This man right here is the pinnacle of some peoples choices in careers. Let’s take a moment to thank him for helping others find a way when they are determined to find one.
That's incredibly kind of you to post that comment! And just fyi, people appreciate people who respect and appreciation others, especially the appreciation for those who genuinely deserve it so much, so of course you're going to get some love! Honestly, i wish I saw props given like that more often....
@@michaelangel888 I am grateful for him posting this but I was just asking how do i instal it onto a computer running windows 10 when it says it can not because the computer is running it is S mode and if I come out of that it can not be reversed and s mode is safe mode. Its not my computer to be able to do that. But i am grateful to anybody who helps me or trys too
I've been using it since version 5 and it keeps improving every month. The new owners are really committed to improvements from user feedback. Awesome company, awesome software.
@@LionOfKingston They're going to keep the free version available but it won't be updated. If you want updates, you'll have to buy Sonar. I'm going to buy it. To each their own.
You just gave people hundreds of dollars (maybe millions if they use it right) worth of value for free!!!! I hope people recognize what you have actually dropped on them!!! Knowledge is POWER!!!
Guitar Hobbyist here, wife told me I need to record what I play goofing off, so I started looking around finding everything (I thought) was big $$$$ but then came across your youtube page and said HUH?? FREE??? This old head is diving in!! God Bless you for putting this out. never used any recording material (played in church for years) and never thought about recording, but now I'm going to see what turns out. Again Thanks!!!
I've been using Cakewalk for years now. I went to this version from Cakewalk 2 during an update and been running it flawlessly. My Slate Digital Plugins work as well as my Komplete Kontrol Keyboard. Dope!!!
Great summary of cakewalk’s Sonar I also have been using it since the 1980s when it was distributed on 3 1/2 inch floppy disk and was essentially a midi sequencer. Very intuitive and easy to learn and I have upgraded to every new version since it was released and the company decided to discontinue its production in support.
I used to run cakewalk back in the day. Looking forward to getting back into music after a long long break. Just got it installed. I can't wait to start playing. Thank you for the walk thru video.
Yooooooo, Cakewalk was the best ever for me in the early 2000's... I lost it when my PC crashed about 15+ years ago and couldn't find it anymore. SO THIS IS GOOD NEWS FOR ME! I've learned so much over the years about mixing and now that cakewalks is available, it's about to be a wrap, my music has a much better chance at sounding professional. Dude, you just gained a **New Subscriber!
I've been using this since 2013 (when it wasn't free) and I love it! They still keep it updated and keep adding features. Very stable. It's a phenomenal DAW. For free. Ya boy is not lying on the video.
YO im two days in, YOU ARE THE MAN, its not just free, after going thru all the Daws this year none of them impressed me as I saw no future funcionality for uniting artist in the industry, this not only has a free daw, that links to the app which acts like a Notes for music and linking Online editor with Desktop editor, but is a game changer by utilizing a social media established music community. A triple home run for me, not only does this do everything I kept wanting from every other Daw the majority of the time that feature is already set as the default reducing my overall workflow. SO TY big
I started with Pro Tools first and it was frustrated very limited plug ins . After I got cakewalk . Was super amaze with all the stuff that can be done . Cake walk is really cool. Thanks for sharing .
I just downloaded this DAW and tried it out. I just played guitar and sang into a condenser mic. Wow! This blows away anything I've ever used before. The effects are fantastic. I've never used Pro Tools, but I can't imagine it being any better than this. I'm so glad that I accidentally stumbled upon your video. Thanks for the info!!!
You aren't missing anything with Pro Tools. It's hay day is over. PT was the only software that big studios used back in the day. That's why everyone wanted to use it at home, because you could take your sessions from studio to home and vice versa. Now that computer processing power and other software options have ramped up, there's really no need for PT, unless you just need old school big studio session comparability.
WOW, thank you for this video. I used to own Cakewalk many years ago and used it to input songs into my computer using notation in the software. It is nice to see that it is expanded and available for free. Thank you for the information.
Man... I am so glad I found you here on TH-cam! I spent about 2 weeks looking for programs. I love the VST's! Everything about this program is professional. And it's FREE!
I worked with blind children and adults for a long time, and when it was still Sonar, it worked so well with the JAWS screen reader. With that said, some amazing stuff came out of this program, and it was all made by students with little to no vision whatsoever. So I'm not sure how those screen readers work with it now, but I do know it was certainly one of the most accessible for its time.
I think you made this video just for me , right? LOL...I'm just starting out with VO and working on a budget, in the process of buying the equipment for a home VO studio setup, looking to keep the TOTAL expenses (machine, software, mic, preamp, cables, everything ) under $2k. Like others here, I had some experience with Cakewalk in the 90s and didn't realize Bandlab was doing such a great job of keeping it up-to-date. Thanks for posting this!
Yeah man. Cakewalk has been around for a long time. It's always been a great program. The problem for me back in the day was that the hardware wasn't capable of handling all the features Cakewalk could do not to mention Windows wasn't capable of addressing more than 4GB of RAM until they recompiled it for 64-bit memory addressing. I moved to the MacOS (Garageband and Logic Pro) but nothing was as capable as Cakewalk. I will certainly give this a download and a serious look. Windows 10 and 11 are mature and stable enough now to run multithreaded applications that utilize more resources (RAM and Multicores). Great review! You've got me amped up and ready to give it a try. Aloha!
Love Cakewalk - the only treason that I stopped using the DAW is because I've had a Studio One account for nearly 11 years on another computer which was too old when I bought it and quit using it after about a year. Recently I bought a new computer and started back into my account. Although I no longer use Cakewalk I definitely recommend this home recording software
@@UnitedDestinyEntertainment Did a short 2 min video using some audio I mixed in Cakewalk last night after watching your video, linked back to this video for the instructions to download and install. Thank you again for the information.
