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Re: Time to start talking about the new year subscription options/changes?
2016/01/07 13:47:29
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And for the faint of heart (who DO NOT venture into the Deals forum) Willy's response to those who purchased a NEW full year plan (a little too early) http://forum.cakewalk.com/FindPost/3348064
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Re: Time to start talking about the new year subscription options/changes?
2016/01/07 14:52:32
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I think you have to determine the value of the monthly fee vs the product provided...as of the end of this month I will "own" SPLAT but beyond that I cannot see a monthly fee as being worth it for the content provided, the Craig Anderton stuff I would never have purchased as well as some of the other "upgrades", it does not suite my work methods...frankly once I get it working I cannot see the point in a monthly fee for semi-useful upgrades...this gets a little questionable to me when "upgrades" are in the performance and under-the-hood enhancements, that seems like that should be part of the code you purchase, as far as the eye candy and gadgets that come every month, I can live without them.
I'm using SOnar Platinium on a 6 core Lynx Audio machine and a ton of vintage pre-amps/eq's/comps I build for fun and sometimes money, REDD.47/API/Neve I also use the UAD stuff, and also use a Macbook Logic 9 through Apogee...
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Re: Time to start talking about the new year subscription options/changes?
2016/01/07 14:56:44
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Psychobillybob
I think you have to determine the value of the monthly fee vs the product provided...as of the end of this month I will "own" SPLAT but beyond that I cannot see a monthly fee as being worth it for the content provided, the Craig Anderton stuff I would never have purchased as well as some of the other "upgrades", it does not suite my work methods...frankly once I get it working I cannot see the point in a monthly fee for semi-useful upgrades...this gets a little questionable to me when "upgrades" are in the performance and under-the-hood enhancements, that seems like that should be part of the code you purchase, as far as the eye candy and gadgets that come every month, I can live without them.
So in two or three years time you'll be a dinosaur like those who stick to 8.5.3? I keed. I keed. To each his own. You can always jump back on board anytime you see that some breakthrough that suits you has happened. Wow, I just realized that's just like every verison of SONAR and Pro Audio et.al. Again, I keed. I keed.
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Re: Time to start talking about the new year subscription options/changes?
2016/01/07 15:59:46
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Psychobillybob
I think you have to determine the value of the monthly fee vs the product provided...as of the end of this month I will "own" SPLAT but beyond that I cannot see a monthly fee as being worth it for the content provided, the Craig Anderton stuff I would never have purchased... I really don't know how many times I have to say that no Cakewalk dev time is spent on content and you are getting it as a bonus, but clearly I need to say it once more. It is all material I develop for my own needs and use in projects for me or various clients, which I am happy to share with the Cakewalk community. It's obvious from reactions in the forum that many people find the content an extremely useful addition, whether it's something that makes it easier to mix music on headphones, an amp sim that guitarists find better than commercial alternatives, a percussion loop library to fill out a song, tools to make acoustic guitar recordings sound much better, etc. etc. I don't care if you don't need any of that; I care about the people who do.
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Re: Time to start talking about the new year subscription options/changes?
2016/01/07 16:22:40
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this gets a little questionable to me when "upgrades" are in the performance and under-the-hood enhancements, that seems like that should be part of the code you purchase People get better at what they do. It's why bands release more than one album, authors write more than one book, new cars come out every year, and software doesn't stay on version 1.0 forever. If you expect a constant flow of free updates, then the initial price of software has to be adjusted upward accordingly; the price of software pays for what got it to the point of release, not for what it might become in the future. ,,,as well as some of the other "upgrades", it does not suite my work methods...frankly once I get it working I cannot see the point in a monthly fee for semi-useful upgrades... Patch points, synth recording, upsampling for superior sound quality, additional file import/export options, DSD additions, batch clip export, first Windows 10-compatible DAW, aux tracks, relative video path, drum replacer, virtual keyboard controller, ARA enhancements, VocalSync noise filter, new MIDI engine, added selectivity for Mix Recall...just because your "work methods" don't require these kinds of professional-level tools doesn't diminish their value for those who do.
