Launched in 2015 as the flagship of the long-running Sonar line, Platinum was supposed to be the ultimate statement from one of the oldest players in the game. It was powerful, deep, and unapologetically feature-dense. But just two years later, in November 2017, Cakewalk unexpectedly closed its doors, leaving Sonar Platinum as the final chapter of an era—until a phoenix-like rise from the ashes.
Let’s look back at what made Sonar Platinum so special, and why it still matters today. Sonar Platinum’s tagline might as well have been "No Limits." While competitors like Pro Tools charged a premium for basic metering and Logic Pro X was $199 flat, Cakewalk went all-in on a tiered subscription model (via the "Cakewalk Membership") that offered continuous rolling updates. sonar platinum
BandLab did something unprecedented: They took the Sonar Platinum codebase, stripped the DRM, fixed the bugs, and re-released it as —completely free. Launched in 2015 as the flagship of the
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In the fast-moving world of Digital Audio Workstations (DAWs), few stories are as bittersweet as that of Cakewalk’s Sonar Platinum . Let’s look back at what made Sonar Platinum