I used cakewalk 20 years ago. Ran through a 64 bit interface lexicon unicorn I think. Very temperamental on the hardware hook up. Once the communication glitches were resolved it was a great recorder and editor. Main thing is to have quality interfaces to get good sound quality out. The unicorn was great.
He's not lying. Sonar Cakewalk is powerful and was the first DAW I ever bought for $100 at an electronics store in the mid 2000's. Still have it and use it, also you can actually upload a video play and create a soundtrack to it.
Estevan Carlos Benson - Same here... When I studied music technology in the late 90s in the UK, Cakewalk and Cubase were the software of choice. After Cakewalk went away, Cubase became my goto DAW (and still is). I have tried this "new" Cakewalk and I like it, but I think it is just the name and not anything to do with the original Cakewalk though. :)
@@DaveLennonCopeland Well, Cakewalk did seem to evolve quickly during the last years. My last memories of Cakewalk were Sonar 1.0 which seem cool at the time. I imagine this new version is pretty different.
@@estevancarlos - Ah yeah, I remember Sonar too, and it seems that this new Cakewalk by BandLab is a direct continuation of the SONAR Platinum DAW (I Googled it). The new Cakewalk has a small learning curve, but once you get familiar with it, it's really good. Third-party plugins are supported and midi (all the usual stuff for a good DAW), plus it sounds kinda warm too... as said before, I like it. :)
I have been using Cakewalk since it came out and loved it. I am at the point of either switching to the new free version, or Reaper. So far I am pretty blown away with Reaper, but Cakewalk feels like home to me.
@@UnitedDestinyEntertainment no. but you can you use its trial with all the its features even if the trial has ended. it very affordable. it is honorware i believe.
* I started using Cakewalk in the early 90’s & used the very first programs. - Cakewalk version 5,7,8, etc.. You had to purchase the software. There was always a platform upgrade about once a year for many years. Then instead of going up to Cakewalk 9 they started calling it Sonar. The platform exceeded up to Sonar Platinum. Cakewalk was one of the world's oldest music software companies. Then the company was sold to Gibson in 2013 by Roland, who bought the company in 2008. The company is best known for the Sonar digital audio workstation (DAW) for PCs, which was conceived in 1987 as a software MIDI sequencer. Many hits & professional recordings & movie sound tracks etc.. in the music industry were done with Cakewalk - Now known as Cakewalk by BandLab. BandLab Technologies operation headquarters is located in Singapore. Cakewalk is still excellent & is good as any other Daw out there today with excellent resources & work flow & is also supported by all ofl the major plugin companies like Waves, Plugin Alliance, ik multimedia, etc… if you happen to by & use their plugins.
It's insane that Cakewalk is a freebie. I used to live in Sonar. It does everything. It was a tip top commercial product, and I love it. Love to bandlab for this gift. I just wish it ran on my Mac.
I remember when it was just called Cakewalk. Then they made Sonar, THEN in 2013-14 it was bought by Gibson guitar, and soon after the stopped support for it and Bandlab acquired it in 2018, and now offer it for free as per this video's info.
I just found this and I am on the download process🥺😍 I hope this will work great for me cause of how you have put this video like i just feel like i trusted your words, also you have great comment feedback! Yay here we go! 🥳
Yeah, I haven’t tried that yet. But I’ve been using reaper since it’s inception and I love it. It’s simple, has all of the features any other DAW does and has a boatload of free plug-ins and samples, so that you truly don’t even have to buy any sounds or effects. It also works with every controller I’ve ever used. I will try the software to see what I think, but it would take a miracle to make me change to anything from reaper.
I just tripped over this video and I seriously appreciate you dude. I have a midi keyboard and an old version of FL Studio and have been sitting on it. This inspired me to get moving. I like free...
Man I was trying Cubase as an alternative to my Mixcraft, thank you for this!! It's soooo much easier than Cubase, which you need an engineering degree just to start recording! I was recording in 5 minutes with Cakewalk! Great video! I subbed!
Glad to see someone that contributed to spreading the word about Cakewalk by Bandlab. I used it way before it became free, when it became free it became fully featured, something I couldn't afford and is still being updated with the promise that it will always be free because everyone deserves access to create music, not just people with money. I've heard no legitimate reasoning for passing up a fully featured DAW that's very high quality for a DAW you have to pay for. Some have said that Cakewalk is too complex, complexity is the ability to do way more to alter sound and it comes with a manual. I don't find it overly complex and I have the 1300+ page detailed manual on my computer for anything I find a need to learn more about.
I used Sonar back in 2001 as my main DAW in my studio. Built a great clientele and did projects every day. Its.more powerful now with the VST instruments and the effects and eq strip for each channel. Its top notch but it never gets mentioned in the DAW conversation. I just built a new studio and am using it for production. I haven't even really got into downloading the samples that are available. You won't disappointed using it.
I have used Cakewalk SONAR X1 Producer Extended for years. Keep in mind that during that time, MAJOR video game producers used this very SAME software for their background tracks for their games. For instance, in 'Call of Duty: Black Ops', all the music you hear (including sound effects) were recorded in the very same software DAW I use! SONAR is powerful and an excellent tool for beginners to Intermediate-level productions. You can also add video footage (no sound), like music videos (rendered), add and mix your music tracks straight to the video! It is very easy to install aftermarket VSTi's, along with collab work with other artists and musicians. I concur. This is top-quality and I stand behind the Cakewalk name. I bought my first version in 2005, so go figure. I have cut albums and movie scores with this very software.