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Re: Time to start talking about the new year subscription options/changes?
2016/01/07 17:41:12
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We've had this glitch at the 11th hr. regarding renewals but I bet it won't happen again.
The updates in 2015 were outstanding. You could literally see the progress as Sonar matured and glitches melted away. All versions got the rewards from a lot of hard work, it wasn't confined to Platinum. This is now a tool that competes with anything out their. Now more than ever it's the best deal available for me.
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Re: Time to start talking about the new year subscription options/changes?
2016/01/07 19:01:45
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I think you have to determine the value of the monthly fee vs the product provided...as of the end of this month I will "own" SPLAT but beyond that I cannot see a monthly fee as being worth it for the content provided, the Craig Anderton stuff I would never have purchased...
I really don't know how many times I have to say that no Cakewalk dev time is spent on content and you are getting it as a bonus, but clearly I need to say it once more. It is all material I develop for my own needs and use in projects for me or various clients, which I am happy to share with the Cakewalk community.
It's obvious from reactions in the forum that many people find the content an extremely useful addition, whether it's something that makes it easier to mix music on headphones, an amp sim that guitarists find better than commercial alternatives, a percussion loop library to fill out a song, tools to make acoustic guitar recordings sound much better, etc. etc. I don't care if you don't need any of that; I care about the people who do.
You obviously care enough to respond every-time you see a thread mention your stuff...methinks you protest too much. Frankly I tried to use the amp sims and found them simply horrible, but then again I build vintage amps and use S-gear...to each their own...my point is I do not find the need to upgrade on a monthly basis for stuff I will not use and I think that is not an unusual or extreme posture, if Cakewalk is providing a new recording tool every month some might find that useful, honestly I doubt if most people use the the entire package a it is, it is plenty of product out of the box.
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Re: Time to start talking about the new year subscription options/changes?
2016/01/07 19:17:10
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Hi-
I started with a monthly membership in January and then opted in for an annual membership in March since I liked what I was seeing. I'll sit it out for a while once my membership expires, since most of the rest didn't thrill me, to be honest. The option to opt in at any point is great, whether to "demo" the new monthly offering or convince me to re-up my annual membership.
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Re: Time to start talking about the new year subscription options/changes?
2016/01/07 20:22:46
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I understand people being a little frustrated with the renewal price delays. That said, there have been some good deals floating around and Cakewalk are honouring all of them.
I must admit though I am dumbfounded that people have not seen value in the improvements to Sonar this past 12 months. The increase in speed and stability alone have been huge, as well as some of the best new features we have seen in years. In the past I too have been a creature of habit and tended not to explore the new functions of annual releases. Now I get a monthly ezine and can nail it down quickly in bit sized chunks.
I suspect there is a silent majority that are very happy indeed:)
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Re: Time to start talking about the new year subscription options/changes?
2016/01/07 21:11:24
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Susan G
Hi-
I started with a monthly membership in January and then opted in for an annual membership in March since I liked what I was seeing. I'll sit it out for a while once my membership expires, since most of the rest didn't thrill me, to be honest. The option to opt in at any point is great, whether to "demo" the new monthly offering or convince me to re-up my annual membership.
-Susan
I am not sure what you mean by opt-in and demo at any point. Can you clarify so I can clear up any misunderstanding.
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Re: Time to start talking about the new year subscription options/changes?
2016/01/07 21:13:33
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I think you have to determine the value of the monthly fee vs the product provided...as of the end of this month I will "own" SPLAT but beyond that I cannot see a monthly fee as being worth it for the content provided, the Craig Anderton stuff I would never have purchased...
I really don't know how many times I have to say that no Cakewalk dev time is spent on content and you are getting it as a bonus, but clearly I need to say it once more. It is all material I develop for my own needs and use in projects for me or various clients, which I am happy to share with the Cakewalk community.
