From https://www.cakewalk.com/Products/SONAR/Renew
 
 
Offer Ends March 31st!

Add one year of Rolling Updates to SONAR Platinum which includes new features, enhancements, content, and fixes. Offer good for current one-time SONAR Platinum customers*

$99 (reg. $149)
($99 Special ends March 31st)
Add 1 YR. of Rolling Updates
 
 
This has to be the date honored in the USA, as it is considered false advertising to do otherwise. They really have no choice in the matter. It is a federal law. However, also notice the bold print. That email may have been intended for those not qualifying as current one-time Sonar Platinum customers.
 
Offer page is archived at the Internet Wayback Machine.
 
Terry

terrybritton
That email may have been intended for those not qualifying as current one-time Sonar Platinum customers.

 
We haven't seen the email, but it apparently refers to 'renewal' which can only apply to current one-time customers.
 

Well... not gonna sob story ya'll on this because it's likely not going to matter for me anyway BUT...
 
Due to the March 31st announcement I figured I MAY just be able to eke it out by then depending on how finances went over the months following the announcement. It's definitely an excellent deal and for my plans, tests and experiments it's probably best to stay current.
 
However I can get things done as is and I'd only really be staying current to test and learn about the new stuff (yanno... so I can do annoying things like try to help others, lol). For my own work the current package is obviously more than useable so waiting a while for the next deal is not going to be particularly injurous.
 
My point is I'm guessing there might be quite a few people out there who, like me, thought they had some extra time to take advantage of the deal and were budgeting for next month. Changing the date (or correcting such a marketing error) a couple weeks before the new cut off after a month of advertising could put some folks in a bind.
 
Thing is I'm so freaking lame and pathetic the extra time may not have made a difference for me anyway but it might have. Dunno. Some of the real humans out there though might simply not have planned for the extra $50 or won't see this info in time to pounce then get turned off at the change.
 
That said... I actually thought keeping the pricing at $99 until March was kind of extraordinarily generous... like to the point of it almost being weird and undervalueing the product. I would have thought Feb 28 was a much more reasonable time frame for such a deal/promo.
 
Changing it after about a month of promo, even if it was initially an error, is kind of problematic for some folks.
 
Again... I'll be fine. Not upset really. Just thinking this could be a not so great thing for many who got their hopes up and planned around the orginal end date.
 
Cheers and good luck either way.
 
PS: Please don't flame me, bros. Just pointing out how this might be not so good for some users and in turn sales/Cakewalk.

Does Cakewalk have any plans to add a mixer to their DAW? For us old analog folks, that would make us feel right a home. I don't have room for a real analog mixer in my studio, therefore, having one incorporated in Sonar will be nice.

Confirming Noel's post #169 above http://forum.cakewalk.com/FindPost/3370269

slincoln
Does Cakewalk have any plans to add a mixer to their DAW? For us old analog folks, that would make us feel right a home. I don't have room for a real analog mixer in my studio, therefore, having one incorporated in Sonar will be nice.

Erm, you need to look at Console View? 

I have already updated. How could I not? First I'm looking forward to the new features coming down the pike and I think a host sorta has to.  It also seems CW has ironed out some or all the wrinkles in CCC. It tends to work better and easier. I'm doing a full clean install and I had no idea just how much stuff CW has for me to install. Let me just say its a lot!  I wont lie and say this is fun. 

Just wanted to add my thanks to the Bakers and all at Cakewalk for a brilliant first year experience with Platinum. Just renewed for $99. 
 
The frequency of updates, the installation process, and quality of changes has been outstanding. Looking forward to 2016!
 
 
 
 

Noel Borthwick [Cakewalk]
Hi, the email is correct that the last date is Feb 28'th. It was incorrectly posted as March earlier. The store takes a little while to update which is why its still showing the wrong date. Sorry for the confusion.

What?  Outrageous!  No leap year Feb 29th?  :)

I will miss this offer on 28th.
So 149 will be price for me in Oct/Nov when my subscription gets over?