Hi there:)
 
I love to work with Cakewalk since 1986, think it was Shareware at that time, before I had C64 with Steinberg Software...
Today I'm so happy, that I've never changed my DAW!! (OK sometimes I took a look at Cubase and Logic:) )
 
--> Just paid!!!
 
Bassman.

Did an annual renewal, looking forward to the new exciting stuff planned... really hoping to see functionality(with shortcuts) to expand/collapse tracks that have takelanes (after effects style'ish)...

Renewed. Looking forward to some FRs making it to reality.
 
Regards,
Dan

I have to thank Cakewalk for offering a $99US annual subscription (which somehow transformed to a magical and lower-than-expected $119 Canadian). Given that US currency is so strong right now, and as a Canadian who faced a 40% premium on the purchase, I was all set to resign to not renewing - especially at the $149 level ($209 Canadian, for 1 year, paid in advance).
 
Thanks to the offer, I immediately went online and purchased. And that is the result of you considering your clientele and economic circumstances carefully, something most companies, it seems, don't do when price setting.
 
KEv

Cakewalk! Thanks for the discounted updating - I was holding my breath a bit wondering how this was going to play out, I think it's great you discounted the renewals - thank you!

Will there by anything new on retaining colors for a track - so when a new clip is started it retained the colors assigned to the track?

Renewed.  The amount of support from Cake, their commitment  to constant improvement, sold me. 
 
2016 is shaping up to be a great year.
 
 
 
 

streckfus
To be honest, I made up my mind about renewing last fall when they incorporated Patch Points/Aux tracks.  Granted, I personally benefited from that upgrade because I was involved in conversations about adding that functionality to Sonar, but to me, why that feature was implemented was even more impressive than the fact that it was implemented.
 
Although I have no inside info, I'm quite confident that Cakewalk had absolutely no plans to implement track-to-track routing or aux tracks when they rolled out the new version last year.  In fact, a few forum users were discussing how nice that functionality would be, and Cakewalk (I believe it was Noel) chimed into the conversation and pointed out that the functionality we were looking for already existed with busses.  We explained use-case scenarios for how track-to-track routing could improve workflows, and a few weeks later, track-to-track routing was announced as in development, and not long after, implemented.
 
It's obvious that while Cakewalk has their own vision for the future of their software and will do what they feel is best, they are also paying close attention to what users would like to see.  I'm lucky that my request saw the light of the day, and maybe this year I won't be so lucky.  But the fact that Cakewalk is taking an interactive approach to the evolution of their software is pretty freakin' awesome, as far as I'm concerned.
 
That being said, I sure wish they'd allow an aux track to solo all tracks feeding it, just like a bus does. :)
 
Great work, Cakewalk.  Love the direction this is going, and hopefully a lot of other users get to experience the same thing I did last year when my wish list ended up under the Christmas tree. :) 

That is accurate. Patch points were not planned at the start of the year although we had internally talked about it many times in the past. Its all about prioritizing the needs of users and this was the right time to do this feature once we had tackled some more pressing issues. It was also required to set the foundation for some other cool things we have planned.
 
>>That being said, I sure wish they'd allow an aux track to solo all tracks feeding it, just like a bus does. :)
 You might get lucky again. It is the lottery season after all :)
 Hmm maybe we should have a feature request lottery!

I'm in.  So much to look forward to!

I did wonder in December if there is enough coming in 2016 for me to renew or if I should pause for a bit, after all Platinum does so much already. I made a little wishlist to myself last year to decide what would get me off the fence.
 
For me it came down to these 4
 
Update UI 
Seems a done deal/looks like it's in the bag :-) 
 
the rest is really workflow,
 
MIDI
Still needs love  -  things I need might be included in that cryptic announcement of core MIDI and audio updates ... They done good in 2015 so here's hoping engineering are ahead of us!  If anyone queries what I mean - please take a look at the other DAWS out there today. If you are asking for details ... I'd really appreaciate some dedicated buttons to do common functions   - such as  "halving tempo/spreading out"  the MIDI data in a bar so it appears to slow 50% - (which is not quite the same thing as half tempo) and also a button to double it so things might go from 8ths to 16th Oh and a copy/double pattern data along into the next bar button in the piano roll area - (I know there are already ways to do these things -  but this is workflow that you will appreciate when you try it and be a little sad when it is not there). This makes general creating music and editing some variations soooo fast.  
(and .... Drawing MIDI data and edits still isn't as fluid as it might be - but overall it's way better than 12 months ago)
 
Arrangement page request - (copying things into Chorus/Verse/M8 etc)
I think from rereading this thread, its the no.1 request for many people right now.  Yes need this 1000%  can it please be there in the Q1 workflow improvements!?  (pretty please).
 
Matrix Clip view
This needs some serious love. - here's hoping it gets it ... I hope/suspect the UI skinning improvements extend to here and the step sequencer too and just that will help. To massively improve the useability and workflow doesn't need to be anything fancy. I'd vote for something Project 5v2 enjoyed years ago - where you could drag across the main screen to "reveal"  the grid from behind the main linear tracks - Then you can view them side by side and see the connection of patterns/loops as they "pour" themselves into the matching linear tracks -  Maybe this isnt so easy to actually wire up in the code for some reason but Andrew Rossa still has P5v2 in his avatar so I know its not forgotten !   
 
Already looks like the bakers are nailing my wishlist this year  -  leap of faith!  - I'm in.    :-)  
 
Simon