Cakewalk was the first software that I used to use back in the days to record mix and master audio. I rewired it with Reason. Cakewalk is actually more powerful than Pro Tools. It was the first DAW that introduced 64 bit recording. It's just a case that it used to only work on PC and I eventually moved to Mac. It's great though. I recorded 9 albums with it.
I used a very early version of Cakewalk 3.0 way back in the Windows 3.1 days. Still have the disk, box and manual. Used an MPU-401 interface called "Roland Rap10." I still have it and the PC that I built around it back then. I eventually worked my way up to Sonar Producer and then I schooled in Pro Tools being that it is the standard of the industry. Pro Tool back the was Digidesign.
Because it's free and a good learning experience for those who've always loved rapping but never made a beat or the fact that the volume and other essential key things you need to know for having a good song
Yes, you are exactly right man, cakewalk is the bomb, I’ve been using it before they called it sonar, then they called it sonar, and now it’s back to cakewalk, I can tell you as a professional in the music business. I’ve used them all and cakewalk is absolutely the best, I mixed every video on EMGtv and every album I’ve ever produced including one last week with cakewalk. It is absolutely incredible. And yes it is absolutely free for the full version!!! 🎉🎉🎉❤
Man, thank you for turning me on to this. I've been using Audacity which has a lot of limitations. Can't wait to start recording with cakewalk. Thank you!
I got Cakewalk on my old laptop a few years ago and when I tried to record vocals, they’d always come out sounding robotic and sped up double time. I’m assuming I downloaded the 32 bit version instead of the 64 bit version or something, but at the time I didn’t know much about PCs and never got it figured out. Now I have a much better desktop and FL studio, but the fact that it has Auto Tune available as a plug-in really makes me consider giving it another try. Thank you for this video and your music sounds awesome. Good luck! I hope you reach all your goals
I used to compose different styles of music over twenty years ago on cakewalk until it was called Sonar 1. Among other things my first classic symphony using only the mouse to do my arrangements. Cakewalk had another advantage in the fact it offered a complete programming language to the users who have all control on the process.
I was locked on another review...saw the excitement in your video...you did not disappoint and exceeded expectations...age 57 coming off on the latino rhythm...and producing for my coworkers...saving up for the Neumann mic...your review kicks down doors and knocks the walls out!
Good info for the newbies...I've been a cakewalk user since it was Twelvetones midi sync program. I've had every version......And this in the Platnium Edition....Fire.....Welcome to da family of long time Sonar users......
I was a Sonar Pro user and BandLab with both the DAW and the mobile app is genius. And the free mastering tool online is pretty good too! The mobile app is a great on the fly creation app that can do loops, midi, audio and more. I really like it!
Special thanks in advance from South Africa. I have recently installed it now I'm interested to check it out how it works. Thanks once again bro keep em coming and u got my SUB...
@@kjwilkguitar Actually, you used an actual MIDI cable to plug into MIDI audio interface supplied by a special PCI card installed in your computer and the included software allowed you to input chords by way of the synthesizer's keyboard. It really was an innovation for its time.
Thanks for the valuable info bro 👍🏽 I recently bought an Akai miniplay 3 and my first labtop yesterday (HP Chromebook), thinking I need a computer to have a DAW. Ive watched so many videos but no one has guided me so throughly as you. I'm going to download Cakewalk immediately! You have a new sub and i’ll be sure to follow & support your channel. 💯
Agree...I had Cakewalk Sonar X3 for years but now Bandlab replaced it and it's great. Even seems more stable than the old Sonar! Steep learning curve, but there are a lot of videos that help.
I've been able to make some great stuff in free programs like Blender and Krita. It's awesome to know there is a similar option for music. Thanks a ton man, you just saved me a ton of wasted dough.
Pro Tools entered the prosumer market in the late 90s with LE which actually promoted competition in that space at a time when Logic (then owned by EMAGIC) was quite pricey and had a "greedy" standard/gold/platinum model (though it ran on Windows then). Pro Tools did signal their intent to leave the prosumer market so people did have time to prepare. I'm not saying I agree with it but they had the market share and they, like Adobe, went the subscription route because they could. I use Logic and am happy with it. Cubase is pretty good too.
They keep it updated and current, and as a user of Studio One, Cubase etc, it stands up to them with ease. I am also a current user of PresonuSphere, a monthly pro access with massive additional options and benefits. I was going to just switch to Studio One, but our band used Sonar Pro, and I am now I'm charge of finishing those projects in BandLab. We thought we were dead on those projects since Sonar went down, but BandLab brough those projects back to life! The name Cakewalk is ancient, but Sonar and now Bandlab is right up there with the rest. They used Sonar to record the Lord of the Rings film tracks. So that alone showed the studio level quality of the program even then. It's better than even that now
Tq so much U.D.E. for the sharing..I've been using the Cakewalk since 2004-2009..Currently i'm using Logic studio Pro X(with IOS Apple) and now i want to give my daughter(collegue music's student) to use this apps with her windows laptop for shure..
Hey man I have pro tools as well but when I updated my Mac Pro tools won’t open when I click on it, it just says it’s not responding idk what to do plz help thnkx
We just completed a whole album in a 5 hr session with the Xair32 and a Macbook Pro. (Garageband) and filmed it with an Iphone 12 and edited in Imovie. Thanks for all your content! it works!
WOW! I was wondering happen to Cakewalk. That's exactly what I started on before moving to Logic and Reason. Glad to know it's still strucking lol great info bro!
