Wookiee Posted Monday at 04:41 PM Share Posted Monday at 04:41 PM @Bass Guitar Gibson didn't go broke. They filed section 11 anti bankruptcy protection. As they have done with several other software products they have purchased they dumped Cakewalk Inc., all its staff and products. To be precise at 11:00 am EST, on the 17th of November 2017 they announced to the staff that they no longer had a job. They didn't even tell us, they left it to a couple of dedicated staff to deliver the information. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fastdraw Posted Monday at 05:03 PM Author Share Posted Monday at 05:03 PM (edited) 1 hour ago, Bass Guitar said: The brief history of Cakewalk Pro audio and Cakewalk etc were owned by the original developers way back 80’s and 90’s. 12 Tone Systems. That’s why the DX synth was called TTS-1. Roland bought it and in those days it was Sonar. Example Sonar 1 to Sonar 8. Gibsonn bought it around that time and we had Sonar X1 thru X3 lastly Sonar Platinum. Gibson went broke and discontinued the development and support for Sonar. Bandlab bought just the software not the company, and renamed it Cakewalk or often called CbB for Cakewalk by Bandlab. It was free but that ended last month. Two years ago they announced the upcoming release of 2 new products Cakewalk Sonar and Cakewalk Next. This is where we are. They returned to calling it Sonar. Yes that’s a bit confusing when you search Google for that title. Sonar is based on the Cakewalk legacy but Next is a totally new design that is also cross platform. Sonar has always been PC only and will remain as such. Sonar is a very powerful and complex Daw with a very steep learning curve. Cakewalk Next is at this point in development very simple so very easy to learn and use. They are by subscription only which includes both. There are free version also available. Thanks for all the details. I kept Sonar Platinum and installed this more recent version of Sonar . Nothing is different regarding the playback of MIDI files; TTS is preserved! Edited Monday at 05:04 PM by fastdraw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Promidi Posted Monday at 08:04 PM Share Posted Monday at 08:04 PM On 10/12/2025 at 6:23 AM, Jan van Schalkwyk said: I use a hardware synth and it is the default device: Only 2 steps 1) Open midi file 2) Click play Nothing is lost Same here..... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bass Guitar Posted Monday at 08:23 PM Share Posted Monday at 08:23 PM I have lots of options 1-TTS-1 2- SynthFont 3- Coyote 4-MSWavetable 5-Korg r5/rw 6-Roland SC 55 7-Yamaha DTX Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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