On 23 February 2018, Singapore-based BandLab Technologies announced its purchase of some of Cakewalk, Inc.’s assets and all of its intellectual property. ceased operation, with only the company's web forum and license authorization servers still being kept functional. On 17 November 2017, parent company Gibson announced that it was ceasing active development and production of Cakewalk branded products, including all versions of SONAR. Starting with Sonar Platinum (January 2016), releases moved to a monthly cycle, with new features and demo products introduced with each update. With the release of Sonar X2, the full program family became native 64-bit. Before introduction of Sonar X2 in October 2012, the entry-level Essential versions of Sonar (Sonar Home Studio and Sonar Essential) were 32-bit only.
Starting with version 6, Sonar could take advantage of 64-bit internal processing, a 64-bit audio engine, and a 64-bit mixer on 64-bit versions of Windows Vista and Windows 7. Various audio export options (including 64-bit masters) were AIFF, AU, CAF, FLAC, RAW, SD2, W64 (Sony Wave-64), and WAV (Microsoft).
#Free sonar 8.5 update
new Boston, MA (February 19, 2010) Cakewalk, the world's leading developer of powerful and easy to use products for music creation and recording, today announces a free update for SONAR 8.5 Producer and SONAR 8.5 Studio. It was possible to transfer audio loop files from other compatible software into Sonar and complete a final mixdown. Cakewalk Announces Free SONAR 8.5.3 AudioSnap Update for. Common SMPTE formats, frame sizes and frame rates were supported. With appropriate hardware, it was also possible to output the video to an external monitor screen via FireWire. Sonar had the ability to show video as thumbnails contained in a separate track. Sonar provided limited facilities for video, surround sound (5.1, 7.1), and supported. If you want to test it with more, contact us and we will arrange a free 10-day testing period.
#Free sonar 8.5 for free
With version 8.5, SONAR continues to innovate on all fronts. If interested, download free Cakewalk SONAR you can in full news.