I use to think the same way. But as long as you have good hardware, good production and good audio ain't no one going to know what you used. A WAV. file is a wav. file a great song or great production is still great no matter what daw is used. I stopped trying to keep up with what's popular. Now I'm just like if it works it works.
Getting past the software and hardware is paramount to creating anything. I've been working with this stuff since Cakewalk DOS 3.0 (midi only) and still use Sonar 8 to do midi.
I already got you covered. I already have a video I recently uploaded showing how to set up a midi keyboard and 3rd party vsts. Go check it out. Thanks for watching
The backstory is that Gibson, the guitar company, tried a strategy of buying little brands for its corporate umbrella. cakewalk was one of them. Gibson was run by a bunch of clowns and they screwed things up. bandlab bought sonar (cakewalk) from gibson and decided to make it free. Sonar used to sell for w/e $600. it is loaded with everything you could want. i use sonar home edition which i bought before the whole gibson thing. When i replace my almost 5yr old PC soon, i will put the full version on there, but the home version is powerful too. it just doesnt have some of the hi-end tools for the studio.
They priced themselves out of the market for one. The other thing is Ableton Live was making huge leaps with it's clip based creation system. Which allowed a lot of DJs and non-musician artist to make music. I was a religious user of cakewalk for years. But the price kept going up and you weren't getting anything to justify it. Eventually I moved on to Cubase and now Ableton.
thank you so much brother. this will really help me to record a song. lot of people ware miss guided me on recordings. thank you and hope you will reach 1M subs very soon. love and peace from srilanka.
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This man right here is the pinnacle of some peoples choices in careers. Let’s take a moment to thank him for helping others find a way when they are determined to find one.
hell naw shut up
No fr this video just made me take that jump
Wow thank y’all for the likes and comments 💪🏼💯
That's incredibly kind of you to post that comment! And just fyi, people appreciate people who respect and appreciation others, especially the appreciation for those who genuinely deserve it so much, so of course you're going to get some love! Honestly, i wish I saw props given like that more often....
@@michaelangel888 I am grateful for him posting this but I was just asking how do i instal it onto a computer running windows 10 when it says it can not because the computer is running it is S mode and if I come out of that it can not be reversed and s mode is safe mode. Its not my computer to be able to do that. But i am grateful to anybody who helps me or trys too
Been using cakewalk since the 80s, so you know I'm an old MF. Glad you young bloods are catching on. Rock on!
Appreciate that. It’s a solid software
I got Cakewalk 2004 Home Studio and Sonar X2 but never got round to learning it🤦🏿♂️
Me too. 😆 Band in a Box , Cakewalk, and Fruity loops. Since the 80's with and IBM 386 computer with 5.25 inch floppy disk. 💾
Cakewalk music creator since 2007 when im senior high School
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I've been using it since version 5 and it keeps improving every month. The new owners are really committed to improvements from user feedback. Awesome company, awesome software.
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yep but they're quitting on it
@@LionOfKingston They're going to keep the free version available but it won't be updated.
If you want updates, you'll have to buy Sonar. I'm going to buy it. To each their own.
You just gave people hundreds of dollars (maybe millions if they use it right) worth of value for free!!!! I hope people recognize what you have actually dropped on them!!! Knowledge is POWER!!!
Thank you! I am just a stay at home mom who wants to record myself singing and playing my guitar. This is exactly what I was looking for.
Guitar Hobbyist here, wife told me I need to record what I play goofing off, so I started looking around finding everything (I thought) was big $$$$ but then came across your youtube page and said HUH?? FREE??? This old head is diving in!! God Bless you for putting this out. never used any recording material (played in church for years) and never thought about recording, but now I'm going to see what turns out. Again Thanks!!!
I've been using Cakewalk for years now. I went to this version from Cakewalk 2 during an update and been running it flawlessly. My Slate Digital Plugins work as well as my Komplete Kontrol Keyboard. Dope!!!
Downloaded it last March and am blown away at how good cakewalk is.
What kind of music are you recording?
@@UnitedDestinyEntertainment im starting to record hip hop beats inspired by the man himself dr.DRE
Great summary of cakewalk’s Sonar I also have been using it since the 1980s when it was distributed on 3 1/2 inch floppy disk and was essentially a midi sequencer. Very intuitive and easy to learn and I have upgraded to every new version since it was released and the company decided to discontinue its production in support.
I had a flashback! I've started my recording engineer career using Cakewalk! I burnt the floppy discs a few months ago!
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🙏Namaste Sir Larsen ! 🙏
I started 1985 with Scoretrack, from C Lab, by using the Commodore C64 II 😉
I used to run cakewalk back in the day. Looking forward to getting back into music after a long long break. Just got it installed. I can't wait to start playing. Thank you for the walk thru video.
...the lights... they respond to your voice! Mindblown!
Yooooooo, Cakewalk was the best ever for me in the early 2000's... I lost it when my PC crashed about 15+ years ago and couldn't find it anymore. SO THIS IS GOOD NEWS FOR ME! I've learned so much over the years about mixing and now that cakewalks is available, it's about to be a wrap, my music has a much better chance at sounding professional. Dude, you just gained a **New Subscriber!
I've been using this since 2013 (when it wasn't free) and I love it! They still keep it updated and keep adding features. Very stable. It's a phenomenal DAW. For free. Ya boy is not lying on the video.
