rabeach

Anderton
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SONAR has never had a strong presence in interface bundles because it's not cross-platform. The pairing of X3 LE and Live Lite for the TASCAM interfaces was a deal I helped facilitate because of my connections with Cakewalk, TASCAM, and Ableton but that kind of deal is an exception.

 
Cakewalk has had interface bundles going all the way back to pro audio 9. So what you stated wasn't exactly wrong but not exactly right either.

Those were Cakewalk bundles, not third-party like TASCAM, which was referenced in the post to which I responded. In terms of companies like Focusrite, TASCAM, etc., you're more likely to find Cubase, Live, and other cross-platform software. You won't find SONAR.
 
FWIW one reason why PreSonus did Studio One was because they make a lot of interfaces, and got tired of paying licensing fees for LE software.

BenMMusTech
Can someone please explain to me why my subscription has gone from 17 dollars a month to 50. I'm getting a bit upset at this. My version of Sonar Platinum was current till Feb apparently, I don't keep abreast of these things, because I thought my 17 dollars a month meant I didn't have too.
 
I've never paid 500 dollars for an upgrade, particularly to go from one version of sonar to only the next version.
 
Someone please explain this to me. 
 
Cheers Ben

Ben, I'm escalating your case with Support, please stand by, I want to help set this right.

Alex Westner [Cakewalk]

BenMMusTech
Can someone please explain to me why my subscription has gone from 17 dollars a month to 50. I'm getting a bit upset at this. My version of Sonar Platinum was current till Feb apparently, I don't keep abreast of these things, because I thought my 17 dollars a month meant I didn't have too.
 
I've never paid 500 dollars for an upgrade, particularly to go from one version of sonar to only the next version.
 
Someone please explain this to me. 
 
Cheers Ben

Ben, I'm escalating your case with Support, please stand by, I want to help set this right.

Hi Alex, thanks...here are the case numbers from the customer support facility, and the messages I sent on the topic 345351 and 345172
 
Thanks Ben 

markiv2290

Anderton

azslow3

c) who was still waiting with X3 are out

 
I suspect that if they didn't get lifetime updates and they didn't update during the window when cheaper upgrade prices were still in effect, they're not going to upgrade.

 
Given what I stated earlier on this thread, I don't agree with that assumption, Craig. A lot of times it's a question of timing (after all we're musicians so we all know about the important of timing, right  ). Oh, and also sometimes a combination of timing and budget, for many of us hobbyists.

Lifetime updates were around for six months and upgrades for X1-X3 for over two years. Over two years with a month and a half expiration warning seems like a reasonable amount of time to offer a reduced upgrade price, although of course you can disagree with that.
 
However the reality is that upgrades from X series stuff had pretty much dried up before the price change. I'm sure there are some stragglers out there, but you can't keep a pricing structure in place forever to accommodate every possibility...it adds a huge overlay of complexity not just for online sales, but is even worse for conventional music stores, either online or "brick and mortar."

Anderton

Lifetime updates were around for six months and upgrades for X1-X3 for over two years. Over two years with a month and a half expiration warning seems like a reasonable amount of time to offer a reduced upgrade price, although of course you can disagree with that.
 

This^

I stayed with PA9 all the way until Sonar 5 was on sale with a free upgrade to Sonar 6 when it came out. And I paid a higher price than current owners, IIRC.

It's just the way it goes. Wait for a sale. It will happen.

I got my lifetime membership when it was offered and I love it. Amazing deal, I'v been upgrading pretty much every version since Sonar 7 Studio. It was definitely worth the money to me.

abacab
I just noticed that JRRshop is still selling Sonar upgrades to Artist or Professional for any version of Sonar.  Will those registration codes still be valid?
 
https://www.jrrshop.com/add-to-cart-for-15-off?manufacturer=63
 
 

They shouldn't be, but...  those redemption codes will work, yes.

This doesn't appear to have worked for me - I currently own Sonar Professional, yet the prices showing for me to upgrade to Sonar Platinum are no less than the new customer price.

Alex Westner [Cakewalk]

kevmsmith81
This doesn't appear to have worked for me - I currently own Sonar Professional, yet the prices showing for me to upgrade to Sonar Platinum are no less than the new customer price.

Hi Kevin,
 
I believe this is because your most recent registration is on Steam - you'd have to go through Steam to get your upgrade price.
 

Makes sense, thanks.
 
But unfortunate in my case as you can no longer do the monthly payments through Steam.  Credit card isn't an option for me either currently.
 
Admittedly, it wasn't going to be imminent due to other financial commitments, but was something I was seriously considering doing at the end of the year once  said financial commitments have been discharged.  But it looks like I'll just have to forget about an upgrade to Platinum for the near future.

kevmsmith81

Alex Westner [Cakewalk]

kevmsmith81
This doesn't appear to have worked for me - I currently own Sonar Professional, yet the prices showing for me to upgrade to Sonar Platinum are no less than the new customer price.

Hi Kevin,
 
I believe this is because your most recent registration is on Steam - you'd have to go through Steam to get your upgrade price.
 

Makes sense, thanks.
 
But unfortunate in my case as you can no longer do the monthly payments through Steam.  Credit card isn't an option for me either currently.
 
Admittedly, it wasn't going to be imminent due to other financial commitments, but was something I was seriously considering doing at the end of the year once  said financial commitments have been discharged.  But it looks like I'll just have to forget about an upgrade to Platinum for the near future.

Hi Kevin,
 
Give this page a looksie: http://www.cakewalk.com/Products/SONAR/Renew
 
The Store Catalog needs a little love and isn't as smart as we'd like. We're working on addressing this in the near future but in the meantime can you try the link above instead?