I recorded my first album in Cakewalk. Now I recording second and I still using Cakewalk. Great piece of software. Every effects like delay, reverb, EQ and others are in really professional quality. I think that if you just want to add reverb or delay, or some modulation effects there is no need to looking for another plugins. It's crazy that is free.
I are made it to the end. Cakewalk user for 9 years. I've taught production using PT, Logic and others, but nothing beats Cakewalk. Period. In My Opinion.
I haven't used Cakewalk in 10 years, how does this new version stack up against Studio One Pro 4? I have used Studio One off and on since 2013 but haven't recorded anything for 3 years and I am wanting to get back into recording. I just bought a powerful computer which I for a price so low that you wouldnt it. Money is tight and Studio One Pro is $300. So Cakewalk, Reaper or something else cheap is what I am going for
Hey! I finally want to try making music and make my own songs! Out of LMMS 1.2.2 version, Cakewalk by Bandlab & Pro Tools, which one do you think I should start with first? I have downloaded LMMS & Cakewalk on my laptop and I'm debating whether I should also download Pro Tools but out of the three, which one do I try first?
Been a Cakewalk user now for over 20 years. I've moved to several other DAWS during that time but I always come back to Cakewalk. It allows me to do everything I want to do.
I most certainly made it to the end.... as with all of your great videos! Being a newbie and approaching 70, I admit to watching most of them more than once! .....to the end 🎶😎 My best to you and thanks!
I started using Cakewalk products since 1999, when it was MIDI only. As they added digital audio capabilities, so did I. I upgraded with every new version up to Sonar X1 Producer. I stopped with X1 Producer because it was the last version that included the Roland V-Vocal free. Along the way, I would demo various other DAWs and found them all wanting. The online forum was one of the greatest strength; a community of really helpful and knowledgeable folks. When Cakewalk went down because of Gibson over reaching, I was livid. Months later, when Bandlab acquired Cakewalk, they reached out to all registered users and extended a free membership. I have not outgrown Cakewalk. It is so fully featured that I never will. Thank you for spreading the word.
Good to hear man. Yes, I've been using it since 1998. I've used others as well, and even in its free form, this stands up with the most expensive DAWs.
Made it to the end. My first DAW was actually a legit, bought copy of cakewalk 6 over 20 years ago. Since I have used Steinberg, Cubase, Muse, Kore, Krystal and for the last 9 years have been using Presonus Studio One 2 Artist and have only gone back over to Cakewalk in the last year or so due to it being free and the others not. I still have all the lovely Native Instruments VSTs that come with Studio One and Guitar Rig is my favorite. After watching one of your videos I decided to look at some of the built in stuff in cakewalk and was blown away. Might not need the NI stuff any more. Thanks for your content. Good stuff. Cheers.
Made it till the end :D Lot of people complain about Cakewalk, not realising that Cakewalk was one of the first DAW to be used (though MIDI only) back in the 80's
What year was that? I always thought Pro Tools was the first sequencer back in 1989 closely followed by Cubase. Also, it wouldn't have been a daw then, it would've been a sequencer.
My very first daw was cakewalk because of a sound card I purchased came with it, but back then downloading cracks and fl and such never gave cakewalk a fair shake.
Made it to the end! So, I'm new to this production world, but I have been loooking for a begginers DAW that doesn't cost my entire salary (conversion is hard in BR). And Cakewalk is the one! I really appreciate your video for showing me it. It's been 2 months and I've already made 2 tracks. Love your videos man, wish you the best!
I started using Cakewalk nearly 30 years ago. I fell out of the music scene after college, but am starting to rebuild my home studio. I'm so excited to see that Cakewalk hasn't just survived, but that it's now free! Thanks for the awesome video. I hope it will load all my old song files. 🤩
As someone who is just getting into recording music, I'm so glad I found this. I was using the lite version of Pro Tools that I got with my Focusrite product. This DAW looks way more user friendly, has more options/effects, and is free! It's like the DaVinci Resolve of DAW's
Haha i use it too for EDM although I have been producing for 2-3 years I was using FL Studio but it was cracked so I wanted to go leggit so I downloaded it and I feel really happy I did
I switched from Logic Pro X on Mac to a windows laptop and was shopping around for DAWs. Downloaded Cakewalk and have been nothing but impressed. Dead simple to use and pretty much all the effects/mix tools you need for free to write and record good tracks. I'm super impressed and kind of shocked this is free.
I made it to the end and I have been using Cakewalk since the early 90s. I was initially quite miffed that software I had paid for for years was now free. However, since I can still access all my legacy purchases online I am rather thrilled at the opportunities the future offers. Thanks for your videos. They are really fun and informative.
Tried Logic, PT, Cubase... and finally found my love, Cakewalk! I'm a vocalist and usually sing on karaokes. CW had a template for vocals and it worked so well just out of the box. Reverb and other effects were perfectly set already!
I started using Cakewalk back with the first MS DOS version so I am kind of ahead of the curve. I would never dream of using any other DAW, I have over 200 songs made in Cakewalk. Midi editing is also another reason to use Cakewalk where midi tracks are fully integrated into the wave track view. Also Cakewalk by Bandlab is now ARA 2 and works seamlessly with Melodyne Studio. This DAW is far ahead of the competition in nearly ever respect and to me is the only true "industry standard" considering it works on Windows PCs which have around 80% of the market share of "affordable" content creation workstations. I use Cakewalk on a PC with an Intel 12 core I9 processor, it handles anything Cakewalk puts it through. :)
Made my first ever and then the only demo on cakewalk 20 years ago for my friend sad love song. Great to be able to came back to it after all these years!
Hi Mike, I am well thank you. I really love all of these cakewalk tutorials that you make. They are super helpful. I've been using Cakewalk for 5 (or 6) years now. I bought the flagship program X3 Producer and upgraded to Platinum a year later, only to have Cakewalk shut down two years later. Thank goodness BandLab brought it back to life. Your demonstrations are easy to follow and have helped me a lot. They should have instructional videos this easy to follow on their website. By the way, I made it to the end!
I made it to the end. I'm using Cakewalk and have been for the last 20 years or so. Coming from the ".mod", ".st3" and ".xm" format, I got used to a real DAW with audio and MIDI in the late '90s. I used sound fonts back then with my Sound Blaster Live card. The quality was crap, but I was recording music, which is more than any of my friends could say at the time. ;) It has now become a fully mature DAW with the years and I'm still using it today for all styles of projects, from film scoring to personal projects, and even karaoke backing tracks. ;) One thing that almost no one talks about: Cakewalk has a video view. So, when scoring to film, it is quite useful. Anyway, great job, nice videos. Keep up the good work.
Used cakewalk 22 years ago in a college MIDI class I taught (for a few years anyway). Very easy to use. Made it 'til the end - nice presentation. Also use DP10, Presonus, Logic. They all have their uses but this is...free.
