Regardless, an 'aggressive feature development roadmap' lies ahead of Cakewalk by Bandlab, CEO Kuok Meng Ru said in a press release. Sonar launched a Mac prototype in 2016, but there is no word yet on whether BandLab will be developing a Mac version. The Windows version is now available for download here.

Now, BandLab has announced that it is relaunching the Sonar digital audio workstation (DAW) as a new free product: Cakewalk by BandLab. The DAW has a wide range of avid users, and it’s good to see it in the hands of a company that appears to care about its future.Earlier this year, we reported that BandLab, the Singaporean music tech company that has made headlines for its stake in Rolling Stone, had acquired music software company Cakewalk from Gibson, who had ceased development of the company's product Sonar last year. This is certainly great news for Sonar users, even though the announcement is a little light on the details. It’s not clear how Cakewalk fits into Bandlab at the moment, as no additional information has been released. It also owns Swee Lee, Asia’s leading online retailer and distributor of musical instruments and pro-audio brands.Ĭakewalk is best known for its digital audio workstation Sonar, as well as its myriad of digital instruments such as Dimension Pro, Rapture Pro, Z3TA+ 2, Session Drummer, and SFZ+ among others. The Singapore-based company also owns an interest in Rolling Stone magazine and has branched into hardware with its first recording interfaces hitting the market last year, while also recently partnering with Heritage Guitars.

These include the case and gig bag company Mono Creators, the DJ streaming service Chew, and more recently the historic guitar brands Teisco and Harmony. Hopefully you haven’t made a transition to a new DAW yet, because the unforeseen has happened as Bandlab Technologies has announced that it has acquired all the intellectual property assets of Cakewalk from Gibson.īandlab started as a social music platform for both creators and fans but has been expanding rapidly recently with a number of other music-related company acquisitions. You’ve probably been pretty depressed if you’re a Cakewalk Sonar user after Gibson announced it would no longer support the product line at the end of last year.

Users Rejoice – Cakewalk Purchased From Gibson By Bandlab

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