djwayne


Well Rain, I'm a guy with the top of the line flagship producer expanded version in my home studio..What's the justification ?? To make excellent quality recordings on which I can sell on iTunes. To produce my own cd as there no record company out there offering me an advance on a recording contract...which is a good thing in my book. I want to make recordings, but I don't want to owe a record company a huge advance. To help my friends poduce their cd's too. I'm not making "just demo's," but actual finished products. I am my own record company. I produce my own recordings.

The days of making demo's to send out to record companies are long gone. The chances of somebody getting signed and actually making any money are stacked against most artists. You want to be a recording artist ?? Then you have to have the means to make recordings. This is what Sonar can do for you. Buy the program, learn the program, make recordings, sell recordings, boom, you're in the music business. There's your justification.

Guilty as charged here too, on a few fronts. I never exclude myself.


Truth is though, you and I COULD be making top notch CDs w/ Sonar Essential. I've sold recordings done w/ Cakewalk Guitar Studio and Logic Express. But I've always ended up upgrading. I'm not talking about justifying in that sense, anyway. If you can afford it, or if you manage to justify the expense to yourself, it's all good. 


No one is making demos these days anyway- except signed artists. Only they can afford not to take their home recordings that seriously. Everyone else seems to refers to their entire creative output as songs, EPs and albums. 

chuckebaby

bobguitkillerleft

chuckebaby


i am concerned about you sir.

Please elaborate,with all concerns,misgivings,dislikings,etc etc.


I'm too old to be upset[some of the road stories I could,but will NEVER reveal]and have been to many places people fear[greatly] so go for it,it could be entertaining for others?


Bob

im now concerned for you as well if you dont understand what i ment about this.
its a joke.

Ha ha,yeah I would be too,no I knew it was especialy when you said "sir",ha,nobody has ever called me that here[except the supermarket chicks],anyway I like the sound quality of your tune on sound click,especially considering its mp3,very clear and crisp,unlike my demo/scratch thing on soundcloud which is all D.I. into the 1/8"jack from my guitar/mic,to jam on a scratch riff,and then I thought,well I'll quickly mix this,and lo and behold,as it's the ONLY thing with vocals I thought I'd upload it,but I sure wish I'd recorded it with amps,instead of sims,as Im now in a repetative loop of trying to re re master a lofi fi mix,and should have spent all this time doing it properly from the start.

Ah the trials and tribulations of an old,but digital newb.

Cheers
Bob

jm24

A yearly fee, paid quarterly, would significantly reduce bugs, and improve support, by leveling CW revenue.

I doubt that very much. There will always be the competition that drives early releases. There will never be the revenue to allow Cakewalk to test each version to the point where it is bug free, bugs will always reveal themselves when new versions of the product hits the general user population with their varied computer parts and interfaces...no company can fully test for such discrepancies, it's likely less a matter of revenue flow than a matter of practicality.
 
I see no reason subscription based software would offer better support either. Would you please cite some companies who have improved their support since instituting a subscription-based solution to a pre-existing product?
 
As for use, there are good arguements either way but frankly I fell that if you don't use it to the extent you get your moneys worth, too bad. Buy a cheaper product.
 
None of these arguements addresses the basic fact that not all musicians have access to credit cards or other forms of credit. Laugh all you want but I am a professional musician and if Cakewalk had required a credit-based subscription they would have waited 16 years longer to see a dime out of me. For years it was hard enough keeping meat on my bones.

No. no. no. no...Forum!

No, infact I agree with Skylightron!

I think this is the perfect business module for Cakewalk to follow.

It means more new users and thats the appeal of X1. It would mean that more people could plomp for Producer once caught they can also subscribe. What are the main differences between a yearly update and a monthly subscription. Release dates could be longer hence a better overall product.

Money pouring in like rain giving cake employees a monthly wage rather than a second job. (I guess)

OK you go to your computer load up cake and you have forgotten to subscribe when your inspiration is at its height and your creative juices are flowing. All you need to do is find your credit card details and click voila! Back to creating again!

What a good idea!

daveny5

Unofficial Cakewalk Announcment for NEW Subscription Based Sonar Packages:

This should be moved to the Coffee House (or the bit bucket). 

Bit bucket much better....

skylightron


Start monthly subscription fees on Sonar and lock the program after a certain period of time if the user does not subscribe in order to fully continue to use the software. Start this with X2... a monthly fee of $9.99 for Studio, $14.99 for Producer, $19.99 for Suite. And in order for this to take effect, charge a one time base fee of $49.99 for that corresponding version. If the customer refuses to pay a subscription... Every half hour there would be a Pop-Up screen that pops up and notifies them that they need to Subscribe to fully use all of the features while locking the program for 20 minutes. Another window would appear, advertising Cakewalk store products - somewhat similar to the add during the most recent Webinar.

Update: New details of this exciting Service is now posted.

What about a price per minute?
With nice usage summaries?
When you close a project it says: This session has cost you $8,95. Total amount spent on this project: $78,25.
 
I bet it will speed up your workflow.
 
 
 

There are some cellphone companies charge per second...can one charge per millisecond?