I made it to the end. I used cakewalk a long time ago and forgot about how good it was. Will definitely be having some fun with the new. Thanks for the demos.
I have been using cakewalk since 2000. My first DAW was homestudio 2000 from cakewalk I bought it together with the Waves musician bundle. In this time I also worked with many other Daw's like fruity loops, Protools, Cubase, Studio one Logic Pro enz. But imho there really is no better combination then Cakewalk bandlab (sonar) and Waves plugins. My workflow is very smooth I have templates for almost every situation. Made some really good fx chains presets. I do use studio one to because I own a mac book pro and a presonus studio live 32r to record on location. But then when I have to mix and master I drag everything in to bandlab. I use addictive keys and drums to creat content and it is absolutely amazing quality. I think I need to put some videos up with tips and tricks for sonar. I just need to find a plugin for OBS to capture the audio from the daw. I would recommend every one to give it a try. If it is not for you then just delete it you wont lose anything.
Made it to the end. Watched a few of your other videos before this one (all every helpful) so went back to the start to see what I missed. I've been using Band in a Box and the sequencer that comes with it for 16 years, and when used in conjunction with Cakewalk as the DAW, so far there's nothing my imagination can come up with that I can't make happen! Thank you for your videos, I'm learning a lot.
Hi Bruce Hook! I read that you have Band in a Box. I do too! I got it this year. I have a question that I'm hoping you could answer. Where is the sequencer? Thank you!
Hey Mike ....Made it to the end :) Jumping from Reaper to Cakewalk....I'm a regular in the Pete Johns community but as a PC user I'm experimenting with Cakewalk now. Thanks for all the vids, you're getting a lot of views from me at the moment :) Appreciate you imparting the knowledge in such digestible chunks
I only found cakewalk though a video I saw on RUclips while researching for a free DAW and my budget is none right now so this is a mind blowing amazing deal for a DAW and I hope it's still here in like 70 years or something. My dream is to make edm tracks for a big crowd to enjoy...maybe one day.
Made it. I just subscribed to your channel. Thanks for the info. I used to use cakewalk back in the early 2000’s. I’m just getting back into recording my greatest hits album and I am excited to see cakewalk is free and so rich and capable!
Worth remembering that up until quite recently, Cakewalk was one of the main competitors and on a par with Cubase in the fully-featured DAW market and was priced similarly. Remind me how much Cubase costs .... ?! It's insane how much functionality is in there and given away for free. You'll never out-grow it. Yes you'll buy plug-ins but you'll never need another DAW. Ableton is the only other one I'd consider since it's a different and perhaps more creative approach, but it costs a lot. Respect to Reaper too, but not free unless you're willing to cheat them.
Following lots of research as a first time DAW user (AKAI MPK Mini) and in my later years!!! I found this review helpful, interesting and knowledgeable. Thank you
Hi, I'm not native english speaker but I like how you explain everything. You accent is just great! Thank you very much for the video. I think I give a shot to see by myself thank to your video. Well done. Best, Iván
made it to the end. really appreciate the suggestion. i hadn't heard of cakewalk. i'm getting (or trying rather) to get into producing my own music which is primarily vocals and acoustic instruments so right now i'm really looking for something to use that can refine vocal recordings so i hope this is something i can use that for!
Ha ha - I didn't just make it to the end - I'm bringing people here. Thanks Mike, as always. I have a close friend, a highly accomplished muso (and getting into helping produce some online music) - and George is looking for capability to record his guitar/violin/vocal tracks. And.. to point him at Cakewalk and show off its features, I could not get a better guide than you. So thanks for this video which is a perfect summary of what it can do and what you get with it. Cheers and all the best!
I still Have Sonar Platinum installed. Cakewalk is an incredible DAW. I would still be paying for it if it was still sold. Now that bandlab has taken over, free is a great price for a great product. The sad thing is that 90% of the users will never use it to it's potential. It's an incredibly powerful and great sounding DAW. Worthy of use in the most intense mixing applications.
i bro, i was saving money for to long time.but i can only choose one , options 1 is buy audio interface or 2 buy fl studio. what if i download this free daw and spend money on interface. i assuming that you have used it so tell me how is this daw really is. tell me what to do . I'm waiting for your reply.
I still have Platinum installed too. I was VERY leery when it became free thinking it wouldn't be maintained well. It finally added a feature I have been asking for for years. No complaints except for poor documentation.
@@replacewordnswithbrothersp6308 no need to spent a lot for the interface between 130-200 $ - beware that some audio interfaces are include in some device (ex faders , controlers...and so)
You're so lucky! The company stopped letting people create accounts... i really wanted to get the mac version of cakewalk but now i cannot. I use a really limiting daw and i am a student so i cannot buy good draws. Is there a chance you could send me the app file for it? I can give you my email. Thank you.
Made it! I am downloading cakewalk but am unsure about the most proper midi keyboard/controller for Cakewalk. An engineer friend told me the omnipresently important thing isn't the DAW, but learning it thoroughly. Thanks for your videos🙏
Cool! I did not only make it to the end, but I guess I will watch more of your videos all the way through till the end, because I have just discovered your channel and this video is really excellent and I assume the others will be too. I also like your humor by the way. Cheers and greetings from Germany!
I made it to the end! Thanks a lot. I wasn´t able to buy any DAW right now and this discovery has been extremely useful. I can´t believe they´re giving away it for free.
Guess I'll be downloading this when my laptop comes in this week...The midi controller I'm getting comes with Ableton Live Lite so Cakewalk looks amazing to begin with
Ableton Live is a completely different type of DAW, it does all the recording stuff just as good as any other DAW but also has the live function with the session feature which allows you to play live sets linking up other Synths and instruments, its industry standard for most live dance acts, it can also be linked up to lighting rigs triggered by the music, it is an immensely powerful tool if you know how to use it
I made it to the end!! As someone wanting to experiment with recording, this intro to Cakewalk was just what I needed. To this point I’ve only used GarageBand on my IPad, but this has so many more possibilities. Thanks!!!
Thanks for the amazing series on Cakewalk by Bandlab Mike, it really helped me acheive my dream of writing and recording a heavy metal album. Would never have figured it out without your videos!
Cakewalk was my first Daw and I only discovered tonight that Sonar no longer exists in it’s previous state! I transitioned to Logic many years ago but I was always fond of Cakewalk. This will be perfect for my son.
I made it to the end! After mire than 12 years of using Presonus Studio One along with nany 3rd hand plugins, I only now have realized that Cakewalk was there all this time, having everything I need, best sounding quality, most professional implementation, and everything for free! Jeez, how could I be so wrong for so long time, I'm switching now to Cakewalk in 2024 and feeling excited to seeing what the new Sonar will look like!
I made it to the end! LOL I think overall the content is much more important then the actual time spent listening to the video. Covering the content adequately without getting sucked into a rabbit hole while at the same time explaining everything to a level of sufficiency that really covers the topic at hand is the most important thing you could be doing. And you are doing that splendidly!