It's obvious from reactions in the forum that many people find the content an extremely useful addition, whether it's something that makes it easier to mix music on headphones, an amp sim that guitarists find better than commercial alternatives, a percussion loop library to fill out a song, tools to make acoustic guitar recordings sound much better, etc. etc. I don't care if you don't need any of that; I care about the people who do.
You obviously care enough to respond every-time you see a thread mention your stuff...methinks you protest too much.
Frankly I tried to use the amp sims and found them simply horrible, but then again I build vintage amps and use S-gear...to each their own...my point is I do not find the need to upgrade on a monthly basis for stuff I will not use and I think that is not an unusual or extreme posture, if Cakewalk is providing a new recording tool every month some might find that useful, honestly I doubt if most people use the the entire package a it is, it is plenty of product out of the box.
That is certainly your right. That's what great is that you can choose when to upgrade. I think having that power is good for the consumer and makes us continually work hard to make the product awesome. If you like what you have now and want to continue to use it, you also have that option. Win-Win!
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Re: Time to start talking about the new year subscription options/changes?
2016/01/07 21:14:36
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ampfixer
We've had this glitch at the 11th hr. regarding renewals but I bet it won't happen again.
The updates in 2015 were outstanding. You could literally see the progress as Sonar matured and glitches melted away. All versions got the rewards from a lot of hard work, it wasn't confined to Platinum. This is now a tool that competes with anything out their. Now more than ever it's the best deal available for me.
Renewal pricing explained here: http://forum.cakewalk.com/Please-read-Renewal-pricing-m3348444.aspx Next week should be good as we have some more announcements of new features coming in 2016 as well. Stay tuned.
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Re: Time to start talking about the new year subscription options/changes?
2016/01/07 21:17:41
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NEVERMIND: Just saw Andrew's response and his other good news post. Check it out. You'll like it. promidi, what was the yearly price? My year is up in March and I don't want to cancel now just to find out what they will charge me. Thanks, Bill promidi said:<<I wanted to go from monthly to yearly, so I cancelled the monthly membership and just purchased the yearly from the Cakewalk store.>>
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Re: Time to start talking about the new year subscription options/changes?
2016/01/07 21:24:38
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Renewal price for Platinum now through March 31st is $99! Nice deal, bakers!
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Re: Time to start talking about the new year subscription options/changes?
2016/01/07 21:32:53
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I should also mention, you don't need to have your membership expiring to renew. If you want to lock in another year at the special price, you can do it today and it will add one year to your current end date. So for example, if you were ending on June 1, 2016 and you purchased today, your new end date would be June 2, 2017.
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Re: Time to start talking about the new year subscription options/changes?
2016/01/07 21:40:00
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You obviously care enough to respond every-time you see a thread mention your stuff...methinks you protest too much. I care enough to answer any posts I see that contain misinformation, or where I can assist someone in understanding something they don't understand. You said "the Craig Anderton stuff I would never have purchased." I cannot make it any clearer than this: You are not paying for my content, nor is Cakewalk or Gibson . I am creating it for free and giving it away for free. My reward is that many people appreciate it and use it. If people didn't like it, I wouldn't do it. Frankly I tried to use the amp sims and found them simply horrible They WERE horrible initially, there was a glitch with the installation that has since been remedied. If you listen to the guitar sounds on the preview link I posted for my next album, you would realize they absolutely do not sound "horrible" in the hands of someone who knows how to use them, which many people here apparently do. (BTW I like S-Gear too, and you can thank me for its input meters now registering input signal level clips accurately...an issue I pointed out to Mike when I first evaluated version 1.) My point is I do not find the need to upgrade on a monthly basis for stuff I will not use and I think that is not an unusual or extreme posture. I totally agree that isn't an unusual or extreme position. It was your attitude of not considering additional optimizations as worthy of compensation, dismissing features as "eye candy" and "gadgets," and stating the upgrades are "semi-useful" when it's clear many of these features have been extremely well-received and also many of them are the direct result of requests from Cakewalk users and participants in this forum. Of course you can do a lot with SONAR out of the box, and of course no one uses all the features, just as no one watches all the channels on their cable TV even though they're all paid for with a single bill. There's nothing inherently wrong with offering lots of possibilities and letting people choose which ones they find most useful. I doubt you read every article in a newspaper or magazine, either. I absolutely agree there's no need for you to renew if you don't need anything more than what SONAR already offers. It was other elements of what you said with which I disagreed.
