Celemony's Melodyne licensing oddity (or not)?

Hi-
 
A while back, I purchased Melodyne Editor v. 1.x, which has polyphonic capabilities. I never upgraded to version 2 of the Editor. When I purchased SONAR, I got a license for Melodyne Essential 2.x, which has ARA but is monophonic only.
 
The way the Celemony licensing works (I verified this with them) is that one license replaces the other and I can't have both active at the same time. This comes from Ulf Kaiser, so it's not like I can appeal to a higher authority!
 
I know that if I absolutely need to run Editor, I can uninstall Essential and run the singletrack app again to install it and reverse the process to go from Editor back to Essential, but that's a bit of a PITN. Isn't this an unusual way to handle licenses? I don't think I've come across it before. After all, I paid for the Editor license and I paid for the Essential license, since it was included with SONAR.
 
I can live with it, but it just doesn't seem right to me. Are there other products you know that work this way? That might make me feel better!
 
Thanks-
 
-Susan

scook
I am surprised they do not allow you to upgrade to Editor v2 for free since it carries the same retail price as the Melodyne Essential you received with SONAR. Another possibility is selling Melodyne Essential and applying the proceeds to the upgrade to Editor v2.

Hi Steve-
 
That's a good point (two, really!) I didn't explicitly ask them before about a discounted upgrade to Editor v2 since it's the same price as Essential. I didn't see anything on their website that fit that scenario. I also haven't looked into selling Essential, but I will.
 
Thanks-
 
-Susan

Bajan Blue
Hi Susan
I have had melodyne for years (upgrading as I go) and obviously got the free one with Sonar - however I have never registered the Sonar one as far as I know - this registration of the one with Sonar is not something that happens automatically is it? I take it you need to physically register the Sonar one with Melodyne?
Thanks
Nigel
 

Hi Nigel-
 
Yes, you register/activate it with Celemony. It has a separate serial #, which is another reason it seems to me it should be treated as a separate product.
 
-Susan

Beagle
This^
I have had melodyne editor 2 running for quite some time and when sonar bundled essentials with it, I just never registered the new essentials and continue to use editor 2.

Hi Beagle—
 
Right, that's what I would've done if I had Editor 2, but I don't. I have version 1 of the Editor, which has polyphonic capabilities but no ARA support.
 
Thanks —
 
Susan

Poor form Celemoney.  

Hi-
 
I just realized I maybe wasn't clear about the upgrade price in my last post. I was thinking about Steve's comment from post #2: "I am surprised they do not allow you to upgrade to Editor v2 for free since it carries the same retail price as the Melodyne Essential you received with SONAR."
 
I'm sure I could still get the $99 upgrade going from Editor 1.x to 2.x, but the fact that I now have an Essential 2.x license doesn't sweeten the deal any. There's no extra discount.
 
I still think that since I have licenses for two separate Celemony products with two separate serial numbers I should be able to used them both without going through hoops to uninstall/reinstall, but c'est la vie.
 
Thanks-
 
-Susan

Susan
Thanks, think I understand their somewhat incomprehensible policy now!
Cheers Nigel
 

Susan G
Hi-
 I'm sure I could still get the $99 upgrade going from Editor 1.x to 2.x, but the fact that I now have an Essential 2.x license doesn't sweeten the deal any. There's no extra discount.
 -Susan

I remember having a similar issue, when they had their 50% off sale, I picked it up for $49.00.  I just looked at the invoice, and that sale occurred around 6/2013, so they  may have it again.
 
OR, looks like Sweetwater has it for sale right now at $69.00.  http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/MeloEd2Up
 
 
 

Have to agree. Offer an additional discount or don't, but to not be able to use both products you legitimately own is - low.
Problem (like for Cake's CC, and XLN's online installer) is that developers design their umbrella installation apps a certain way that covers 80-90% of use cases- but fails to consider the other unique needs. Say what you will about Cake, but they seem to be listening/responding.