Made it to the end. I started with Sonar 8.5 studio, then upgraded to Sonar X3 studio. Just installed the new Cakewalk tonight. Took a little bit of playing around to get my Korg M50 vst setup done and getting my existing Melodyne into Cakewalk, but it's all good now. Pretty unbelievable that they're giving this DAW away for free. It's worth hundreds of dollars. It's nice having software that is now supported and upgraded as opposed to Sonar. I was reluctant about downloading it, but after reading so many positive experiences with it, I'm glad I went ahead and did it. Cakewalk for free is an upgrade from Sonar X3 studio which i think cost me somewhere near $200. Fantastic.
Hey Mr Jinks - welcome to the Cakewalk club! Yes, I took a similar journey to you. You are gonna find it mostly the same - which is handy when we just want to get on and make music! Thanks for watching!
made it to the end.... 30 yr musician but new to this stuff... very clear and informative. I like the user interface a lot.. I'm gonna take this for a spin...thanks for posting.
Made it to the end :) Just launching out into music production as a retirement sideline and wondering which DAW to invest my time and energy (if not money!) into. This has helped confirm Cakewalk as the one to go for. Keep up the good work.
I started with Cakewalk 3.0 around 25 yrs ago. I had a Compaq monochrome laptop and a bunch of outboard sound modules with a cheap mixer all in a keyboard flight case. I made backing tracks and played solo gigs. I upgraded every few years and stuck with it to the end. When audio came around I used MIDI for lighting control, guitar effects and vocal effects. I still use it. I paid for all the upgrades up to Sonar Platinum. Plug-ins were a god send.
i made it to the end...to start my beginning. This is just so helpful..i know nothing about recording or any of this..but i am determined to learn..thank you for this so very much
I just upgraded to this version of Cakewalk from Sonar 8.5 Producer's Edition. My plugins work again!!! No drop outs!!! Plus, I can load all my old session files from 2008. Upgrading my DAW is making me a plugin addict. I can't stop buying them!!
I made it to the end. I am a complete novice that has dabbled with cakewalk since its beginning but have never achieved a finished song of my own. I`ve basically used it for recording a vocal on to a backing track, but I believe that if I follow your videos faithfully, I might just achieve something of my own. Thanks for producing these tutorials they are very concise and easy to follow, Steve H.
I have watched, I think, all of your videos, at least twice... I am in awe as to how in depth, but easily taught, you sir, manage to do all your videos... I thank you, at least twice... and, yes, I MADE IT TO THE END!!! I am an (old) newbie at this, I have always dreamed of having my own little home studio, but I kept looking at mixers and DAWs and my mind went right back to watching Thundercats, yes even at my almost 50 years on this earth... anyhow, your videos have allowed me to dream again, I have already spent countless hours watching them again and again. And I am already looking at converting my garage into my own private studio... I am also looking for soundproof ideas for the studio, etc... I am going head on, and I just wanted to say THANK YOU!!!! All the way from Tucson, Arizona and Callao, Peru!
Hi Engel, thank so very much for watching my videos. I have enormous fun making them, and have also learned much in the past 18 months. At 52 myself, I found a way to combine all my skills into one place, and that can make a person very happy! It’s thanks to people like you, that I am enjoying my life so much. I hope you get to have your studio in your garage, you can’t measure the pleasure!
Creative Sauce Thank you, sir. Your words are very kind and your approach to what you do in front of the cameras really make a difference in us students accepting what your presenting. Your “conversational” approach as well as your attention to detail in every aspect that you talk about are certainly key in your success as, what I would consider, your celebrity status. I have seen and read other blogs etc and you are pretty much the standards in knowledge and best practices. Keep up the good work and lastly, “I hope you well!” :) :)
I'm an amateur / hobbyist song writer. I've been using the computer to assist in my recording since Voyetra Sequencer Plus for DOS. I can say that Cakewalk for BandLab is amazing. This video could easily have been 10 hours long highlighting the professional features it has.
made it to the end. Total beginner. Hoping to record my own music. This video makes me interested in seeing more, so I subscribed. Nice to have a video for beginners that actually speaks to beginners.
Just a newbee who has always been super interested in creating music but cant personally play an instrument to save my life! So, I thought I'd check out various free and hopefully safe-to-download DAW's. You have made a very informative and so far convincing sell and presentation of Cakewalk. Thank you for sacrificing your precious time! Have a good one. Wayne
A couple of months ago I ditched Audacity which I had used for a couple of years. And man, am I glad I found Cakewalk! The only thing I miss from Audacity, is to be able to remove background noise easily. What we did there was to start recording but wait about 15 to 20 seconds to actually sing or play an instrument. Then select about 10 seconds of that first part, and use a noise removal tool. There isn't such a feature in Cakewalk that I have found out about yet. What was frustrating about Audacity is the difficulty in adjusting the volume of each track, which is a piece of cake in Cakewalk! 😜
I am a middle school guidance counselor and I was looking for a free app I could use to help students make some music and record their freestyling over, as a sort of music/creative therapy. Cakewalk looks like just what I was seeking, free, accessible and pretty simple. Thanks for promoting it.
Hey man, I made it to the end, lol. I’ve been using Sonar/Cakewalk for a few years now. I got a free version of Sonar with a guitar effects peddle I bought. It was a free, very limited version of Sonar called Sonar LE. This was a few years before Bandlab released the free version Cakewalk. I love using Cakewalk and have written and recorded a few songs of my own. I’m still learning a lot and since I found your RUclips channel I’ve learned a lot more. Your videos are very informative and your a very good teacher, thank you for your time and attention to detail. I subscribed to your channel and am enjoying your informative videos, I’m learning a great deal to help me use Cakewalk to its potential. Thanks again \m/ Stay Metal \m/
Hello John Starace, I have a copy of Sonar LE on a CD, that I got with a microphone. However, the CD somehow stopped working; it no longer spins in the CD drive...so it's unusable. Now, I will try Cakewalk since it's free! Is Cakewalk like Sonar LE? Thank you!
Been using cakewalk for years. I got it when Steam offered it, and when a former coworker gave me the software. I find it really great that Bandlabs has taken up the mantel of supporting it after Gibson gave up on it. Oh yah I made it to the end.
cheers, made it to the end, I used cakewalk, then sonar up until about 15 years ago, now it seems daunting. Oh I'm 73, maybe that is part of the problem. I want to know everything ....yesterday, impatience maybe the problem ha ha.
August 2020 - have decided that I've just been dipping into your Cakewalk Pro videos, but that now I need to go through them all again, taking notes & getting stuck in properly. Continued thanks for your support Mike.
I made it to the end.. I started out in the early 80's with a program called sequencer gold from Voyetra technologies I think it was. Had a 20 MB hard drive on a computer was like having the best thing going at that time.Had to buy and MPU401 interjace to hook it up to the computer. All you saw on the screen was green dots representing MIDI info from the keyboard or put in manually. Tried a lot of different DAW programs over the years Liked Reaper but Cakewalk has been one of the ones I always come back to because of it's simplicity. Excellent program and now its free.... My opinion is Anyone trying to learn this technology can't go wrong with this program. Best of luck to everyone.