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Re: Time to start talking about the new year subscription options/changes?
2016/01/07 21:53:27
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here is how it worked for me today. i clicked on buy now,I went to check out, and my monthly pmt is now $14.99 for the year instead of the $29.99 I was paying since march(upgrade price from Pro), so obviously I didn't pay for a whole year. I am happy with the way it all turned out...on my end!
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Re: Time to start talking about the new year subscription options/changes?
2016/01/07 22:33:40
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I should also mention, you don't need to have your membership expiring to renew. If you want to lock in another year at the special price, you can do it today and it will add one year to your current end date. So for example, if you were ending on June 1, 2016 and you purchased today, your new end date would be June 2, 2017.
Not to cloud the waters...and I'm sure someone else will probably ask the same...but these are great prices. My question... are we limited to just buying ONE year renewal? IOW, I've already renewed SPlat, but would pay another $99 for a 2nd year. Don't smack me for asking :-D btw, great work Cakewalk.
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Re: Time to start talking about the new year subscription options/changes?
2016/01/08 09:38:29
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Andrew Rossa [Cakewalk]
I should also mention, you don't need to have your membership expiring to renew. If you want to lock in another year at the special price, you can do it today and it will add one year to your current end date. So for example, if you were ending on June 1, 2016 and you purchased today, your new end date would be June 2, 2017.
Not to cloud the waters...and I'm sure someone else will probably ask the same...but these are great prices. My question... are we limited to just buying ONE year renewal? IOW, I've already renewed SPlat, but would pay another $99 for a 2nd year. Don't smack me for asking :-D
btw, great work Cakewalk.
That's reasonable question. I can't think of a reason for not taking your money for 2 years but maybe there would be one.
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Re: Time to start talking about the new year subscription options/changes?
2016/01/08 09:45:05
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Andrew Rossa [Cakewalk]
I should also mention, you don't need to have your membership expiring to renew. If you want to lock in another year at the special price, you can do it today and it will add one year to your current end date. So for example, if you were ending on June 1, 2016 and you purchased today, your new end date would be June 2, 2017.
Not to cloud the waters...and I'm sure someone else will probably ask the same...but these are great prices. My question... are we limited to just buying ONE year renewal? IOW, I've already renewed SPlat, but would pay another $99 for a 2nd year. Don't smack me for asking :-D
btw, great work Cakewalk.
That's reasonable question. I can't think of a reason for not taking your money for 2 years but maybe there would be one.
There could be the argument that $99 for Splat is a limited special offer price, and thus could be limited to "One per registered product..." There is also the argument that if there's a special offer next year it may be $49 for 12 more months (though I highly doubt that  ) so you'd have paid $50 to much... Try buying ten years worth and let us know what happens  Don't quote me on ANY of this 
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Re: Time to start talking about the new year subscription options/changes?
2016/01/08 09:51:07
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Karyn
There could be the argument that $99 for Splat is a limited special offer price, and thus could be limited to "One per registered product..."
It would be nice if such details were clearly specified. There has been much confusion about the whole renewal process which could have been avoided by a bit of forethought. All questions have been asked countless times, but they still haven't all been answered. EDIT : For example, can an 'upgrade' from X3 to Platinum still be purchased as a 12 month 'extension' to the first year Platinum membership like it has been possible to do until now ?
post edited by Paul P - 2016/01/08 10:09:54
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Re: Time to start talking about the new year subscription options/changes?
