gswitz
Would it matter if I told you the baby needs a new pair of shoes?

That's funny...

Andrew Rossa [Cakewalk]
We will have more information on that in the coming weeks.

as I said almost two weeks ago:
 
 
"The 'coming weeks' PUTS US in January! 
or in plain English start of initial renewals"
 
January begins this coming week.
 
However, I will be mildly surprised, but happy if price is lower, naturally, if price is not as exactly as already stated on store page:   $199 for SPALT for a year, I think CW is just putting off this "news"  but you never know

Andrew Rossa [Cakewalk]
We will have more information on that in the coming weeks.

 
This may just be my last year with CW, I've been with CW a LONG time (1989 - CW DOS Version 2) - but first time I've had to pre-pay for 100% UNKNOWN content & functionality. 
 
this time last year at least the upgrade from X3 to SPLAT had AD2 with AD2 pro pak, and few other add-ins not to mention an initial SPLAT program to gauge your moneys worth by - BEFORE paying.
 
 
 
 

Is there a defensible reason that this current thread was not moved to the Cakewalk Store forum when the thread linked here was: http://forum.cakewalk.com/FindPost/3345218
 

My subscription was started in March. It is my understanding that they won't hit me up for renewal til then. In other words it's 12 consecutive months, not necessarily January to December. IMO of course and it's just as likely I'm wrong as right. Not sure why I posted now!

boblettnoe
As a Sonar owner for may years I opted for the Platinum monthly offer starting in January 2015, with the monthly charge of $14.99.
 
As the first year of the subscription plan/option is closing, what will be the best offer for us current owners?
What will the monthly payment be in 2016? What savings could we see if we pay for the annual cost in one lump payment?
 
Bakers?
 

After my 12 consecutive payments of $AU17.99 per month (for Sonar Platinum), the Cleverbridge confirmation notice indicated that this would increase to $AU26.17 per month.

This prompted me to check the Cakewalk store for the price there.  On there, my price for the one time one year membership for Sonar Platinum was $AU175.00  (works out to $US127.80)

So I cancelled my monthly membership and purchased the one year membership for Sonar Platinum for $AU175.00.

Eventually, one year was added to the expiry date in my Sonar Platinum Help|About. 

It now expires 5 Jan 2017

charlyg
My subscription was started in March. It is my understanding that they won't hit me up for renewal til then. In other words it's 12 consecutive months, not necessarily January to December. IMO of course and it's just as likely I'm wrong as right. Not sure why I posted now!

Seems to me to be a bit of a paradox. If you buy Sonar months after the original release and you get 12 months of updates. You must have still received all previous monthly updates in the first download months after the original release. So the longer you wait to upgrade the more updates you will receive.  Or Something ;)

bluesplayer

Andrew Rossa [Cakewalk]
We will have more information on that in the coming weeks.

 
This may just be my last year with CW, I've been with CW a LONG time (1989 - CW DOS Version 2) - but first time I've had to pre-pay for 100% UNKNOWN content & functionality.

 
Cakewalk has the same people, working at the same cadence, and they certainly haven't run out of ideas. So if you liked what happened in 2015, the odds are really high you'll like what happens in 2016. If you didn'tlike what happened in 2015, the odds are really high you won't like what happens in 2016. Same thing as deciding whether to renew a magazine you'd been receiving, or eat at a restaurant where you'd eaten before...your decision would depend on your previous experience.
 
In any event your existing software will still work 

Anderton

bluesplayer

Andrew Rossa [Cakewalk]
We will have more information on that in the coming weeks.

 
This may just be my last year with CW, I've been with CW a LONG time (1989 - CW DOS Version 2) - but first time I've had to pre-pay for 100% UNKNOWN content & functionality.

 
Cakewalk has the same people, working at the same cadence, and they certainly haven't run out of ideas. So if you liked what happened in 2015, the odds are really high you'll like what happens in 2016. If you didn'tlike what happened in 2015, the odds are really high you won't like what happens in 2016. Same thing as deciding whether to renew a magazine you'd been receiving, or eat at a restaurant where you'd eaten before...your decision would depend on your previous experience.
 
In any event your existing software will still work 

still waiting for that:
 
"We will have more information on that in the coming weeks."

I will effectively own SPLAT on Jan 22nd (2 and a bit weeks time). I have NO idea what is going to happen after that. I have made 12 monthly payments. CW - why can't you inform us what the subscription will be after this? This is cutting it a bit fine really.