Very cool. Congrats, beep.
The forum members banded together on my behalf a few years ago.
It was a memorable and cherished experience.
Gotta love these guys!

So is it too late to throw in $10? I do have paypal-just saw this. Would be happy to help

Congrats Beep.  This forum is the best.

Hi Beeps,
I was out skiing today so missed this but would have contributed had I seen it in time. One way or another I'm pleased as punch the forumites got together on this. I know we've only corresponded a bit but I've always enjoyed your presence here. Happy sailing with the new sofware, couldn't have happened to a nicer guy.
 
Dean

I haven't rwad the whole thread but I wanted to commend everyone for pitching in for him... It speaks volumes in his favor!

...just a note. Another forum member who asked to remain anonymous just did this for me. I would give to Beepster too if I had any available.

What an amazing forum group we have here. This speaks libraries for Sonar in the people it attracts!

My congrats and thanks to all the forum members we are so lucky to have!

I hope lots of good things happen for all of you!

Keni

Okay... all installed now.
 
For SilkTone (and anyone else who's interested) here's ther offline activation procedure. It's pretty easy and as I said ealrier I was just following the vid.
 
1) Go to your store account's Products page using your online computer
2) Click on Connected Products (it's kind of a dropdown above your older products)
3) Click on the Platinum section which will expose all the downloads for Platinum
4) Download whatever you want from the list (if you own previous versions you'll own a lot of that stuff already)
5) If you need the Addictive Drums, Melodyne or other included stuff you have to click the other dropdowns because they are not under the Platinum section but that has nothing to do with registering Sonar.
6) Put all your downloads on an external drive or whatever you use to move files around between systems
7) Right click the Platinum installer and select Run As Administrator (I always use Run As Administrator but a double left click should launch it anyway... you should also close all other programs and turn off your antivirus temporarily)
8) Once you go through all the install windows open Platinum (or Artist or Studio)
9) In the vid it says to create a project but you don't need to do that. Just close the Open dialog if it pops up so you have a blank instance of Sonar
10) In the global menu (at the top of the screen) click Help > Offline Activation > Export Activation Request
11) Choose a location on your computer to save the file generated (like your desktop)
12) Transfer that file to your online computer
13) Log into your Store account again and click Activate
14) Click "Select A File" (if you use script blockers you need to allow the Cakewalk domain for this to work).
15) Browse to wherever you saved the file (like your USB key or desktop)
16) This will generate a new file that you need to download (the vid doesn't really show this)
17) Transfer that file back to your DAW
18) Open Sonar and click Help > Offline Activation > Import Activation Response
19) Browse to wherever you have your new activation file stored and select it
20) Apply it and a Toast message will pop up saying Sonar is now activated. The Offline Activation entry in the Help menu will disappear as well... I'm assuming until your membership lapses.
 
So a little bit of effort and seems like a lot of steps but it's actually pretty easy.
 
Cheers.

Very cool :)

I'm in for $10.
Just let me know where to send it.
 
Rocky

OMG... I just saw this thread and had to scroll back to the OP to see when this all started... 9 hours ago is all??? I so missed the boat on this one but this thread is exceptionally cool to read!

Pretty cool, you guys.  Congratulations all around, just don't break your arms patting yourself on the back.
 
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Congrats, Beep!
 
Use the overage to buy yourself a pint and raise a toast to the forum gang!  

Congratulations Beep! Couldn't happen to a nicer guy!

Well done Beepster!  Well done all of you contributors! WOW
I wish I'd been online earlier today, but am very happy about it regardless.
Michael
 
ps I think it's a great forum and just skip over the bumpy parts.
 

I'm so in the software forum that i missed this one  !!! congrats  Beep !! and big up to the whole familly around !!
 
Next time somebody wakes me up via PM !!
 
 

This was so awesome to see. Couldn't happen to a nicer guy