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The way I understood it is the lifetime offer/pricing is for the existing customer base offered as a thank you for their previous support.
New users do not fit that category.

 
The lifetime offer is available to new customers in the store right now.
 
I think what we can now say with some certainty is that there is a massive amount of confusion about what's going on. So many people have popped up with so many different interpretations, that at this point, telling people they're over-thinking it doesn't really stand up. Cakewalk are clearly under-explaining it.

Yeah, thinking about it, I'll stick my cards down on that point.
 
I think the Mac thing is really great, I think the lifetime updates are really great, and I think the forthcoming features all look great.
 
But the roll out and communication of how this is going to work is, right now, an unholy mess. Sorry, but there it is.

After writing and rewriting a reply, I think the best thing to do is I apologize for posting in this thread. Just ignore my posts. I see no reason to get involved in trying to create reasons for some else to buy a product.
 

John T

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 In my position, why would I not just switch to Professional for the cheaper price?

I guess it would depend on whether you plan to stay current and in business for more than a couple of years.

 
I don't see how that has anything to do with it.
 
I dunno, perhaps I should give up. It seems like a simple question to me, but I'm clearly failing to communicate it somehow.
 
I'll give it one last go.
 
What will Platinum offer that Professional doesn't, going forward, given that all Platinum-only features to date, are precisely the things that Cakewalk are describing as non-core?
 
Talking about the value of the lifetime membership is not an answer to this question.
 

I see what the problem is. At least I think I see. Its what is included in the lifetime update. Will it contain all of the Platinum features we expect? I think this has been answered but with all the noise it may have been hard to hear it.
 
It will be as it is now. That is my understanding. What comes with Platinum will come with the lifetime version. 
 
There maybe new synths or plugins that are not included but that is no different from how it is now. 
 
I hope this has cleared that up. 
 
I'm uneasy about adding this bit but I think its important. If you are subscribed to a monthly payment plan and you are getting Professional I would make the jump to Platinum Lifetime if only to save a lot of money. You may not need Platinum but I don't believe there is a Professional Lifetime offer. 

Well, I'll say it one last time. "Talking about the value of the lifetime membership is not an answer to this question."

With respect, John, you can't clear it up, as you are no more informed than any of us. It needs Cakewalk to clarify it.

John T
With respect, John, you can't clear it up, as you are no more informed than any of us. It needs Cakewalk to clarify it.

So as a peer to peer forum no member can answer a question? Not a host or anyone else? 


 
Sorry I have to reject that as a notion. If you want to talk to CW you need to contact them by other means.
You may not accept my answer but I sure can answer. So can anyone else. 
 
 

No, you're free to say whatever you like, but you don't actually know the answer to what I'm asking.

OK John T. 

Will a LifeTime license allow me to run Sonar on more than one machine. If possible, how is a non-core purchase run on a different; e.g. Cubase, on same machine. For instance, Vocal Sync which is ARA dependent (I assume) is built to run on Sonar, but a synth like Rapture Pro can run on said Cubase. So what if Cakewalk makes a synth which needs ARA to run, it will be non-core but Sonar only.
Then the coming Mac. Will LifeTime be required a separate purchase should a person desire too.