I've been using Cakewalk/ProAudio/Sonar and back to Cakewalk for YEARS. I've produced dozens of CDs for a variety of artists on this system. Other than some persistent issues (such as the inability to "scrub" with FX enabled), and some issues with crashing when doing tempo mapping... but you learn to work around that. That it's FREE now, is incredible. I think, with initial cost and upgrades over the years, I probably sunk a couple of thousand dollars into this system. The 64bit engine is unmatched. It takes a bit of horsepower in the host system -- mine is a 12 core, water cooled beast -- but I don't really see how a person can go wrong with this! Thanks, BandLab for rescuing Sonar after the evil Henry J ditched it after nearly driving Gibson into bankruptcy. He's gone, Gibson is back, and Cakewalk by BandLab lives. And thanks, Mike, for all the great videos.
I made it to the end! Certainly glad I did. Thank you... I'm an old school audio engineer, that recently designed a large analog front end for recording. Also have quite a bit of experience with the old versions of Cakewalk, starting with the Atari sequencing versions through to the last Sonar incarnations.Looking forward to gwtting aquainted with your page, and it's features. Thanks again, Jon
@@CreativeSauce No, thanks for all the info you provide. There's a special place in audio heaven for creative educators😉 I do have a question about the new Cakewalk/ Bandlab...in the 'old school' set up, I'm using an Alesis HD24, that I'd like to use with the computer, in other words slave Cakewalk. Does it support MMC like the older versions? The rabbit hole would be being able to mix on the analog console, slave the midi. Also, transferring said tracks into Cakewalk, so I can mix, edit inside the 'box' as it were. This will determine whether I partition the drive in my MacBook Pro for Windows/ Cakewalk. Thanks for reading, and I look forward to your response. Regards, Jon
have been hammering my head searching for a good daw, also wanted to purchase, but cakewalk seems worth a try and best of it is free. thanks for the info
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Also, EXCELLENT walkthrough! Creative Sauce is solid!
lol, made it to the end too. Great review and reasons. I was looking for something to convince a friend of mine that he has more free bang for the buck with his windows machine and cakewalk than his macbook and garageband. I grew up with cakewalk, going back to the twelve tone days in the beginning. For midi it was everything you'd ever need. It hit some bumps in the road during the DAW revolution and much as I liked Sonar I slid towards the Cubase world where vst standards were strong. After a 10 year hiatus I came back to music and found Bandlabs incarnation of Cakewalk. The evolution of this product is truly amazing, there's nothing it can't do these days compared to it's pricey competitors. It's far more stable than Cubase ever was for me and much less demanding on resources.
I made it to the end :) Thank you for making the videos. For someone who never made music, but always wanted to, these videos mean a lot. I can't thank you enough.
I made it to the end. I used Acid Pro back in the day. I'm just getting back in to recording and I'm thrilled that cakewalk is free now since I'm broke!
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I left Cakewalk after Sonar 8.5, and have been an avid Reason Suite user since v2.5 (currently on v11). I had used Cakewalk since Cakewalk for DOS. The development/marketing team just couldn't seem to figure out what they wanted their model to be. I'm trying to give the new version a chance now. I recommend it to everyone on a budget. Cakewalk is still my favorite sequencing platform. I hope BANDLAB takes Cakewalk to the place of honor it deserves.
I'm going to be diving into cakewalk. They should pay you for your tutorials btw... I use to use all analog gear 20 years ago then gave it all up for 10 years.... I got back into recording a couple years back with bandlab mobile app, which is quite mindblowing what can be done with just a phone basically. Cakewalk seems overwhelming at first but I'm committed to learning it. Thanks for all of your information!!!
I made it to the end. Would like to see videos for us that are just starting out on cakewalk to get us started recording instead of clicking on everything trying to figure out what something is and what it does and what are commonly used
I made it to the end! And I started at the beginning. Had the original Cakewalk back in 1992. Not had any music production hardware for many years but just bought a new dedicated pc and really looking forward to getting stuck back in with Cakewalk as my musical friend again! Thanks for the videos!
Made it to the end. today I switched over after using Studio One 4 for 1 year(It started to run slow)they are both amaxing DAWS but Cakewalk just instantly ran better and felt amazing overall this video helped a lot thanks for the content you earned a sub
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I recorded my first album in Cakewalk. Now I recording second and I still using Cakewalk. Great piece of software. Every effects like delay, reverb, EQ and others are in really professional quality. I think that if you just want to add reverb or delay, or some modulation effects there is no need to looking for another plugins. It's crazy that is free.
I are made it to the end. Cakewalk user for 9 years. I've taught production using PT, Logic and others, but nothing beats Cakewalk. Period. In My Opinion.
I haven't used Cakewalk in 10 years, how does this new version stack up against Studio One Pro 4? I have used Studio One off and on since 2013 but haven't recorded anything for 3 years and I am wanting to get back into recording. I just bought a powerful computer which I for a price so low that you wouldnt it. Money is tight and Studio One Pro is $300. So Cakewalk, Reaper or something else cheap is what I am going for
Know how to use realistic instruments instead of the 128 midi instruments?
tried reaper?
@@taotuhao5969 I have Studio One 4.5 -- I find it very confusing. But then I've been using Sonar/Cakewalk for around 25 years.
Hey! I finally want to try making music and make my own songs! Out of LMMS 1.2.2 version, Cakewalk by Bandlab & Pro Tools, which one do you think I should start with first? I have downloaded LMMS & Cakewalk on my laptop and I'm debating whether I should also download Pro Tools but out of the three, which one do I try first?
Been a Cakewalk user now for over 20 years. I've moved to several other DAWS during that time but I always come back to Cakewalk. It allows me to do everything I want to do.
I most certainly made it to the end.... as with all of your great videos! Being a newbie and approaching 70, I admit to watching most of them more than once! .....to the end 🎶😎 My best to you and thanks!
I started using Cakewalk products since 1999, when it was MIDI only. As they added digital audio capabilities, so did I. I upgraded with every new version up to Sonar X1 Producer. I stopped with X1 Producer because it was the last version that included the Roland V-Vocal free. Along the way, I would demo various other DAWs and found them all wanting. The online forum was one of the greatest strength; a community of really helpful and knowledgeable folks. When Cakewalk went down because of Gibson over reaching, I was livid. Months later, when Bandlab acquired Cakewalk, they reached out to all registered users and extended a free membership. I have not outgrown Cakewalk. It is so fully featured that I never will. Thank you for spreading the word.
Good to hear man. Yes, I've been using it since 1998. I've used others as well, and even in its free form, this stands up with the most expensive DAWs.
I made it to the end. And, then...watched and listened again. Thanks for the review and tutorial. Nicely done.
