Cakewalk Distribution coming to Singapore

Cheez

Cheez

Moderator
Cakewalk® Expands Worldwide Distribution​

—New distribution arrangements to extend company's reach in Asia, Australia, Latin America,
the Middle East, South America, and other regions worldwide—​
Frankfurt, Germany, Musikmesse (Hall 5.1, Walkway B, Stand 56) (1 April, 2009) - Cakewalk, the world's leading developer of powerful and easy to use products for music creation and recording, announces new distribution arrangements in many regions worldwide. This new distribution extends the Cakewalk brand into regions not previously served, and areas where Cakewalk was under-represented, in order to meet the needs of musicians in these markets.

The distribution of Cakewalk products in these regions are now handled by Roland joint venture companies and firms with existing distribution arrangements with Roland.



The new territories covered include:
  • Argentina
  • Australia
  • Barbados
  • Bolivia
  • Chile
  • China
  • Colombia
  • Costa Rica
  • Cyprus
  • Republic of Dominicana
  • Ecuador
  • El Salvador
  • Greece
  • Guatemala
  • Honduras
  • India
  • Indonesia
  • Israel
  • Korea
  • Malaysia
  • Martinique
  • Mexico
  • New Zealand
  • Panama
  • Paraguay
  • Philippines
  • Peru
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Singapore
  • South Africa
  • Taiwan
  • Thailand
  • Trinidad
  • Turkey
  • Uruguay
  • Venezuela
  • Vietnam
---
This was announced on 1st April 2009. No, it's not an April Fool's joke. Because it's going to be done through Roland distributors, does it mean Swee Lee is going to bring in a whole lot of Cakewalk products - software + hardware?
 
I should think Sweelee would be handling cakewalk as well. Since its coming under Roland. hmmm. Lets hope for good prices.
 
If Swee Lee brings them in, then they will follow their same marketing strategy - all prices listed 40% higher and you'll get a 40% discount.
 
I've been getting all my Cakewalk stuff from Para-Di. Great service from the guy so far and reasonable pricing. Don't think ill be getting them anywhere else for now.
 
Oh. I didn't know Para-Di brings in Cakewalk. I thought they only bring in Protools. That's great. Competition is always good for end-users and customers... :)
 
Hi...I'm interested in finding out more abt Guitar-Pro and hardware. Where is Para-Di? If they're helpful and dun mind newbie asking stupid questions, I might just commit to buying one. Thanks very much!
 
Checked with Para-Di...they don't carry Cakewalk any more. Swee Lee only has the Sonar LE so may have to make a trip to Roland in M'sia. Booomz!
 
Well...there's always the online method of purchasing. And hopefully the poll in the other thread re: DAW/sequencer usage will change the minds of retailers...or maybe not...
 
Help! Steinberg or Cakewalk?

Yes, online is convenient & relatively safe. Ok guys, I really need help here. When I bot the Zoom pedal, it was bundled with Steinberg's Cubase LE4. I'm pretty new to all this stuff...havent really done anything with the Cubase cos it seemed really complicated. I chanced upon Cakewalk's Music Creator 5 and they also have Instrument Studio. Compared to Cubase, Cakewalk looks so user-friendly, and I'm tempted to buy Cakewalk. Any opinions will be helpful. Perhaps someone who has used Cubase can advise? Appreciate any input. Thank you!
 
sonar

Get Cakewalk Sonar if you are inclined toward midi.. You won't regret a bit. This coming from an avid Sonar user for 8 years. Friendly to the user and user friendly too.

Cheerio..
 
Cubase is not bad too. There's a strong following here. Resolutions also provide pretty good support.

Personally, I would prefer Logic's interface and workflow as I've been using it for so long. But too bad it's now only for Mac and no longer for PC. So if you are a PC user, you have less choices.

Sonar is not bad. And as guitarslave pointed out, midi workflow is good. The most important thing for me is their very stable and excellent 64-bit support. For a heavy plugin user, this is key for me as I need all the RAM I need.

Like many things, there's no best DAW. It all depends on perference. I'm using Sonar 8.5 PE now and I'm liking it.
 
Last edited:
Sonar 8.5 is by far the best x64 sequencer. They've have an x64 product out since 2007, and the latest version has improvements to the Bitbridge which allow you to use as much RAM as you have in your machine. It's only the plug developers that are holding the market back.
 
I agree. Even for other non-DAW VST hosts that do 64-bit support, there are still quite a bit of bugs here and there. Sonar has given me no problems so far in 64-bit with plugins. As you said, developers are the ones slow in adopting 64-bit support. Their current BitBridge in 8.5 basically eliminates the 32-bit RAM limitation - which is good news for us end-users!

The other thing to watch out for - Vienna Ensemble Pro from VSL. Hosts 32bit and 64bit 3rd party plugins, not just VSL stuff. And they have the ability to run slave machines via LAN creating a PC/Mac farm. And it's cross-platform - meaning PC and Mac can talk to each other. One machine runs as master, all other machines run plugins as slaves which significantly increases RAM and CPU power - and all streams audio and midi to the master machine via LAN without audio interface/cables. Still slightly buggy but I think they are ironing out the issues.
 
Hi Cheez & Slaveguit...u dun know how much your input has meant to me. I'm canning the Cubase & jus ordered Sonar Home Studio 7XL with the UA-1G USB adapter. Amazon seems to have good pricing. Going thru vPost as HomeStudio cant be shipped out of USA. Thank you once agn! Further advise or opinion is most welcome...positive or negative. I'm learning :)
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Similar threads

soft
Article: Gibson Brands Announces Agreement To Acquire Philips’ Audio And Home Enterta
Replies
0
Views
499
soft
soft
J
Music To Die For
Replies
0
Views
878
jackofjills
J

Latest posts

Share this page

Back
Top