Is BandLab planning on bringing back the SONAR name?

http://www.cakewalk.com/Products/SONAR#start

SONAR Platinum is Cakewalk’s flagship DAW. It includes an industry-leading array of tools, plug-in effects, and instruments that offer extreme flexibility and sonic quality to those who want to take professional results to another level. Speed up your productions with the workflow that only SONAR Platinum delivers. Record, mix, master and deliver tracks with the best audio engine in the industry backed by the world-class ProChannel strip on every track, Addictive Drums 2 Producer Edition, Melodyne 4 Essential, TH3 Cakewalk Amp Simulator, award-winning synths, an onboard Drum Replacer and VocalSync vocal alignment tool, Mix Recall, and much more. SONAR Platinum is the absolute ideal software environment for modern music creation and production.

Highlights

• Complete Digital Audio Workstation
• Fully tested, supported and compatible with Windows 10/8/7
• Create professional compositions with 23 instruments, and 57 FX included
• Record and mix with the powerful end-to-end 64-bit double precision engine
• Lightning-fast workflow with the dynamic Skylight User Interface
• ARA Support
  
• Per-track ProChannel console strip with 19 modules = “large console” sound
• NEW! Patch Points and Aux Tracks for the most creative and flexible mixing
• NEW! Drum Replacer for reinforcing and creating pro drum tracks
• NEW! LP EQ and LP MB Linear Phase Mastering Plug-ins
• NEW! Fully integrated Tempo Detection
• NEW! Create your own look with SONAR Theme Editor
• And much more!

When you buy SONAR Artist, Professional, or Platinum you get one year of updates. Throughout the year you'll get regular fixes, customized SONAR content, and even brand new features. You choose how often to update your system, and each update you receive becomes part of the program you own, so you can keep it forever!

http://www.cakewalk.com/Products/SONAR/Versions

Edit: Title has been edited to reflect uncertainty caused by BandLab's website.

 

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So...what will happen to Bandlab Cakewalk, which is free?

 

Nice. I've never used Sonar myself but the name became a staple of the music and DAW world for me so it's cool and nostalgic to have it back. I agree with Baxter though, what will happen to Cakewalk? I hope they'll keep it going. From what I understand, Cakewalk is basically Sonar without all the instruments and synths, right?

Also it's interesting to see how they basically bundled third party instruments and plugins with this. I wish Reaper would do something like this - doesn't have to be as many or as expensive, but just to give their DAW some basic beginner friendly functionality in a complete package, it would be cool if they would consider going down a similar route.

 

It's not "back", it's just the old site (before BandLab).

 

Yes, Version 2017.10 (October 2017)
More than a rebirth it seems the exhumation of a corpse

 

Click on Cakewalk website for Sonar Platinum Buy Now and webpage with 3 online shops come up, choose Sweetwater and when their webpage opens it s says "Sorry, the Cakewalk SONAR Platinum is no longer available. We've left this page up for reference only. Check out the great alternatives on this page or call toll-free".

 

yer thats confusing, i just checked it 2

 

I think you found the "old" Sonar Cakewalk website.
If you visit http://www.cakewalk.com/ you will notice fast Bandlab did not take down the old website. Instead, you get links to Cakewalk by bandlab. Which is is on https://www.bandlab.com/products/cakewalk

Edit
Yeah the site exists since 2015 http://web.archive.org/web/20150801000000*/http://www.cakewalk.com/Products/SONAR

I doubt Bandlab would not change the site if they start selling again ...

 

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Is Elvis included?

 

BandLab = Cakewalk = former Sonar!

 

Any LEGIT Cakewalk user that can contact BandLab and inquire? IF BandLab has no plans whatsoever for Sonar,I dont see why it would even consider linking to the old Cakewalk site, instead of promoting its brand's name. Time to edit this thread's title.

 

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lmao.. almost make ex sonar plat user be like..

wahaha

too good for a free DAW though.

 

BandLab continues to use SONAR in its promotion of Cakewalk.

 

As Bandlab States themselves "As of Feb 21st 2018, information elsewhere on this website may no longer be accurate."
The other Websites are merely a leftover since they still contain relevant information (e.g. Manuals).

 

Yes, they said that on Wednesday, April 4th , 2018. BandLab needs to either correct it (if able to) or stop linking/referring to it. No sense to link/refer to information which is not even accurate.

 

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@The Pirate

Why not just admit this thread shouldn´t have been done from the start?

 

I, @The Pirate, state that: This thread should not have been done from the start.
Are you satisfied now @phloopy ? Anything else sir?

 

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@The Pirate.
All make mistakes... even me
Btw... I see you have changed the titel of the thread!

 

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When cakewalk got shut down by gibson, they promised that the website would stay open for as long as possible so that cakewalk customers would still be able to use their products, like Z3ta+, rapture pro, sonar etc.
When bandlab took over all the cakewalk product they said they would honor that agreement.

So the cakewalk site has not suddenly reappeared, it never went away.

So can we please stop this stupid conspiracy theory thread right now.

And yes i own sonar, z3ta, dimension pro and rapture pro and was glad the site is still up there when i built a new computer a few weeks ago and could just download and authorize all my old software.