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Bandlab Discontinues Free Version of Cakewalk by Bandlab DAW

Richard L'Hommedieu bandlab, cakewalk, daw, music software, sonar June 10, 2023

Bandlab Discontinues Free Version of Cakewalk by Bandlab DAW Bandlab, the company behind the popular digital audio workstation (DAW) software Cakewalk, has announced that they will no longer be offering a free version of the software. Bandlab acquired Sonar by Cakewalk DAW after Gibson discontinued the software after it purchase it from Cakewalk, leaving their […]

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Gibson Kills Cakewalk and the Sonar Line of DAW’s!

Richard L'Hommedieu cakewalk, daw, Gibson, Gibson Trouble, recording studio, sonar December 14, 2017

Gibson has decided to discontinue all development of Cakewalk products, which includes the very popular DAW(Digital Audio Workstation) SONAR, which has for 30 years been the flagship of the Cakewalk line. The apparent explanation is “they want to focus on consumer audio electronics” Gibson Brands announced today that it is ceasing active development and production […]

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To Subscribe Or Not To Subscribe

Cameron Bashaw adobe, cakewalk, content mangaement, making a Scene, music business, music marketing, protools, software subscribtions, sonar, soundcloud February 21, 2017

To Subscribe Or Not To Subscribe Whether you’re an aspiring artist or seasoned industry vet, you undoubtedly have noticed the subscription trend getting picked up by more and more software developers. On December 12th 2016, Softube announced their new subscription model for their plugin collection and it very closely mimics The Everything Bundle promotion that […]