Cakewalk supports 32-bit and 64-bit VST2 and VST3 plug-ins, so you might be able to find something similar to 'audio warp' if it's not already in Cakewalk. I'm not sure what 'audio warp' is in Cubase, but Cakewalk does have audio quantizing. Both have been around for a long time, though since Cakewalk is based upon SONAR Platinum, it has more features than Cubase Elements. If you're coming from Cubase, you'll find Cakewalk fairly familiar. BandLab bought the intellectual property and is now giving it away as Cakewalk. Gibson screwed it all up and then shut it down. It is the same product the old SONAR Platinum was. Does Cakewalk have these features?Īnother option I'm considering is Pro Tools Studio which will cost £25 a month instead of me having to pay £222 or £422 to upgrade to Cubase Artist or Pro.Īnother option I'm considering is Pro Tools Studio which will cost £25 a month instead of me having to pay £222 or £422 to upgrade to Cubase Artist or Pro.Cakewalk is great, and it's free. So I'm looking for a more cost effective way to get access to audio warp and audio quantizing. I'd have to upgrade to Cubase Artist or Pro to get these features, which is relatively expensive. Here are the links to the 2 DAWs so you can see for yourself:Īlso, if I was to switch to Cakewalk, can anybody tell me if it's any good, especially for recording rock music? I currently use Cubase Elements 11, and I'm frustrated at the lack of audio warp or audio quantize.

So what's going on here? How can they be offering the same product, but one is free and the other costs $499? Are there any differences between them?

Then I noticed there's another DAW called SONAR which appears to be almost the same as Cakewalk but it costs about $499 (for the platinum version).

I'm amazed by this, how can this be possible? I was looking into the Cakewalk DAW, which it says on the Bandlab website is free.

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