Holy crap, Cakewalk does everything I want and so much more-all for the *low low price* of _free_
Good thing I made it to the end :P
Made it to the end.
My first DAW was actually a legit, bought copy of cakewalk 6 over 20 years ago. Since I have used Steinberg, Cubase, Muse, Kore, Krystal and for the last 9 years have been using Presonus Studio One 2 Artist and have only gone back over to Cakewalk in the last year or so due to it being free and the others not. I still have all the lovely Native Instruments VSTs that come with Studio One and Guitar Rig is my favorite.
After watching one of your videos I decided to look at some of the built in stuff in cakewalk and was blown away. Might not need the NI stuff any more.
Thanks for your content. Good stuff. Cheers.
Made it till the end :D
Lot of people complain about Cakewalk, not realising that Cakewalk was one of the first DAW to be used (though MIDI only) back in the 80's
What they dont know even free sonar has all type of features that the daws i use now like studio one,bitwig ect just got
What year was that? I always thought Pro Tools was the first sequencer back in 1989 closely followed by Cubase. Also, it wouldn't have been a daw then, it would've been a sequencer.
That's not a DAW, the old non audio/MIDI only softwares are (or were, since I haven't seen any in a while) called sequencers.
Absolutley, I started music with cakewalk pro audio 8(coudn't even seen the legendary DOS version)
My very first daw was cakewalk because of a sound card I purchased came with it, but back then downloading cracks and fl and such never gave cakewalk a fair shake.
Made it to the end!
So, I'm new to this production world, but I have been loooking for a begginers DAW that doesn't cost my entire salary (conversion is hard in BR). And Cakewalk is the one! I really appreciate your video for showing me it. It's been 2 months and I've already made 2 tracks. Love your videos man, wish you the best!
I started using Cakewalk nearly 30 years ago. I fell out of the music scene after college, but am starting to rebuild my home studio. I'm so excited to see that Cakewalk hasn't just survived, but that it's now free! Thanks for the awesome video.
I hope it will load all my old song files. 🤩
I've been able to load up projects from 20 years ago!
As someone who is just getting into recording music, I'm so glad I found this. I was using the lite version of Pro Tools that I got with my Focusrite product. This DAW looks way more user friendly, has more options/effects, and is free! It's like the DaVinci Resolve of DAW's
Haha i use it too for EDM although I have been producing for 2-3 years I was using FL Studio but it was cracked so I wanted to go leggit so I downloaded it and I feel really happy I did
I switched from Logic Pro X on Mac to a windows laptop and was shopping around for DAWs. Downloaded Cakewalk and have been nothing but impressed. Dead simple to use and pretty much all the effects/mix tools you need for free to write and record good tracks. I'm super impressed and kind of shocked this is free.
I made it to the end and I have been using Cakewalk since the early 90s. I was initially quite miffed that software I had paid for for years was now free. However, since I can still access all my legacy purchases online I am rather thrilled at the opportunities the future offers. Thanks for your videos. They are really fun and informative.
Thank you for watching!
Tried Logic, PT, Cubase... and finally found my love, Cakewalk! I'm a vocalist and usually sing on karaokes. CW had a template for vocals and it worked so well just out of the box. Reverb and other effects were perfectly set already!
ahh the good ol vocalist who only needs 2 or 3 tracks
I started using Cakewalk back with the first MS DOS version so I am kind of ahead of the curve. I would never dream of using any other DAW, I have over 200 songs made in Cakewalk. Midi editing is also another reason to use Cakewalk where midi tracks are fully integrated into the wave track view. Also Cakewalk by Bandlab is now ARA 2 and works seamlessly with Melodyne Studio. This DAW is far ahead of the competition in nearly ever respect and to me is the only true "industry standard" considering it works on Windows PCs which have around 80% of the market share of "affordable" content creation workstations. I use Cakewalk on a PC with an Intel 12 core I9 processor, it handles anything Cakewalk puts it through. :)
I agree - its enormously under rated! I plan on doing a video soon about MIDI features in Cakewalk. are there any favorites you have?
@@CreativeSauce The fact that the midi and wave tracks are together in the same window unlike certain other DAWs is a good feature.
Made my first ever and then the only demo on cakewalk 20 years ago for my friend sad love song. Great to be able to came back to it after all these years!
Welcome back!
Hi Mike, I am well thank you. I really love all of these cakewalk tutorials that you make. They are super helpful. I've been using Cakewalk for 5 (or 6) years now. I bought the flagship program X3 Producer and upgraded to Platinum a year later, only to have Cakewalk shut down two years later. Thank goodness BandLab brought it back to life. Your demonstrations are easy to follow and have helped me a lot. They should have instructional videos this easy to follow on their website. By the way, I made it to the end!
Made it to the end! Cakewalk is the only DAW Ive ever used , since the nineties. Love it. Thanks, love the channel.
I made it to the end. I'm using Cakewalk and have been for the last 20 years or so. Coming from the ".mod", ".st3" and ".xm" format, I got used to a real DAW with audio and MIDI in the late '90s. I used sound fonts back then with my Sound Blaster Live card. The quality was crap, but I was recording music, which is more than any of my friends could say at the time. ;) It has now become a fully mature DAW with the years and I'm still using it today for all styles of projects, from film scoring to personal projects, and even karaoke backing tracks. ;) One thing that almost no one talks about: Cakewalk has a video view. So, when scoring to film, it is quite useful. Anyway, great job, nice videos. Keep up the good work.
I made it to the end! A concise, helpful (as always) and compelling argument for the benefits of Cakewalk. Thank you!
Used cakewalk 22 years ago in a college MIDI class I taught (for a few years anyway). Very easy to use. Made it 'til the end - nice presentation. Also use DP10, Presonus, Logic. They all have their uses but this is...free.
I made it to the end! 😄. I must say, yours are the best cakewalk videos I´ve seen. Keep on doing more 👌
Just getting started in personal production. I'm impressed. 61 y/o, and i'm impressed.
I made it to the end. I used cakewalk a long time ago and forgot about how good it was. Will definitely be having some fun with the new. Thanks for the demos.
I have been using cakewalk since 2000. My first DAW was homestudio 2000 from cakewalk I bought it together with the Waves musician bundle. In this time I also worked with many other Daw's like fruity loops, Protools, Cubase, Studio one Logic Pro enz. But imho there really is no better combination then Cakewalk bandlab (sonar) and Waves plugins. My workflow is very smooth I have templates for almost every situation. Made some really good fx chains presets. I do use studio one to because I own a mac book pro and a presonus studio live 32r to record on location. But then when I have to mix and master I drag everything in to bandlab. I use addictive keys and drums to creat content and it is absolutely amazing quality. I think I need to put some videos up with tips and tricks for sonar. I just need to find a plugin for OBS to capture the audio from the daw. I would recommend every one to give it a try. If it is not for you then just delete it you wont lose anything.
