I spent this afternoon drooling over the new Sonar on Cakewalk's site. Today is the first day I was able to get a good look at what is coming. It seems obvious to me that this is not a subscription. When I was looking at the pricing section I noticed that you get a licence. Subscriptions don't offer you a licence. This seems more like a payment plan and now when you buy Sonar you become a member of some sort of cakewalk support community. Funny but I already considered myself to be a member of this community.
Nothing has really changed except Sonar has become more affordable. If you were to charge the purchase price on your credit card you would be making monthly payments with interest. This is a way to get the software by making monthly payments without paying interest. In my opinion this is really thinking outside of the box and this makes Sonar more affordable to those who are able to make monthly payments. I am willing to bet that other software developers will soon follow cakewalk's model. I will most likely do a one lump payment.
My real question is this. When will this new version of Sonar be available to the general public? I am standing in a puddle of drool and now my socks are wet........ thanks Cakewalk.