hour ago, Colin Nicholls said:

Cakewalk's loyalty to their customer base

😂

[pedwal wally wally wha]

they did this with project5 and i was told to just get over it 🤷‍♀️ they're a business, they're not gonna support a product for free

[pedwal wally wally wha]

and, to be clear, we're now a part of bandlab's customer base, the cakewalk devs are just their employees, they have no influential say in this matter

[Colin Nicholls]

1 hour ago, pwalpwal said:

they did this with project5 and i was told to just get over it 🤷‍♀️ they're a business, they're not gonna support a product for free

Yes they are a business, but we got 5 years of Cakewalk by Bandlab free.  Additionally, I also think you should get over project5.

Edited September 15, 2024 by Colin Nicholls

[Starship Krupa]

21 hours ago, pwalpwal said:

they did this with project5

Who is "they?" BandLab never published Project5.

[Alan Tubbs]

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