I never knew how powerful it was. I’ve been using everything except it in my career
YO im two days in, YOU ARE THE MAN, its not just free, after going thru all the Daws this year none of them impressed me as I saw no future funcionality for uniting artist in the industry, this not only has a free daw, that links to the app which acts like a Notes for music and linking Online editor with Desktop editor, but is a game changer by utilizing a social media established music community. A triple home run for me, not only does this do everything I kept wanting from every other Daw the majority of the time that feature is already set as the default reducing my overall workflow. SO TY big
I didn’t know about this software until this video, I downloaded it and it absolutely changed everything for me! Thank you so much for this! 🤲🏽🔥
I started with Pro Tools first and it was frustrated very limited plug ins . After I got cakewalk . Was super amaze with all the stuff that can be done . Cake walk is really cool. Thanks for sharing .
I just downloaded this DAW and tried it out. I just played guitar and sang into a condenser mic. Wow! This blows away anything I've ever used before. The effects are fantastic. I've never used Pro Tools, but I can't imagine it being any better than this. I'm so glad that I accidentally stumbled upon your video. Thanks for the info!!!
You aren't missing anything with Pro Tools. It's hay day is over. PT was the only software that big studios used back in the day. That's why everyone wanted to use it at home, because you could take your sessions from studio to home and vice versa. Now that computer processing power and other software options have ramped up, there's really no need for PT, unless you just need old school big studio session comparability.
Thanks for watching the video. Be sure To check out the others on cakewalk
That's amazing. I have Pro Tools and Logic Pro X. I want to try it out. Which DAW were you using Ronald?
Hello I'm Cali plug how much can a sound card cost ?
WOW, thank you for this video. I used to own Cakewalk many years ago and used it to input songs into my computer using notation in the software. It is nice to see that it is expanded and available for free. Thank you for the information.
Man... I am so glad I found you here on TH-cam! I spent about 2 weeks looking for programs. I love the VST's! Everything about this program is professional. And it's FREE!
I worked with blind children and adults for a long time, and when it was still Sonar, it worked so well with the JAWS screen reader. With that said, some amazing stuff came out of this program, and it was all made by students with little to no vision whatsoever. So I'm not sure how those screen readers work with it now, but I do know it was certainly one of the most accessible for its time.
I think you made this video just for me , right? LOL...I'm just starting out with VO and working on a budget, in the process of buying the equipment for a home VO studio setup, looking to keep the TOTAL expenses (machine, software, mic, preamp, cables, everything ) under $2k.
Like others here, I had some experience with Cakewalk in the 90s and didn't realize Bandlab was doing such a great job of keeping it up-to-date. Thanks for posting this!
3:52 when you mentioned Davinci Resolve I knew you were spitting FACTS
Yeah man. Cakewalk has been around for a long time. It's always been a great program. The problem for me back in the day was that the hardware wasn't capable of handling all the features Cakewalk could do not to mention Windows wasn't capable of addressing more than 4GB of RAM until they recompiled it for 64-bit memory addressing. I moved to the MacOS (Garageband and Logic Pro) but nothing was as capable as Cakewalk. I will certainly give this a download and a serious look. Windows 10 and 11 are mature and stable enough now to run multithreaded applications that utilize more resources (RAM and Multicores). Great review! You've got me amped up and ready to give it a try. Aloha!
since its updated are you using it now? should i use cakewalk or garage band
Love Cakewalk - the only treason that I stopped using the DAW is because I've had a Studio One account for nearly 11 years on another computer which was too old when I bought it and quit using it after about a year. Recently I bought a new computer and started back into my account. Although I no longer use Cakewalk I definitely recommend this home recording software
Dealing free stuff to your viewers is a great thing, subscribed.
Thanks for watching
@@UnitedDestinyEntertainment Did a short 2 min video using some audio I mixed in Cakewalk last night after watching your video, linked back to this video for the instructions to download and install. Thank you again for the information.
@@TheDasFaust Your audio was awesome. I just subscribed.
I haven't seen cakewalk since 2004. I'm gonna definitely give it a shot!
Great software and its working great
I tried traction waveform and it made be literally cry. I tried cakewalk and figured things out in an hour. got it today.
Be sure to check out my videos and tutorials
I used cakewalk 20 years ago. Ran through a 64 bit interface lexicon unicorn I think. Very temperamental on the hardware hook up. Once the communication glitches were resolved it was a great recorder and editor. Main thing is to have quality interfaces to get good sound quality out. The unicorn was great.
He's not lying. Sonar Cakewalk is powerful and was the first DAW I ever bought for $100 at an electronics store in the mid 2000's. Still have it and use it, also you can actually upload a video play and create a soundtrack to it.
I believe it isn't qualified as a DAW unless the software offers a video playback feature. That is how foley artists do their work.
I thought audio play back is good for the purpose, correct?
I remember when you couldn't get into quality recording for less than $20,000. It is so easy today.
Cakewalk is legit. It's what I started with in the 90s and studied with in music school in the early 2000s before their business declined.
Estevan Carlos Benson
- Same here... When I studied music technology in the late 90s in the UK, Cakewalk and Cubase were the software of choice. After Cakewalk went away, Cubase became my goto DAW (and still is). I have tried this "new" Cakewalk and I like it, but I think it is just the name and not anything to do with the original Cakewalk though. :)
@@DaveLennonCopeland Well, Cakewalk did seem to evolve quickly during the last years. My last memories of Cakewalk were Sonar 1.0 which seem cool at the time. I imagine this new version is pretty different.
@@estevancarlos - Ah yeah, I remember Sonar too, and it seems that this new Cakewalk by BandLab is a direct continuation of the SONAR Platinum DAW (I Googled it). The new Cakewalk has a small learning curve, but once you get familiar with it, it's really good. Third-party plugins are supported and midi (all the usual stuff for a good DAW), plus it sounds kinda warm too... as said before, I like it. :)
Same, from Musiians Friend in the 90s 😂
Yhooooooo maybe you are insane in production.
