I think if they are sending us notifications, it's only fair we should be able to send them back.
Like "Hey how's the patch for the concrete limiter and Rapture Pro doing"?
 
I know I am evil...

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Doktor Avalanche
I think if they are sending us notifications, it's only fair we should be able to send them back.
Like "Hey how's the patch for the concrete limiter and Rapture Pro doing"?
 
I know I am evil...

That's a BIG lol . . .
 
and yes you are

Andrew Rossa [Cakewalk]
 
There are notifications for updates, news, and special offers. It's very non-intrusive and done purely to inform customers of things they might want to know about. You can always use the old fashioned method of just ignoring it. It only shows up if you click on it. 

Yes this is how it is, exactly how it is
I like it, it reminded me of the sale and a couple of things I have been meaning to get, I hope it stays.

I see it as the least instructive ad system I have seen. You will have to click on the bell to see any information about new stuff. It does not intrude into the project listing screen unless you want it to.  

WDI

Anderton

bluzdog
 
Thank you Andrew. So, yes there are Cakewalk advertisements. 

By saying "special offers," I assume Cakewalk means time-sensitive promotions, compared to having you open up SONAR and have it say "BUY MUSIC CREATOR!! WHAT AN EFFING GREAT PROGRAM!!"
 
The upside is maybe the "There's a special?" "When is it?" When does it end?" forum posts will go away if people check the notifications  

I don't know. If it's selling something it's an advertisement wouldn't you say.

Of course, but there are different kinds of advertisements and some are more intrusive than others. Some also have less value than others. Some people will want to be informed of these things, some won't. Some will want to know about new blog posts, some won't...some people get upset when they didn't know that something was on special.
 
Here's an example. Brian Hardgroove's bass loops library was supposed to go into the store, but it never did. Lately I've gotten several PMs about "Can't find Brian's library" and I've said "Look in the store." But it wasn't in the store. Now it is. A notification saying "Brian Hardgroove's library is now in the Cakewalk store" would be helpful to those who had been looking for it, and wondering when it would ever show up.
 
 
Another example is when I replaced a sample in the EB5 bass library. It would have been very convenient to have a notification that said "If you have the EB5 library, download a replacement note sample here." 
 
I just don't see something like that as all that onerous. The bottom line is it doesn't take very long NOT to read something out of a list of items you do want to read. If on the other hand I start seeing ads for Clorox....that's a different story!