The message at Cakewalk’s home page, visited today, reads:įollowing the acquisition of certain assets and the complete set of intellectual property of Cakewalk Inc.

Twelve Tone Systems which became Cakewalk is a relatively recent victim of the industry they were bought briefly by (Sony?) and now apparently have been cast adrift. Historical notes and griping about apparent demise of Cakewalk/Sonar from Revisiting this in Apr 2022, I am pleased to report that BandLab appears to still be thriving, the software (it’s called “Cakewalk by BandLab” rather than Sonar) is still being supported and updated, and I still recommend it highly. I strong recommend you check it out, at least if you have old Cakewalk/Sonar project files you despaired of ever being able to work on again. It’s almost too good to be true and I hope the guy/company doesn’t lose interest and let it go again.

Like a phoenix from the ashes, a mysterious company called “BandLab” acquired the software, but reflecting on the painful death of Opcode years ago I didn’t have much hope for it.Īpparently, however, the billionaire behind BandLab has poured a huge amount of money and resources into the software and made Sonar available for free! Not only that, it’s a fully updated and stable software release. As outlined below, Sonar and other great Cakewalk software finally died a death. It’s quite amazing what can happen in a year.

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