I think this is a great idea and probably ground breaking to the industry....basically a subscribe to own, payment program. 
 
Maybe it will influence Adobe to do the same.  It's the main reason that I have not jumped on the Photoshop/ Lightroom subscription, bandwagon.

Is there a list of the bug fixes for this new release? If not, more importantly, will the bug list be available before
the intro price is up? The new features are not a selling point for me. Bug fixes would be however.

Kylotan
I'd be paying $20 a month/$199 total for the latest version and a year's updates either way.

That's not quite right,  this first year we're paying $149 for a new version right now plus 12 months of future updates.
 
This time next year, and each year forward, we already have the latest version. We're paying $199 in advance for a years updates, which may or may not be worth while depending on what is in the updates.

I'm in haven't upgraded in a while but having a membership make me feel the worth and value. 

REmatrix looks nice, but it looks to be mono. Will true stereo IRs work with it?

I like the naming scheme to so Ill be a platinum user, Things I like dynamic fx's bin and insert bin, and mix recall( Im always saving different versions on song when I make changes but usually never go back or I get lost cause they are different sessions, but being able to do it in same session means I will probably get good use out of it.

Mix recall for me would certainly be useful, but far more useful if I could port those saved mixes to other songs (or sync them). For example, if I could sync a drum mix from one song to ten others, and then, if later I needed to tweak the Kick on one song, I could simply click a single button to sync that change to ten other songs. Now THAT would be quite useful to me. Noel should have a screencast I sent to him for this feature request. I can't express enough how much time that (PSG's) would save me!
 
For the time-being, however, If I could just export/import those Mix Recalls to other Projects, that would be handy enough. Would save me a few hours each time I start a new mix session with a whole new band/artist. I could mix down one song to taste, and then, rather than use that as a post-taste template (a sweaty process for me), I could simply grab all the Mix-Recall mixes from that session and choose which one to start with in the next song/Project.

Oops, I started with Sonar last year and it looks like I chose the wrong DAW. Because for me, any kind of subscription based model is 100% No No.

I don't know if it's been answered yet, and I can't find any answer in this topic (trying my best to go through 10 pages):
 
If I were to decide to pay the $14.99 per month to go from Producer to Platinum, can I later decide within the 12 months to just pay the rest up front?
 
Also, will PayPal be an accepted form of payment?

Eric_171615
Oops, I started with Sonar last year and it looks like I chose the wrong DAW. Because for me, any kind of subscription based model is 100% No No.

To me, the subscription model works, but only if it's a no-brainer. I'm not keen on the 1-yr pricing. I would have gone $9.99, $19.99, $24.99 with a 2-yr payoff vs. 1-yr. If you've been paying for it more than 8-12 months, you're more likely to pay it off or perhaps make a discounted final payment of $200 (for Platinum) to avert the 2nd year, but the idea is appealing. I can pay a little bit and try out the new one for 3-6 months, but as a newcomer, the rates are a bit pricey. I think the increased sticker price isn't as appealing, either, but users may enjoy having the ProChannel on the mid-tier version.


If you started at the bottom, but decided Platinum would better suit you, then upgrade on the fly at a discount, depending on how invested you are. In other words, CW could calculate a deal for you in you upgraded, downgraded, etc. and you could see a "generated" calculated payoff in payments or outright cost.
 
But the idea is not only to invoke existing users to upgrade, but to woo others over from Studio One, DP, PT, etc. I just think the current subscription offerings need adjustment.