Anthony Smith Posted Tuesday at 12:42 AM Share Posted Tuesday at 12:42 AM For instance, is Workspaces behind the pay wall for Sonar? Are there limitation in the ProChannel? Is tasks within the export function now behind the paywall for Sonar? I'm hoping to help some new folks using Cakewalk figure out the real differences (trying to invite them to TRY free tier for themselves lol like herding cats...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristol_Jonesey Posted Tuesday at 06:43 AM Share Posted Tuesday at 06:43 AM This makes no mention of Workspaces, Pro Channel, Exporting 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canopus Posted Tuesday at 07:25 AM Share Posted Tuesday at 07:25 AM (edited) 57 minutes ago, Bristol_Jonesey said: This makes no mention of Workspaces, Pro Channel, Exporting That chart needs to be updated. Workspaces has a Crown symbol next to it in the last version of the Free Tier, and so has the Run Tasks button in the Export dialog. Additionally, Offline Help is not mentioned in the chart, but is currently blocked in the Free Tier. However, BandLab marketing seems to have changed their minds about that one. Edited Tuesday at 07:43 AM by Canopus 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristol_Jonesey Posted Tuesday at 08:24 AM Share Posted Tuesday at 08:24 AM Thanks Canopus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristol_Jonesey Posted Tuesday at 04:11 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 04:11 PM 9 hours ago, Bristol_Jonesey said: This makes no mention of Workspaces, Pro Channel, Exporting @msmcleod Mark, any reason why Workspaces and Export limitations are not included above? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msmcleod Posted Tuesday at 07:34 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 07:34 PM 3 hours ago, Bristol_Jonesey said: @msmcleod Mark, any reason why Workspaces and Export limitations are not included above? You'll need to ask whoever produced the comparison chart - I wasn't involved in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony Smith Posted Wednesday at 06:58 PM Author Share Posted Wednesday at 06:58 PM 23 hours ago, msmcleod said: You'll need to ask whoever produced the comparison chart - I wasn't involved in it. Can we get a clear explanation if those areas being behind the paywall was planned, or are a know issue that we need to report? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony Smith Posted yesterday at 12:42 AM Author Share Posted yesterday at 12:42 AM On 7/8/2025 at 12:34 PM, msmcleod said: You'll need to ask whoever produced the comparison chart - I wasn't involved in it. Is this not the appropriate forum to get an answer to the question? Is there another forum we should go find or something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starship Krupa Posted yesterday at 06:11 AM Share Posted yesterday at 06:11 AM On 7/9/2025 at 11:58 AM, Anthony Smith said: Can we get a clear explanation if those areas being behind the paywall was planned It was planned. Not indicating it in the chart was an oversight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canopus Posted yesterday at 07:19 AM Share Posted yesterday at 07:19 AM 6 hours ago, Anthony Smith said: Is this not the appropriate forum to get an answer to the question? Is there another forum we should go find or something? This is basically a peer-to-peer forum. One can never expect developers and/or support staff attending to every question raised. In fact, sometimes they do, by their own free will, but that's the exception and not the rule. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristol_Jonesey Posted yesterday at 07:20 AM Share Posted yesterday at 07:20 AM On 7/8/2025 at 8:34 PM, msmcleod said: You'll need to ask whoever produced the comparison chart - I wasn't involved in it. So who produced the chart Mark? Do we have to ask all of the development team, one by one? I know of about 4 or 5 of you but surely there are more. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristol_Jonesey Posted yesterday at 07:21 AM Share Posted yesterday at 07:21 AM 1 minute ago, Canopus said: This is basically a peer-to-peer forum. One can never expect developers and/or support staff attending to every question raised. In fact, sometimes they do, by their own free will, but that's the exception and not the rule. Fair enough, but if we can't gain their attention here, where do we go? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canopus Posted yesterday at 09:45 AM Share Posted yesterday at 09:45 AM 2 hours ago, Bristol_Jonesey said: Fair enough, but if we can't gain their attention here, where do we go? I have no idea. If it's not a support issue, then maybe there's no place to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Vere Posted 23 hours ago Share Posted 23 hours ago (edited) In the end these questions are answered by a volunteer user who will take the time to research and create a comprehensive chart. That has always been the strong point of this user forum. Staff provided what they can but don’t really have time. My personal view is if you feel strongly that the chart is of importance to the community then you should be the volunteer. In the end it is a very simple process to try out the free tier version and if you run into a missing feature you can then make the decision to either buy a membership or move on and see if there’s better value in switching over to another Daw. Everyone has totally different needs and only that person can decide what path to take. Edited 23 hours ago by John Vere 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Kelley Posted 23 hours ago Share Posted 23 hours ago With all due respect, the items you get if you subscribe aren’t all that big of a deal. A few are nice additions but don’t stand out as must-haves. Are those supposed make a person want to upgrade? It doesn’t make sense to me. What am I missing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Nicholls Posted 22 hours ago Share Posted 22 hours ago (edited) 1 hour ago, Terry Kelley said: It doesn’t make sense to me. What am I missing? Well, some people just can't stand that 13 second wait during application startup, so there's that We are told that exciting things are in the pipeline that will be Full/Subscription only. I recommend you use the Free Tier until such time as the new features are announced, and make your decision about upgrading then. If there is one thing that is very clear over the last few years, is that there is no one strategy that BandLab can take that will make EVERYONE happy 😄 Edited 22 hours ago by Colin Nicholls 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristol_Jonesey Posted 22 hours ago Share Posted 22 hours ago (edited) 1 hour ago, Terry Kelley said: With all due respect, the items you get if you subscribe aren’t all that big of a deal. A few are nice additions but don’t stand out as must-haves. Are those supposed make a person want to upgrade? It doesn’t make sense to me. What am I missing? The missing items might or might not incentivise certain users into upgrading, but equally, they're not sufficiently important to ***** prospective users who refuse to pay the sub. It's a fine line and puts Cakewalk into a very delicate position Edited 22 hours ago by Bristol_Jonesey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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