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scook
It might be a good idea to avoid making product announcements about competing products or discussing the announcement in this thread
 
just sayin'

I think the irony is the reason for the post ... CW comes out with a subscription plan and then Avid follows immediately. I think we are seeing a trend.

Except we don't have a subscription plan. Avid is going to charge you $30/month and after 12 months if you stop, you own nothing. That's subscription. In our plan, you can pay upfront and own everything plus get updates and new features for 12 more months. You can also choose to pay monthly and after 12 months you own everything as well. Huge difference. 

The subject of the thread is clear, it is a Cakewalk product announcement thread. There are places to discuss other software. To my knowledge no one responded to any post in this thread with

jm24
 "We don't say those word 'round these parts"

Try to stay on subject please.

scook
The subject of the thread is clear, it is a Cakewalk product announcement thread. There are places to discuss other software. To my knowledge no one responded to any post in this thread with

jm24
 "We don't say those word 'round these parts"

Try to stay on subject please.

Thanks for reproaching me when I am reproaching others for their OT posts. I do like the attention.
 
 

I think changing the names of the levels was stupid, at best.
I have heard people describe themselves as an "amateur."
I have heard people describe themselves as a "professional."
I have NEVER, EVER heard anyone describe themselves as a "platinum."
 
This change has provided confusion but NO value to anyone but the marketing dudes who got paid for pitching the change. 
 
Better would have been "King." Or "Emperor."  Or something else a bit less inane than the name of a precious metal.    "Platinum" is so five years ago.
 
There was no good reason to change.  'Tis sad no one in the room said, "Not a good idea."  

I actually like the change to the Sonar names. Platinum = better than gold.

mudgel
Platinum = better than gold.

Depends on the ruler you are measuring them by (as with anything). If going by conductivity, #1 = silver, #2 = copper, #3 = gold... platinum is #10  Then again you could go by Olympic medals where platinum has no place at all.
 
If I were to throw the new version names at a new user, I bet most would latch on to "Professional" as being best from name alone.

YouDontHasToCallMeJohnson
I think changing the names of the levels was stupid, at best.
I have heard people describe themselves as an "amateur."
I have heard people describe themselves as a "professional."
I have NEVER, EVER heard anyone describe themselves as a "platinum."
 
This change has provided confusion but NO value to anyone but the marketing dudes who got paid for pitching the change. 
 
Better would have been "King." Or "Emperor."  Or something else a bit less inane than the name of a precious metal.    "Platinum" is so five years ago.
 
There was no good reason to change.  'Tis sad no one in the room said, "Not a good idea."  

Believe me, any change is massaged to death with a zillion different opinions about what is or is not a good idea. Fortunately, fistfights don't break out with any regularity.
 
The previous naming had a few problems. The base version was just SONAR X3 instead of having a name to differentiate it from the others. "Studio" - well, everyone works in a studio. "Producer" - that's a person who works in a studio. So is "Producer" less powerful than "Studio," because with Studio you get a full studio?
 
Having the basic version as "Artist" kind of implies someone like a songwriter or solo musician using the software.
"Professional" means it's intended more for professional work,
"Platinum" is really valuable, so of the three, this is the highest-end version.
 
So hopefully the different levels are clearer now to people not familiar with the program. 

YouDontHasToCallMeJohnson
I think changing the names of the levels was stupid, at best.
I have heard people describe themselves as an "amateur."
I have heard people describe themselves as a "professional."
I have NEVER, EVER heard anyone describe themselves as a "platinum."
 
This change has provided confusion but NO value to anyone but the marketing dudes who got paid for pitching the change. 
 
Better would have been "King." Or "Emperor."  Or something else a bit less inane than the name of a precious metal.    "Platinum" is so five years ago.
 
There was no good reason to change.  'Tis sad no one in the room said, "Not a good idea."  

I disagree with the statement that Platinum is "five years ago."  An auto company is using that as a feature level on its new vehicles.
 
Platinum has connotation in the music industry, and although many of us do not aspire to achieve that level of success, I have no issue with using it as version name.  And I would bet that there is some hip hop artist out there that refers to himself (probably in the third person) as Platinum.
 
Of course I really don't care what it is called as long as it performs its function.

err  , how do i load rematrix solo  in professional?,  doesn't show up in the audio fx browser dir ,  is included in the
basic download version right? does it need a seperate folder path in preferences?  cheers
 
 
ah ok got it  , it's in prochannel window

I think it should have been named;
Mature
Extra Mature
Extra Strong

No, the releases are going to be named after cities and towns in Massachusetts.  The initial release is Allston.

I do appreciate the journey traveled to "platinum" was not easy.
 
Google provides 413,000,000 hits for "platinum."
 
So obviously the use of the word "platinum" is a so very pervasive, so very cool, and so very a clearly Pavlovian ploy. "The Platinum version has to be good, because it is the Platinum version."
 
Jump on the bandwagon.  Add "XP" to everything (2001), and of course one of the most annoyingly current memes: LIGHT GRAY TYPE ON BRILLIANT WHITE BACKGROUNDS.
 
Just like the insanity spread through the manager's ranks when TABs were introduced. "Put tabs on it. It will increase sales." So tabs were everywhere.
 
And of course: the "DECLUTTERING" mania of the last few years which has resulted in menus everywhere. Often Tabbed.
 
All this reminds me of Stuart on Mad TV: "Look what I can do."   Just fine for a seven year old.
 
"Professional should still be top of the line."

dwardzala
Also, regarding the trial version, I believe it will just be Artist.

Hi Dave-
 
Has CW said that somewhere? I can't remember now what the X3 demo was, but I though the trial was usually more the high end rather than the low end version. If it's definitely Artist, I might sign up for a month's membership to demo Platinum. Still deciding.
 
Edit: Actually, the Artist demo would probably be enough, looking at the comparison chart again.
 
Thanks-
 
-Susan 

dwardzala
Hmm, I scanned the whole thread and didn't find any official statement from the Bakers in this regard.  I may be repeating speculation from another member, so for that I apologize.

No problem at all. I actually just went ahead and paid for a month's Platinum membership. I figured my time debating with myself is worth something!
 
Thanks-
 
-Susan

Vas
JRR last time I looked stopped the additional discount.
 

Hi Vas-
 
So you did try the "GROUP" discount code? I thought maybe they'd give a warning that they were discontinuing it.
 
Thanks-
 
-Susan