It's sweet of you defending Sonar daw. However, can you swear that no coders have left?jens wrote: Sun Dec 14, 2025 1:14 pmNoel is still at the helm and has been since about forever - he's been with Cakewalk since before Sonar.
Sonar now has a free tier again....
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- KVRian
- 1112 posts since 20 Oct, 2018
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- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 25008 posts since 12 Jul, 2003 from West Caprazumia
I'm not in the defense businesss - just stating the facts
What question is that? How could I? - I don 't work for their HR department after all.However, can you swear that no coders have left?
Can you swear the same about any DAW-developing company (okay, the really small ones like Cockos and Mulab aside - and even with these we don't really know for certain who exactly is doing what)? Sorry, but that's a profoundly silly and naive question.
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- KVRAF
- 7094 posts since 22 Jan, 2005 from Sweden
I remember Noel, Seth and Brandon and think Craig Anderton was closely affiliated as well.
- but which are coders?
Thinking how Windows works
- press Windows button
- start typing and loads of examples, often recently used first, come up
- this might be a quicker way
But if they built their own language model and start with full words only like "bounce" as in example above?
So if you type
- "bo" and loads of options come up with "bounce", could be fast way
- and learning from "internal recently used" list etc
- maybe I judge on too little information
Sonar Artist 2015 is the only daw I have installed. Great daw....with quirks I can live with...Windows updates stopped a year ago so nothing changes, it should work.....
- but which are coders?
Thinking how Windows works
- press Windows button
- start typing and loads of examples, often recently used first, come up
- this might be a quicker way
But if they built their own language model and start with full words only like "bounce" as in example above?
So if you type
- "bo" and loads of options come up with "bounce", could be fast way
- and learning from "internal recently used" list etc
- maybe I judge on too little information
Sonar Artist 2015 is the only daw I have installed. Great daw....with quirks I can live with...Windows updates stopped a year ago so nothing changes, it should work.....
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- KVRAF
- 1787 posts since 22 Feb, 2014
Just that they jumped on the AI bandwagon.
If you can't beat them, join them, I reckon.
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- KVRAF
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- 25008 posts since 12 Jul, 2003 from West Caprazumia
Yeah, you can dismiss this new feature as AI if that's your thing...telecharge wrote: Wed Dec 17, 2025 3:46 amJust that they jumped on the AI bandwagon.
If you can't beat them, join them, I reckon.
(Not the first and certainly neither the last time people partake in stupid trends without even first engaging as much as a single brain cell and talking irritating crap while being at it
)Oh, look - here's me, defending Sonar once again... (And I don't even like the thing)
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- KVRAF
- 4077 posts since 27 Aug, 2004
Noel yes. Don't remember Seth without a last name. Brandon was a demo guy. Anderton is technical but AFAIK hasn't coded for DAWS.lfm wrote: Sun Dec 14, 2025 2:46 pm I remember Noel, Seth and Brandon and think Craig Anderton was closely affiliated as well.
- but which are coders?
Even if the piano player can't play, keep the party going.
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- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 25008 posts since 12 Jul, 2003 from West Caprazumia
He did macros and stuff - he also invented Quadrafuzz by the way...
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- KVRAF
- 1787 posts since 22 Feb, 2014
BandLab is offering a one-year sub for Cakewalk Sonar for $70 USD, and allegedly there's a flash sale to get it discounted further by a whopping $3.00 
-- making it $67, but no one seems to be get that to work - https://bnd.la/eoy-flashdeal
-- making it $67, but no one seems to be get that to work - https://bnd.la/eoy-flashdeal-
- KVRer
- 3 posts since 22 Dec, 2025
Totally hypothetical, but imagine if Nuno Bettencourt said:
“Yeah, we write on SONAR. I just sub for a month when we’re in production — the rest of the time I’m on the free tier lol.”
SONAR’s perceived value would skyrocket overnight.
But hey, it doesn’t have to be Nuno — any big-name artist would do.
“Yeah, we write on SONAR. I just sub for a month when we’re in production — the rest of the time I’m on the free tier lol.”
SONAR’s perceived value would skyrocket overnight.
But hey, it doesn’t have to be Nuno — any big-name artist would do.
