Shane_B. Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 Is Sonitus still included with CBB? If so, is it the VST or DX version and is a bridge still needed for DX or is it embedded in CBB? Does CBB export to MP3 natively or do you need to install a 3rd party add-on? I tried to look at the download page for CBB but I can't find any info on what exactly is included. A friend of mine wants to try CBB on his new Windows 10 64bit PC if it still comes with Sonitus and can export to MP3. He's currently using an ancient version of Sonar on a his old 32bit PC and it's dying. He's a very basic user and wants to keep using Sonitus and only exports to MP3 so I'm hoping I can just point him to CBB for his new PC and except for the layout look it will essentially be the same for him. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amberwolf Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 If you ever have a program that doesn't directly export to MP3, I can recommend just exporting to wave, then you can use the drag-n-drop LamedropXP. I'v used this forever, and it still works fine in Windows10, dunno about 11 but probably. https://www.rarewares.org/mp3-lamedrop.php I use that to make any MP3's I need. ..but everywhere I need to upload does a conversion itself for the streaming/download files from my wave upload (bandcamp, soundclick). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Joad Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 CakeWalk by BandLand can export to MP3 natively, yes it still comes with Sonitus. I use it on my Windows 10 64bit PC. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Joad Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 Side note: if you have the old Sonar X3, and you leave it installed and then install CBB all the Sonar X3 plugins will work with CBB. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
57Gregy Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 In a recent thread somewhere in here, staff have said they bought Sonitus a long time ago and have no plans to get rid of it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shane_B. Posted February 1 Author Share Posted February 1 Thanks! I fired up CBB and it had me do an update. Some release notes popped up and they said they updated Sonitus to support 96kHz in the last update from Dec. 2024 iirc. 10 hours ago, Old Joad said: Side note: if you have the old Sonar X3, and you leave it installed and then install CBB all the Sonar X3 plugins will work with CBB. I still have X1 installed. I also have CBB installed. CBB only shows the DX version of Sonitus though. It's been so long since I used Sonitus I can't remember if there ever was a VST version. His system will be a clean install. He has nothing DAW related on it at all so I'm thinking things will go smoothly for him if he can actually get it downloaded and activated. He's can't seem to install and activate it for some reason. I'm assuming it's still available because it's still there on their website. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pwalpwal Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 1 hour ago, Shane_B. said: I still have X1 installed. I also have CBB installed. CBB only shows the DX version of Sonitus though. It's been so long since I used Sonitus I can't remember if there ever was a VST version. the included version is dx, altho they did at some point in the past offer the suite for sale independent of sonar but the vst version was only 32bit otherwise i would've picked it up if there was vst64 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
57Gregy Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 5 hours ago, Shane_B. said: Thanks! I fired up CBB and it had me do an update. Some release notes popped up and they said they updated Sonitus to support 96kHz in the last update from Dec. 2024 iirc. I still have X1 installed. I also have CBB installed. CBB only shows the DX version of Sonitus though. It's been so long since I used Sonitus I can't remember if there ever was a VST version. His system will be a clean install. He has nothing DAW related on it at all so I'm thinking things will go smoothly for him if he can actually get it downloaded and activated. He's can't seem to install and activate it for some reason. I'm assuming it's still available because it's still there on their website. There's a whole thread about Sonitus in the Cakewalk Sonar forum. In it, Noel Borthwick wrote "The sonitus plugins will definitely be supported going forward. We're in fact currently working on some updates to the suite so stay tuned." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigb Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 Totally misread the thread title as CBD question! 😆 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shane_B. Posted February 1 Author Share Posted February 1 Some of those old fx that came with Cakewalk and Sonar sounded really good. I always liked Sonitus. There was a bunch of fx that were just controls, no graphics at all iirc. One was a clean amp sim. It was great. I remember that one from Cakewalk 9 I think. Heck, I was really happy with V-Vocal. I wish they would have improved on it. I'm getting a but nostalgic now that I'm thinking about the old days and my friend forcing me to open up CBB and his version of Sonar again. I really wish I had time to get back in to music. He's pushing me to do a duo with him and hit a bunch of places we played as a group and winery's and places like that. We were in a band together for over 10 years. It really all started when one of the guys passed away a few weeks ago. The 3 of us left all went to his funeral together. They're retired and have time, but I have a 24/7 job now and I could and do get called in after hours and weekends a lot so I really cant get back into it like I used to. Anyhoo, I think I have to upgrade the ram in his PC. It only has 4gb. That's probably why he's having trouble installing CBB. It says 8 minimum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Joad Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 (edited) 10 hours ago, Shane_B. said: Thanks! He's can't seem to install and activate it for some reason. I'm assuming it's still available because it's still there on their website. You have to download and install the Cakewalk Product Center 1st and then download CBB from there.. Edited February 1 by Old Joad 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shane_B. Posted February 3 Author Share Posted February 3 Account creation doesn't seem to be working for him so he's stuck at the moment. I'll have him try a different browser maybe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amberwolf Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 Where is he trying to create the account? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shane_B. Posted February 4 Author Share Posted February 4 On 2/2/2025 at 7:14 PM, Amberwolf said: Where is he trying to create the account? I'm not sure. I'm going to have to go to house and help him when I have some time. I did some reading about it and it seems to be a pretty common problem, so I'll have to try to figure it out for him. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Sasor Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 Account creation is only disabled for the legacy Cakewalk site. Otherwise the BandLab accounts will work and you can download through Product Center. While it won't necessarily impact the install itself... 4 gigs of RAM is definitely pushing it for being able to do much. Make sure Windows is as up to date as the machine will allow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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