I bought X3 Pro and it cam with So here I go again and it came with a copy of Melodyne Essential. I got a serial number.
Now I buy Sonar Plat and that comes with a copy of Melodyne Essential. so why am I not given a another serial number?
 
I recently bought two cars from the same dealer but I only received one steering wheel... oh never mind! Get my point!
 
 
  
 

Well if you paid full price for a brand new copy of Sonar instead of just an upgrade you would have gotten another s/n for everything.
 
So what were you going to do? Sell the Melodyne license to cover your upgrade costs?
 
Yeah, that seems fair.

I paid for Sonar Plat as advertised! Truth is Truth there is NO upgrade disclaimer.
I got it with X3 pro... and that was an upgrade...

It was new addition at that point and you still have it.
 
So what exactly was your plan with that extra s/n?
 

Starting with X3 Studio/Producer, Cakewalk provides one Melodyne license for each SONAR license. Should you elect to purchase another SONAR license, you will receive another Melodyne license. This was discussed when Profession/Platinum was released. If you feel cheated take it up with Cakewalk Customer Service here is how to contact them http://forum.cakewalk.com...directly-m2090582.aspx

Thanks Scook, But I was not in on that discussion. ;) and I see NO disclaimer. 
 
Peace!

I see 57 FX... http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/SonarPltUp
I don't see "unless" I have them....
 

The reason why you pay less for an upgrade is you are paying only for new features introduced since the previous version. This is the way the music software business has worked for at least 30 years. With X3, Melodyne was a new feature so the upgrade cost paid for a Melodyne license.
 
With Platinum, Melodyne is no longer a new feature but now part of the program. Similarly to X3, the upgrade cost for Platinum paid for the new features (VocalSync, new Control Bar, MIDI Paintbrush, AD 2, Mix Recall, etc.) as well as more new features and bug fixes for another year.

You're a smart guy Craig so lets see what the venders say about NOT telling people that in there ads "if they have it they don't get it". No matter what Cakewalk "believes" is right, The venders are false advertising so lets see what happens Monday with the venders.

Wow I can't for the life of me understand why anyone would get angry that they didn't receive a SECOND, IDENTICAL license for the same piece of software after an upgrade which DIDN'T include an upgraded version of that software. Do you understand what an upgrade is? Prediction: you'll get absolutely nowhere with this complaint, either with Cakewalk or other forum users.