Made it to the end. Watched a few of your other videos before this one (all every helpful) so went back to the start to see what I missed. I've been using Band in a Box and the sequencer that comes with it for 16 years, and when used in conjunction with Cakewalk as the DAW, so far there's nothing my imagination can come up with that I can't make happen! Thank you for your videos, I'm learning a lot.
Hi Bruce Hook! I read that you have Band in a Box. I do too! I got it this year. I have a question that I'm hoping you could answer. Where is the sequencer? Thank you!
Hey Mike ....Made it to the end :) Jumping from Reaper to Cakewalk....I'm a regular in the Pete Johns community but as a PC user I'm experimenting with Cakewalk now. Thanks for all the vids, you're getting a lot of views from me at the moment :) Appreciate you imparting the knowledge in such digestible chunks
I only found cakewalk though a video I saw on RUclips while researching for a free DAW and my budget is none right now so this is a mind blowing amazing deal for a DAW and I hope it's still here in like 70 years or something. My dream is to make edm tracks for a big crowd to enjoy...maybe one day.
Made it. I just subscribed to your channel. Thanks for the info. I used to use cakewalk back in the early 2000’s. I’m just getting back into recording my greatest hits album and I am excited to see cakewalk is free and so rich and capable!
Haha. Yes I recorded my first album on it back then. Much easier now!
Worth remembering that up until quite recently, Cakewalk was one of the main competitors and on a par with Cubase in the fully-featured DAW market and was priced similarly. Remind me how much Cubase costs .... ?!
It's insane how much functionality is in there and given away for free. You'll never out-grow it. Yes you'll buy plug-ins but you'll never need another DAW. Ableton is the only other one I'd consider since it's a different and perhaps more creative approach, but it costs a lot. Respect to Reaper too, but not free unless you're willing to cheat them.
60 dollars is not too bad, either.
Following lots of research as a first time DAW user (AKAI MPK Mini) and in my later years!!! I found this review helpful, interesting and knowledgeable. Thank you
i made it to the end, & now my coffee's cold! :-) TY!
Lol, well done and thanks :)
i hope you drunk the coffee, it's been almost a year!!
Hi, I'm not native english speaker but I like how you explain everything. You accent is just great! Thank you very much for the video. I think I give a shot to see by myself thank to your video. Well done.
Best,
Iván
made it to the end. really appreciate the suggestion. i hadn't heard of cakewalk. i'm getting (or trying rather) to get into producing my own music which is primarily vocals and acoustic instruments so right now i'm really looking for something to use that can refine vocal recordings so i hope this is something i can use that for!
Cakewalk would suit your needs for sure then
Ha ha - I didn't just make it to the end - I'm bringing people here. Thanks Mike, as always. I have a close friend, a highly accomplished muso (and getting into helping produce some online music) - and George is looking for capability to record his guitar/violin/vocal tracks.
And.. to point him at Cakewalk and show off its features, I could not get a better guide than you. So thanks for this video which is a perfect summary of what it can do and what you get with it.
Cheers and all the best!
I still Have Sonar Platinum installed. Cakewalk is an incredible DAW. I would still be paying for it if it was still sold. Now that bandlab has taken over, free is a great price for a great product. The sad thing is that 90% of the users will never use it to it's potential. It's an incredibly powerful and great sounding DAW. Worthy of use in the most intense mixing applications.
i bro, i was saving money for to long time.but i can only choose one , options 1 is buy audio interface or 2 buy fl studio. what if i download this free daw and spend money on interface. i assuming that you have used it so tell me how is this daw really is. tell me what to do . I'm waiting for your reply.
@Jass Thind Official you could use plugins for edm music so ! Sure fl studio is the tool for edm also
I still have Platinum installed too. I was VERY leery when it became free thinking it wouldn't be maintained well. It finally added a feature I have been asking for for years. No complaints except for poor documentation.
@@replacewordnswithbrothersp6308 no need to spent a lot for the interface between 130-200 $ - beware that some audio interfaces are include in some device (ex faders , controlers...and so)
You're so lucky! The company stopped letting people create accounts... i really wanted to get the mac version of cakewalk but now i cannot. I use a really limiting daw and i am a student so i cannot buy good draws. Is there a chance you could send me the app file for it? I can give you my email. Thank you.
I made it to the end. Thanks for being so straight forward, and not geek speaking through things that I really need to understand.☯
WOW!!! I remember Cakewalk back in the early 80's. I'm going to give it a go!
yup, me too.
Double your money back if not delighted! ha ha..
Made it! I am downloading cakewalk but am unsure about the most proper midi keyboard/controller for Cakewalk. An engineer friend told me the omnipresently important thing isn't the DAW, but learning it thoroughly. Thanks for your videos🙏
I have used cakewalk and cakewalk sonar for years, I love it. so good.
Cool! I did not only make it to the end, but I guess I will watch more of your videos all the way through till the end, because I have just discovered your channel and this video is really excellent and I assume the others will be too. I also like your humor by the way. Cheers and greetings from Germany!
Hi Thomas, thanks for watching my friend. I'll try to keep the videos coming! As for the humor, my children disagree!
@@CreativeSauce My son also doesn'"t always like my humor and finds it embarrassing sometimes. This is our fate as fathers, I suppose...
Absolutely. And somehow, it's deliteful to torture them with it!
@@CreativeSauce 😂 How cruel! Is this our revenge for them never keeping their rooms orderly and clean?
Clear overview of this DAW. Made it to the end and enjoyed the video.
I made it to the end! Thanks a lot. I wasn´t able to buy any DAW right now and this discovery has been extremely useful. I can´t believe they´re giving away it for free.
Yup, and they keep improving it too!
Guess I'll be downloading this when my laptop comes in this week...The midi controller I'm getting comes with Ableton Live Lite so Cakewalk looks amazing to begin with
Made it to the end..............very confusing for a novice, but we all have to start somewhere. Wonderful structure to you video, thanks Sammy
Made it im a walker 20 yrs just trying to find out what makes ableton so great. Havent found out yet great video
Ableton Live is a completely different type of DAW, it does all the recording stuff just as good as any other DAW but also has the live function with the session feature which allows you to play live sets linking up other Synths and instruments, its industry standard for most live dance acts, it can also be linked up to lighting rigs triggered by the music, it is an immensely powerful tool if you know how to use it
I made it to the end!! As someone wanting to experiment with recording, this intro to Cakewalk was just what I needed. To this point I’ve only used GarageBand on my IPad, but this has so many more possibilities. Thanks!!!
I made it!!! And thanks for the review, I got what I needed to know...
Awesome! Thanks for watching :)
Thanks for the amazing series on Cakewalk by Bandlab Mike, it really helped me acheive my dream of writing and recording a heavy metal album. Would never have figured it out without your videos!
Cakewalk was my first Daw and I only discovered tonight that Sonar no longer exists in it’s previous state! I transitioned to Logic many years ago but I was always fond of Cakewalk. This will be perfect for my son.
