You guys answering all these redundant questions.......really have a lot of patience.... :) .  Good job...!

I just purchased the Platinum upgrade from JRRshop for 126.65. When Sonar Platinum is released I will own the software plus any upcoming updates & bug fixes for the next year.
 
I previously purchased Sonar X3 in September 2013, and received updates & bug fixes thru the release of X3e, which came out in April of 2014 (I think). There have been no new updates since the X3e patch.
 
The only difference I see is the fact that now Cakewalk will in effect Finance the purchase for a year for those who chose to do so.
 
In the words of Aaron Rogers...everybody relax. 

jgarland
I just purchased the Platinum upgrade from JRRshop for 126.65. When Sonar Platinum is released I will own the software plus any upcoming updates & bug fixes for the next year.
 
I previously purchased Sonar X3 in September 2013, and received updates & bug fixes thru the release of X3e, which came out in April of 2014 (I think). There have been no new updates since the X3e patch.
 
The only difference I see is the fact that now Cakewalk will in effect Finance the purchase for a year for those who chose to do so.
 
In the words of Aaron Rogers...everybody relax. 

I just went there and Sonar Platinum upgrade is 199.00 from Any Sonar Producer.
How did you pull that (126.65) off?
 
:Ron

bitman
 
I just went there and Sonar Platinum upgrade is 199.00 from Any Sonar Producer.
How did you pull that (126.65) off?
 
:Ron

The $126,65 is for the update from Sonar X3 Producer. The " any sonar producer" is for the earlier producers.
 

Teds_Studio
You guys answering all these redundant questions.......really have a lot of patience.... :) .  Good job...!

Well, I do work in the Department of Redundancy Department.

bitman

jgarland
I just purchased the Platinum upgrade from JRRshop for 126.65. When Sonar Platinum is released I will own the software plus any upcoming updates & bug fixes for the next year.
 
I previously purchased Sonar X3 in September 2013, and received updates & bug fixes thru the release of X3e, which came out in April of 2014 (I think). There have been no new updates since the X3e patch.
 
The only difference I see is the fact that now Cakewalk will in effect Finance the purchase for a year for those who chose to do so.
 
In the words of Aaron Rogers...everybody relax. 

I just went there and Sonar Platinum upgrade is 199.00 from Any Sonar Producer.
How did you pull that (126.65) off?
 
:Ron

Scroll the site & look for the group buy for 149.00. When you add it to the cart the price will drop.

ontime
I don't get this at all and I feel quite unhappy about it.
Firstly - I can't get X3 anymore? I was on X2 and was so disappointed how quickly X3 came out after shelling out for upgrades since 8.5 -> X1 -> X2. I thought I'd wait for X4.
But a) no X4, and b) an annual subscription? What the ????
And I don't even have the option of upgrading to X3 any more... it's annual membership or get lost???
What's with the stupid names - "Platinum"? What version is that?
I'm pretty unhappy about this. Might be time to learn a new product? Subscription model is @#$% - hell I'm a hobbyist that fires up my Sonar maybe twice a year for editing, and usually just to play my keyboard as a piano. Yes, waste of money for Producer but I wanted the best. But a subscription model? So offensive.

You do realize that X3 would have been unavailable  for purchase from Cakewalk even if they went to the traditional "X4" under the old model? Waiting to upgrade always holds the risk of missing a version.  It also saddens me that after 37 pages, people are still either unwilling to read or unable to comprehend that they still have the option to outright buy the upgrade . So most of your  complaint is based on inaccurate information, distortions  and projection of what you think may happen down the line.

The $149 price is for the "X3 Producer to Platinum" upgrade.  It's a different purchase than the "Any Sonar Producer" which is $199.  If you are upgrading from X3 Producer....when you add it to your cart, it will discount it 15%.  If you put "group" in the coupon code box...it will discount it another 1%...or 16% total.
 
Edited to add:  This is on the JRRShop site.

I for one will not be upgrading until Cakewalk adds back in what they took out of Sonar X2.
 
They removed the ability to automatically color your clip background colors.  I barely can see the dark grey clips on the dark grey background.
 
I know you can change them in the Inspector, but:  A) you have to do it manually for each track, B) record more clips or bounce the clips, and the colors revert.  

Wouldn't it make more sense to have them automatically colored by track # (same as how they do it for the midi note/audio waveform colors?)
 
It's like they literally sucked that feature out of Sonar X3.   

For now, I am using Duckbar, but Panu said that he won't even be touching the new Sonar until at least the summer, so because Cakewalk likes to REMOVE options from their software, they lose out on my money.
 
Seems like such a little detail, but it's not.  After a long time working on the DAW, the grey on grey hurts my eyes and causes me to lose focus of what's going on.   Especially working with MIDI since the notes are small.   What is easier to look at:
 
THIS?
 

 
 
OR THIS?


 
 
So until Cakewalk puts this ability back into the product - which THEY removed, I will be keeping my money.
 
-Alewgro

I'm getting mildly offended by the attitudes of some posters in this thread the past couple of days. There are people who like the new sales model and people who don't, or like me have some reservations. Those who like the new system are frequently addressing the rest of us as if we simply don't understand it -- we are too lazy to read the FAQ or too stupid to "get it." I urge you (it's not all of you, but you know who you are) to get over it.
 
Please, you nice people who are simply trying to explain the new system in neutral terms -- you know I'm not talking to you.