

At present, there’s no particular connection between the two programs and projects created in any DAW can be uploaded to Bandlab. As it was explained to me, the idea is that Bandlab is to Cakewalk as Instagram is to Photoshop. So why is Bandlab doing this? According to spokesperson, Meng, it because of their commitment to “ a world in which there are no barriers, physical, geographical or technical to the making and sharing of music.” It appears to be inline with their strategy for BandlabĪs are all cloud-based DAWs, Bandlab is quite limited compared to professional software. Others were concerned that they were required to join Bandlab in order to download the program. And it’s true that it’s not quite the full package previously offered as Sonar Platinum, but what it’s missing is third-party plug-ins and content which wasn’t part of the sale anyway. Some were concerned that this new Cakewalk was a “streamlined” version. Immediately, netizens began looking for the catch. As you probably know, last November, Gibson, as is its habit, had suddenly announced that all Cakewalk programs including the flagship DAW, Sonar, were being discontinued.Īt the time, Bandlab didn’t discuss its plans for Cakewalk, but we wouldn’t have believed them if they had, because yesterday, Sonar re-emerged as Cakewalk for Bandlab and it is now freeware.

I was very pleased when a little over a month ago, Bandlab rescued PC-based software company Cakewalk from the incompetent clutches of Gibson.