Your explaination is easy for me to understand... tq... will try cakewalk soon
Made it to the END!!
I made it to the end!
After mire than 12 years of using Presonus Studio One along with nany 3rd hand plugins, I only now have realized that Cakewalk was there all this time, having everything I need, best sounding quality, most professional implementation, and everything for free!
Jeez, how could I be so wrong for so long time, I'm switching now to Cakewalk in 2024 and feeling excited to seeing what the new Sonar will look like!
I made it to the end! LOL
I think overall the content is much more important then the actual time spent listening to the video. Covering the content adequately without getting sucked into a rabbit hole while at the same time explaining everything to a level of sufficiency that really covers the topic at hand is the most important thing you could be doing. And you are doing that splendidly!
Made it to the end. I started with Sonar 8.5 studio, then upgraded to Sonar X3 studio. Just installed the new Cakewalk tonight. Took a little bit of playing around to get my Korg M50 vst setup done and getting my existing Melodyne into Cakewalk, but it's all good now. Pretty unbelievable that they're giving this DAW away for free. It's worth hundreds of dollars. It's nice having software that is now supported and upgraded as opposed to Sonar. I was reluctant about downloading it, but after reading so many positive experiences with it, I'm glad I went ahead and did it. Cakewalk for free is an upgrade from Sonar X3 studio which i think cost me somewhere near $200. Fantastic.
Hey Mr Jinks - welcome to the Cakewalk club! Yes, I took a similar journey to you. You are gonna find it mostly the same - which is handy when we just want to get on and make music! Thanks for watching!
made it to the end.... 30 yr musician but new to this stuff... very clear and informative. I like the user interface a lot.. I'm gonna take this for a spin...thanks for posting.
Made it to the end :) Just launching out into music production as a retirement sideline and wondering which DAW to invest my time and energy (if not money!) into. This has helped confirm Cakewalk as the one to go for. Keep up the good work.
I started with Cakewalk 3.0 around 25 yrs ago. I had a Compaq monochrome laptop and a bunch of outboard sound modules with a cheap mixer all in a keyboard flight case. I made backing tracks and played solo gigs. I upgraded every few years and stuck with it to the end. When audio came around I used MIDI for lighting control, guitar effects and vocal effects. I still use it. I paid for all the upgrades up to Sonar Platinum. Plug-ins were a god send.
Stuck inside in the middle of COVID-19 quarantine and so, so thankful for free tools like Cakewalk and this video to get me started! Cheers!
i made it to the end...to start my beginning. This is just so helpful..i know nothing about recording or any of this..but i am determined to learn..thank you for this so very much
how has it been going, i am trying to start to learn too. Just downloaded cakewalk today.
I just upgraded to this version of Cakewalk from Sonar 8.5 Producer's Edition. My plugins work again!!! No drop outs!!! Plus, I can load all my old session files from 2008. Upgrading my DAW is making me a plugin addict. I can't stop buying them!!
I made it to the end. I am a complete novice that has dabbled with cakewalk since its beginning but have never achieved a finished song of my own. I`ve basically used it for recording a vocal on to a backing track, but I believe that if I follow your videos faithfully, I might just achieve something of my own. Thanks for producing these tutorials they are very concise and easy to follow, Steve H.
You are a really genius. I m studying with all yout specific explanations , thank you so much for your useful support
I have watched, I think, all of your videos, at least twice... I am in awe as to how in depth, but easily taught, you sir, manage to do all your videos... I thank you, at least twice... and, yes, I MADE IT TO THE END!!! I am an (old) newbie at this, I have always dreamed of having my own little home studio, but I kept looking at mixers and DAWs and my mind went right back to watching Thundercats, yes even at my almost 50 years on this earth... anyhow, your videos have allowed me to dream again, I have already spent countless hours watching them again and again. And I am already looking at converting my garage into my own private studio... I am also looking for soundproof ideas for the studio, etc... I am going head on, and I just wanted to say THANK YOU!!!! All the way from Tucson, Arizona and Callao, Peru!
Hi Engel, thank so very much for watching my videos. I have enormous fun making them, and have also learned much in the past 18 months. At 52 myself, I found a way to combine all my skills into one place, and that can make a person very happy! It’s thanks to people like you, that I am enjoying my life so much. I hope you get to have your studio in your garage, you can’t measure the pleasure!
Creative Sauce Thank you, sir. Your words are very kind and your approach to what you do in front of the cameras really make a difference in us students accepting what your presenting. Your “conversational” approach as well as your attention to detail in every aspect that you talk about are certainly key in your success as, what I would consider, your celebrity status. I have seen and read other blogs etc and you are pretty much the standards in knowledge and best practices. Keep up the good work and lastly, “I hope you well!” :) :)
Made it to the end. Former midi-only Cakewalk user here too. Picking this up now it's free.
Have fun! Thanks for watching.
I'm an amateur / hobbyist song writer. I've been using the computer to assist in my recording since Voyetra Sequencer Plus for DOS. I can say that Cakewalk for BandLab is amazing. This video could easily have been 10 hours long highlighting the professional features it has.
made it to the end. Total beginner. Hoping to record my own music. This video makes me interested in seeing more, so I subscribed. Nice to have a video for beginners that actually speaks to beginners.
I made it to the end. Great series! I've had Cakewalk for many years, but am picking up LOTS of new tricks.
Just a newbee who has always been super interested in creating music but cant personally play an instrument to save my life!
So, I thought I'd check out various free and hopefully safe-to-download DAW's.
You have made a very informative and so far convincing sell and presentation of Cakewalk.
Thank you for sacrificing your precious time!
Have a good one.
Wayne
My absolute pleasure! Thank you for watching my channel:)
A couple of months ago I ditched Audacity which I had used for a couple of years. And man, am I glad I found Cakewalk! The only thing I miss from Audacity, is to be able to remove background noise easily. What we did there was to start recording but wait about 15 to 20 seconds to actually sing or play an instrument. Then select about 10 seconds of that first part, and use a noise removal tool. There isn't such a feature in Cakewalk that I have found out about yet. What was frustrating about Audacity is the difficulty in adjusting the volume of each track, which is a piece of cake in Cakewalk! 😜
Made it till the end. I had no idea what a DAW was. Very interesting. I have learned a lot
I am a middle school guidance counselor and I was looking for a free app I could use to help students make some music and record their freestyling over, as a sort of music/creative therapy. Cakewalk looks like just what I was seeking, free, accessible and pretty simple. Thanks for promoting it.
Hey man, I made it to the end, lol. I’ve been using Sonar/Cakewalk for a few years now. I got a free version of Sonar with a guitar effects peddle I bought. It was a free, very limited version of Sonar called Sonar LE. This was a few years before Bandlab released the free version Cakewalk. I love using Cakewalk and have written and recorded a few songs of my own. I’m still learning a lot and since I found your RUclips channel I’ve learned a lot more. Your videos are very informative and your a very good teacher, thank you for your time and attention to detail. I subscribed to your channel and am enjoying your informative videos, I’m learning a great deal to help me use Cakewalk to its potential.