I have been using Cakewalk since it came out and loved it. I am at the point of either switching to the new free version, or Reaper. So far I am pretty blown away with Reaper, but Cakewalk feels like home to me.
Is reaper free?
@@UnitedDestinyEntertainment no. but you can you use its trial with all the its features even if the trial has ended. it very affordable. it is honorware i believe.
* I started using Cakewalk in the early 90’s & used the very first programs. - Cakewalk version 5,7,8, etc.. You had to purchase the software. There was always a platform upgrade about once a year for many years. Then instead of going up to Cakewalk 9 they started calling it Sonar. The platform exceeded up to Sonar Platinum.
Cakewalk was one of the world's oldest music software companies.
Then the company was sold to Gibson in 2013 by Roland, who bought the company in 2008. The company is best known for the Sonar digital audio workstation (DAW) for PCs, which was conceived in 1987 as a software MIDI sequencer.
Many hits & professional recordings & movie sound tracks etc.. in the music industry were done with Cakewalk - Now known as Cakewalk by BandLab.
BandLab Technologies operation headquarters is located in Singapore. Cakewalk is still excellent & is good as any other Daw out there today with excellent resources & work flow & is also supported by all ofl the major plugin companies like Waves, Plugin Alliance, ik multimedia, etc… if you happen to by & use their plugins.
THIS TUTORIAL REALLY WORKS I AM FROM PHILIPPINES! THIS MAN DESERVES A SUBSCRIPTION!
I used cakewalk as my first sequencing program with a Commodore 64. OMG I can’t even remember how long ago that was! Thanks
My first user friendly DAW back when I started. Loved it!
It’s still a great daw now
It's insane that Cakewalk is a freebie. I used to live in Sonar. It does everything. It was a tip top commercial product, and I love it. Love to bandlab for this gift. I just wish it ran on my Mac.
I concur!
I remember when it was just called Cakewalk. Then they made Sonar, THEN in 2013-14 it was bought by Gibson guitar, and soon after the stopped support for it and Bandlab acquired it in 2018, and now offer it for free as per this video's info.
U can download window interface for the Mac. And use programms like his. Give iT a try.
@@spacesloth6496 I will! Thanks!
@@spacesloth6496 Were? have a link?
Heck ya! I've been waiting on someone to make a good video about the free Bandlab's Cakewalk!! I've been using it for YEARS with no issues.
I was lost without Sonar. With a £100 interface and this post I live again! A miracle!
I've been using cakewalk since the 0.5 version and used to write every single note using a mouse that was the good times
I just found this and I am on the download process🥺😍 I hope this will work great for me cause of how you have put this video like i just feel like i trusted your words, also you have great comment feedback! Yay here we go! 🥳
Trust me it’s a great software go watch my videos and tutorials on it. If I can then do can others
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Yeah, I haven’t tried that yet. But I’ve been using reaper since it’s inception and I love it. It’s simple, has all of the features any other DAW does and has a boatload of free plug-ins and samples, so that you truly don’t even have to buy any sounds or effects. It also works with every controller I’ve ever used. I will try the software to see what I think, but it would take a miracle to make me change to anything from reaper.
Did you change?
@@los3016 I have a project coming up in the next few weeks, so I’m gonna try it then. Use both and see what I like best.
I just tripped over this video and I seriously appreciate you dude. I have a midi keyboard and an old version of FL Studio and have been sitting on it.
This inspired me to get moving. I like free...
I remember using Sonar/Cakewalk back in the day. That's a solid DAW and it won't let you down. Can't beat it for the free in my opinion.
Man I was trying Cubase as an alternative to my Mixcraft, thank you for this!! It's soooo much easier than Cubase, which you need an engineering degree just to start recording! I was recording in 5 minutes with Cakewalk! Great video! I subbed!
I use Mixcraft which is easy and intuitive. Is Cakewalk better than Mixcraft . Does it come with free effects and virtual instruments
Glad to see someone that contributed to spreading the word about Cakewalk by Bandlab. I used it way before it became free, when it became free it became fully featured, something I couldn't afford and is still being updated with the promise that it will always be free because everyone deserves access to create music, not just people with money. I've heard no legitimate reasoning for passing up a fully featured DAW that's very high quality for a DAW you have to pay for. Some have said that Cakewalk is too complex, complexity is the ability to do way more to alter sound and it comes with a manual. I don't find it overly complex and I have the 1300+ page detailed manual on my computer for anything I find a need to learn more about.
Thanks bro‼ Helping us keep the dreams alive💯
No problem man. smash that like button and share if you can with others who may find it useful
I know this is 2 years old now, but being new to the recording stuff, this taught me a ton. Thanks man
Youre not alone im new to this too. Hopefully this gets people like us somewhere
I used Sonar back in 2001 as my main DAW in my studio. Built a great clientele and did projects every day. Its.more powerful now with the VST instruments and the effects and eq strip for each channel. Its top notch but it never gets mentioned in the DAW conversation. I just built a new studio and am using it for production. I haven't even really got into downloading the samples that are available. You won't disappointed using it.
I have used Cakewalk SONAR X1 Producer Extended for years. Keep in mind that during that time, MAJOR video game producers used this very SAME software for their background tracks for their games. For instance, in 'Call of Duty: Black Ops', all the music you hear (including sound effects) were recorded in the very same software DAW I use! SONAR is powerful and an excellent tool for beginners to Intermediate-level productions. You can also add video footage (no sound), like music videos (rendered), add and mix your music tracks straight to the video! It is very easy to install aftermarket VSTi's, along with collab work with other artists and musicians. I concur. This is top-quality and I stand behind the Cakewalk name. I bought my first version in 2005, so go figure. I have cut albums and movie scores with this very software.
