They did NOT buy the company, and have no responsibility, legal or otherwise, to those of us who bought the 'lifetime upgrades' that Gibson sold us (yep, I bought into it too!).

But I guess we'll see.īandlab bought the 'intellectual property' - the code. I'm not expecting that deal will hold, but I do hope they have some level of consideration for those of us that have been long-time customers of their premium products. I took advantage of the deal offered by Sonar in the last couple of years in which I paid a single price for the upgrade on Sonar Platinum that would ensure I got all future upgrades for free. What I'm most curious about in all of this is what their pricing model will be going forward. I have no skin in this, I'm just super stoked that Bandlab has made this available. I'm sure Native is fine in other DAW's, but for those who want to get their feet wet with a professional proven DAW, this is one heck of an opportunity. but being able to work on a part and basically 'spin the wheel' to 'see what it sounds like with this or that' is really amazing. Now, in the end, I would likely end up using higher end reverbs and delays and such. I brought up a dry track, set it up to loop, and then just went on an adventure in Native selecting amps and effects and adjusting mic placement and and and and. I guess I'm most excited for my next recording project because of the proof-of-concept that led me to post about this here. You can jump in and start recording, or as many have, dive in and record and produce Emmy and Grammy-winning works of art. I just had to look it up in one of Anderton's books, or later hit up the forums. Cakewalk had that functionality to pull it off. But, there have been many times when something came up, and sure enough. Honestly, after all these years, I haven't tapped into all the features ever. (watching anyone under the age of 30 frantically typing DOS and 386 machines into google).Ĭakewalk may not be for the timid, but trust me.

I was recording 8 tracks CD-quality audio on a 386 machine. While known for quirks, to be honest, those quirks were generally configuration issues. I've been using Sonar since the Cakewalk days.

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