Who owns cakewalk

Close and browse the legacy Cakewalk website. Gibson Brands announced today that it is ceasing active development and production of Cakewalk branded products. Cakewalk has been an industry leader in music software for over 25 years by fusing cutting-edge technology with creative approaches to tools that create, edit, mix, and publish music for professional and amateur musicians.

Gibson Brands acquired Cakewalk in In , the Cakewalk acquisition was meant to complement pro, not consumer, products. And Gibson at the time promised to rebrand Cakewalk software as Tascam — which never happened. Right — got it. So, where did the pro products go? Why did Tascam software products never materialize? It would seem that Gibson are themselves pivoting to consumer electronics. At the risk of being blunt and making some enemies, though, I think musicians might well be suspicious of corporate acquisitions and whether they really further innovation.

And telling users of a professional music creation product line with a year history that some branded speakers are the new direction adds to the sting.

Consumer sound electronics are commodity markets — and big players can set themselves up for big failures. For pro music creation, of course, terrific alternatives abound on Windows, including software developed by independent companies, from Reaper to Renoise, FL Studio to Ableton Live. And it seems independence and longevity go hand in hand. But I have to be personally nostalgic. My parents actually bought me the box. Greg, the developer, had his name right on the screen.

To this day, I still like knowing the engineers behind the tools we use by their first names. After 30 years of Cakewalk's long and illustrious history, I am saddened to announce that we ceased new product development and reduced overall operations this past Friday. Working at Cakewalk has been an incredibly positive experience for all of us who worked here. This can largely be attributed to the incredible people who worked here, past and present.

I've been at Cakewalk 19 years and I've never come across a more dedicated and talented group of people. Our greatest motivation was the joy in producing software for an astonishingly passionate base of artists, musicians and producers who used our software to create music on a daily basis.

So what does this mean for you, our loyal customers who've been with us all these years?