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2014/10/25 22:42:11 (permalink)

Sonar survey vouchers

Just curious what people have gotten with their vouchers and whether they were happy with their selections... particularly stuff that adds up to around $30.
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Re: Sonar survey vouchers 2014/10/26 03:45:09 (permalink)
I have not received any email from Cakewalk.
How can I be in the mailing list? 

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Re: Sonar survey vouchers 2014/10/26 03:47:02 (permalink)
I never get any emails from Cakewalk... 

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Re: Sonar survey vouchers 2014/10/26 04:14:12 (permalink)
I have not received any emails, I enrolled on email list.
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Re: Sonar survey vouchers 2014/10/26 05:29:56 (permalink)
I ended up spending my voucher (plus an additional $24) on a PC4K Expander/Gate.
 
http://www.cakewalk.com/Products/ProChannel-PC4K-S-Type-Expander-Gate
 

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Re: Sonar survey vouchers 2014/10/26 07:20:44 (permalink)
Didn't get the email, but that wouldn't be the first time, so I guess they only target certain users.
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Re: Sonar survey vouchers 2014/10/26 07:21:12 (permalink)
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i didnt get one either. i saw a kvr post with this LINK which leads to a $25 voucher code after completion.


At the end there is a small note:

...Only customers who received the survey will qualify...

I have not

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Re: Sonar survey vouchers 2014/10/26 09:51:54 (permalink)
 the Nomad Factory: Analog Mastering Tools.
Tried them first in demo mode for free, and after a while purchased them from the Cakewalk store with € 25,= discount
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Re: Sonar survey vouchers 2014/10/26 10:14:51 (permalink)
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perfectprint
i didnt get one either. i saw a kvr post with this LINK which leads to a $25 voucher code after completion.


At the end there is a small note:

...Only customers who received the survey will qualify...

I have not

i don't get the emails, but i followed the link, completed the q's, and got a code at the end, hth



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Re: Sonar survey vouchers 2014/10/26 10:33:22 (permalink)
lawp
i don't get the emails, but i followed the link, completed the q's, and got a code at the end, hth

The code is on static Cakewalk page, so anyone can get it
 
The question either it works for anyone or for "qualified" people only... Have you tried to use it?

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Re: Sonar survey vouchers 2014/10/26 10:41:17 (permalink)
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lawp
i don't get the emails, but i followed the link, completed the q's, and got a code at the end, hth

The code is on static Cakewalk page, so anyone can get it
 
The question either it works for anyone or for "qualified" people only... Have you tried to use it?


no, there's nothing i want... there's 10 minutes of my life i'll never get back :-D

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Re: Sonar survey vouchers 2014/10/26 11:22:21 (permalink)
I see these 10 minutes as a possibility to keep Cakewalk moving in right (for me...) direction

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Re: Sonar survey vouchers 2014/10/26 11:54:05 (permalink)
I got the full version of breverb 2 for a good price!
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Re: Sonar survey vouchers 2014/10/26 12:08:03 (permalink) ☄ Helpfulby Magic Russ 2014/10/27 21:11:44
 
I put my voucher toward three VKFX Modules (Delay; Wah; Compressor), made even sweeter by the fact that they're already on offer at just over half price at the moment
 
Mind you, being the forgetful pillock I am, it wasn't until I came to install the Delay Module that I realised I'd already bought it about 18 months ago ..... D'oh!!
 
I've sent an email to Customer Support to see if they can swap one of my serials for another VKFX module.

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Re: Sonar survey vouchers 2014/10/26 13:30:09 (permalink) ☄ Helpfulby SteveStrummerUK 2014/10/26 13:34:05
I found this question very annoying: 
 
 
33. How often do you want to see available updates for your software?
Monthly
Quarterly
Bi-Annually
Annually
Less often than once a year
Never
 
Why isn't there an option for "whenever they're well and truly ready, and not before"? 

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Re: Sonar survey vouchers 2014/10/26 14:32:00 (permalink)
May be because of 34... I have marked "Quarterly"+"Bug fixes".
Sure, "Monthly"+"New features" make no sense

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Re: Sonar survey vouchers 2014/10/26 15:22:57 (permalink)
Thanks perfectprint for the link, most enlightening and the vulture proved useful.

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Re: Sonar survey vouchers 2014/10/27 07:33:14 (permalink)
Question 9 Would I prefer monthly or yearly subscripting.
The impudence of it, no question asking if I want sonar to go in that direction or not.
 
Q10 ask Why would you prefer to pay $99 once per year?
My reply... Quote "I don't, Questioner did not offer the option of “NO SUBSCRITION” so it was a (loaded question)
FYI... If Sonar becomes a subscription product I would no longer buy and change to another DAW" Unquote
 
I like sonar but I also use Ableton Live and ProTools

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Re: Sonar survey vouchers 2014/10/27 07:59:57 (permalink)
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Question 9 Would I prefer monthly or yearly subscripting.
The impudence of it, no question asking if I want sonar to go in that direction or not.
 
Q10 ask Why would you prefer to pay $99 once per year?
My reply... Quote "I don't, Questioner did not offer the option of “NO SUBSCRITION” so it was a (loaded question)
FYI... If Sonar becomes a subscription product I would no longer buy and change to another DAW" Unquote
 
I like sonar but I also use Ableton Live and ProTools


I said the same thing but had the opposite answer on the previous answer. I will look elsewhere if Sonar goes to subscription based pricing.
 
