Pan65
1. If I pay the monthly fee for a full year I get to keep everything I received during the period, that much is clear. But lets say I keep paying for another six months, will I keep everything I downloaded during this period too or do I have to pay another full year to keep it?

 
No, you're current version reverts to demo mode, but you can roll back to the full version you owned at 12 months. You only get to keep what you buy during a 12 month period by paying up front, or paying 12 monthly payments.

Pan65
2. Will this monthly payment system apply to other products too such as pro channel effects, softsynths etc?

This I don't know...
 
Regards,
Dan

wizard71

Vern C

Pan65The biggest benefit is of course that you don't have to dig a deep hole in your wallet at once, and you get to keep the software after one year of payment any way.

This point is the EXACT reason I'm doing the monthly payment. I wonder, though, if after a few monthly payments we can choose the pay rest of the 12 months at once?

Yeah an early 'settlement' option would be cool

Hi-
 
I wondered about that, too.
In: http://forum.cakewalk.com/FindPost/3144986
Andrew Rossa said:
Honestly, that's not a path we want to manage. There is no way to make that really automated. We'd be managing a lot of SKUs and scenarios. I understand why you might want to do that and then hope you can go back to paying upfront. I think that's why we want to offer a demo on day 1 so people can have 30 days to try out some of the new features.
 
-Susan

Don't think so Drew, as far as i can make out, the 21st was just their best guess. Oooh the anticipation....

As impatient as I am, I'm with you here. Saying that, it seems a few stores are quoting the 21st so maybe it will be today. Given that the forum has gone 21st crazy, noone from cake has stepped in to say otherwise.

wizard71
As impatient as I am, I'm with you here. Saying that, it seems a few stores are quoting the 21st so maybe it will be today. Given that the forum has gone 21st crazy, noone from cake has stepped in to say otherwise.

They're probably too busy baking.  Or ironing...
 

Vern C

wizard71
 Given that the forum has gone 21st crazy, noone from cake has stepped in to say otherwise.

 
Maybe their preparing it for release?

My understanding is the lottery winners used the same mechanism we all will use , so in a sense, UNLESS there were some beta bugs revealed the release is in the chute already.

musicman100
My understanding is the lottery winners used the same mechanism we all will use , so in a sense, UNLESS there were some beta bugs revealed the release is in the chute already.

I know Craig said they put out the wrong versions of his amp sims in the pre-release.

dcumpian

Pan65
1. If I pay the monthly fee for a full year I get to keep everything I received during the period, that much is clear. But lets say I keep paying for another six months, will I keep everything I downloaded during this period too or do I have to pay another full year to keep it?

No, you're current version reverts to demo mode, but you can roll back to the full version you owned at 12 months. You only get to keep what you buy during a 12 month period by paying up front, or paying 12 monthly payments.

Can you point on some reply from CW about that? Because that is not logical. If you continuously pay 18 months, that imply you have payed last 12 month before the day you stop the membership. So, according to the defined rules, you can keep everything you have. Why someone who will start to pay in June this year should be able to keep more then someone who started to pay this January, in case they both stop next June?
 
If I get it right, either in case you have paid up front or 12 month continuously, you get "not expiring" version with whatever updates you download till the end of your membership.

 
 

azslow3

dcumpian

Pan65
1. If I pay the monthly fee for a full year I get to keep everything I received during the period, that much is clear. But lets say I keep paying for another six months, will I keep everything I downloaded during this period too or do I have to pay another full year to keep it?

No, you're current version reverts to demo mode, but you can roll back to the full version you owned at 12 months. You only get to keep what you buy during a 12 month period by paying up front, or paying 12 monthly payments.

Can you point on some reply from CW about that? Because that is not logical. If you continuously pay 18 months, that imply you have payed last 12 month before the day you stop the membership. So, according to the defined rules, you can keep everything you have. Why someone who will start to pay in June this year should be able to keep more then someone who started to pay this January, in case they both stop next June?
 
If I get it right, either in case you have paid up front or 12 month continuously, you get "not expiring" version with whatever updates you download till the end of your membership.

See the FAQ: http://www.cakewalk.com/Products/SONAR/Membership
 
Regards,
Dan
 
 

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stevec
I'm pretty sure the monthly option works in 12 month intervals and not at any random month in between that a person decides to leave the program.

Monthly option should obviously work in 1 month interval, otherwise it should be called "yearly" option
And in case I pay 18 month, that means I have payed last 12 months as well. There is no info we should start in January, so it should work starting from random month as well.
 

drewfx1

dcumpian
See the FAQ: http://www.cakewalk.com/Products/SONAR/Membership

As far as I can see, that doesn't say anything about the "discontinue membership after 18 consecutive months" scenario.

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deleted because I was wrong

How about a friendly ground rule:
 
If someone here is going to speak for Cakewalk, either find an exact quote from the Bakers or don't purport to speak for them.

Even more... if I stop after 5 month and restart one month later, I am able too keep the latest version. But without one month "skip", I am not