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Weird. First, I don't use Cakewalk. The only Cakewalk product I have is Z3TA+2. I just fired it up and messed with it. I descided to see what they were up to and if there was any new news... turns out... there is... as of today...

http://www.cakewalk.com/
The news you've all been hoping for...

SINGAPORE, FRIDAY 23 February 2018

BandLab Technologies today announced the acquisition of certain assets and the complete set of intellectual property of Cakewalk Inc. from Gibson Brands.

For more information, please click the link below to visit a dedicated page to find out more about the news, sign up for updates and read the announcement FAQ.
https://cakewalk.bandlab.com/#the-update

https://blog.bandlab.com/cakewalk-press-release/
BandLab Technologies Announces Acquisition of Cakewalk Inc. Assets

BandLab Technologies today announced the acquisition of certain assets and the complete intellectual property of Cakewalk Inc. from Gibson Brands.

CEO of BandLab Technologies, Meng Ru Kuok said, “We are very excited to be bringing Cakewalk Inc’s products into the BandLab Technologies stable. Cakewalk has been an industry leader in professional music software, delivering cutting edge technology that has empowered producers and artists alike around the world for more than 30 years. We have immense respect for Cakewalk’s legacy and the incredible community of people who love the brand and rely on its products in both their personal and professional lives.

“The teams at both Gibson and BandLab felt that Cakewalk’s products deserved a new home where development could continue. We are pleased to be supporting Cakewalk’s passionate community of creators to ensure they have access to the best possible features and music products under the BandLab Technologies banner,” he said.

The deal includes only the transfer of Cakewalk Inc.’s assets and intellectual property. No other details of the deal have been released. More information will be shared about product roadmap and future features in due course.

For more information, visit http://cakewalk.bandlab.com.

About BandLab Technologies

BandLab Technologies is a collective of global music brands with a vision to connect the world of music.

Together, our brands share a passion. We’re driven by integrating the physical, digital and social supply chain, to enable better experiences, opportunities, and connections for all music lovers.

BandLab, the group’s flagship digital product, is a social music platform that enables creators to make music and share the creative process with other musicians and fans. Other notable brands within the portfolio include Rolling Stone, the world’s leading voice in pop culture and music since 1967, MONO, an award-winning music lifestyle product company, and Swee Lee, Asia’s leading online retailer and distributor of musical instruments and pro-audio brands.

Established in 2016, BandLab Technologies is headquartered in Singapore.

About Cakewalk Inc.

Cakewalk is the leading developer of powerful and thoughtfully designed products for the modern musician. These products include award-winning digital audio workstations and innovative virtual instruments. Millions of musicians worldwide—including Grammy and Emmy-winning producers, composers, sound designers, and engineers—use Cakewalk products daily to produce audio for the professional music, film, broadcast, and video game industries.

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/see hosts.

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Just add; "I wonder if Rapture Pro and Dimension Pro will make the move!?" and this post will be good for Instruments. Interesting news!

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Curious. I'm not a fan of companies that are brand acquirers, like InMusic for example. Hopefully they hire back all the other Cakewalk employees and continue all the products... and have a better corporate culture. It wont get me to move back to Sonar, though.
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Not impressed.....can't be good....don't really care.....gave up on the brand years ago.
I thought maybe the Roland merger might have worked out better. There were some hardware/software combinations that looked promising and so far the Yamaha/Steinberg
merger seems to be doing ok. But when Cake got snapped up by Gibson I knew it was the kiss
of death......not impressed by what I see at Bandlab's site.
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Looks like just another case of "we know this business but aren't successful enough just because we don't have a recognized brand" mindset. It can't really work unless it's true. As for the employees, I guess they'll all be fired unless they agree to move to another country as expats, because otherwise BandLab would need to be able to pay their salaries at U.S. rates and that doesn't really make much sense if they actually know that business and that's the logical requirement behind any such acquisition decision, otherwise it does not make sense.
~stratum~

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They did hre Noel and Ben, though. They were the main developing force of Sonar for quite some time now, and it looks like they'll continue to do so.
Last edited by EvilDragon on Sat Feb 24, 2018 10:34 am, edited 1 time in total.

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Hid them where? :wink:

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Haha. Typo, sorry. "Hire". Probably hid them in Singapore somewhere :D

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Oldnews already kiddo
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I wish them the best. 8)
I have used SONAR since version 4. I signed up on KVR soon after buying it.
Here's a news release from that same time period:
https://www.cakewalk.com/Press/Release/ ... -04-SONAR4

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