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Re: Sonar survey vouchers 2014/10/27 09:05:48 (permalink)
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 I will look elsewhere if Sonar goes to subscription based pricing.
 
Rocky




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Re: Sonar survey vouchers 2014/10/27 09:22:50 (permalink)
What’s the advantage to Cakewalk to go to a monthly subscription?
 
IIRC the question was “would you rather pay $99 a year or 9.99 a month.”  Simple math says the $99 a year is cheaper.  But wouldn’t the monthly system incur addition costs on cakewalk’s end?  Or is it a cash flow thing where they know they have monthly revenue stream as opposed to a lump sum? 
 
How do you envision the subscription thing working?  Educate me.

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Re: Sonar survey vouchers 2014/10/27 09:46:54 (permalink)
For me it would depend on how they implement any hypothetical subscription system. 
 
For instance, if the software continued to work but did not get new updates if the subscription ended that would not be much different that what is is currently.
 
If on the other hand, it meant having the DAW always on the internet to check each time it was loaded, I would not like that and would consider opting out. 
 
I would not read too much into the question about yearly or monthly $ as I believe that was on the last survey I took as well. I don't remember how long ago that was but I think it was before X3 came out.

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Re: Sonar survey vouchers 2014/10/27 10:26:17 (permalink)
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What’s the advantage to Cakewalk to go to a monthly subscription?
 
IIRC the question was “would you rather pay $99 a year or 9.99 a month.”  Simple math says the $99 a year is cheaper.  But wouldn’t the monthly system incur addition costs on cakewalk’s end?  Or is it a cash flow thing where they know they have monthly revenue stream as opposed to a lump sum? 
 
How do you envision the subscription thing working?  Educate me.


The advantage for Cakewalk is the same advantage many pay as you go services and products in our society; people are often willing to pay more over long run than put larger sum upfront. Tons of products from magazines, web hosting, rent-a-center, etc offer a cheaper lump sum option but tons take the increment option. I knew a woman who only bought cars in cash to save paying the financing charges, but she is definitely an exception. Even infomercials flood us with lines like "10 easy payments of...". If everyone took the most cost effecient option, we would buy most things in bulk at reduced rates. It does create an interesting dynamic in which poorer people tend to pay more for the same products. Most companies would prefer the upfront lump sum. Less processing and lower risk of the paycheck to paycheck customer deciding it's not worth it. However, the reward is that the same guy who would not buy your product because it is "too expensive" will gladly pay monthly payments that end up costing more.
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Re: Sonar survey vouchers 2014/10/27 10:41:57 (permalink)
Did the survey and received my $25 credit.  I think most users would rather pay $99 per year instead of $9.99 per month.

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Re: Sonar survey vouchers 2014/10/27 11:20:57 (permalink)
I'd happily buy at $99 every year, but will never subscribe. Subscription implies that I can use the software for a year, after which time it becomes useless/locked. It could also imply that my PC will be expected to "phone home" to verify that my subscription is current. There's also a chance that we'll be 'forced' to update software on their schedule, what if I end up liking the next version so much that I want to use it for years and years? 
 
Furthermore, I've tried to "opt in"  to these e-mail alerts numerous times before, a problem for many of us share. I find it rather bold of them to even suggest/imply a possible subscription model when they can't even manage to send a batch e-mail correctly.
 
Now, that is all just wild speculation at this point. But needless to say, if any of the above turns out to be correct, then I'm unfortunately going to have to part ways Sonar. One of my deciding factors in going with Sonar years ago was the overall "ease of ownership".

 
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Re: Sonar survey vouchers 2014/10/27 11:21:41 (permalink)
No subscription model for me, thanks, no.
 
I have plenty of DAWs in my toolbag.  Cubase 7, Reason 7, ProTools 10 & 11, FL Studio, Ableton and of course Sonar Pro.
 
If Cakewalk want to go subscription then I'll just use one of my other DAWs and use Sonar less and less.
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Re: Sonar survey vouchers 2014/10/27 11:31:56 (permalink)
the irony being, the eternal upgrade path IS a subscription in all but name

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Re: Sonar survey vouchers 2014/10/27 11:46:22 (permalink)
I have Studio One 2 and have been playing with it since version 1. But, I am heavily invested in Sonar. If they go to subscription model, I will invest all the way to Studio One. I love me some Sonar, but will not be lead down a path that I do not want to go down. "Please don't do it".

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Re: Sonar survey vouchers 2014/10/27 12:04:32 (permalink)
+1
No subscription based software here either! Sorry, Cakewalk, but I will move on as well.
My past experience with software subscriptions has proven to relieve the vendor of the responsibility to thoroughly test updates before release. They relied on paid users to be beta testers, knowing they could just push another fix later. Personally, I would prefer to wait a couple of years for a new version if marketing would let the developers decide when the new version is really ready. But I doubt that will happen, as the suits in large software houses see marketing as being a revenue generator while development is a revenue drain.
 

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Re: Sonar survey vouchers 2014/10/27 12:25:38 (permalink)
+1
As I noted in the survey that I took, if Cakewalk is heading toward the path of the Adobe style subscription service, then it is pretty much "adios muchachos".  I hated it when Adobe went to that paradigm and I would also hate as well if Cakewalk went that route.  As much as I love Cakewalk/Sonar, I would have to move on to another DAW.  I already have Presonus Studio One Professional, Cockos Reaper, etc., but I still come home to Sonar.  However, I would have to find a new home if the subscription plan came to pass.

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