While users grieved over the untimely death of the DAW, BandLab stepped in to buy Cakewalk and all of its assets. DAW development was discontinued, and Cakewalk itself was closed. At the end of 2017, Gibson found itself on the verge of bankruptcy and began to get rid of unnecessary assets – the Cakewalk team fell under the distribution. In 2015, the well-known guitar brand Gibson acquired Cakewalk and began active development of the DAW, releasing several different editions of the program. An elegant and fully customizable interface, many editions for a wide variety of needs and wallets, and extensive audio options (see Cakewalk Sonar: 4 Features to Know About). The first version of this program for recording music appeared over 30 years ago, back in the days of MS-DOS.Ĭakewalk Sonar is a PC exclusive, which some foreign users call “Logic for Windows”. SONAR is one of the old-timers of the DAW market.