Cakewalk was the first software that I used to use back in the days to record mix and master audio. I rewired it with Reason. Cakewalk is actually more powerful than Pro Tools. It was the first DAW that introduced 64 bit recording. It's just a case that it used to only work on PC and I eventually moved to Mac. It's great though. I recorded 9 albums with it.
That is amazing. Would love to check out some of your content
@@Nkulinairehiphop cakewalk is free
What do you use now?
@@stephencubillos1412 Logic X
@@Nkulinairehiphop The only obligation is to make an account; e mail and pw. Then download and use it free!
I used a very early version of Cakewalk 3.0 way back in the Windows 3.1 days. Still have the disk, box and manual. Used an MPU-401 interface called "Roland Rap10." I still have it and the PC that I built around it back then. I eventually worked my way up to Sonar Producer and then I schooled in Pro Tools being that it is the standard of the industry. Pro Tool back the was Digidesign.
Because it's free and a good learning experience for those who've always loved rapping but never made a beat or the fact that the volume and other essential key things you need to know for having a good song
Yes, you are exactly right man, cakewalk is the bomb, I’ve been using it before they called it sonar, then they called it sonar, and now it’s back to cakewalk, I can tell you as a professional in the music business. I’ve used them all and cakewalk is absolutely the best, I mixed every video on EMGtv and every album I’ve ever produced including one last week with cakewalk. It is absolutely incredible. And yes it is absolutely free for the full version!!! 🎉🎉🎉❤
Yes, agree. Before bought by Roland - it was already one of the best I had been using since the DOS era. Still waiting for the Mac version.
It’s on Mac now!
This video came in so clutch. Thank you so, so much. Ableton really limited my ability, but now I am not limited by 8 tracks. Thanks again, man!
Man, thank you for turning me on to this. I've been using Audacity which has a lot of limitations. Can't wait to start recording with cakewalk. Thank you!
Million words from me can't thank you enough my boss . Bless up and stay blessed
I got Cakewalk on my old laptop a few years ago and when I tried to record vocals, they’d always come out sounding robotic and sped up double time. I’m assuming I downloaded the 32 bit version instead of the 64 bit version or something, but at the time I didn’t know much about PCs and never got it figured out. Now I have a much better desktop and FL studio, but the fact that it has Auto Tune available as a plug-in really makes me consider giving it another try. Thank you for this video and your music sounds awesome. Good luck! I hope you reach all your goals
I used to compose different styles of music over twenty years ago on cakewalk until it was called Sonar 1. Among other things my first classic symphony using only the mouse to do my arrangements.
Cakewalk had another advantage in the fact it offered a complete programming language to the users who have all control on the process.
I was locked on another review...saw the excitement in your video...you did not disappoint and exceeded expectations...age 57 coming off on the latino rhythm...and producing for my coworkers...saving up for the Neumann mic...your review kicks down doors and knocks the walls out!
I totally agree this is an awesome Studio bro. An for free? You can't beat it. It has everything you need to make a hit record.
Good info for the newbies...I've been a cakewalk user since it was Twelvetones midi sync program. I've had every version......And this in the Platnium Edition....Fire.....Welcome to da family of long time Sonar users......
Nice please does it have the futures that FL studio has I mean when it comes to beat making
I was a Sonar Pro user and BandLab with both the DAW and the mobile app is genius. And the free mastering tool online is pretty good too! The mobile app is a great on the fly creation app that can do loops, midi, audio and more. I really like it!
Special thanks in advance from South Africa. I have recently installed it now I'm interested to check it out how it works. Thanks once again bro keep em coming and u got my SUB...
I was sleeping on UDE I’m a fan yo he has some of the best quality content ✊🏼 Respect ✊🏼
Cakewalk has always been PC only since it's inception, but still a very powewful DAW for free.
Remember when it was used by DOS systems?
Aiden Macleod Yep, MIDI only.
@@kjwilkguitar Actually, you used an actual MIDI cable to plug into MIDI audio interface supplied by a special PCI card installed in your computer and the included software allowed you to input chords by way of the synthesizer's keyboard. It really was an innovation for its time.
Thanks for the valuable info bro 👍🏽 I recently bought an Akai miniplay 3 and my first labtop yesterday (HP Chromebook), thinking I need a computer to have a DAW.
Ive watched so many videos but no one has guided me so throughly as you. I'm going to download Cakewalk immediately!
You have a new sub and i’ll be sure to follow & support your channel. 💯
Wow! It works! The first time i tried it took forever to activate and when I disabled my antivirus it worked like in less than a minute! Thanks bro!
Shawty you da 🐐💯💯💯 Much respect from da ATL 💪🏾😎
Agree...I had Cakewalk Sonar X3 for years but now Bandlab replaced it and it's great. Even seems more stable than the old Sonar! Steep learning curve, but there are a lot of videos that help.
I have been using it since it was "Cakewalk Pro Audio 8"!! It's ALWAYS been DOPE!!
My Macbook died and this was exactly what i needed to keep me up and running!! Thank you🙏🏽
I've been able to make some great stuff in free programs like Blender and Krita. It's awesome to know there is a similar option for music. Thanks a ton man, you just saved me a ton of wasted dough.
Pro Tools entered the prosumer market in the late 90s with LE which actually promoted competition in that space at a time when Logic (then owned by EMAGIC) was quite pricey and had a "greedy" standard/gold/platinum model (though it ran on Windows then). Pro Tools did signal their intent to leave the prosumer market so people did have time to prepare. I'm not saying I agree with it but they had the market share and they, like Adobe, went the subscription route because they could. I use Logic and am happy with it. Cubase is pretty good too.