2016/01/08 09:56:38
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Karyn
There could be the argument that $99 for Splat is a limited special offer price, and thus could be limited to "One per registered product..."
It would be nice if such details were clearly specified. There has been much confusion about the whole renewal process which could have been avoided by a bit of forethought. All questions have been asked countless times, but they still haven't all been answered.
I think it was expected that folk would simply buy a year at a time as and when required. I have directly asked the Bakers about this and am waiting for a reply. When I know, you'll know.
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Re: Time to start talking about the new year subscription options/changes?
2016/01/08 19:07:14
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Andrew Rossa [Cakewalk]
Susan G
Hi-
I started with a monthly membership in January and then opted in for an annual membership in March since I liked what I was seeing. I'll sit it out for a while once my membership expires, since most of the rest didn't thrill me, to be honest. The option to opt in at any point is great, whether to "demo" the new monthly offering or convince me to re-up my annual membership.
-Susan
I am not sure what you mean by opt-in and demo at any point. Can you clarify so I can clear up any misunderstanding.
Hi Andrew- I mean basically do the same thing I did last year. I started with a monthly membership and decided to go for the full year shortly thereafter based on what I was seeing. Maybe I shouldn't have used the word "demo"? I put the word demo in quotes in that post since I realize it's not the same as the actual "demo" CW provides. That doesn't get updated frequently, so I consider paying for a month or two as more or less the equivalent of demoing the current product. Thanks- -Susan
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Re: Time to start talking about the new year subscription options/changes?
2016/01/08 23:24:25
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Renewal price for Platinum now through March 31st is $99! Nice deal, bakers!
I bow. I bow. Um, wasn't there a lot of freaking out last year because "membership"/"upgrading" would be going up this year? I'll wait to see what they announce this week, but it sounds like SPLAT2016 won't have any 3rd party goodies (well, except for Craig's "stuff" ). But based on 2015, it would be fool-hardy to think $99 isn't a very good deal. From a marketing perspective I don't understand why this wasn't offered long before now - I would've already bit. But there's a fly-by-the-seat vibe about this.
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Re: Time to start talking about the new year subscription options/changes?
2016/01/09 00:13:05
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The $99 dollar renewal deal is very welcome news, especially since I was expecting what they announced last year ($199) Of course here in Canada it's really $119 . . . but my math says this Cakewalk renewal will cost me about 33 cents a day, which I personally find amazing, since I use Sonar Platinum many hours every day. It's less than 1/4 the cost of my morning coffee.
Do I like everything they've done this year ? No . . . but I certainly like enough of what they've done to renew and keep supporting the further development.
I also appreciate and understand that Cakewalk software caters to many different types of musicians, hence the many new features that I have never used, and probably never will.
The way this forum is set up must really help Cakewalk keep in touch with their user base, and I really hope they will develop some of the great ideas in the Features & Ideas forum this next year.
I'll also admit that I have never used or tried another DAW other than Cakewalk since the early floppy 90's, since they have never given me a good reason to switch or look elsewhere. Call me a fan boy, but it always gets the job done right, and I've always been able to find a way to export my projects to other DAWs for collaborations.
Count me in, as usual.
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Anderton
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Re: Time to start talking about the new year subscription options/changes?
2016/01/09 01:14:42
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declan
I'll wait to see what they announce this week, but it sounds like SPLAT2016 won't have any 3rd party goodies (well, except for Craig's "stuff" ). Actually CW has announced TH3 is upcoming, and don't forget we got a new Strum in 2015. However I think Cakewalk is unlikely to pre-announce things that involve third parties...if Nomad Factory was planning to come out with "Son of Blue Tubes" in September 2016, I highly doubt they would want Cakewalk to spill the beans about it in January. As to Craig's "stuff," I still create it for my own needs and offer it to CW for distribution, but what I create is not a priority for Cakewalk - they don't think it's important to members, so they rarely include it anymore.
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declan
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Re: Time to start talking about the new year subscription options/changes?