Thanks again
\m/ Stay Metal \m/
Hello John Starace, I have a copy of Sonar LE on a CD, that I got with a microphone. However, the CD somehow stopped working; it no longer spins in the CD drive...so it's unusable. Now, I will try Cakewalk since it's free! Is Cakewalk like Sonar LE? Thank you!
I made it to the end ❣️ I'm so looking forward to downloading and setting up my cakewalk DAW❣️
I made it to the end. Thanks. Never used a DAW before, just exploring option, may have to give this a go!
I made it to the end and I am switching to Cakewalk, thank for you
Been using cakewalk for years. I got it when Steam offered it, and when a former coworker gave me the software. I find it really great that Bandlabs has taken up the mantel of supporting it after Gibson gave up on it. Oh yah I made it to the end.
Yes, long may it continue! Thanks for watching :)
Great video as usual Mike. Thank you so much for your clear and understandable tutorials.
cheers, made it to the end, I used cakewalk, then sonar up until about 15 years ago, now it seems daunting. Oh I'm 73, maybe that is part of the problem. I want to know everything ....yesterday, impatience maybe the problem ha ha.
I made it to the end. Bandlab user for a 8 months cant wait to try something more advanced
August 2020 - have decided that I've just been dipping into your Cakewalk Pro videos, but that now I need to go through them all again, taking notes & getting stuck in properly. Continued thanks for your support Mike.
I made it to the end.. I started out in the early 80's with a program called sequencer gold from Voyetra technologies I think it was. Had a 20 MB hard drive on a computer was like having the best thing going at that time.Had to buy and MPU401 interjace to hook it up to the computer. All you saw on the screen was green dots representing MIDI info from the keyboard or put in manually. Tried a lot of different DAW programs over the years Liked Reaper but Cakewalk has been one of the ones I always come back to because of it's simplicity. Excellent program and now its free.... My opinion is Anyone trying to learn this technology can't go wrong with this program. Best of luck to everyone.
I am gonna download it! I had cakewalk years ago, but my laptops outgrew the 3 inch floppy disk version I had. I made it to the end!
I've been using Cakewalk/ProAudio/Sonar and back to Cakewalk for YEARS. I've produced dozens of CDs for a variety of artists on this system. Other than some persistent issues (such as the inability to "scrub" with FX enabled), and some issues with crashing when doing tempo mapping... but you learn to work around that. That it's FREE now, is incredible. I think, with initial cost and upgrades over the years, I probably sunk a couple of thousand dollars into this system. The 64bit engine is unmatched. It takes a bit of horsepower in the host system -- mine is a 12 core, water cooled beast -- but I don't really see how a person can go wrong with this! Thanks, BandLab for rescuing Sonar after the evil Henry J ditched it after nearly driving Gibson into bankruptcy. He's gone, Gibson is back, and Cakewalk by BandLab lives. And thanks, Mike, for all the great videos.
I made it to the end! Certainly glad I did. Thank you... I'm an old school audio engineer, that recently designed a large analog front end for recording. Also have quite a bit of experience with the old versions of Cakewalk, starting with the Atari sequencing versions through to the last Sonar incarnations.Looking forward to gwtting aquainted with your page, and it's features. Thanks again, Jon
Hi Jon - that's awesome, thanks for watching :)
@@CreativeSauce No, thanks for all the info you provide. There's a special place in audio heaven for creative educators😉 I do have a question about the new Cakewalk/ Bandlab...in the 'old school' set up, I'm using an Alesis HD24, that I'd like to use with the computer, in other words slave Cakewalk. Does it support MMC like the older versions? The rabbit hole would be being able to mix on the analog console, slave the midi. Also, transferring said tracks into Cakewalk, so I can mix, edit inside the 'box' as it were. This will determine whether I partition the drive in my MacBook Pro for Windows/ Cakewalk. Thanks for reading, and I look forward to your response.
Regards, Jon
Thanks mate I had no idea Cakewalk was still going. I've been with them since 1.0 and they were always a solid package.
have been hammering my head searching for a good daw, also wanted to purchase, but cakewalk seems worth a try and best of it is free. thanks for the info
Also, EXCELLENT walkthrough! Creative Sauce is solid!
lol, made it to the end too. Great review and reasons.
I was looking for something to convince a friend of mine that he has more free bang for the buck with his windows machine and cakewalk than his macbook and garageband.
I grew up with cakewalk, going back to the twelve tone days in the beginning. For midi it was everything you'd ever need. It hit some bumps in the road during the DAW revolution and much as I liked Sonar I slid towards the Cubase world where vst standards were strong. After a 10 year hiatus I came back to music and found Bandlabs incarnation of Cakewalk. The evolution of this product is truly amazing, there's nothing it can't do these days compared to it's pricey competitors. It's far more stable than Cubase ever was for me and much less demanding on resources.
I made it to the end :) Thank you for making the videos. For someone who never made music, but always wanted to, these videos mean a lot. I can't thank you enough.
I made it to the end. This was good for me to see the overview Evaluating which DAW to start using.
I made it to the end. I used Acid Pro back in the day. I'm just getting back in to recording and I'm thrilled that cakewalk is free now since I'm broke!
I left Cakewalk after Sonar 8.5, and have been an avid Reason Suite user since v2.5 (currently on v11). I had used Cakewalk since Cakewalk for DOS. The development/marketing team just couldn't seem to figure out what they wanted their model to be. I'm trying to give the new version a chance now. I recommend it to everyone on a budget. Cakewalk is still my favorite sequencing platform. I hope BANDLAB takes Cakewalk to the place of honor it deserves.
i made it to the end, and it was a great video, so i even book marked this page, plus all the other good things. thank you so much mate !!!
I'm going to be diving into cakewalk. They should pay you for your tutorials btw... I use to use all analog gear 20 years ago then gave it all up for 10 years.... I got back into recording a couple years back with bandlab mobile app, which is quite mindblowing what can be done with just a phone basically. Cakewalk seems overwhelming at first but I'm committed to learning it. Thanks for all of your information!!!
I made it to the end. Would like to see videos for us that are just starting out on cakewalk to get us started recording instead of clicking on everything trying to figure out what something is and what it does and what are commonly used
Nice video! I enjoyed the video- You are a great teacher. I made it to the end.
I made it to the end! And I started at the beginning. Had the original Cakewalk back in 1992. Not had any music production hardware for many years but just bought a new dedicated pc and really looking forward to getting stuck back in with Cakewalk as my musical friend again! Thanks for the videos!
Thanks for watching Mark - I hope you can check out my other Cakewalk videos! Cheers :)
Made it to the end. today I switched over after using Studio One 4 for 1 year(It started to run slow)they are both amaxing DAWS but Cakewalk just instantly ran better and felt amazing overall this video helped a lot thanks for the content you earned a sub