Historically fixes were published with the first patch release. This release may be different but I am not sure why it would be.

Keni
So my question is if I go to Platinum, will I still have all the ProChannel devices I currently have? I'm guessing yes, but... :-)

Here's the comparison chart. All the X3 ProChannel modules are included, and just like going from X2 to X3, anything you purchased outside of the program will be available in Platinum.

bitman
So which is it really? Will Sonar not even launch or go into demo mode and just not save?
 

"This means you can’t save or export projects, however anything you saved up to that point will still open and play in the demo."

Anderton

bitman
So which is it really? Will Sonar not even launch or go into demo mode and just not save?
 

"This means you can’t save or export projects, however anything you saved up to that point will still open and play in the demo."

No Craig, you must misunderstand my question. There is a discrepancy between what is documented in the cakewalk website and what Seth said about the effects of not paying all your "dues".
 
Which is it?
A. will it refruse to launch at all
-or-
B. Just refuse to save / export as the demos always have.
 
:Ron

Earwax
I don't understand why you don't understand that knowing what fixes and improvements have been made to the core product would be important to users.
And yeah, I did read everything Jsaras typed.

 
With X3, after the program was released it took 10 days before a bug fix list was published. The typical pattern is release - find a few major bugs - issue a patch immediately thereafter - consolidate the bug fixes in the original version with the ones in the immediate update so there aren't two versions floating around separated by only a few days. If no major bugs are discovered I don't know how that would impact publishing the list, but it would also represent a miracle 
 
 
 

bitman

Anderton

bitman
So which is it really? Will Sonar not even launch or go into demo mode and just not save?
 

"This means you can’t save or export projects, however anything you saved up to that point will still open and play in the demo."

No Craig, you must misunderstand my question. There is a discrepancy between what is documented in the cakewalk website and what Seth said about the effects of not paying all your "dues".
 
Which is it?
A. will it refruse to launch at all
-or-
B. Just refuse to save / export as the demos always have.
 
:Ron

Can you give me a link? That needs to be changed. The FAQ on the web site under the membership section says the same thing as Seth - it reverts to demo mode, so you can launch and play back - just not save and export.

Anderton

bitman

Anderton

bitman
So which is it really? Will Sonar not even launch or go into demo mode and just not save?
 

"This means you can’t save or export projects, however anything you saved up to that point will still open and play in the demo."

No Craig, you must misunderstand my question. There is a discrepancy between what is documented in the cakewalk website and what Seth said about the effects of not paying all your "dues".
 
Which is it?
A. will it refruse to launch at all
-or-
B. Just refuse to save / export as the demos always have.
 
:Ron

Can you give me a link? That needs to be changed. The FAQ on the web site under the membership section says the same thing as Seth - it reverts to demo mode, so you can launch and play back - just not save and export.

I did in my OP: https://www.cakewalk.com/Products/SONAR/Membership
 
Seth said: Users that only buy one month won't be able to use SONAR after 30 days.

Everything I've seen says that it reverts to demo mode. The answers in the FAQ were proofed and vetted over a period of several days. I would take what it says over Seth writing a quick reply in a forum. 

bitman
Seth said: Users that only buy one month won't be able to use SONAR after 30 days.

As I understand it, you can think of the monthly installments as a financing plan.  The product stays turned on as long as you are current on your installments, but deactivates itself (drops back into demo mode) if you don't complete the 12 payments.  That seems to imply the machine will need to maintain an Internet connection, although maybe they have a monthly manual refresh procedure to handle that.
 
Is the question the difference between not being able to run the program at all versus being able to run in demo mode?  What difference does that make?  If it drops into demo mode, you can't really use it for any productive work.

You do not need an always-on connection.