Cakewalk Sonar is a world-leading DAW – a professional production tool for creating and recording music. It harnesses and continues the legacy of more than 30 years of development, including all core premium features of SONAR Platinum, such as the award-winning Skylight user interface, flexible ProChannel modules, ARA support, and powerful end-to-end 64-bit mix engine.
No, it's not free. You need an active BandLab Membership subscription to unlock all Cakewalk Sonar features.
Cakewalk Sonar is currently available through BandLab Membership. If you have a BandLab account, you can purchase BandLab Membership here, or learn more about it in the BandLab Membership FAQ.
At this time, Cakewalk Next and Cakewalk Sonar are available exclusively through BandLab Membership.
Cakewalk Sonar builds and improves on Cakewalk by BandLab, offering advanced technology, effortless workflow, and an interface that amplifies inspiration. However, Cakewalk by BandLab will continue to be free without a subscription requirement. While the software will continue receiving essential maintenance updates, no new feature development is planned as we prioritize advancements in Cakewalk Next and Cakewalk Sonar. Cakewalk by BandLab is available for download here.
Yes, Cakewalk Sonar can open projects made in Cakewalk by BandLab. Conversely, Cakewalk by BandLab can open projects made in Cakewalk Sonar. However, any new features or capabilities that are exclusively available in Cakewalk Sonar will not be available in Cakewalk by BandLab.
Cakewalk Sonar represents a new brand identity, introducing a significant UI refresh with high DPI display support, feature enhancements and a platform committed to ongoing feature development. The latest capabilities of Cakewalk by BandLab will carry forward into Sonar, along with a continued focus on performance and stability. While hundreds of improvements have been made since SONAR Platinum was discontinued, Cakewalk Sonar will be able to open projects created in SONAR and Cakewalk by BandLab.
No, the two applications install to different locations on your file system, so they can coexist on your computer.
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