2016/01/09 02:25:37
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declan
I'll wait to see what they announce this week, but it sounds like SPLAT2016 won't have any 3rd party goodies (well, except for Craig's "stuff" ).
Actually CW has announced TH3 is upcoming, and don't forget we got a new Strum in 2015. However I think Cakewalk is unlikely to pre-announce things that involve third parties...if Nomad Factory was planning to come out with "Son of Blue Tubes" in September 2016, I highly doubt they would want Cakewalk to spill the beans about it in January.
As to Craig's "stuff," I still create it for my own needs and offer it to CW for distribution, but what I create is not a priority for Cakewalk - they don't think it's important to members, so they rarely include it anymore.
Craig, I'm deeply appreciate of the content you've created. I was joking about other people's comments. Going back to Sonar1 there's been an interesting number of hits & misses regarding 3rd party content, but there was always a big selling point in that new world of virtual plug-ins/VI's that aren't as relevant now. Having said that, I have said that I would have been quite content with X3 had it not been for the AD2 stuff offered up in SPLAT, and I turned out to be quite short-sighted there. But CW did announce/leak 3rd party content a month or so before it was actually available and did for several years. No doubt the world has changed, but at a time when everything is now I'm so glad that I, at the moment, get to spend $300-$400 on personally discretional money (with blessings from the spouse) - and if the upgrade to SPLAT2016 was $199, as was strongly insinuated, I was saying "no way" at a New Year's Eve party with 3 other Sonar users. If CW had said a SPLAT upgrade was $99 months ago I'd never have been "shopping" the way I have been. A $99 upgrade is a no-brainer for me, but I really do think CW has spent too much time selling the "membership model" rather than making people want the actual 2016 product. I'm not being snarky here, but info coming out a couple of week before many "memberships" expire is at least a marketing strategy in any business I'm unfamiliar with.
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Karyn
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Re: Time to start talking about the new year subscription options/changes?
2016/01/09 05:57:47
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declan
if the upgrade to SPLAT2016 was $199, as was strongly insinuated, I was saying "no way" at a New Year's Eve party with 3 other Sonar users.
If CW had said a SPLAT upgrade was $99 months ago I'd never have been "shopping" the way I have been.
A $99 upgrade is a no-brainer for me, but I really do think CW has spent too much time selling the "membership model" rather than making people want the actual 2016 product.
I'm not being snarky here, but info coming out a couple of week before many "memberships" expire is at least a marketing strategy in any business I'm unfamiliar with.
I think this  is what Cakewalk didn't anticipate. (and I must admit that I didn't either). What you're implying is because you felt $199 was too much to pay for another 12 months of updates and new stuff, you were planning on buying (or maybe have bought) an alternative DAW to use instead of Sonar... Why? Were/are you under the impression that if you don't renew then Sonar will stop working?? How much is a new DAW? $300? $500?
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Re: Time to start talking about the new year subscription options/changes?
2016/01/09 09:38:41
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OK... nevermind. As usual, when all else fails, read the instructions. I used Bapu's link (I had already used it but didn't click the Store Activity link. Now I see that 2016 is listed as paid. This is the link, maybe it will be of help here too: https://www.cakewalk.com/My-Account/Store-ActivitySorry. Thanks Bapu and Willy Julien
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Re: Time to start talking about the new year subscription options/changes?
2016/01/09 09:47:12
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jbow
I don't see a new authorization number and I surely don't want to download Platinum again. I can only imagine the mess.
Do I need to contact Cakewalk or Cleverbridge? I'm thinking Cakewalk since I have an invoice number and CB reference number.
Thanks,
Julien
@Julien, I assume :you will not get any new authorization number. I am sure: you don't need to download, you will continue as it is. I suggest: Please run command centre once to check for update. I hope: This will update and you can see the extended date. I know : If you still face problem, you have entire Cakewalk Team to solve your issues regarding this. I Wish : you can imagine creating music not mess( as you have mentioned) Regards SG
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