https://blog.bandlab.com/cakewalk-by-bandlab-press-release/
Wild. I assume they're going down the 'software as a service/razors & blades' business model by making the base software (with all the features of the old Sonar Platinum, minus all the third-party plugins that came bundled with SPlat) free, and will eventually use the Bandlab Assistant software as some sort of marketplace/authenticator type thing to punt VSTs, samples/loops and whatnot to its users...
Submitted April 04, 2018 at 09:47AM by NeiloMac https://www.reddit.com/r/edmproduction/comments/89p50x/cakewalk_sonars_back_from_the_dead_and_its_free/?utm_source=ifttt