Yo does this work on like a HP I got windows 11 my MacBook went out so I’m screwed lmao
@@MCCARVERWORLD Logic won't work on Windows at least natively. Better to go with another DAW like Cubase or Reason.
haha been saving up for FL 3 months now and am not even close thank you !!!
Same
Pirate that shit
@Constantine Fetter why do the greatest producers use then . S/O to 9th wonder for putting ppl on.
@Constantine Fetter your computer sounds slow
Tried Tracktion before. But now I'm a Cakewalk user. 👌🏻👍🏻😉
Cakewalk is practically ancient, man. I'm glad to know it's still around and available - free, no less.
They keep it updated and current, and as a user of Studio One, Cubase etc, it stands up to them with ease. I am also a current user of PresonuSphere, a monthly pro access with massive additional options and benefits.
I was going to just switch to Studio One, but our band used Sonar Pro, and I am now I'm charge of finishing those projects in BandLab. We thought we were dead on those projects since Sonar went down, but BandLab brough those projects back to life!
The name Cakewalk is ancient, but Sonar and now Bandlab is right up there with the rest. They used Sonar to record the Lord of the Rings film tracks. So that alone showed the studio level quality of the program even then. It's better than even that now
Tq so much U.D.E. for the sharing..I've been using the Cakewalk since 2004-2009..Currently i'm using Logic studio Pro X(with IOS Apple) and now i want to give my daughter(collegue music's student) to use this apps with her windows laptop for shure..
Hands down the best free DAW, you are getting Cakewalk Sonar without the 3rd party plugins, which cost £300+ in 2016.
It’s definitely worth it
Pre-Sonar Cakewalk was my first recording program. I have protools however I will download it anyway. Great video.
my channel has wisdom.... :0
Hey man I have pro tools as well but when I updated my Mac Pro tools won’t open when I click on it, it just says it’s not responding idk what to do plz help thnkx
Cakewalk always competed with pro tools. It was great. Like I said I spent thousands for years of upgrades.
We just completed a whole album in a 5 hr session with the Xair32 and a Macbook Pro. (Garageband) and filmed it with an Iphone 12 and edited in Imovie. Thanks for all your content! it works!
WOW! I was wondering happen to Cakewalk. That's exactly what I started on before moving to Logic and Reason. Glad to know it's still strucking lol great info bro!
I used to love cake walk but switched to protools because that’s what all the studios were using
Pro tools is my go to but if not I would definitely use cakewalk as my go to hands down
I use to think the same way. But as long as you have good hardware, good production and good audio ain't no one going to know what you used. A WAV. file is a wav. file a great song or great production is still great no matter what daw is used. I stopped trying to keep up with what's popular. Now I'm just like if it works it works.
Getting past the software and hardware is paramount to creating anything.
I've been working with this stuff since Cakewalk DOS 3.0 (midi only) and still use Sonar 8 to do midi.
I like your enthusiasm. I would like you to do a sample lesson on how to set up the MIDI keyboard to work with Cakewalk. Thank you.
I already got you covered. I already have a video I recently uploaded showing how to set up a midi keyboard and 3rd party vsts. Go check it out. Thanks for watching
@@UnitedDestinyEntertainment Thank you !! Where is that link?
@@abz124816 th-cam.com/video/lsjj8fQ0em0/w-d-xo.html
@@UnitedDestinyEntertainment Thank you sir !
Been using Cakewalk since version 3.1. It’s always been a great program.
I recommend cakewalk especially for anyone with kids to take their first steps into digital music production
I've been using cakewalk since early 90's. I was 14 lol I had my 386 pc. It's come a long way.
Mine was a 386 DX40 which was faster than most 486 SX models. I still have it.
The backstory is that Gibson, the guitar company, tried a strategy of buying little brands for its corporate umbrella. cakewalk was one of them. Gibson was run by a bunch of clowns and they screwed things up. bandlab bought sonar (cakewalk) from gibson and decided to make it free. Sonar used to sell for w/e $600. it is loaded with everything you could want. i use sonar home edition which i bought before the whole gibson thing. When i replace my almost 5yr old PC soon, i will put the full version on there, but the home version is powerful too. it just doesnt have some of the hi-end tools for the studio.
Thanks for that info
I work in Cakewalk every day. Does everything I need.
I’m starting to see that myself
How do I get to the auto tune plug in
I've been using Cakewalk by bandlab for maybe over a year now
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Thank you for introducing us to the most dynamic software I've ever come across for FREE. WOW!
I'v been using cakewalk for almost 20 years. This is awesome 😎
This software is for Macs as well using bootcamp. Not for m1 versions. I have it installed on my older MacBook Pro
It's mind blowing that this software is free. Seriously....just get it and try it.
Been considering picking up music development, maybe seeing this video is a sign to officially start. Great content by the way 🤙🏾
Same here. I thought the same. Do it.
Same here!🎧🔥🎶
@@kenwilliams7597 u 2 huh!my dream!
They priced themselves out of the market for one.
The other thing is Ableton Live was making huge leaps with it's clip based creation system. Which allowed a lot of DJs and non-musician artist to make music. I was a religious user of cakewalk for years. But the price kept going up and you weren't getting anything to justify it. Eventually I moved on to Cubase and now Ableton.
Wow man. I am unemployd musician, so there is no money to by these kind of programs. Thanks a million for your help. God bless you. From South Africa
thank you so much brother. this will really help me to record a song. lot of people ware miss guided me on recordings. thank you and hope you will reach 1M subs very soon.
love and peace from srilanka.