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. Find out what's new in Live 10 here.Users Rejoice – Cakewalk Purchased From Gibson By Bandlab
While Cakewalk by BandLab excels at mixing, Live has always been considered more creative. It's currently in Early Access so head here to get started. It sounds like an amazing opportunity for PC users to get hands-on with a fully-functioning professional DAW for free. So what's the catch? The only one we can see is that you'll need BandLab Assistant – an application front-end for BandLab's services – to install the DAW.Īpart from that everything's included bar a few additional add-ons that were previously available to purchase. The GUI also remains the same, making Cakewalk one of the most comprehensive free DAWs available. The Windows DAW retains all the features of Cakewalk's original SONAR Platinum version, including the channel strips and effects like EQ, convolution reverb, tape emulation and limiters. The popular software was discontinued by owners Gibson last year, but has re-emerged with a new name and a free price tag. Cakewalk SONAR has re-launched as a free DAW called Cakewalk by BandLab.
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