gargonknight Posted December 21, 2018 Posted December 21, 2018 not a moan just curious to why we didn't keep the name sonar? i was thinking maybe we could of just called it Bandlab pro instead of cbb. not that i,m not loyal to the name cakewalk but cakewalk by bandlab doesn't have a cool ring to the daw. what do you think?
mdiemer Posted December 21, 2018 Posted December 21, 2018 Perhaps they were thinking that Cakewalk is the more general term. That more people would recognize that name than Sonar, which was one of many products over the years. 1
John Sandlin Posted December 21, 2018 Posted December 21, 2018 There was a big discussion of this in the previous forum. I don't recall the deep details, but I think the change of ownership kind of needed a branding update and they discussed what to rebrand it as. They went with the tried and true, and ancient, name Cakewalk for the product. The name that the product originally had (all the way back in to the 1980s). SONAR as a name was new, controversial (well, when they changed from Cakewalk to SONAR it was) and carried with it baggage that BandLab wanted to leave behind. I did suggest "Bandlab Advanced Digital Audio Software Suite" but it didn't work out that way. 6
chris.r Posted December 21, 2018 Posted December 21, 2018 I think there's more to the name Cakewalk than many remember. Coming from recent times people recognize Cakewalk as a brand and Sonar as a product. But those who are with Cakewalk for longer remember that Cakewalk was the product made by TwelveTone! I'm more familiar with name Cakewalk and feeling fine with that name, a very traditional name in a sense.
gargonknight Posted December 21, 2018 Author Posted December 21, 2018 dont get me wrong not embarrassed to have the name cakewalk, cakewalk the brand is dead and long live the bandlab name. funny enough i still call cbb sonar, sonar or cakewalk didnt fail gibson did so could of called it sonar by bandlab. i,ll shut up lol i am very happy what ever we call it!
InstrEd Posted December 22, 2018 Posted December 22, 2018 some legal reason I can't remember that the name had to be changed
Grem Posted December 22, 2018 Posted December 22, 2018 I was still calling Sonar "Cakewalk!!" I had used that name for so long that it was the only thing my wife knew I was working on, Cakewalk!!
Cookie Jarvis Posted December 22, 2018 Posted December 22, 2018 I always thought Twelve Tone would be a great name...talk about nostalgia Bill
Musicianaire Posted December 22, 2018 Posted December 22, 2018 2 hours ago, Grem said: I was still calling Sonar "Cakewalk!!" I had used that name for so long that it was the only thing my wife knew I was working on, Cakewalk!! Same here. Except for the wife part. 1
Starship Krupa Posted December 22, 2018 Posted December 22, 2018 Heh, maybe for a similar reason that I know better than to ask my friends' kids if they use "Live," because nobody calls it that, they call it "Ableton."
Variorum Posted December 22, 2018 Posted December 22, 2018 Well, it looks like the programmers are stuck with the SONAR name for a while. The Control Surface SDK (for one) uses the Sonar moniker a lot... ISonarMixer3, ISonarTransport2, etc. The main Cakewalk EXE still appears to have interfaces and ID references to Sonar, as well, and a lot of references to CPP files in a workspace folder... who is Jenkins? . I'm sure that one day they'll do a massive search and replace to rename all of those from SONAR to CAKEWALK or CBB or something, and then spend an entire month QA'ing to fix everything that breaks because of it
urock Posted December 22, 2018 Posted December 22, 2018 Having started with Cakewalk pre-SONAR, I like the SONAR name more. I also loved the early Sonar logo on the box below. I know the name is set, but I think even Cakewalk Pro Audio by Bandlab would sound better. Regardless, just happy the software is alive and well!
Zargg Posted December 22, 2018 Posted December 22, 2018 48 minutes ago, urock said: Having started with Cakewalk pre-SONAR, I like the SONAR name more. I also loved the early Sonar logo on the box below. I know the name is set, but I think even Cakewalk Pro Audio by Bandlab would sound better. Regardless, just happy the software is alive and well! I have the same box and agree with the logo. Simple but cool.
Bapu Posted December 22, 2018 Posted December 22, 2018 (edited) I only care that I got to keep my forum name Bapu. Sadly on Bandlab site my login ID is BapuBassman because some wanker used Bapu before me. Imagine that. Edited December 22, 2018 by Bapu 1
Grem Posted December 23, 2018 Posted December 23, 2018 16 hours ago, Variorum said: ... who is Jenkins? . Many have asked that question. None have found the answer.
Musicianaire Posted December 23, 2018 Posted December 23, 2018 1 hour ago, Grem said: Many have asked that question. None have found the answer. Leerooyyyyyyyy...
Variorum Posted December 23, 2018 Posted December 23, 2018 Quote 1 hour ago, Grem said: Many have asked that question. None have found the answer. I found a bitmap embedded in the EXE... Jenkins???
Variorum Posted December 23, 2018 Posted December 23, 2018 14 minutes ago, scook said: This is Jenkins Hmmm... Less furry than I imagined.
Noel Borthwick Posted December 23, 2018 Posted December 23, 2018 3 hours ago, scook said: This is Jenkins Bingo. Scook knows all. 1
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