Following the acquisition of certain assets and the complete set of intellectual property of Cakewalk Inc. from Gibson Brands on 2/23/18, BandLab Technologies announced the relaunch of SONAR as Cakewalk by BandLab - available free-to-download to all BandLab users worldwide.
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BOSTON, MA (April 8, 2005)—Cakewalk, developer of the leading music and sound software for Windows, is pleased to announce SONAR 4 Producer Edition is this year's winner of the Musikmesse International Press Award (MIPA) in the Recording Software category.
The annual Musikmesse International Press Award ceremony, now in its sixth year, is one of the most anticipated events at Musikmesse—Europe’s largest professional music industry trade show that takes place every year in Frankfurt, Germany.
MIPA is the most prestigious music industry award and widely regarded as the “Grammy” of the International Musical Instrument/Pro Audio industry. 58 magazines from all over the world first nominate 3 products in each of more than 40 categories. SONAR 4 Producer Edition ultimately garnered the most winning votes for the best product of 2004/2005 in the recording software category over Apple Logic Pro 7 and Ableton Live 4.
Cakewalk’s Founder and CEO, Greg Hendershott, accepted the MIPA for SONAR 4 Producer Edition at the MIPA awards ceremony that took place Thursday, April 7th at Musikmesse. To learn more about the Musikmesse International Press Award 2005 visit http://www1.mipa-award.de.
SONAR 4 Producer Edition
SONAR Producer Edition has a well-earned reputation for delivering powerful production tools in a fast, streamlined user interface. With new version 4, Cakewalk has added powerful recording, editing, comping and navigation tools that optimize workflow for today's professional. In addition, version 4 combines innovative surround and AV capabilities along with precise engineering tools, making SONAR 4 Producer Edition the definitive audio production environment on the Windows platform.