bapu
That is why this lifetime member offer is is optional.
 
You can pay $149 (or $99 depending on a deal to be had) a year to guarantee modules like that are yours or go lifetime and decide when something is available that you need or want.

 
This has been refuted by Cakewalk in multiple posts. As far as included content is concerned there will be NO difference between the Lifetime subscription and the monthly/yearly subscriptions. So if the expectation is that we will no longer get things like Drum Replacer or Melodyne in the future, this will also apply to the monthly/yearly subscriptions, which is why I hope that these will be lowered in price.
 

I'm wondering why there's so many folks who absolutely want to have this insider e-mail, let alone already subscribe lifetime. This is worse than Apple hype :). You have time until end of August to jump the lifetime wagon, so what are you gaining by doing it today ? Nothing at all.
 

Rocsee70
I'm wondering why there's so many folks who absolutely want to have this insider e-mail, let alone already subscribe lifetime. This is worse than Apple hype :). You have time until end of August to jump the lifetime wagon, so what are you gaining by doing it today ? Nothing at all.
 

Its not just that, some people just want to receive the emails they have signed up and still do not even get the newsletters

berlymahn
Sonar Platinum and ProTools are merging?

or Maybe Microsoft wants to be the new owner.LoL

thomasabarnes
I'm super glad we have until Aug. 31st to jump on board.

I would advise not counting on that.
 
Earlier this year when the introductory renewal price was announced, it was supposed to last until March 31. Within a very short time, that date was clawed back to Feb 29.
 
Best to jump as soon as you can.

I admit to getting a bit confused here.
I thought membership was about providing companies a steady stream of income so they can deliver a better updated product and have more ready cash to finance development.
Now they offer lifetime-membership. If enough people choose this, somewhere in the future there is going to be a cash-deficit????
 
 
 

Since Cakewalk doesn't really do version releases anymore.. I must say, I much more excited for the https://www.propellerheads.se/reason/newReason 9 announcement, than I am for this announcement... Whatever it may be,.
 
 

Joey Adams [Cakewalk]

LarHawes
Late to the party but I applaud Cake's bold decision to break the mold and try something different that I think should benefit both the customer and the company which seems like intent of this latest move.
 
I hesitate to add my name to your long list Joey, but I upgraded in February, subscribed to the newsletter and have the announcement e-mail but no e-mail regarding the lifetime membership fee, which I will pay as soon as that e-mail arrives.
 
Thanks to everyone at Cakewalk for all their hard work.

You should be good now. Check your spam/junk folder too, just in case. 

No e-mail yet, checked spam also.

No idea if this is it but i'm hoping the news is that Nektar has been bought and all their lovely keyboard/midi controllers will now integrate as perfectly as they do on Reaper, Cubase, etc.
The lack of simple midi controller integration is the one thing that keeps me from using Sonar. Using my panorama p4 with Reaper is so nice, its scary. :)

Good day to all.
Lots of posts, lots of things to think about. I already own pro, and most of the things accumulated through the years. Was gonna upgrade once. Best offer was 149. Don't see the need for plat. Now the only offer is with plat. Why not a lifetime for pro, or even artist. Just at different levels since we already own the "Flagship" software. Or are we lacking something in pro that will only be available in the new plat. Now the price for me is 199. I still have 6 months left until I have to make a decision. To me there is no difference between splat and pro except for some extras. Will probably have to wait and see what the Bakers resolve in current software.
Best,
MJ 

coolbass
I admit to getting a bit confused here.
I thought membership was about providing companies a steady stream of income so they can deliver a better updated product and have more ready cash to finance development.
Now they offer lifetime-membership. If enough people choose this, somewhere in the future there is going to be a cash-deficit????

Another of my wild guesses....
 
Cake found that more money is to be made with plugins effects/synths/samplers/loops than daws.
I hope it's fair to say that Platinum is more of a plugin bundle than so much more daw than Professional(maybe Artist too) version.
So let's create a core daw lifetime subscription - and sell extras to that with good margins.
Basically what ImageLine do with FL Studio.
 
Ten years ago I bought Dimension Pro for €250, being about $300 then as I recall. And I still consider this a bargain. That's one sell, and the same money as 3 major updates of Sonar.
 
Sadly I wonder about further maintenance on Sonar, and new features as well.
 
Saw that Reaper 5 is officially supported by Waves now, and my favourite pitchcorrector Waves Tune as well.
Cakewalk never bothered to make Waves Tune working in the 4 years listed as supported by Waves.
I know Melodyne and ARA etc, good - but still Tune is what I like to use that have very good audio to midi conversion as well with pitchwheel events etc. So that was one point towards Cubase making the leap. So to have a backup for Cubase, Reaper is runner up, I think, rather than Sonar.
 
But may be far off on this....I hope I am. And all info in june 1st may proove that..

RD9
What a bizarre turn of events.  Cakewalk's marketing efforts are painful to watch and have been for a while but this latest effort does not do the hard working programmers and customers justice.  Let's get back to the situation where Cakewalk offers a product for a price, not this grab bag approach.

 
It mystifies me that anyone would object to a company offering its customers more choices in tailoring a program for their individual needs and financial situation. "One size fits all" is no longer relevant. DAWs have evolved way beyond being MIDI sequencers that could also record audio.
 
 

Craig, thanks for the clarification.   The press release is written kinda weird.  Or I was not paying attention.
 
I for one am glad that Stanton will be a Gibson Co.  I have used their phono carts for years.

Sidebar re Stanton...FWIW...cartridge production has been on hiatus for a while due to difficulty in obtaining certain materials required for their manufacture. However, I've heard rumors that this is being resolved. Stanton's current bread-and-butter is turntables.