In 2018, Singapore-based BandLab Technologies purchased some of Cakewalk, Inc.'s assets, and continued SONAR development as part of its portfolio of freeware digital audio workstation software.

[citation needed] The company released the original MIDI music sequencer product, Cakewalk, for MS-DOS in 1987.

SONAR's visual displays included audio waveforms, musical scores, editing consoles, and event lists.

The user could mix MIDI output and audio tracks down to a stereo .WAV file and burn it to a CD or publish it in other media formats.

After 30 years, Cakewalk, Inc. ceased operation, with only the company's web forum and license authorization servers still being kept functional.