Andrew Rossa [Cakewalk]

joakes
No e mail received about the upgrade - did get one however re the AAS offer.

Current store lifetime upgrade states 225.78 Euros, is that correct - exchange rates dollar/euro are normally the other way round, or are we talking VAT here ?

Cheers,
Jerry

All set with email.

Andrew, many many thanks. Purchase on the way !

Cheers,
Jerry

Ahhh..... so I hit the link.  Thanks Bapu. 
 
I'm in the $199 club.

Afrodrum
Andrew Rossa - customer service MAN of the YEAR

+1000000000

Anderton

azslow3
Opted in, but I have rather bad feeling about what CW is going to deliver. This year we have got so far:
* drop of phone support (since CW is reading this thread... do you know that it is not possible to schedule call back, right? )
* SONAR self de-authorizing
* bad written 2 master plug-ins
* redundant button to add tracks
* simplified way to submit material to one online mastering service
I know that many users are excited by this list, I am not

 
I think Tempo Detection was a very big deal;
 
Smart Solo was also a good addition. In terms of add-ons, TH3 and Melodyne 4 are both worthy additions. It does seem the emphasis has been more on fixes and optimizations than new features, but I don't have a problem with that.

Melodyne 4 has appeared apart from CW, I mean whatever was done to integrate it was done during X3. Apart from tempo importing... But in general you are right, I have to add into the list:
 
* tempo operations with Melodyne 4
* Smart Solo
* some optimizations and fixes, at least for someone

I hope the mastering plug-ins will be up to spec in the next release, they're excellent (although admittedly, I haven't experienced the graphics issues others have had, so I've been able to actually use them).

I also do not have graphics issues. It just eat my CPU without any reason. But 0.75 sec reaction delay sounds rather disturbing for me (note it is affecting all operations, not only with this plug-in). They have ARA and they can get the whole material in advance by other means if for some reason such huge window is required for processing.
 

What I really want to see is ACT replaced by your controller manager!!!

Not in the next release

As usual I'm confused. I just spent $200 on my Platinum renewal in Feb. and now I have to pay another $200??
 
It seems that Cakewalk needs to generate a lump of cash on short notice. No emails here, just a sense of "WTF NOW". How will the rules change next month?
 
This takes me back to X1 and then X1 Producer and then X1 Producer plus. Just continuous change that feels like you guys just make it up as you go along. If you are going to change the rules just get on with it. Don't tease, don't release little bits of the big picture. 
 
The last year has been great but I'm getting tired of Cakewalk showing up with their hands out asking if I've any change to spare.
 
Perhaps I'll get the memo one day and understand what everyone is so happy about. Right now, not so much.

So a question for a CW rep: is this 'core only' model also going to be brought to the regular monthly/yearly subscriptions such that no one will have a choice and everyone will have to pay for whatever extras ? Or will the current model keep on existing ?
I think this is an important factor in deciding to go with the Lifetime 'core only' subscription or not. Of course it in part also depends on what extras you would get with a regular subscription and how much $ it would be worth. Am wondering whether people who immediately jumped to buying the Lifetime subscription even ever considered this. 
 
EDIT: also am wondering what then will happen with Artist and Professional, because the biggest difference between the 3 versions was in the bundled add-ons : http://www.cakewalk.com/Products/SONAR/Versions#start .

Out of curiosity I checked "My Products" and my SPlat membership expires on 25th December 2037. So I'm hoping that I am pushing up the daisies by that time, or there will be trouble! 
 
(oh... I'll be 77 years and 7 months old by then...)

I finally received the 'upcoming announcement' email this morning, but I haven't received anything about lifetime upgrades. I purchased my SPLAT renewal in late Feb from a third party.
 
FWIW, I'm really hoping that the June 1st announcement is Mac OS compatibility. The PC platform is seriously falling behind in supporting music production, especially the latest Thunderbolt hardware interfaces. The only reason that I haven't moved to the Mac platform already is SONAR.

I WANNA KNOW NOW!!!
 
 

anxiousmofo

TerraSin
Got $199 as well following the other guys link. Wonder what the timeline is that decides the pricing? Not complaining (unless Sonar goes out next year) but more curious since another guy I know said his was $99. :)

Wondering that, as well. Mine was $525.00 by following the link, which is quite a bit higher, obviously. I migrated to Platinum from X3 Producer and have already renewed Platinum once. Also own a number of other Cake products.

Not looking a gift horse in the mouth, but my offer is much less tempting than one at 199. :)

Excited to see the lifetime model, though.

I didn't renew membership this year (nothing against Sonar, just thought I'd wait until I decide whether to build a new PC DAW or not). The price I'm offered is £420. Which is over $600. Not very tempting I'm afraid.

Although I never received the email about the lifetime membership, I'm definitely going to hold off until the June 1st announcement. IF lifetime membership meant core functionality (aux tracks, fixes, etc.) but NO add-ons (Vocal Sync, Drum Replacer, etc.) unless you bought them individually as needed, I'd probably be more inclined to stick with the current annual renewal model. Although I don't use all of those bundled features day-in and day-out, they're still nice to have. And depending on how much those would cost on their own ($99? $149? More?) things could get real expensive, real quick.
 
But going this route (if indeed that's what the plan is) does makes sense, because there's been a lot of feedback regarding the new rolling updates and a very common criticism has been the "junk" that gets bundled with the rolling updates. Some folks just want the program itself and don't feel all the added content justifies the cost, so this would seem to be a good way to address that. I for one like the model exactly as is (I upgraded to SPlat in 2015 then did an annual renewal this year), but giving users more options for features/payments is a good thing.
 
I just hope June's BIG announcement isn't only about new membership options. Hopefully there's some exciting news about the software itself, and not just how people pay for it...